Inside Google's Gemini safety strategy: Protecting children, verifying age and tackling AI misinformationTo tackle rising child safety concerns linked with AI, Google is taking proactive steps as children engage with chatbots. The focus is on e...
15 Oct, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Can AI ever possess a human soul? Pope Leo XIV's remarks and Anthropic's new Claude policy deepen the consciousness debatePope Leo XIV recently addressed the distinction between human understanding and AI's data processing capabilities. He emphasized that human...
10 Oct, 2026, 12.55 AM IST
ET Alpha Wealth Summit 2.0: AI can analyse portfolios, but investor behaviour drives returns, says Ravi DharamshiThe rise of artificial intelligence is transforming how we analyze data and derive investment insights, yet human judgment plays an irrepla...
09 Oct, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
US, China, EU: three paths to regulating AIThe United States, China and the European Union are taking different paths to govern artificial intelligence, as calls grow worldwide to re...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
ElevenLabs deepens India push, targets all 22 Indian languages on its voice AI platform: cofounder Mati StaniszewskiThe company currently supports 14 Indian languages on its latest text-to-speech (TTS) model, Eleven V4, which was launched last week, Mati ...
06 Oct, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?When Meta agreed to changes to its social media platforms and enhanced safeguards in an $18 billion settlement, it made progress by "gettin...
06 Oct, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
AI Is Changing How Customers Choose Your BusinessAs AI increasingly mediates how customers research, evaluate, and choose suppliers, competitive advantage is shifting from direct customer ...
25 Sep, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Decoding EU’s move to dismantle addictive technology for childrenThe proposed KIDS Act would set different access rules by age, bring AI companions and conversational chatbots under the bloc’s child-safet...
24 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk | Retail traders lost ₹1.8 lakh crore in F&O: Can algo trading change the game? Rakesh Pujara explainsMore than 90% of individual F&O traders lost money between FY22 and FY24, with retail losses reaching around ₹1.8 lakh crore. With algorith...
14 Sep, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk| From floor trading to AI algos: Why India’s retail traders are entering the automation era, says Shruti JainAI-powered algorithmic trading is becoming increasingly accessible to Indian retail investors, driven by Sebi’s regulatory framework, tradi...
13 Sep, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk| With 87.7% of F&O traders losing money, why systematic trading is becoming more relevant for retail investors, says Prashant ShahRetail traders face significant losses in India's derivatives market. Automation and AI tools offer solutions for consistent execution and ...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
AI twins were supposed to think like real people, but scientists found they were more rational, more trusting and surprisingly differentNew research suggests AI digital twins may not accurately represent individuals. These artificial versions appear to systematically alter o...
05 Sep, 2026, 10.35 PM IST
A 2025 Stanford study gave 4,829 Americans AI-generated arguments supporting six different policies and found that participants became modestly more supportive after reading them, with AI messages appearing as persuasive as human-written arguments and often perceived as more logical and informedNew research shows large language models can influence political attitudes. AI-generated messages proved as persuasive as those written by ...
01 Sep, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Real or AI-generated? How to spot fake viral videos before you believe or share them on social mediaAI-generated videos are becoming increasingly realistic and harder to distinguish from genuine footage. Viewers should carefully examine vi...
31 Aug, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
ChatGPT or foreigner bride? Grandmother's innocent reaction while talking to AI about her grandson divides the internet. 'Don't do this'An Indian grandmother’s innocent conversation with ChatGPT has gone viral after she was led to believe that the AI voice assistant was a fo...
28 Aug, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
ET WLF 2026: Neurotechnology's goal should be to turn humans into creators, not just consumers, says Alexander PanovSPEC Finance has launched a significant neurotechnology fund to accelerate India's research and development. This initiative aims to foster...
24 Aug, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulationsChina has a tradition of paternalistic government regulations meant to pre-empt potential problems, said Yolanda Ma, an expert on AI govern...
11 Aug, 2026, 09.09 AM IST