Artificial Intelligence

Gujarat HC bars use of AI for decision-making, drafting of judgment

The Gujarat High Court has prohibited the use of Artificial Intelligence for any form of decision-making, judicial reasoning, order drafting or judgment preparation, bail sentencing considerations, or any substantive adjudicatory process. According to the high court's AI policy, unveiled on Saturday at a conference of district judiciary judges in Gujarat, AI should be used to improve the speed and quality of justice delivery, rather than as a replacement for judicial reasoning. As per the policy, these technologies "carry substantial risks - including hallucinations, bias, confidentiality breaches, and erosion of judicial independence - that must be managed with care and institutional discipline". It says that by confining AI to the narrowest conceivable role, purely anonymised, metadata-driven case allocation and research of legal principles, "human supremacy in justice delivery is reaffirmed and limited technological assistance is harnessed to reduce administrative imbalances that

Nomura downgrades India equities to neutral on oil, AI and inflow risks

Brokerage flags risks from elevated oil prices, slowing domestic inflows and India's weak positioning in AI, even as valuations remain stretched versus regional peers

China charts a different path on AI: Late-mover advantage holds promise

For India, it may be prudent to focus on applications that advance economic and social aims rather than chase the magic bullet of AGI

AI's dangerous turn: Weaponisation of surveillance is an undeniable reality

Anthropic is unhappy about fully autonomous weapons, claiming frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough at this instant to power fully autonomous weapons

Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan for AI, cybersecurity push

Microsoft will collaborate with Japanese firms including SoftBank and Sakura Internet to expand domestic AI computing capacity

Microsoft aims to develop large cutting-edge AI models by next year

Microsoft is assembling the com- puting horsepower to build more broadly capable models, Suleyman said

Gauging disruption: AI studies highlight labour-market inequality

If entry-level roles shrink because of AI, the pathway for skill accumulation itself may be disrupted

India AI mission can democratise AI | From EY’s tech consulting expert

In this session, Hari Balaji, Partner, EY India, shares his insights on the evolving space of tech consulting and what's in there for MBAs

Increasing AI adoption puts humanities and critical thinking back in focus

As generative AI reshapes knowledge and decision-making, the humanities face both renewed relevance and existential pressure, raising urgent questions for universities and critical thinking

Smaller is better in Silicon Valley's 'tiny team' moment with help of AI

The idea borrows from Jeff Bezos' "two pizza rule," his notion from two decades ago that teams at Amazon should not be so large that they require more than two pies of pizza

BFSI firms use AI, but only a handful track its impact on revenue

AI adoption is widespread in BFSI firms to improve efficiency, but most companies lack mechanisms to track its revenue impact, limiting its role in driving measurable business outcomes

Microsoft unveils AI upgrades, rolls out Copilot Cowork to early users

Copilot's Researcher agent will now be able to pull outputs from both OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude models for every response

Digital data can't match managerial intuition on consumer needs, trends

The point often missed is that the data and dashboards tend to be supply-sided chronicles of company effort rather than customer outcomes

DeepSeek down for 7 hours in biggest outage since debut, services restored

The extended downtime is unusual for a globally used app like DeepSeek, which has for over a year carried the mantle of China's breakthrough artificial intelligence service

Rich Insights from KarmaLife’s Fintech expert

In this session, Naveen Budda, Co-founder and CTO, KarmaLife AI, discusses about AI in Fintech, decision intelligence & more, and provides career tips

The sound of (AI) music: Innovation or a path to artist poverty?

The fear is that AI will eventually consume all art forms created throughout history and churn out an infinite number of garbage products, replacing human-created arts and pushing artists into poverty

UP govt cancels ₹25,000 crore MoU with Puch AI over financial concerns

The UP government cancelled its ₹25,000 crore MoU with Puch AI within days of signing, citing lack of net worth and credible financial linkages for the project

Wikipedia restricts AI use in article writing, cites policy violations

Wikipedia has updated its guidelines to limit AI-generated content in articles, allowing only basic edits and translations with human oversight

Poor sentiment is a good vintage for building a portfolio: Vikas Khemani

Selective IT services companies with strong digital portfolios, diversified clients, and disciplined cost structures could indeed present a contrarian opportunity, he said.

Tech Wrap March 26: Galaxy A57, A37 launch, Lyria 3 Pro, WhatsApp update

Samsung Galaxy A57, A37 launched. Google releases introduces 3 Pro. WhatsApp's disappearing message feature. Samsung announces Browser for Windows. Realme 16 5G launch on April 2.