Latest Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) News & Updates

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) IndiaAI, in collaboration with Intel India, will attempt an official Guinness World Records title for the “Most pledges received for an AI responsibility campaign in 24 hours” next week on February 16–17.This nationwide ‘AI Responsibility’ Pledge is envisioned as a large-scale citizen-led movement promoting the responsible, ethical, and human-centric use of Artificial Intelligence, while building awareness, trust, and accountability in emerging technologies, accord…

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) After facing significant global backlash, the Elon Musk-led X social media platform on Thursday disabled Grok’s objectionable image generation feature.The artificial intelligence-enabled chatbot Grok will no longer be able to generate objectionable images of women, regardless of whether the user has a premium account.“We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as b…

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has announced the completion of a $20 billion funding round from investors including Nvidia, Valor Equity Partners and the Qatar Investment Authority.The company did not disclose individual investment amounts or the split between debt and equity, and named Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research, MGX, Baron Capital Group and Cisco Systems Inc.’s investment group among other investors wh…

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Elon Musk-run X Corp on Sunday said it continues to take action against illegal content on its social media platform, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and is working with local governments and law enforcement agencies as necessary.Responding to Musk’s post that “Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content,” X Safety said that it removes such content, permanently suspend accounts, and “i…

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted interim protection to SNV Aviation Private Limited, the operator of Akasa Air, restraining multiple entities from impersonating the airline and running alleged recruitment scams using its trademarks and brand identity. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed an order in a commercial suit filed by SNV Aviation, holding that a prima facie case of misrepresentation, deception, and passing off had been established ag…

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) In a stride toward transparent and efficient governance, the Delhi government plans to roll out DARPAN 2.0 – an advanced, unified performance-monitoring dashboard developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), an official said on Monday. Designed as a real-time, analytics-driven platform, DARPAN 2.0 will provide the decision makers and various government departments with a consolidated view of ke…