The Telecommunications Bill 2023 offers a radical new approach to telecom regulation. It replaces the license-based regime with a more legislative approach

The European Union has agreed to a new law to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) by imposing transparency requirements on general AI models and st...

When man invented writing he enabled the creation of a hive-mind that eventually lead to the establishment of civilisation as we know it. The advent of large language models has exponentially expanded that hive-mind but has it done so at the cost of our humanity?

The events surrounding OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman highlight the challenges in establishing effective governance structures that can appropriately ...

To ensure equitable access to digital public infrastructure (DPI), it's crucial to address the digital divide. This involves extending connectivity infrastructure globally, reimagining digital systems for offline accessibility, and enhancing digital literacy. Innovations like offline Aadhaar enrolme

New scientific breakthroughs - like CRISPR in the case of genetic engineering - brings with it unforeseen challenges. Technologies originally intended for good can easily be subverted for harm. We cannot prevent such harms from taking place solely by enacting regulation to contain such knowledge onc

The India approach to data governance is an exception to the different approaches that currently exist for data governance - the US and Chinese on the one hand and the European on the other,

There have been some criticisms about the actual impact of India's financial inclusion achievements. But this is not time for false modesty.

There is a new urgency to find alternate and innovative solutions to climate change. Solar geoengineering is one such solution but it is not without its risks

Society's response to disruptive technologies like AI follows a three-stage pattern: regulation, adaptation, and acceptance. Regulations tend to focus...

As more and more of our transactions take place within environments that are digital from end-to-end, the easier it is for us to embed regulations dir...

In an increasingly polarised world, the 2023 New Delhi Declaration at the Leaders Summit of the G20 was a diplomatic triumph. But as you read through ...