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DIA to look at guardrails for AI via prism of user harm: Chandrasekhar

The upcoming Digital India framework will have a chapter devoted to emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence, and how to regulate them through the 'prism of user harm', Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said asserting that India will do "what is right" to protect its digital nagriks and keep internet safe and trusted for its users. The Minister of State for IT and Electronics - who is leading a massive exercise involving wide consultation with stakeholders to frame the draft Digital India Act that will replace the two-decade-old IT Act - said India has its own views on "guardrails" that are needed in the digital space. His comments assume significance as ChatGPT creator OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, has acknowledged the need to regulate AI technology, and proposed a new international authority for regulating artificial intelligence (AI). Asked about Altman's recent views, Chandrasekhar said, "Sam Altman is a smart man and has his own ideas of how AI should be .

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Special provisions for safeguarding children likely in Digital India Bill

Draft to be released by first week of June

Digital India Act's draft to be open for discussion by June 7: IT Minister

The government aims to achieve the goal of a digital economy to cross $1 trillion by 2025-26

SCO digital ministers adopt India's proposal to adopt digital public infra

India also shared its plans to invest $3 billion to take mobile connectivity to villages in remote areas and $5 billion to bring broadband connectivity to all 250,000 Gram Panchayats

Digital India's two realities: A yawning gap between tech use & tech skills

Lack of tech skills in Indian youth a worry as labour markets brace for a tech-driven churn

Digital India's two realities: A yawning gap between tech use & tech skills

Lack of tech skills in Indian youth a worry as labour markets brace for a tech-driven churn

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Digital India Act: Unravelling regulatory tangles in e-commerce space

Ambitious proposal for an overarching Digital India Act that aims to improve ease of doing business for rapidly expanding sector likely to face challenges of overlapping ministerial responsibilities

Govt to meet stakeholders again to make Digital India Act more inclusive

For the first time, design, architecture and goals of a Bill are being discussed with stakeholders at its pre-introduction stage as part of the Digital India Dialogues

Ethical hacking training institutes log into Digital India dreams

Rise in cyberattacks, shortage of cybersecurity experts is spawning an ecosystem

MeitY calls the second meeting on the Digital India Act on May 3

However, the ministry has received very few suggestions in over one-and-half months after the meeting, said a source aware of the matter

Digital Public Infrastructure to benefit both public, private sectors: FM

She said that digital payments and consent-based data sharing have helped India to improve governance, bring ease of doing business and enable ease of living for the people of the country

Experts caution overlap in DIB legislation, fear regulatory overreach

In order to remove any confusion, industry experts want the government to step in and create a sync between various legislations

Cryptocurrency to FTA: Nirmala Sitharaman discusses range of issues in US

Sitharaman said that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be more progressive and must give space to countries that have something different to say

India's journey a lesson for other countries on digital transformation: IMF

According to the paper, for a diverse country like India, a building block approach provides those closer to the problem with the basic tools to create tailored solutions

India is rapidly moving towards next step of digital revolution: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that India is rapidly moving towards the next step of the digital revolution and that telecom technology is about empowering Indian citizens.He also said that the Made in India telecom technology is attracting the attention of the entire world.The Prime Minister made the announcement after inaugurating the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Area office and Innovation Centre.At the event, the Prime Minister also unveiled Bharat 6G Vision Document and launch a 6G R & D Test Bed. He also launched the 'Call before u dig' App.Addressing at the event, the Prime Minister said, "Today's India is rapidly moving towards the next step of the digital revolution. Made in India telecom technology is attracting the attention of the entire world.""When we talk about bridging the technological divide, it is very natural to expect from India," PM Modi said.The Prime Minister also ascertained in the event that "telecom technology is ...

Union Health Minister to chair two-day global conference on digital health

Union Health Minister Mankush Mandaviya to chair a two-day Global Conference on Digital Health on March 20-21 in New Delhi

Digital India boon for commoners but conmen get smarter, reveals RTI

"The RBI's reply was revealing and unnerving...Just as the digital economy is soaring, the fraudsters and scamsters on the prowl in the virtual world are becoming bolder," said Sarda

India set for most modern digital infra with its 5G pace: Ericsson CEO

We are already exporting 5G base stations made in India, Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark says