AI Governance in an Age of “Technological Somnambulism”
Written by - Varun Pathak (Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas) & Rudraditya (Student at RGNUL) I The Purpose Problem If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot interfere effectively … we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose we really desire and not merely a colorful imitation of it. - Norbert Wiener (50 Years Ago) The Dutch tax office employed a tool for finding fraud and analyzing data
Varun Pathak & Rudraditya
Jan 237 min read
Freedom to tweet under attack: An analysis of the X Corp. v. UOI judgement
Introduction Over the past 2 decades Twitter, now X, has been one of the biggest social media platforms with around 27.3 million users from India. X in the past had has many issued regarding freedom of speech and what is and is not allowed on the platform, with Elon Musk himself weighing in numerous times . In the past X has tried to push back against India’s tightening grip over what content could or could not be posted on its platform. However, over the years it has seeme
Dhwani Sharma
Jan 227 min read
AI and Privacy – Navigating the DPDP Act in the Age of Emerging Tech
Sunidhi Khabya and Satviki Agnihotri, 3 rd Year, BA.L.L.B Students, NLU Jodhpur The challenge of AI to Data Protection The advent of Artificial Intelligence in the contemporary world has led to data accumulation and processing at a substantially larger scale. With the help of predictive models, which continuously learn from patterns of past user behaviour and often extend beyond what is covered under the direct consent of the data subject. AI Systems process not only data d
Sunidhi & Satviki
Jan 137 min read
The Atomic Energy Act of 1962: How a 60-Year-Old Law Left India Defenseless in the Global Tech Race
India's ambition to become a global tech and manufacturing titan is up against a formidable challenge. It is neither a rival nation nor a market competitor, but something much deeper—its own legal framework. The crisis surrounding rare earth elements (REEs) —minerals essential to everything from iPhones to fighter jets—can be traced back to a single piece of legislation written when the geopolitical landscape was entirely different. India possesses significant geological pot
Sankalp Mirani
Jan 26 min read
A National Sandbox for Legal Innovation (In Context of USA)
By Ashwin Telang (Ashwin is a student of Journalism & Economics at Northwestern University) For millions, justice remains a luxury good....
The Legal Journal On Technology
Jun 15, 20254 min read
Behind the Pixels: Exploring the Technology of Synthetic Media and India's Legal Battle with Deepfakes
Introduction A short time ago, popular rapper Eminem left the audience in awe when he performed as his alter ego, Slim Shady at the MTV’S...
Ananya Aggarwal
May 4, 20255 min read













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