Moviemaking | Will a robot write the next Sholay?
The fear that AI will replace storytellers is real, but mostly it will reveal who really has something to say, and who is relying on style passed off as substance
Art | Artificial perfection
AI may perfect form and style but it lacks the social interactivity between the artist and his experience that gives art its ethical and emotional heft
Vernacular AI | An AI for Bharat
Moving past English-first systems, India is creating multilingual, context-aware AI to assist, protect and empower communities
Regulation | Aligning AI with the public interest
The nationalised global AI race and market forces have weakened the impulse to regulate the technology. India's techno-legal approach to it falls noticeably short too
Elections | Democracy vs deepfakes
Generative AI is neither an apocalypse for Indian elections, nor 'just noise' to counter it. We must strengthen our institutional capacity and social norms
Privacy | The dark age of surveillance capitalism
India is celebrating an AI gold rush for efficiency and growth, but this AI is fed by a rapidly expanding surveillance economy
Education | When chatbots and chalk boards are pals in the classroom
With AI tools being tested in classrooms around India, solid standards and policy responses are critical to advance learning and teaching outcomes
Law & Governance | Beware the Silicon Valley effect
Big tech presents its AI products as inevitable, and dismisses regulation as anti-innovation and anti-free trade, with the result that India gets global regulatory frameworks unsuited to its people
Defence | India at the crossroads of an algorithm war
As AI changes the character of warfare, one must remember that it is about surviving and winning tomorrow's wars without losing our souls, countering non-state actors and security threats peculiar to India
Healthcare | Meet Dr. Domuch
AI will be a force multiplier in shaping real clinical outcomes and transforming how healthcare reaches the underserved while forcing hard questions on regulation
Banking & Finance | The machine that now runs money
From credit scores to trading floors, AI is becoming the central actor in an automated economy. This is also altering the foundations of trust, risk and behaviour
Tech Infrastructure | The dangers of techno-colonialism
India needs huge investments in frontier technologies to be globally competitive. Building our own digital infrastructure is key or we risk dependence on global powers
Automotive Industry | The thinking factory of tomorrow
With AI embedded across planning, production and quality, auto companies are making intelligent manufacturing the foundation of industrial resilience
The Workplace | The rise of multi player AI
In the new AI era, context or local team knowledge is the real raw material. Multi player AI will be the colleague that helps everyone move faster with fewer mistakes made
Software Industry | A leader in the making
India is primed to lead the global AI revolution. As AI reshapes how we market, create and learn, the vast pool of Indian developers who have transformed from coders to problem-solvers will gain prominence across the world
The new frontiers of AI - by Ashwini Vaishnaw
With the Fifth Industrial Revolution upon us, India is building the full AI stack. It will make AI work at scale but rooted in India's realities, and leaving a real impact on people's lives
