Ex machina

When compared with the cost of removing tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere needed to keep global warming under 1.5° Celsius, solar geo-engineering is clearly the more cost-effective solution.

Thermal geoengineering trials must exercise caution

4 min read . 03 Oct 2023

The new law requires Data Fiduciaries to erase personal data as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the specified purpose for which it was collected is no longer being served.

Companies must work hard to ensure data protection

4 min read . 08 Aug 2023

Even though the total stock of language data available today is somewhere between 70 trillion and 700 quadrillion words, given the rate at which it’s being consumed, our supply of high-quality language data is likely to run out four years from now.

Data starvation could flatten the evolution curve of AI

4 min read . 26 Jul 2023

Legislators rarely opt for simplicity, fearing that if they do so, they may inadvertently create loopholes through which regulated entities can escape.

The draft data privacy law surprises with its simplicity

4 min read . 18 Jul 2023

Today, we can use computer simulations to identify, with a high degree of accuracy, potential drug candidates. (AFP)

Even health AI can be risky but innovation must win

4 min read . 05 Jul 2023

Titan’s loss should cue a rethink of safety regulations

4 min read . 28 Jun 2023

Hum along with the musical creativity of generative AI

Hum along with the musical creativity of generative AI

4 min read . 21 Jun 2023

Algorithmic biases in medical devices could harm us

4 min read . 24 May 2023

Let’s hold our horses on the regulation of generative AI

4 min read . 17 May 2023

Systems thinking can fix content moderation problems

4 min read . 10 May 2023

According to a report by Women’s World Banking, most women only access their PMJDY accounts to withdraw the benefit transfers that they receive in them from the various government initiatives that they are eligible for

The financial inclusion of women is set for a tech leap

4 min read . 02 May 2023

Laws should keep pace with fast evolving technologies

4 min read . 25 Apr 2023

India needs a principles-based approach to regulate AI

4 min read . 12 Apr 2023

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Our digital journey is at another major inflection point

4 min read . 05 Apr 2023

AI development needs guardrails for its safe evolution

4 min read . 22 Mar 2023

Generative AI prompts serious questions of copyright

4 min read . 15 Feb 2023

Luddites are throwing in the towel prematurely on AI

4 min read . 07 Feb 2023

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What ChatGPT does will be watched with bated breath

4 min read . 07 Feb 2023

Digi Yatra isn’t a privacy risk but a travel smoothener

4 min read . 25 Jan 2023

Private quasi-regulatory entities offer digital strength

3 min read . 17 Jan 2023