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Ethics of AI and the edge of expression

Courtesy the Instagram handle of The Indian Express, the sight of factory workers wearing head cameras to train artificial intelligence should trouble anyone who cares about dignity at work.

Push Back

The swift collapse of the Trump administration's proposed anti-weaponisation fund is significant for reasons that extend far beyond the fate of a single programme.

The Next Shock

The return of El Niño is a reminder that the world’s climate crisis is no longer defined solely by long-term warming trends.

The Ultimate Reality Hack

Recently (on May 7 and 8), Swami Sandarshanananda of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, presented a beautifully modernized view of Hinduism in two succinct commentaries.

Why no one can own history

In order to narrate and organize the past in a systematic manner, a discipline emerged that came to be known as history.

False Stability

India approaches the Union Budget with a troubling paradox. Inflation is low, prices appear contained, and stability is widely celebrated.

Quiet Redrawing

The renewed exchange between India and China over the Shaksgam Valley is not just another round in a long-running territorial argument.

Deliberate Failure

The Seventy-Fourth Constitutional Amendment, enacted in 1992, granted constitutional status to municipalities, requiring States to entrust them with all necessary powers, functions and responsibilities, so that the municipalities could function as effective institutions of local self-government.