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Image Source : FILE Rajeev Chandrasekhar Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday announced that the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is scaling new heights every day on production, exports, and jobs. The minister shared this information via an X post.  He also said that Apple has produced over Rs 1 lakh crore worth…

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) products like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini become ubiquitous, India will develop its own foundational models, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said."We will be developing our own Indian foundational models. The world is talking about ChatGPT and OpenAI. Based on our own languages and our own India data sets, we expect that as a consequence of India's AI mission, we will have sovereign AI models that are designed and built in India," the…

Google's Gemini AI chatbot came under scrutiny yesterday with the company temporarily halting image generation amid concerns over inaccuracies in historical depictions. Following this issue, the tech giant apologised for these inaccuracies. However, it now faces a new challenge in India as the country's IT Minister, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, flagged violations of IT rules and criminal code provisions by Gemini.Gemini AI's Political BiasThe controversy unfolded when a verified user shared a screenshot revealing biassed…

Entrepreneurs and startups should comply with the rules and laws, irrespective of their size, scale and growth momentum, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.“I have seen entrepreneurs beginning to trespass because the momentum of entrepreneurship takes them beyond what the regulators have allowed them to do at that particular point in time…even if you are a hard-charging, successful, innovative entrepreneur, you cannot live in denial of the reality that there…

The Indian government is bullish on the online gaming sector, with the Prime Minister himself being an absolute believer that the sector is an important contributor to the digital economy which needs encouragement and support, the IT Minister said.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for IT said that the government shall progress towards allowing safe and trusted permissible gaming once it settles in its third term after the 2024 general elections.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

The government is still waiting for a clear reply from iPhone maker Apple on iPhone alert sent to opposition political leaders around five months back on alleged hacking of their devices by state-backed hackers. In an interview to PTI, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government has asked Apple two questions: whether their devices are safe, and if so the reason for the alert was sent to opposition members. "In my humble opinion, this is not something that any proprietary platform will…

The government is mulling to come with a framework to prevent exploitation of content creators by big platforms on internet, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. The minister said that big powerful commercial platforms online have started to distort fundamental characteristic of openness of the internet. "I think to maintain the openness, the symmetry between those who create the content and those who distribute the content, there is a need for some sort of conversation or…

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that ‘asymmetries' exist between digital publishers and big tech platforms. Speaking at the DNPA Conclave & Awards 2024 held in New Delhi on Tuesday, the minister highlighted concerns over ad-tech monopolies and the revenue-sharing model between those who create content and those who help monetize it.On monopoliesTalking about the ad-tech monopolies, Chandrasekhar said, “We are concerned about the deep asymmetry between those who create…

At the DNPA Conclave & Awards 2024 held in New Delhi on Tuesday, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar talked about India's digital transformation in the last 10 years, as well as the country being the pioneer in addressing deepfakes and fake news, issues which later attained global attention. Chandrasekhar also highlighted the need for governance in this era of artificial intelligence (AI).Rajeev Chandrasekhar at DNPA Concalve 2024Deepfakes have increasingly become a major…

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