Prasar Bharati can offer high-definition sports content, but risks falling short on delivering user experience that private broadcasters invest heavily in.
Burdening advertisers with increased compliance will stymie the industry. Instead, empower consumers to detect and report misleading ads to bodies like the CCPA and ASCI.
The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.
The rationale behind this proposed bill stems from the fact that existing competition enforcement is supposedly sluggish and ill-suited to today's fast-paced digital environment.
The 2024 advisory goes well beyond the scope of the IT rules by seemingly creating an AI governance mandate – raising questions about its validity and the future of AI governance in India.
A public-private partnership for supervision is also relevant to other industries where offshore operators evade local laws—such as online gambling and digital lending.
Companies treat layoffs as a cost-cutting instrument to boost performance and expect to be rewarded by stock markets. But evidence contradicts this notion.
Deepfakes have the ability to swing elections, erode public trust. Two ways to combat them are detection & provenance. Its looming threat necessitates proactive State intervention.
Attempts by the consumer affairs ministry to prohibit a prescribed list of ‘specified dark patterns’ can be counterproductive. Product designers can exploit regulatory grey areas.
Somewhere along the way, play became a scheduled activity instead of something that just happened. It became a slot you could miss, a plan you had to stick to, an hour you paid for and better not waste.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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