SEBI fixes responsibility for use of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and techniques
SEBI has notified he Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 to regulate use of artificial intelligence
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 has been amended by adding a new Chapter IIIB related to use of artificial intelligence.
Responsibility for the use of artificial intelligence.
It has been provided that every person regulated by the SEBI who uses artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and techniques, either designed by it or procured from third-party technology service providers, irrespective of the scale and scenario of adoption of such tools for conducting its business and servicing its investors, shall be solely responsible –
(a) for the privacy, security and integrity of investors’ and stakeholders’ data including data maintained by it in a fiduciary capacity throughout the processes involved;
(b) for the output arising from the usage of such tools and techniques it relies upon or deals with; and
(c) for the compliance with applicable laws in force.
The expression “artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and techniques” has been defined to include any application or software program or executable system or a combination thereof, offered by the person regulated by SEBI to investors/stakeholders or used internally by it to facilitate investing and trading or to disseminate investment strategies and advice or to carry out its activities including compliance requirements and the same are portrayed as part of the products offered to the public or under usage for compliance or management or other business purposes;
In case of violation of the provisions related to AI SEBI is authorised to take action under these regulations.
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