The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), a trade association representing communications and technology firms, in its comments on the ‘Draft Digital Competition Bill’, has asked policymakers to closely examine the impact of ex-ante regulations on consumers and the country’s thriving digital economy and startup ecosystem. Their...

On 17 May, the European Commission directed Microsoft to provide information regarding risks stemming from the use of generative AI in Microsoft products, specifically “Copilot in Bing” and “Image Creator by Designer”. This is the second request made by the international body, following an initial notice sent on March 14. The tech giant now has until...

We missed this earlier: On May 17, a user posted on the developer community forum Hacker News that the business communication platform Slack is using customer data to train its services, according to a report by TechCrunch. The user said that when they opted out of the same, they were informed that Slack has “platform-level machine learning models for...

While the well-developed Western world is worried about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), other parts of the world, including India, are open to the possibilities that this technology holds, S Krishnan, the secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) says. He made this comment during a symposium organized by...

While still a ways from bringing in cash flow, Zomato stated that its quick commerce business BlinkIt will maintain earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) neutrality during its growth. The business recently received the attention of Zomato’s shareholders for making progress on profitability especially in terms of contribution...

At a symposium by The Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research (C-DEP) on May 17, when asked to clarify if OTT communication services like WhatsApp and Signal are regulated under the Telecom Act, Niraj Verma, the administrator of the Universal Services Obligation (USOF) Fund and the Additional Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT),...