Regulatory Sandboxes for Artificial Intelligence: Techno-Legal Approaches for India, ISAIL-TR-002
sectors which are ripe for regulatory sandbox frameworks to be implemented for the promotion of innovation in artificial intelligence technologies. It is clarified at this stage that this work does not claim to cover all the emerging sectors but has aimed to establish a pattern by showing the most prominent emerging sectors in India where artificial intelligence adoption shows immediate and immense potential on the basis of current use cases. Artificial Intelligence in the Indian Energy Sector In order to reach the epitome of a smart power sector in the country, the use of artificial intelligence technologies have been recommended in the emerging markets, leading to clean, cheap, as well as reliable energy, all of which are essential to the development of the energy sector in the country. In this context, artificial intelligence softwares can be depended upon for the processes of automation of routine and structured tasks. Furthermore, since the access of energy is one of the most essential factors for the guaranteed development of the energy sector, a combination of innovative solutions and modern technologies like that of artificial intelligence systems may be recommended in this regard. The energy sector as of today faces a similar variety of challenges, all of which have one common factor- the lack of access to energy. This has led to inefficacy in sufficient power generation, mainly because of the poor transmission and distribution of infrastructure related to the energy sector. In fact, according to the November 2019 report of the International Energy Agency (IEA), approximately 860 million people across the wide globe have limited access to electricity.33 Thus, not only is the need for proper access to energy critical to the energy sector in the country to ensure development, it is also a matter of human health and safety. Along with this, however, affordability of relevant infrastructure as well as the everdegrading climate and environmental issues are also to blame in this context. Particularly, India has been recognized in this IEA, ‘Electricity Access Database’ (IEA, 2018) < https://www.iea.org/sdg/electricity/> accessed 24 February 2022. 33
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