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The Supreme Court has issued a decisive warning to India’s legal profession: stop citing court judgments that artificial intelligence has invented. In a recent judgment, the court held that advocates who cite fake or hallucinated judicial precedents without verification are guilty of professional misconduct. The bench adopted a “zero-tolerance” approach toward this practice, making clear […]

Tidal, the music streaming service that built its reputation by promising fairer payments to musicians, has announced a new policy: it will not pay royalties for AI-generated music uploaded to its platform. The announcement comes as the music industry races to understand how artificial intelligence will reshape how songs are created, distributed and monetized. Unlike

Security researchers have found a new way to trick artificial intelligence chatbots into giving dangerous information they are designed to refuse. The researchers manipulated the AI systems by creating fake role models and asking the chatbots to behave like them, bypassing safety guardrails built into the systems. The findings were reported by technology publication The

Apple’s unreleased iPhone 18 Pro specifications and supplier information have surfaced online following a data breach at Tata, one of India’s largest conglomerates. The leaked files carried Apple’s confidential watermarks and internal code-names consistent with the iPhone 18 Pro generation, according to sources familiar with the matter. The documents reveal which companies supply components for

The European Union has introduced a ban on AI-generated sexual deepfakes, classifying them as high-risk technology that poses serious threats to people’s safety and dignity. A deepfake is synthetic media created using artificial intelligence to make someone appear in videos or images they never actually appeared in. The EU’s new rules specifically target sexual deepfakes,

India’s payments regulator is deploying artificial intelligence to catch fraud before money leaves bank accounts. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which runs the UPI system that handles most digital payments in the country, has started using AI tools to spot suspicious transaction patterns in real time. UPI processes over 10 billion transactions every

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a dangerous malware campaign targeting Indian taxpayers through fake income tax notices. Hackers are creating fraudulent emails and messages that appear to come from the Income Tax Department, complete with official-looking logos and language. When recipients click links in these notices, they are directed to websites that replicate the real income

Telegram started working again for some users in India on Tuesday, a week after the central government temporarily banned the messaging platform. The app had been blocked following a major security breach where NEET exam papers were leaked on the platform before the exam date. The government had ordered internet service providers to block Telegram

UK employers are hiring for artificial intelligence roles at a dramatically faster pace than they are hiring for most other jobs. According to research by PwC released this week, job postings for AI-related positions jumped 61 percent compared to the previous period, even as overall hiring activity across the country has slowed considerably. The finding

Signal’s co-founders are working on a new project that could transform how ordinary Indians protect their private conversations and documents online. They’re building something called Encrypted Spaces, a tool that promises to encrypt data stored in apps like Slack, Google Docs, and other services you use every day. Right now, when you type a message