An Indian government working group put forward a proposal on December 9, 2025, to create a mandatory licensing fee system for AI companies. According to Reuters, the initiative envisions a centralized mechanism for collecting royalties for authors and publishers whose materials are used to train models (such as those of OpenAI and Google). The proposal, aimed at protecting intellectual property in the generative AI era, is open for public comment but has already faced criticism from the tech industry.
India Proposes Mandatory AI Royalties for Content Used in Training
