Children’s AI use needs balanced policies; focusing on literacy, safe design, and shared responsibility, rather than bans alone. ...
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Surging AI investment, fuelled by US–China rivalry and speculative capital, risks inflating a bubble whose rupture may reshape the global technological balance and strategic competition ...
State-led initiatives in quantum technology can serve as a valuable strategic edge for India’s ambitious National Quantum Mission, providing the spark necessary for transcending the Quantum Valley of Death ...
While India’s PQC migration roadmap is a crucial step towards protecting the country’s digital landscape from quantum threats, it would benefit from greater pragmatism and refinement ...
India’s rise as a global AI ‘use-case capital’ is driven by sovereign, socially embedded innovation across sectors, but realising equitable public-good outcomes will depend on closing persistent gaps in digital access, infrastructure, and skilled capacity ...
Amid apprehensions of an AI bubble, fueled by rampant geopolitical contestation, there is an urgent need to balance power-driven Big AI with purpose-driven Small AI ...
The United States, China, and India are driving global AI through distinct strategies in policy, capital, and infrastructure. India shows strong momentum but must bridge gaps in talent, data, and compute to secure global AI leadership. ...
As India's DPI 2.0 evolves UPI into universal data empowerment, boosting productivity and inclusion, it also needs interoperability, competition safeguards, and trust via consent to avoid exclusion ...
Big Tech’s data centres and AI growth are driving emissions and environmental pressures, raising questions about real sustainability ...
In 2026, the digital battlefield will be defined by autonomous AI, looming quantum threats, and an expanding attack surface that together demand a fundamental rethink of how cyber risk is governed and managed ...
Mandatory AI integration is reshaping digital norms while driving rising energy, water, and environmental costs ...
AI Projects funded by State Governments are changing Real Time Warfare across the world, not through autonomous agents but by optimising the analysis and interpretation of data ...
Quantum computing promises revolutionary breakthroughs, but exaggerated claims and premature hype risk eroding public trust before the technology becomes truly useful ...
Despite being significantly less efficient than frontier AI models, mechanistic interpretability models such as weight-sparse transformers can yield enormous dividends in boosting industry adoption and establishing societal trust in AI ...
GenAI is rewriting the rules of electioneering, turning campaigns into hyper-targeted, multilingual persuasion machines that blur the line between outreach and manipulation ...
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The UN’s cybercrime treaty reflects both the promise of multilateral cooperation and the steady erosion of liberal norms in global cyberspace governance. ...
AI copilots can revolutionise governance in India by enhancing citizen access, compliance, and service delivery through intelligent, multilingual assistance. Yet their success depends on addressing challenges of privacy, bias, regulation, and digital inclusion to ensure secure, equitable, and transparent adoption. ...
Kenya’s 2022 elections showcased how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to monitor digital spaces, counter disinformation, and uphold the integrity of democratic processes. ...
Generative AI is advancing rapidly, but most organisations struggle to turn experimentation into measurable impact, exposing a persistent learning gap between innovation and implementation. ...
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AI’s global boom is powered by the Global South’s labour and land—but its priorities remain sidelined in a race defined by corporate greed and power. ...
Indian youth data challenges dominant narratives about AI emotional harm, revealing sophisticated digital citizenship that defies techno-pessimistic assumptions. ...
In an uncertain geopolitical landscape, the AI Impact Summit 2026 offers opportunities to widen the ambit of trusted partnerships and capitalise on India’s immediate strategic advantages in delivering complementary AI innovations to the world. ...
Amid global data-centre expansion, it is imperative that India rapidly scale sovereign capacity to remain competitive and safeguard its digital future. ...
In India’s Northeast, disinformation fuels ethnic tensions. Building digital literacy is now a peace-building imperative to safeguard fragile stability. ...
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As online gaming booms, India’s new law draws the line between innovation and exploitation, targeting crime, radicalisation, and fraud. ...
DeepSeek’s low-cost AI fuels debates on democratisation but raises concerns over China’s pursuit of strategic dominance ...
Naghma is Media Consultant at ORF. She tracks India’s neighbourhood — Pakistan and China — alongside other geopolitical developments in the region. Naghma hosts ORF’s weekly video series India’s World. She is also a senior editor with NDTV. A bilingual journalist, Naghma is proficient ...
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Naghma is Media Consultant at ORF. She tracks India’s neighbourhood — Pakistan and China — alongside other geopolitical developments in the region. Naghma hosts ORF’s weekly video series India’s World. She is also a senior editor with NDTV. A bilingual journalist, Naghma is proficient ...
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