India, April 2 -- Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take a techno-legal approach to deal with the new-age crimes and collaborate with the academia and industries in the light of the changes being brought about by artificial intelligence on economic, social and technological fronts.

Delivering the 21st DP Kohli memorial lecture on the 62nd foundation day of the CBI at Bharat Mandapam, the minister said, "An AI agent can commit a crime. The ethical question that will arise then is who has committed the crime and whom to arrest? Can you arrest an AI agent? Is it the AI creating company that is liable or is it the AI agent that is liable? These are the changes which are happening in...