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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.

Moltbook breach shows the danger of fast-evolving AI ecosystems

The risk was exposed by Gal Nagli, the Head of Threat Exposure at Wiz, in an official blogpost for the company. It has cast doubt on Moltbook’s rapid growth claims.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

On Camera

India is successfully walking West Asia tightrope. Modi has skilfully avoided taking sides

The Modi government avoided diplomatic adventurism and bravado but engaged sincerely with all the stakeholders in the Iran conflict upfront.

Why the US shouldn’t try to outsmart the oil market

Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.