India’s use of AI-based facial recognition in welfare delivery improves efficiency but raises concerns about exclusion when systems fail beneficiaries ...
In light of the multiple inadequacies of the current hyperscaling AI development model, the Global South needs to retain its human development-driven agenda rather than transitioning to an AI-centric one ...
India’s 2025 cybersecurity shift integrated AI, policy reform, and predictive systems—marking a transition from reactive defence to anticipatory resilience ...
Cyber resilience in the digital age depends not on stronger walls, but on smarter innovation. For the Global South, reimagining tools, institutions, and partnerships is essential to absorb shocks and sustain digital transformation amid escalating cyber threats. ...
AI-driven, agentic commerce is expanding market access and autonomy for India’s small producers, but its transformative promise remains contingent on addressing reliability risks, cybersecurity gaps, and a persistent digital divide ...
As AI systems increasingly rely on copyrighted data, global legal frameworks are diverging in how they balance innovation with the rights of creators. A nuanced, hybrid approach that combines legal clarity, fair compensation, and scalable licensing mechanisms may offer the most viable path forward for ...
AI thrives on human creativity, but risks eroding the very incentives that keep it alive—copyright must evolve to protect both ...
India’s multilingual AI push is bringing local languages into AI systems, but without community stewardship, inclusion risks proceeding without representation ...
Few industries illustrate the co-evolution of artificial intelligence and commercial technology as clearly as video games. Now, generative AI is poised to alter the economics of game production itself, with consequences that reach into workforce planning, creative ownership, and the development prospects of countries still ...
The rise of smaller, independent game developers presents an unprecedented cultural and economic opportunity for the Global South, prompting the establishment of a domestic gaming industry landscape. ...
AI is driving creativity and sustainability across every part of the fashion value chain. But the human costs of its deployment are becoming evident too. ...
As generative AI transforms advertising with scale and precision, brands must balance innovation with authenticity to preserve consumer trust and emotional connection ...
Children’s AI use needs balanced policies; focusing on literacy, safe design, and shared responsibility, rather than bans alone. ...
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Surging AI investment, fuelled by US–China rivalry and speculative capital, risks inflating a bubble whose rupture may reshape the global technological balance and strategic competition ...
State-led initiatives in quantum technology can serve as a valuable strategic edge for India’s ambitious National Quantum Mission, providing the spark necessary for transcending the Quantum Valley of Death ...
While India’s PQC migration roadmap is a crucial step towards protecting the country’s digital landscape from quantum threats, it would benefit from greater pragmatism and refinement ...
India’s rise as a global AI ‘use-case capital’ is driven by sovereign, socially embedded innovation across sectors, but realising equitable public-good outcomes will depend on closing persistent gaps in digital access, infrastructure, and skilled capacity ...
Amid apprehensions of an AI bubble, fueled by rampant geopolitical contestation, there is an urgent need to balance power-driven Big AI with purpose-driven Small AI ...
The United States, China, and India are driving global AI through distinct strategies in policy, capital, and infrastructure. India shows strong momentum but must bridge gaps in talent, data, and compute to secure global AI leadership. ...
As India's DPI 2.0 evolves UPI into universal data empowerment, boosting productivity and inclusion, it also needs interoperability, competition safeguards, and trust via consent to avoid exclusion ...
Big Tech’s data centres and AI growth are driving emissions and environmental pressures, raising questions about real sustainability ...
In 2026, the digital battlefield will be defined by autonomous AI, looming quantum threats, and an expanding attack surface that together demand a fundamental rethink of how cyber risk is governed and managed ...
Mandatory AI integration is reshaping digital norms while driving rising energy, water, and environmental costs ...
AI Projects funded by State Governments are changing Real Time Warfare across the world, not through autonomous agents but by optimising the analysis and interpretation of data ...
Quantum computing promises revolutionary breakthroughs, but exaggerated claims and premature hype risk eroding public trust before the technology becomes truly useful ...
Despite being significantly less efficient than frontier AI models, mechanistic interpretability models such as weight-sparse transformers can yield enormous dividends in boosting industry adoption and establishing societal trust in AI ...
Ashish Upreti is a serving Indian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, crisis management and strategic communications. He has represented India at international forums and written articles and opinion pieces for national and international publications. In ...
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Ashish Upreti is a serving Indian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, crisis management and strategic communications. He has represented India at international forums and written articles and opinion pieces for national and international publications. In ...
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