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April 10, 2024

Age Tokens

One of the more worrisome provisions of India's new data protection law has to do with processing of children's data - and in particular, how data fiduciaries should go about figuring out the age of those whose data they process.

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April 3, 2024

A New Model for UPI

For the longest time, questions have been raised about the business model for UPI and how the industry should charge for its services. The government...

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March 27, 2024

In Favour of DPI

Last year there was widespread support for India's DPI approach—with countries around the world hailing its achievements, and looking to emulate them...

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March 20, 2024

Casino or Computer

Cryptocurrency regulation has, so far, focussed on been on the mitigating the risk to speculative investors. But there is a far more important innova...

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March 13, 2024

Technophobia

We tend to resist change. We worry about the ways in which it could alter our existing way of life and the harms that could result as a consequence. ...

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March 6, 2024

Monopoly over Dematerialised Violence

Advances in technology have transformed societal interactions and challenged the state's monopoly over violence. The digital age presents new regulat...

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February 28, 2024

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We need to encourage a culture of failure around AI so that when it fails we can understand why and disseminate those learnings throughout the industry

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February 21, 2024

Virtual Power Plants

Everyone says we need to embrace renewable energy to address the challenges of climate change. But integrating variable supplies of electricity into ...

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February 14, 2024

CAS Regulations for AI

The PM-EAC suggests that AI should be regulated as a complex adaptive system. While there is a lot to say about this approach, we need to think hard about how we implement it.

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January 31, 2024

Liar's Dividend

There is widespread consternation around the impact that deep-fakes are going to have on all of society this year. Thankfully we have been down this path before.

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