April 5, 2023

Inflection Point

As much as India has achieved through the course of its DPI journey, there are problems that remain to be solved. The current moment in artificial intelligence suggests that AI might hold the key.

March 29, 2023

Designing Data Governance

Privacy by design calls for data governance to be designed into technology systems in which they operate. But if we can embed it into the code of digital public infrastructure that is deployed at scale through society, it could be far more effective.

March 1, 2023

The Unified Ledger

If we believe that the future of money will be completely digital it will be possible for us to tokenise everything. This means that we will be able to build a digital ledger for different assets and by unifying these ledgers build a new framework for commerce.

February 22, 2023

Dis-Content

Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act grants online platforms immunity from prosecution for user generated content. This has defined how content moderation is carried out around the world. This week, the US Supreme court started hearing arguments in Gonzales v. Google. — a case that could

February 15, 2023

Does AI Copy?

It's easy to overlook how much this AI will challenge the ways in which copyright law protects the rights of artists over their works. We are going to have to re-think a lot of what we have taken for granted.

February 8, 2023

Existential Angst

Every time a new technology comes around it threatens the status quo. Incumbents protest against it worried about the effect that it will have on their profession and their livelihood. But most technological change creates new opportunities that require us to learn new skills. The current AI revolut

January 26, 2023

Your Face is Your Boarding Pass

I strongly believe that no matter how repugnant a technology might sound at first blush, I need to try it out myself before forming a firm opinion. When I don't I find that my implicit biases colour my judgment - to the point where I assume the worst before giving it a chance. As a commentator on...

January 18, 2023

Alt Big Tech

There are rumblings about the role that self-regulatory organisations play in India’s digital public ecosystems and the concerns that they may become the problem they are solving. But these new organisations offer much needed balance to the regulatory architecture of digital systems.

January 4, 2023

Momentous Change

Are we going to see a transformation in search. And consequently all of tech as we know it?

January 2, 2023

Ex Machina 2022: A Year in Review

In the very first article of the year, 2022 , I set out my predictions for the year ahead. I thought that much of our work would have to do with converting the data protection law needs to be converted into a regulatory regime. I also believed that there will be a range of new technology reform...

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