Former FTC Chair Lina Khan warned that allowing AI companies to self-regulate risks repeating Big Tech’s past failures. She urged investigations, enforcement of existing laws and new legislation, while concerns grow over increasingly autonomous AI systems and potentially dangerous behaviour
As AI agents grow more autonomous, voluntary safeguards may fall short. Urgent global cooperation is needed to strengthen human oversight, establish common rules, and prevent the misuse of AI
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that advanced AI could trigger events causing one billion deaths, urging governments to mandate safeguards and monitoring. His remarks come amid US debate over AI regulation, competitiveness with China, and proposals to restrict self-improving AI systems
The Pope’s intervention in the AI ethics debate carries weight because it comes as a papal encyclical — the Catholic Church’s most authoritative teaching document
According to one estimate, Grok generated one non-consensual sexual image every minute. Alarmingly, Grok makes such content easier to produce and customise
A Private Member’s Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha seeks India’s first legal framework to regulate deepfakes, mandating consent for synthetic content and proposing strict penalties, a national task force, and funding mechanisms to counter AI-driven manipulation and protect citizens.
The Indian government's proposed draft rules on AI-generated content for social media platforms is a welcome step towards addressing the growing misuse of synthetically generated information, including deepfakes
The United States and Britain refused to sign the Paris AI Summit Declaration that called for policies to keep AI “open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy” shows the inherent contradictions in approach
