Whose voice is it anyway? Actors take on AI copycatsFrom South Africa to Europe, Japan to the United States, artists are joining forces to protect their jobs, and their souls, from the ramifi...
20 Oct, 2023, 06.08 PM IST
Racist, sexist, casteist: Is AI bad news for India?With a population of 1.4 billion powering the world's fifth-biggest economy, India is undergoing breakneck technological change, rolling ou...
11 Sep, 2023, 10.39 AM IST
Are AI chatbots in courts putting justice at risk?A growing number of justices are using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to assist them in rulings, with supporters saying the tech can...
04 May, 2023, 07.55 PM IST
Gig workers, call centre scams, ghost work: the dark side of India's tech sectorIndian police have raided hundreds of such centres in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai and Kolkata in recent years, and said they have ch...
22 Mar, 2023, 11.51 AM IST
Seek algorithmic accountability from Facebook: Experts to govtThey are also seeking the government to urgently set up an independent commission which can deliberate on possible legislation around the s...
26 Oct, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Facebook backlash begins; recurring payments chaos explainedPrivacy advocates and civil society groups are asking the government to rein in Facebook's algorithms and set rules for what social media c...
26 Oct, 2021, 05.05 AM IST
Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular contentThe company has disputed this saying it uses technology to proactively detect hate speech in the two languages as well as have reviewers fl...
06 Oct, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
- Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular content
India, with over 530 million users, according to government data, is the largest market in terms of users for Facebook. In contrast, the US...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Tech giants comply with IT rules, but several nagging concerns remainTechnology giants have conformed to the new IT rules, but several nagging concerns remain over some of the provisions of the intermediary g...
17 Jul, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake toolsTrump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Facebook India policy head Ankhi Das resigns weeks after hate speech controversyThe resignation comes weeks after Facebook and Ankhi Das faced questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated ...
28 Oct, 2020, 07.40 AM IST
As Ambani goes on a shopping spree for Jio, startups may find their space shrinkingReliance Jio is eager to become the tech titan of the country and its acquisition strategy may leave very little space for startups to oper...
23 Aug, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Microsoft's foray in Indian social media is long due, say expertsUnder CEO Satya Nadella’s leadership, Microsoft has refocused business to the Cloud and led an aggressive acquisition strategy using cash t...
07 Aug, 2020, 10.16 PM IST
TikTok-Microsoft talks won’t affect India ban as local operations of app not part of negotiationsAlong with 58 other Chinese-owned apps, TikTok was banned by India in June due to concerns over its alleged data-sharing practices with Chi...
04 Aug, 2020, 06.59 AM IST