Sexting chatbot ban points to looming battle over AI rules

Experts warn that there is plenty for regulators to be worried about, particularly when the bots get so good that it becomes impossible to tell them apart from humans.

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Timeline: Ban on quick-loan apps and its repeal – all in a week

Fintech platform PayU’s buy-now-pay-later service LazyPay’s website was taken down following a notice from MeitY. Kissht, another lending platform, was also unavailable for users in India.

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Legacy Twitter blue checks to be removed soon: Elon Musk

Elon Musk's statement comes at a time when Twitter has been experimenting with making Twitter Blue a paid subscription as one of the measures to help stem the revenue fall at the company.

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DCGI sends notices to e-pharmacies for selling drugs without licence

In the notices, issued on Wednesday, the regulator said the online platforms were doing the business in contravention of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. They were told to file their response within two days. It wasn't clear whether the e-pharmacies have responded to the notices, a copy of which ET has seen.

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Desi dating apps go all out to court users in small cities

QuackQuack, Aisle, Woo and TrulyMadly – all homegrown dating apps - are turning to Tier II and Tier III cities as small-town folk warm up to the idea of using dating apps to find love virtually.

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Govt gave orders to block 10,000 Twitter links over five years: MoS IT

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Chandrasekhar said that the ministry of electronics and information technology had passed orders to block public access to these links under Section 69A of the IT Act.

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Consumer affairs ministry to set standards for 'AI-Powered' claims

Companies claiming their products "AI-enabled" will have to follow certain criteria and guidelines, said a senior official. The idea is to define AI and machine learning to stop usage of these terms for every other product.

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