Apar GuptaOver the past decade most tech CEOs have done pit stops in India with elaborate public communications in meetings with the Prime Minister.
Archives for the month March 2024
The Flight of Rights
Today, technological solutions like DigiYatra, often hailed as panaceas, rather than mitigating a passenger’s woe only add to their misery. This is a pattern that is widespread across several deployments of what is today termed as Digital Public Infrastructure.
Time for a Tech Manifesto
Currently, the Indian voter is not even offered a choice in the matter, leaving aside issues of trust or the ability of a political party to implement its manifesto if it comes to power. This lack of offer by political parties manifests in the lack of a constituency.
Government notifies PIB’s Fact Check Unit under IT Rules 2021
The Government of India has notified the Fact Check Unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau as the central fact-checking authority under the IT Rules of 2021.
MeitY revises its previous Advisory on social media intermediaries and AI platforms
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has revised its March 1, 2024 advisory concerning the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) by social media platforms.
In issuing AI advisory, MEITY becomes a deity
There has been a policy flip-flop on an ‘illegal’ MEITY advisory on Artificial Intelligence, but it refuses to admit its mistake
MeitY issues an advisory to social media intermediaries and artificial intelligence platforms
The Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) has issued an advisory on March 1, 2024, to social media intermediaries and artificial intelligence (AI) platforms to get permission before launching AI products in the country.