Knowledge Without Consent
The Ministry of Science & Technology has partnered with SARAL AI to convert research publications into ‘user-friendly’ social media content. But without clear parameters in scope, the initiative leaves ambiguity for the rights of researchers, academics, writers, publishers and more. By Madhuri Kankipati
India’s AI Governance Guidelines are here—But what of the Publishing Sector?
Without clear regulatory mechanism against AI data mining, Indian publishers have begun adapting voluntary frameworks. Madhuri Kankipati argues for the urgent need for the AI governance guidelines to set legislation and protect creative workers in a multilingual, digitally expanding nation.
The problematic representation of women in many recent Telugu blockbusters like Peddi and the Pushpa films have stoked controversy. When mainstream commercial cinema consistently turns the sexualisation of women into entertainment, who should be responsible for the world these images help create? By Sumithra Prasanna