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AGI and superintelligence threaten the country's sovereignty, India will have to make the world's first agentive AI law: Pawan Duggal
Samira Vishwas | September 11, 2026 5:24 AM CST

New Delhi, September 10 (IANS). Supreme Court lawyer and cyber expert Pawan Duggal has given a big statement regarding the future of AI. He said that the coming 2-3 years are going to be the most important for India and the whole world, because AI is now preparing to surpass the human mind. If strict laws and security rules are not made on this from now on, then this technology can become a big threat to the security of the country and the rights of the people.

Pawan Duggal said, “AI is progressing much faster than we think. Sam Altman has already said that some part of the singularity has been achieved, where artificial intelligence has left behind some parts of human intelligence. AGI i.e. Artificial General Intelligence may come by the end of this year or early next year and there is a possibility of superintelligence coming in the next 2-3 years, so we have a lot of opportunities in front of us. It's a big challenge.”

He said, “Once AGI comes, it does not matter whether you can create any model to it or not. What is at stake and the challenge is your sovereignty, security and integrity as a country. Superintelligence will be the intelligence which will leave behind the intelligence of the entire humanity in this race. When Elon Musk says that AI is a threat to humanity, he is not wrong. So AI, AGI and Security on superintelligence is the biggest need of today's time and the Government of India will have to move forward keeping it a priority.

Pawan Duggal said that India is not a normal country. We are not only the world's largest democracy, but also the most populous country. Therefore, what we do today will become a benchmark for the entire world and especially the Global South. India should start creating separate and dedicated legal regulations for AI. Because in India people work only when there is the force of law behind any important work. Things that are merely recommended or voluntary often do not take off.

Pawan Duggal said, “No country in the world has yet made a law on agentic AI. Singapore issued guidelines regarding agentic AI in January, but they are only voluntary. In such a situation, whatever benchmark India sets to regulate AI can become the standards applicable to the Global South. We have all heard about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, but now the time has come when we should It has to be understood that humans also have rights against AI, so that AI can be made more accountable.”

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