Australia steps up response to AI after OpenAI bot breaches health system databaseThe incursion on one of the country's most used government agencies may prompt a tougher stance as Australia readies AI-specific laws start...
25 Sep, 2026, 01.12 PM IST
IRDAI proposal hits insurance stocks; FSSAI vs ecomm giantsThe insurance regulator has proposed new limits on commissions as part of a wider overhaul. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
24 Sep, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
Banks warn AI shopping bots raise scam, fraud and data-privacy risksTechnology companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta are increasingly promoting AI chatbots as shopping tools, envisioning a f...
23 Sep, 2026, 08.09 AM IST
No reason to slow AI efforts here, India focused on applications not frontier models: IT Ministry sourcesIndia sees no reason to pause its artificial intelligence research, as its focus remains on developing applications and models suited to th...
22 Sep, 2026, 12.13 PM IST
China's Z.ai disables AI coding assistant features after security issue* Z.ai says bug originated from default-enabled feature * Rare security disclosure from Chinese AI lab * Independent review found user data...
22 Sep, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
- Spanish data watchdog publicises first AI agent-linked data breach report
Spain's data protection watchdog said it has received the first reported notification of a personal data breach allegedly carried out by an...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.33 AM IST
MSMEs are embracing AI without understanding the privacy risks: PrivaSapien CEOWith key provisions of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Rules set to take effect in May 2027, PrivaSapien CEO Abilash Soundararajan...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
VCs chase deeptech; AI takeaways from ET's WLFHappy Monday! Specialist VC funds are expanding beyond their traditional sectors to invest more in deeptech. This and more in today’s ETtec...
24 Aug, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glassesDigital rights group HateAid said in a statement on Wednesday that the launch of the devices, the Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer in particular, brok...
12 Aug, 2026, 05.30 PM IST
UK lawmaker suing Elon Musk's xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualised imagesJess Asato, a member of Britain's governing Labour Party, said last month that users created fake images of her, including a video of her "...
28 Jul, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
How to remember to judiciously forgetDelhi High Court established a right to be forgotten, flowing from Article 21. This ruling allows de-indexing judicial records and masking ...
21 Jul, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
Italy privacy watchdog fines Character AI owner over age-check failuresThe regulator found several privacy violations, including shortcomings in information provided to users about the processing of their perso...
09 Jul, 2026, 07.05 PM IST
The illusion of privacy in India’s AI boomIndia faces a growing privacy challenge with AI. User data is being used to train AI models, raising concerns about potential breaches. Whi...
08 Dec, 2025, 11.29 PM IST
Italy watchdog says OpenAI's ChatGPT breaches privacy rulesThe Italian watchdog, known as Garante - one of the European Union's most proactive in assessing AI platform compliance with the bloc's dat...
29 Jan, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
Governments across the world race to regulate AI toolsRapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree law...
23 May, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Regulatory measures: Governments race to rein in AI toolsRapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree law...
11 May, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Here's how different governments are working to regulate AI toolsRapid advances in AI such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree on laws governing the use of ...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.53 PM IST