Modi ally proposes social media ban for India’s teens

Joins a growing list of nations proposing age-based restrictions to protect minors from online harms The move comes as Meta, ByteDance’s TikTok and YouTube face hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of children and school districts about the addictive nature of social media. PHOTO: PEXELS An ally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed … Read more

Pakistan launches AI tool to help investigate online child sexual abuse

NCCIA unveils ‘Katalyst’, an AI system aimed at combatting online child abuse, in Islamabad Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control, British High Commissioner for Pakistan Jane Marriott and NCCIA Director General are pictured here with an award at the ceremony. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency has launched an AI-enabled … Read more

Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon weigh up to $60bn investment in OpenAI: report

Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft preparing funding round as AI costs surge, competition with Google intensifies An illustration depicting Big Tech companies. PHOTO: FILE NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reported on Wednesday. NVIDIA, an existing investor whose chips power OpenAI’s AI models, is in talks to … Read more