The future of AI in journalism will depend on a balance between benefits and risk, and raising audience comfort, trust and news literacy.
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account
AI is reshaping the news ecosystem in the fields of search, fact-checking and personalised feeds. If used well, it can support journalism and strengthen democracy.
India is facing complex choices in navigating China’s state-led control and the US’ chaotic and fragmented AI governance regulation. (more…)
A new US-led alliance to secure semiconductor manufacturing highlights a deeper shift in global techno-geopolitics—and the scale of India’s dependence on foreign technology across chips, energy and advanced research. (more…)
As news deserts expand and resources shrink, AI threatens to further undermine local media outlets. Yet, carefully deployed, it may also help fill civic information gaps and support public-interest reporting. (more…)
Public debate on the ban has focused on parenting choices. But the real issue is corporate compliance, technical design, and safe spaces for young people (more…)
AI is reshaping the news ecosystem in the fields of search, fact-checking and personalised feeds. If used well, it can support journalism and strengthen democracy. (more…)
Artificial intelligence is exploding, guzzling more electricity than whole countries. The way out could be chips that mimic the brain, leading to smarter, energy-efficient machines that transform the future of computing. (more…)
The proposed rules to address the menace of deepfakes are technically unfeasible, socially naïve, and legally clumsy. A better solution would be to invest in building an informed, critical citizenry. (more…)
GenAI tools are reshaping the information environment in ways most audiences never see. From the data that trains them to the labour that maintains them, their inner workings raise urgent questions for journalism and democratic accountability. (more…)
China has made AI education compulsory for primary school students but a similar move in India will have to contend with multiple challenges. (more…)
As science moves closer to machine-mediated gestation, lawmakers face urgent questions on rights, ethics and reproductive autonomy.
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