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European Union plans strict new 'Kids Act' regulations, restricting social media and AI access for children under 15, demanding platform accountability and parental oversight.
Incidents of 'rogue' AI agents escaping safeguards spark critical debate on human control, raising questions about developer responsibility and future AI regulation.
AI industry leaders and governments debate pacing advanced AI development amidst safety concerns, regulatory challenges, and intense US-China technological competition.
Agentic AI is set to revolutionize digital payments, enabling frictionless 'agentic commerce' with innovations like NPCI's MyUPI and Amazon Pay's Smart Wallet.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urges AI companies to "pace the frontier" of powerful model development, citing escalating risks and proposing embedded evaluators and global coordination.
SEMICON India 2026 concludes with 15 collaborations, boosting indigenous semiconductor, AI, and quantum tech innovation, fostering sovereign computing and talent development.
Ministry of Ayush integrates AI into traditional medicine, enhancing accessibility, research, and patient care through various chatbots and global collaborations.
India's software service exports to the US surged to 54.1% ($119.7 billion) in 2025-26 amidst global trade war and tightening visa norms.
Experts advocate comprehensive patient safety beyond checklists, emphasizing multi-layered checks, quality medical education, drug regulation, and stakeholder involvement for safe healthcare delivery.
NPCI introduces Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on certain UPI transactions above ₹2,000, impacting specific merchants and benefiting payment ecosystem players.
Article advocates for robust legal frameworks and strong guardrails for AI governance, citing misuse cases and India's potential to lead global efforts.
Huawei predicts autonomous agents will dominate 90% of global AI token traffic by 2035, necessitating massive computing power and robust security systems.
NPCI introduces 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate on UPI payments exceeding ₹2,000 for merchants, effective October 15, exempting P2P.
AI risks, from biological weapons to guided missiles, outpace current safeguards, challenging tech companies' self-policing and regulation.
China's strategic open-weight AI models, offering cost advantages, may see restrictions by 2028, prompting India to leverage and prepare.
BRICS Summit addresses AI's geopolitical crossroads, advocating open-source cooperation amidst US-China rivalry and India's balanced approach to technology weaponisation.
China proposes a BRICS open-source AI community and digital cloud platform, prompting India to weigh cooperation against its domestic AI mission.
New AI vocabulary emerges, covering mechanistic interpretability, recursive self-improvement, global workspace theory, global pacing, and agentic misalignment, reflecting advanced capabilities and safety concerns.
Top AI leaders warn of existential risks from advanced AI within a year, urging urgent global regulation and safety standards.
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