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Sejal Sharma

Sejal Sharma

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Artificial general intelligence may be just 5 to 7 years away: Demis Hassabis

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis at the India AI Impact Summit. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 18, 2026 11:08 IST

Switzerland expected to host 2027 AI Summit, announcement likely on Thursday

An Indian government official said the process is informal and largely driven by first movers. (ANI)

Updated on Feb 18, 2026 05:46 IST

More capable frontier AI models will substitute engineers: Yoshua Bengio

Yoshua Bengio is widely regarded as one of the “godfathers of AI”. (Wikipedia)

Updated on Feb 18, 2026 04:33 IST

Centre weighs social media curbs for under-16s

Representational image. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 18, 2026 04:02 IST

After Australia, India weighs social media curbs for children under 16

Currently, there is no law in India that bars children below a certain age from accessing social media but under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, social media platforms must obtain verifiable parental consent before processing personal data of anyone under 18.

Updated on Feb 18, 2026 01:24 IST

Bill Gates will attend AI Impact Summit, deliver his keynote as scheduled

Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference.

Updated on Feb 17, 2026 08:54 IST

AI tools will support, not replace, clinical expertise: Roy Jakobs, CEO of Philips

He added that the aim is to allow clinicians to spend less time on administrative work and more time on patient care.

Updated on Feb 17, 2026 24:34 IST

UNESCO report urges India to review AI risks, environmental impact

The India report comes after consultations with over 600 experts including public officials, academics, start-ups, technology firms, civil society organizations and think tanks from November 2024 to June 2025. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 16, 2026 16:37 IST

AI Summit 2026: ‘Training on copyrighted data amounts to stealing’, says Pleias founder Stasenko

Anastasia Stasenko (HT)

Updated on Feb 15, 2026 23:32 IST

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to skip AI Impact Summit

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. (Reuters)

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 18:02 IST

Social media firms must remove unlawful content within 3 hours, says Centre

The new amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will take effect on February 20.

Updated on Feb 11, 2026 01:18 IST

Large, fixed watermarks proposed for AI content set to be dropped from IT rules

Officials said the government is moving away from prescribing the 10% threshold.

Updated on Feb 10, 2026 05:54 IST

IndiaAI chief outlines roadmap ahead of Summit

Abhishek Singh, chief executive officer of the IndiaAI Mission

Updated on Feb 8, 2026 01:08 IST

Not chasing AGI, betting on scale: IndiaAI chief outlines roadmap ahead of summit

India is hosting the Summit from February 16 to 20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. (Representative file photo)

Updated on Feb 7, 2026 06:15 IST

Industry groups asks IT ministry to not shorten compliance timeline under DPDP

Both bodies have urged the government to retain the originally notified 18-month transition period for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act

Updated on Feb 5, 2026 01:46 IST

Spam complaints cross 2.2 million in 2025; Airtel, Jio top list

Data tabled in the Lok Sabha by the department of telecommunications on Wednesday. (Representative photo)

Updated on Feb 4, 2026 11:49 IST

Budget 2026: Panel proposed to strengthen link between edu, jobs, enterprise

Nirmala Sitharaman, India's finance minister, during a news conference in New Delhi, India on Sunday. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 2, 2026 07:10 IST

Union Budget 2026-27: Centre adds ₹40,000 crore for electronics scheme, unveils ISM 2.0

Union Budget 2026-27: Centre adds <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40,000 crore for electronics scheme, unveils ISM 2.0

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 21:48 IST

Budget 2026: Tax holiday till 2047 for firms setting up data centres in India

The move seeks to enable critical infrastructure and boost investment in data centres. (Pixabay/Representational)

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 13:56 IST

Budget 2026: ECMS outlay doubled to ₹40,000 crore; ISM 2.0 announced

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a major expansion of incentives under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme. (Representative photo)

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 07:29 IST

India’s semiconductor sprint: ISM 2.0 to back 50 startups, manufacture 3-nm chips by 2032

Speaking at a semiconductor chip design startup event in New Delhi, Vaishnaw said ISM was shaped by three broad ideas given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: building the full ecosystem, taking a long-term view, and moving India from a services economy to a product nation. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 30, 2026 03:02 IST

India should not chase frontier AI models: Economic Survey 2025-26

The alternative approach proposed focuses on application-specific, small AI models designed to solve concrete problems in key sectors. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jan 30, 2026 02:42 IST

Social media addiction: Economic Survey calls for age-based online curbs

The proposal targets an “intensely digital environment” where near-universal access has shifted the challenge from connectivity to behavioural health.

Updated on Jan 30, 2026 24:56 IST

UIDAI rolls out new Aadhaar app with focus on privacy and digital verification

UIDAI rolls out new Aadhaar app with focus on privacy and digital verification

Updated on Jan 29, 2026 01:06 IST

PM Modi urges families, schools to encourage first-time voters on Voters’ Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said democracy, debate and dialogue have been part of India’s civilisation for centuries. (DPR PMO)

Updated on Jan 25, 2026 09:28 IST

Tech companies prepare objections to fast-track rollout of privacy law

One person aware of the matter said the decision to explore a shorter timeline followed claims that some companies had approached IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and argued that 18 months was too long a period for compliance. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 24, 2026 01:11 IST

India in first league of AI nations: Vaishnaw at Davos

Ashwini Vaishnaw (ANI)

Updated on Jan 23, 2026 15:14 IST

India Post sets 30% higher revenue target despite slow growth last year

India Post has earned <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,155 crore in the first three quarters of the current financial year, compared to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>9,385 crore in the same period last year. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 22, 2026 12:49 IST

X sends 3rd response as govt weighs action

Representational image.

Updated on Jan 22, 2026 07:43 IST

Govt blocks 242 illegal betting, gambling websites; total takedowns cross 7,800

The government on Friday blocked 242 illegal betting and gambling website. (Representative photo)

Updated on Jan 18, 2026 07:52 IST

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