ET AI Explainer: Why are US AI labs wary of 'distillation attacks' from Chinese peersDistillation as a technique in which a less capable AI model is trained on the outputs of a stronger one. The aim is to help the less capab...
15 Oct, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
US FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over consumer harms, Axios reportsThe US Federal Trade Commission has initiated an investigation into leading AI firms, amid rising safety concerns and allegations of mislea...
15 Oct, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
AI agents are the next race in consumer AI15 Oct, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
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
UK media regulator says concerns persist over X's handling of illegal contentX's first quarterly report to Ofcom showed it had met commitments to review suspected illegal hate and terror content within agreed timefra...
14 Oct, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
After teen suicide lawsuits, Character.ai enters bankruptcy—Why is Disney bidding $20 million for its technology?Character.ai said selling the company under court supervision would offer the best chance to protect value for its stakeholders. CEO Colin ...
13 Oct, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
VCs clip all love & cash on agentic AIAs personal AI agents transform the consumer internet, Indian VCs are shifting the focus from attention-grabbing apps to intent-driven assi...
13 Oct, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
NYT, AFP, The Economist join 40+ publishers to stop AI firms monetising content without permissionOver 40 publishers have united in the SPUR coalition to protect their content from unauthorized AI usage. This initiative includes prominen...
13 Oct, 2026, 06.51 AM IST
AI latest update: Why are New York Times, Agence France-Presse, The Economist joining over 40 publishers in coalition against Artificial Intelligence usage?OpenAI and its backer, Microsoft, also face similar copyright claims from prominent authors and news organizations, including the New York ...
13 Oct, 2026, 04.53 AM IST
Reddit-Perplexity AI clash: What to know about high-profile data scrapping caseReddit-Perplexity AI clash: The case is part of a wave of copyright cases targeting AI companies over their alleged use of protected conten...
13 Oct, 2026, 04.42 AM IST
US moves to stop AI data centres from pushing up household electricity bills. Here's what could change for AmericansAs artificial intelligence expands across the US, data centres are consuming more electricity, raising concerns about rising power bills fo...
12 Oct, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
Children & AI: WEF expert calls for equal focus on innovation, child safetyCathy Li from the World Economic Forum stresses the crucial role of AI literacy in children's education. She advocates for the incorporatio...
12 Oct, 2026, 12.14 PM IST
Trump’s AI liability push opens blame game for models gone rogueHolding AI developers financially responsible for the safety of their products has won support from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and fo...
10 Oct, 2026, 08.43 PM IST
AI founders cheer Trump's calls for the industry to police itself on safety in Silicon ValleyPresident Donald Trump brought tech titans to Washington late last month for a luncheon and ceremonial signing of a voluntary safety pact h...
10 Oct, 2026, 01.26 PM IST
EU vows AI rules will protect Europeans. Will they?The EU says its AI Act is strong enough to address risks from advanced AI systems, including loss-of-control incidents, but lawmakers and e...
06 Oct, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
Jay Clayton to head US AI task force: Here’s what we knowJay Clayton has taken on a pivotal role as Trump appoints him the AI czar to steer the newly established Super Intelligence Force. This str...
05 Oct, 2026, 11.49 AM IST
Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead America's ‘Super Intelligence Force’US President Donald Trump has named DNI chief Jay Clayton as his AI czar, tasking him with leading a new White House “Super Intelligence Fo...
04 Oct, 2026, 06.24 PM IST