Tag: AI Regulation
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
Xi Jinping Proposes Global AI Body to Rival U.S. Governance Model
At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit held in Gyeongju, South Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a bold call for the creation of...
MeitY: Label AI Content, Don’t Restrict It
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has clarified that the government is not seeking to restrict or censor AI-generated content, but only...
CCI Study Warns of AI Risks to Market Competition
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has released a comprehensive report titled Market Study on Artificial Intelligence and Competition, marking a significant step in...
EU Launches ‘Apply AI’ Strategy to Cut Foreign Tech Reliance
The European Commission is rolling out a new “Apply AI” strategy aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of European-origin AI platforms across critical...
OpenAI Adds Parental Controls to ChatGPT
OpenAI is introducing parental controls for its flagship product ChatGPT following a tragic case in California where a teenager reportedly took his own life...
Google to Sign EU AI Code Despite Concerns
Google has confirmed that it will sign the European Union’s voluntary AI code of practice, a framework designed to help tech companies align with...
EU AI Code of Practice May Apply by End-2025
The European Commission has confirmed that the Code of Practice designed to guide companies in complying with the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act may only...
Germany Seeks DeepSeek App Ban Over Data Privacy
Germany’s data protection commissioner has formally requested Apple and Google to remove the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country....
Meta Invests $14.8B in Scale AI Deal
Meta has invested $14.8 billion in Scale AI, acquiring a 49% nonvoting stake and hiring CEO Alexandr Wang in a deal that sidesteps formal...
India Reviews Copyright Law Amid OpenAI Cases
India has set up an expert panel to assess whether its existing copyright framework is sufficient to handle disputes arising from the use of...
India’s Health Data at Risk: AI and Digital Colonialism
India is facing growing scrutiny over the cross-border flow of its sensitive health data, as global corporations increasingly look to low- and middle-income countries...
Global Leaders Unite for Safe AI Future
At the Carnegie India Global Technology Summit in New Delhi on Friday, global policymakers, diplomats, and tech leaders united in their call for robust...
