India’s Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) has released a white paper that sets out how India intends to govern artificial intelligence through what it calls a “techno-legal” framework. Rather than proposing a standalone or omnibus AI law, the paper argues that governance must operate inside AI systems themselves, through technical controls applied across the system’s lifecycle and anchored in existing legal and regulatory instruments.
Media Partners Asia hosted its first AETHER Summit in Singapore, convening senior executives from telecommunications, media, artificial intelligence, healthcare and investment sectors for discussions on how AI is transitioning from experimental technology to core infrastructure.
As OpenAI tests advertising inside ChatGPT responses, marketers are being forced to rethink performance, trust, and the future economics of digital media, note industry observers
The disappearance of the massive manga/manhwa piracy hub Bato.to was a major disappointment to many fans this week. The takedown action follows a calculated strike by South Korean entertainment giant Kakao Entertainment, which is pursuing legal proceedings against the operator while also going after Reddit moderators, Discord mods, and others.
The Andhra Pradesh government is studying whether to restrict or ban social media use for children under the age of 16, with the state’s IT and Education Minister Nara Lokesh confirming that Andhra Pradesh is examining Australia’s new under-16 social media law.
In India, the mix of publisher bargaining power, fragmentation, and regulatory uncertainty makes it more likely that larger organisations will secure upfront retainers or fixed-fee packages, while smaller publishers see more usage-based or pooled arrangements.
Unsealed court documents revealed that Spotify and major record labels, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, have sued the anonymous individuals behind Anna’s Archive after it announced that it had scraped over 86 million music files, representing around 99.6% of Spotify’s listening data.
Ofcom and international online safety regulators have come together to highlight the importance of age checks in protecting children online.
There is software that identifies certain spam calls, and it is already installed on multiple telecom operator networks, the minister said.
India-US trade deal: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that America would have a ‘great’ trade deal with India. Trump’s statement came during his visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF) that is being held at Davos in Switzerland.