TECHNOLOGY
DPDP rollout leaves questions around artificial intelligence unresolved as 2025 ends
As India’s data protection regime completes its first year, policy experts warn that the law’s consent-heavy design could complicate AI development and strain digital business models.
BUSINESS
India should treat artificial intelligence as digital public infra, not proprietary assets: Govt white paper
A government white paper argues that democratising access to AI will require governing core AI building blocks as digital public goods, drawing on India’s digital public infrastructure playbook.
TECHNOLOGY
MeitY flags gaps in platform moderation, warns intermediaries on obscene content compliance
Platforms risk losing safe harbour if due diligence lapses persist, ministry says
TECHNOLOGY
PM to host CEOs, inaugurate India AI Impact Summit; NVIDIA's Jensen Huang expected, China invited
Confirmed attendees presently include Bill Gates, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayein, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and others.
TECHNOLOGY
IndiaAI Impact Summit: Proposed ‘AI Safety Commons’ to focus on Global South use cases
Proposed repository aims to adapt AI testing and safety frameworks to local contexts in developing economies
TECHNOLOGY
Meta blocks Congress' AI videos on PM Modi after Delhi Police notices
Platform says content did not breach its policies but was blocked following a valid legal order
ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE
AI-enabled dark patterns manipulating consumers: Consumer affairs secretary Nidhi Khare
Khare termed the usage of dark patterns by e-commerce platforms as a "market sales strategy"
ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE
AI markets raise fresh competition concerns, regulator coordination key: CCI chair Ravneet Kaur
The CCI chairperson indicated that the regulator would be open to coordinating with other bodies such as the data protection board and so on.
TECHNOLOGY
Mitsubishi Electric India in early talks with Indian ATMPs to offer SiC chips for local packaging
Mitsubishi Electric India (MEI) is weighing a role in India’s SiC value chain through chip supply and local packaging partnerships.
BUSINESS
Digantara to double down on defence customers, missile tracking after $50 million fund infusion
Cracking defence markets is key to building a sustainable space business, founder Anirudh Sharma tells Moneycontrol
BUSINESS
Space tech startup Digantara raises $50 million in Series B funding with participation from 360 ONE Asset, Ronnie Screwvala, others
Funding round backs the startup’s expansion beyond orbital tracking into sovereign security systems
TECHNOLOGY
Explained: What the new Aadhaar rules mean for face authentication and user consent
New rules align Aadhaar’s expanding use cases with face authentication and DPDP-era consent safeguards
TECHNOLOGY
MeitY backs DPIIT’s AI copyright licensing model, calls for revenue sharing
The IT ministry backs DPIIT’s hybrid AI copyright model, calling for broad training access with revenue-linked compensation and safeguards to limit disputes
TECHNOLOGY
India’s proposed AI copyright overhaul: What the draft licensing model really means
As DPIIT pushes a new framework for AI training and creator compensation, tech giants warn the plan could reshape India’s digital economy.
TECHNOLOGY
Major tech firms flag “market harm” in India’s AI copyright proposal
A recent analysis prepared by a leading global technology company, reviewed by Moneycontrol, warns that the proposal risks slowing down innovation.
BUSINESS
MeitY warns VPN firms, platforms over sites leaking Indians’ personal data
In an advisory, the ministry flagged proxyearth.org, leakdata.org and similar sites for exposing users’ personal details, reminds intermediaries of liability risks under IT Act.
TECHNOLOGY
DPIIT panel to release second AI-copyright paper soon; eyes three-year reform horizon
An official said the proposed framework, if accepted, would have an outer limit of three years to be translated into law
TECHNOLOGY
Govt sends notice to Apple over spyware alerts; CERT-In offers voluntary device checks for affected users
Apple later met MeitY and CERT-In, stating that its notifications were based on internal threat signals and not attributed to any government
TECHNOLOGY
India’s draft AI copyright model may treat everything online as training data, unless one locks it away
The proposal introduces a compulsory licensing mechanism—administered through a proposed Copyright Royalty Collection and Allocation Tribunal—that would treat accessibility as the key threshold
TECHNOLOGY
Centre asks Google to pull down ads linked to fake ‘pencil packing’ job scheme
I4C says the ads impersonated Hindustan Pencil and promised unrealistic monthly payouts through a work-from-home offer
TECHNOLOGY
Centre to undertake large-scale IT infra audit across ministries and State data centres
The audit will span the entire stack of government information communication technology (ICT) assets, from routers, firewalls and intrusion-prevention systems to servers, virtual machines, cloud deployments, endpoint devices and security operations centres.
TECHNOLOGY
Mandatory Sanchar Saathi rollout sparks privacy, security fears among experts
Digital rights groups, policy analysts say compulsory, undeletable app undermines consent, may introduce nationwide security vulnerabilities.
BUSINESS
Skyroot CEO says demand for small satellite launches is outpacing supply as Vikram-1 readies for liftoff
Skyroot Aerospace CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana says that the startup's first orbital rocket is fully booked for its debut mission next quarter
TECHNOLOGY
Himachal police asks social media platforms to overhaul compliance, moderation policies, sets 15-day deadline
Platforms told to update moderation, grievance systems in line with the amended IT rules and confirm compliance within 15 days or risk losing safe-harbour protections
