September 2023 – Page 5

Digital India Bill may bring in guardrails against AI algorithms, offer opt-out rights

48 percent of Gen Z prioritise mental and emotional well-being. (Representative Image: Steve Johnson via Unsplash)

The bill may make it mandatory for bodies to explain to citizens the rationale behind a decision taken by an algorithm, and how it arrived at the decision by processing of which particular user data.

Meta’s big generative AI bet: Chatbots, AI characters, creative tools, and more

This is not his first foray into AI since he co-founded Openai, then left after a rupture with Sam Altman. In his view, Tesla is an AI company not an automobile maker. (Representative Image: Hitesh Choudhary via Unsplash)

Facebook parent Meta heats up AI arms race by bringing a slew of generative AI feature to its apps that billions of people use, including Instagram and WhatsApp.

Bengaluru’s terrible traffic: Kids return from school at night, techies stuck for hours

ORR being Bengaluru’s tech corridor, techies were perhaps the worst-affected by the jam. In view of the unusual congestion, traffic police issued an advisory asking IT companies to delay logout time for their employees. (Representative Image: via Unsplash)

A massive congestion on Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) led to commuters spending hours stuck in traffic. There were reports of some school buses dropping children home at night.

Nazara Technologies gets a tax demand of Rs 2.83 crore from DGGI Mumbai

Despite multiple requests from the sector, the Indian government has ignored the sector since past two years.

Nazara Technologies’ tax demand is unrelated to the current issue of retrospective taxation that is haunting India’s real-money gaming industry.

IAA India AGM and Elections: Avinash Pandey, Abhishek Karnani, Nandini Dias, Jaideep Gandhi elected

Avinash Pandey said, “The India Chapter of the IAA is arguably the most active industry Association of its kind in the country. Its initiatives cover a wide spectrum of areas including saluting excellence in Marketing, Creativity and communicating Sustainability. In the year gone by, we also started Tech Pulse to cater to the growing digital market"

The ad industry body’s election saw the unanimous selection of members to key positions.

Indian start-up founders urge government to preserve net neutrality and foster digital India

The letter said if ISPs—which now includes telecom operators—are allowed to strike deals that favour some online services over their competitors it will prevent promising start-ups from using the Internet and end all of them flourishing. (Representative Image: Glenn Carstens-Peters via Unsplash)

According to the startups, if internet-enabled start-ups or online service providers had to first obtain a government license, or pay each Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the world—there are tens of thousands of them—this global market and competition, and the innovation and progress, would all disappear.

Dia Mirza invests in parenting community and babycare DTC brand, BabyChakra

BabyChakra hopes its collaboration with Dia Mirza will further enhance their commitment to offering exceptional babycare products and empowering mothers with the knowledge and support they need as she will engage with the 30 million+ mothers community of Good Community division. (Image source: News18)

While the investment is undisclosed, CNBC-TV18 learns, as part of her role, Dia will work with BabyChakra in incorporating sustainable and clean care principles into their product ranges.

CTV Rising: 33 percent of urban Indian Connected TV users do not watch linear TV at all

Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam have high conversion ratios, Hindi and Kannada record mid conversion ratios, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali record low conversion ratios. (Representative Image: Nicolas J Leclercq via Unsplash)

Over 50 percent of who watch content that is 21 min or longer on the large screen, marketers in India will now also have the ability to leverage two new advertising solutions specific to this audience.

Zee-Sony merger: Goenkas’ fate hangs in balance as SAT reserves judgment on SEBI debarment

In August, SEBI passed an order revising the directions it had given to them asking its investigating officials to complete the enquiry in eight months. It further barred them from holding key managerial positions till the conclusion of the investigation. They again went to SAT. SAT heard the arguments and reserved its order.

Explained | Why startups are worried that telcos’ demand for OTT compensation endangers net neutrality

Telecom companies, such as Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea, have recently requested the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to permit them to charge startups a "network usage fee" based on factors like traffic and the number of users. They have also proposed bringing some types of online applications under the same regulatory framework as telecom service providers. (Representative Image: Atul Vinayak via Unsplash)

Net neutrality ensures equal internet access, prohibiting discrimination by ISPs. According to the founders of over 120 startups, telecom companies’ demands threaten startups, potentially leading to discrimination and stifling innovation, contradicting India’s Startup initiative.