Israel-Hamas conflict may hit connectivity initiatives: U.S. envoy Context The conflict between Israel and Hamas, as well as the assault of Gaza, may “pause” development on India-US economic and connectivity efforts, including as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and the India-Israel-UAE-US (I2U2) groups. Impact […]

Biden, Xi restore military ties Context On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to reestablish military contacts between the two countries, despite Mr Biden going off script and declaring he still regarded Mr Xi a “dictator.” What kind of […]

Modi warns against deep fakes Context On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the exploitation of artificial intelligence for making deepfakes was worrisome, and he requested the media to educate people about such activities. He was speaking to reporters at the BJP’s national office […]

Govt. mulls partnerships to make semiconductor chips Context Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced that the six working groups that had been tasked with reviewing the Indian government’s artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap had turned in their first version of a […]

Centre’s DIKSHA e-education platform to offer AI help Context The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s National e-Governance Division (NeGD) plans to include Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into its current Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform. Each student should be able to have an […]

Dealing With Deep Fakes Context: A deep fake is a piece of work created by a machine using deep learning that contains misleading information. Because deep fakes seek to deceive us into believing something is true by distorting reality, it is beneficial to maintain the […]

Will AI Tools Help Detect Telecom Fraud? Context: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has started using an artificial intelligence-based facial recognition tool called “Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition powered Solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification” or ASTR to weed out widespread instances of fraudulently obtained […]

On Copyright Infringement and AI Context: Copyright legislation safeguards the creative production of a variety of artists and grants them a set of exclusive rights. However, with the aid of several exceptions provided by copyright law, these exclusive rights are balanced with those of the […]

The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act Context: This week, members of the European Parliament reached an early agreement on a new draught of the European Union’s ambitious Artificial Intelligence Act. Many AI tools are essentially black boxes, which means that even those who designed them cannot […]

Is The Current Regulatory System Equipped To Deal With AI? Context: The development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have sparked concerns about privacy, monopolization, and job loss. Ajay Shah and Apar Gupta examine worries about the economic and privacy ramifications of AI in […]