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Government orders tech firms to seek approval before releasing ‘unreliable’ AI tools
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Government orders tech firms to seek approval before releasing ‘unreliable’ AI tools

[ad_1] The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a second advisory to platforms or intermediaries, asking them to seek explicit permission from the Centre before launching Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, under testing, in the country. The advisory was issued on Friday evening, more than two months after the ministry issued an advisory in December last year to social media platforms, directing them to follow existing IT rules to deal with the issue of deepfakes. "The use of under-testing / unreliable Artificial Intelligence model(s) /LLM/Generative AI, software(s) or algorithm(s) and its availability to the users on Indian Internet must be done so with explicit permission of the Government of India and be deployed only after appropriately label...
Binance, Kucoin to Huobi, FIU wants MeiTY to block URLs of 9 offshore cryptocurrency platforms
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Binance, Kucoin to Huobi, FIU wants MeiTY to block URLs of 9 offshore cryptocurrency platforms

[ad_1] In what may turn into a massive blow for cryptocurrency sector in India, Centre's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which is under the Finance Ministry, has issued show cause notices to as many as 9 offshore cryptocurrency and virtual digital assets platforms, including Binance and Kucoin. The notifications were issued for non-compliance with anti-money laundering law.Not just the notices, FIU has even taken the next step by writing to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) to block the URLs of these nine entities that are operating illegally without complying with the provisions of the PML Act in India. Apart from Binance and Kucoin, the other virtual digital assets service providers (VDA SP) who have been issued notice for not registering as reporting e...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: India preparing AI regulations, IBM’s AI acquisition, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: India preparing AI regulations, IBM’s AI acquisition, more

[ad_1] Today, December 19, has turned out to be an important day for artificial intelligence, especially for India. The government has announced that it has commenced the process of formulating regulations on AI to foster development, protection, and innovation in this space. In other news, IBM has revealed its plans to acquire StreamSets and webMethods platforms of Software AG for a total of 2.3 billion dollars in a bid to improve its own AI offerings. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Indian government preparing AI regulationsThe Indian government has initiated the process of formulating regulations for AI to promote development, protection, and innovation in the field, reported PTI. The Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (...
iPhone threat notifications row: Apple team from US set to rush to India, meet CERT-In officials
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iPhone threat notifications row: Apple team from US set to rush to India, meet CERT-In officials

[ad_1] Earlier this month, at least nine political leaders from opposition parties received a shocking alert on their iPhones warning them of "state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise” their device. It raised an alarm among leaders as they posted screenshots of the alerts on their X accounts, seeking clarification for the same. Eventually, nothing came of the iPhone threat notifications, and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-in, under the department of MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology), issued a show cause notice to Apple. As per reports, a team of cyber security executives from Apple are expected to meet with the agency.Apple to meet CERT-in over iPhone threat notificationsOn Friday, Minister of State for Electronics and Informa...
Internet firms to lose safe harbour on not removing content flagged by govt notified fact checker
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Internet firms to lose safe harbour on not removing content flagged by govt notified fact checker

[ad_1] Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter may lose protection under safe harbour if they fail to remove content identified by the government-notified fact-checker as false or misleading information, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday.He said that fact-checkers are a reference point to fight against misinformation and rejected arguments that it will adversely impact "free speech". "If you want section 79 safe harbour protection as an intermediary then you have some obligation. The obligation is that you have to be proactive on misinformation. "If you choose to have a disagreement with the fact checker, you can continue to have that on your platform but then the person who has been aggrieved by that disinformation and you will have...
VLC Media Player banned? Check what government did
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VLC Media Player banned? Check what government did

[ad_1] Government has lifted the ban on VLC Media Player that it slapped on it in February 2022. In February 2022, the Central government banned VLC Media Player in India. However, the ban was a strange one. Instead of the mobile app or the software, only the website was banned and users could not visit the website to download the application. However, it was still available to download in the Google Play Store and the App Store. In fact, there was no official word from the government on the ban either. It wasn't till six months later in August 2022, that the ban came in the public eye. Now, nine months later, the initial ban on the VLC website has been lifted.The VLC Media Player website ban has now been lifted as per various reports. We have also verified the same and found that the...