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AI alerted us to ‘unstable’ Nepal village. It can detect landslides years before they happen

Researchers form Melbourne University are using AI systems trained with radar images collected by satellites to determine how slopes fall.

Where’s climate in AI conversations? Biodiversity collapse is missing

As global innovation and tech agendas evolve, the challenge lies in ensuring that biodiversity is not an afterthought, but a central component of climate-AI partnerships.

AI-powered sextortion seeing a surge worldwide due to its ‘effectiveness’, says Interpol report

In India, sextortion accounted for nearly 4% of total money lost last year even as investment scams, which accounted for 75% of money lost to cybercrime, continued to be dominant form.

New book champions AI-Climate nexus. It’s co-written by Amitabh Kant

Authors Siddharth Sinha and Amitabh Kant both admitted that AI's impact on an already vulnerable global climate and on resources such as land and water cannot be ignored.

AI Summit ends with 88 nations adopting New Delhi Declaration, calls for cooperation, sovereignty

New Delhi: The AI Impact Summit 2026 concluded Saturday with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration endorsed by 88 countries, and guided by...

AI safety can’t be an afterthought. It must be built into platforms: Karandeep Anand

Safety rules and regulations must come from AI companies, Karandeep Anand, CEO of Character.AI, told ThePrint on the sidelines of the Synapse India Conclave, Gurugram.

Airtel presents scam-blocking AI algorithm at Delhi summit. It’s stopped 30,000 frauds per day

Airtel has also developed a fraud alert system, which will prevent the user from accessing their bank OTPs for suspicious transactions.

AI is coming for your job & Labour (get your act) Together

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Tech-agnostic’ but stricter: At AI Summit, govt defends tighter AI, ‘synthetic’ media compliance norms

New Delhi: As the Centre prepares to enforce stricter compliance obligations on ‘synthetic’ and AI-generated audiovisual content under amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary...

India’s AI rules risk curbing lawful content. Three-hour takedown policy is unprecedented

Companies have nine days from the date of release to introduce product-level changes to comply with the law. This will change how users interact with modern-day public squares.

On Camera

Sapiosexuals are just snobs who are bad at small talk

This bold I-only-go-out-with-smart-people crowd opens Hinge chats by asking you what you're reading these days. They name-drop Kafka and Nietzsche and use the word 'nuance' a lot.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.