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The world’s first universal legislative framework to combat cybercrime has moved a step closer to become legally binding after at least 72 countries signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Saturday, October 25. The 41 page-long UN cybercrime treaty proposes a legislative framework to boost international cooperation among law enforcement agencies … Read more

As AI chatbots make their way into classrooms worldwide, OpenAI on Monday, October 27, announced a new education-focused initiative that looks to make it easier for college students in India to use ChatGPT to study. ‘Chats for Students in India’ is a webpage comprising more than 50 real-world use cases of how students in top … Read more

China’s state-owned defense giant Norinco in February unveiled a military vehicle capable of autonomously conducting combat-support operations at 50 kilometres per hour. It was powered by DeepSeek, the company whose artificial intelligence model is the pride of China’s tech sector. The Norinco P60’s release was touted by Communist Party officials in press statements as an … Read more

Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of Perplexity, has weighed in on an ongoing debate about whether Google’s ecosystem of products can be disrupted. The Indian-origin AI startup founder has said that while it is possible to challenge Google’s dominance in some areas, there are certain products that are deeply entrenched and near-impossible to compete with. “YouTube … Read more

Australia’s competition regulator on Monday sued Microsoft, accusing it of misleading millions of customers into paying higher prices for its Microsoft 365 software after bundling it with artificial intelligence tool Copilot. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that from October 2024, the technology giant misled about 2.7 million customers by suggesting they had … Read more