India, Dec. 13 -- India has proposed what could be the world's most ambitious move to make AI companies pay for the copyrighted content they use to train large language models (LLMs) and frontier models.

A recently published working paper by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has sparked debate after it recommended a new licensing regime that would let companies and developers train AI models on virtually any copyrighted material, if they procure the licence and agree to royalty terms.

Thus far, no such regulations exist and this is the first formal proposal in this regard. Coming from the DPIIT, which manages a lot of the Startup India engagements, the recommendations have resulted in some concerns. But...