Cradlewise has raised $12 million to expand its AI-powered cribs, as questions remain over its finances, child data collection and compliance with India’s DPDP framework. The post Cradlewise raises $12 million to make AI cribs for newborns: What about DPDP compliance? appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Calling superintelligent AI humanity's problem, Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar introduced the bill and cited recent reports of over 1000 AI agents breaching hugging face and OpenAI systems The post US lawmakers introduce bill to ban artificial superintelligence: What does it consider dangerous AI? ap
Madhya Pradesh High Court orders SBI to unfreeze a cyber-fraud-linked account, restrict the hold to the disputed sum, and gives police three months to act before the money can be withdrawn. The post How long can cybercrime police hold your money? MP HC sets a 3-month limit appeared first on MEDIANAM
DGGI wants payment systems to record the website behind a transaction to trace illegal betting funds. The proposal could also enable broader tracking, raising questions about privacy and wrongful flags. The post DGGI wants a website trail recorded for payments. But most Indian payments aren’t websit
OpenAI has begun connecting ChatGPT to patient records held by Epic, highlighting a major difference between US and Indian healthcare data protection. The post OpenAI’s health records product is built around a US health privacy law. India has no equivalent appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
The Android Developer Verification programme is more than a security measure. It represents another step towards centralising governance within Google’s Android ecosystem.The Android Developer Verification programme is more than a security measure. It represents another step towards centralising gov
A government advisory identified seven malicious Android apps. It did not stop their advertisements from running on Meta platforms. The post India warned about scam app ads on August 26. Five days later, they were still running appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
Dodo Payments says a breach of its internal analytics system did not expose credentials, but a dark web listing reviewed by MediaNama claims stolen data includes API keys, KYC records and customer data. The post Dark web listing contradicts Dodo Payments’ data breach disclosures appeared first on ME
As India hosts the BRICS Summit which has child safety in its core area of work, here's a look at where the members stand. While China, Brazil have age-specific social media law for kids, India's DPDP Act speaks of parental consent. The post What India’s BRICS chairship can actually do for child saf
The Delhi High Court's Right to Be Forgotten judgment raises complex questions about privacy, open justice, journalism and access to court records. The post Right to be forgotten, public records and press freedom: Reassessing Laksh Vir Singh Yadav through the lens of the DPDP Act and GDPR appeared f
NCPCR is developing a social media code for children following a MeitY consultation on age-gating, platform regulation and online safety. The post Report: Child Rights Commission is creating social media code of conduct for children’s safety online appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
The technical report shows how AI agents created an unauthorized persistent message boards to coordinate efforts, influenced each other's behaviour, didn't give up tasks and rewarded hacking to breach OpenAI & Hugging Face's systems. The post Explained: How sandboxed AI agents formed a ‘collective’
A legal notice against Meta tests whether Ray-Ban smart glasses can make the company liable for covertly filming strangers in India, exposing gaps in privacy law, platform safeguards and Section 79. The post IFF backs challenge to Meta over Ray-Ban glasses: Who is liable when bystanders are recorded
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that authorities cannot freeze entire bank accounts over suspected cybercrime transactions and must restrict only the disputed amount unless a wider freeze is justified. The post Freeze only the disputed amount, not the whole bank account: Rajasthan HC’s cybercrime
MeitY may separately notify a proposed IT Rules amendment making its advisories binding on intermediaries, with non-compliance potentially threatening platforms’ safe-harbour protection. The post Report: MeitY may separately notify amendment to IT rules mandating compliance with SOPs, advisories, cl
Ordering the crackdown, the Punjab & Haryana HC observed that cybercrime in the region has reached "epidemic proportions", and the current legal framework is insufficient to address the scale of online fraud. The post Punjab-Haryana High Court orders crackdown on cybercrime, flags gaps in law appear
The US SEC has proposed tailored rules for certain crypto offerings, including fundraising exemptions, project-specific disclosures, state-law preemption, and a safe harbor for tokens to shed securities status. The post Lowdown: SEC’s proposed regulation for investment contracts with crypto assets a
OpenAI has paused its largest planned frontier reinforcement learning run as it strengthens security safeguards around model training. The post OpenAI updates security policy for frontier model testing after Hugging Face breach appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
India’s new power sector cybersecurity rules create CSIRT-Power, mandate six-hour incident reporting, stricter data localisation and monitoring, CISO appointments, audits, and protections for critical IT and OT systems. The post Lowdown: Ministry of Power notifies new cybersecurity rules for power s
The committee wants a shift towards proactive ex-ante regulation of digital markets with the finalisation of the competition bill and introduction of an ecommerce code of conduct. The post Lowdown: Parliamentary committee on finance calls for digital competition bill, e-commerce code of conduct appe