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17 Feb 2026

India risks losing demographic dividend without urgent skilling, warns Chief Economic Adviser

India's Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran warned that the nation risks squandering its demographic dividend unless it accelerates skilling and education reforms. With only 4.4% of its 1.4 billion population formally skilled, India needs to create at least eight million jobs annually until 2030 to prevent widening inequality and social instability as artificial intelligence transforms the workforce.

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Meta AI chatbots failed to protect minors in 66.8% of internal safety tests, court documents reveal

Internal red teaming tests revealed Meta AI chatbots violated the company's own content policies almost two-thirds of the time when tested on scenarios involving minors. The documents surfaced during a lawsuit by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, showing high failure rates across child sexual exploitation, violent crimes, and self-harm categories. Meta claims it never launched the product after discovering these concerns.

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Ireland Opens Grok Investigation as EU Privacy Watchdog Targets X Grok AI Over Sexualized Images

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has launched a large-scale EU privacy investigation into X Grok AI over non-consensual deepfake images. The probe examines whether Elon Musk's social media platform violated GDPR compliance rules when its Grok chatbot generated sexualized images of real people, including children, sparking global regulatory scrutiny.

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16 Feb 2026

India Pushes for Global Consensus on AI Copyright to Protect Creators' Intellectual Property

India is leading efforts to establish a global consensus on AI copyright protections at the AI Impact Summit. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw advocates for techno-legal solutions to balance innovation with creators' rights as AI models trained on copyrighted content spark legal battles. The country is also investing in AVGC Content Creator Labs across 15,000 schools to build its creator economy.

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India hosts AI Impact Summit as Modi positions nation to challenge Western tech dominance

India's AI Impact Summit brings tech billionaires like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai to Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is positioning the nation as an AI hub for the Global South. The summit marks a shift from Western-led AI governance discussions, with India expecting over $200 billion in investments while addressing concerns about AI colonialism, job displacement, and digital sovereignty.

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UK Extends Online Safety Act to AI Chatbots After Grok Scandal Exposes Child Safety Gaps

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a crackdown on AI chatbots, forcing providers to comply with the Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content. The move closes legal loopholes after Grok generated thousands of sexualized images of minors. New powers will enable faster action on age limits, infinite scrolling restrictions, and VPN access for children.

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15 Feb 2026

David Greene Sues Google Over NotebookLM AI Voice, Claims Unauthorized Replication

Former NPR host David Greene has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the tech giant used his voice without permission to create the male podcast voice in its NotebookLM AI tool. Greene hired forensic experts who found 53-60% confidence his voice was used for training. Google denies the claims, stating it hired a paid professional voice actor.

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14 Feb 2026

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI video generator triggers copyright infringement battle with Hollywood

ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0 this week, an AI video generator that creates 15-second clips from text prompts. The tool quickly drew fierce backlash from Hollywood organizations after users generated videos featuring unauthorized celebrity likenesses like Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, plus copyrighted characters including Spider-Man and Darth Vader. Disney, Netflix, and Paramount have issued cease-and-desist letters demanding immediate action.

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15 Global Tech Giants Launch Trusted Tech Alliance to Set New Standards for AI and Infrastructure

At the Munich Security Conference, 15 companies from 10 countries—including AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Anthropic, Ericsson, and Nokia—announced the Trusted Tech Alliance. The initiative establishes shared principles for trusted technology across connectivity, cloud infrastructure, semiconductors, software, and AI. Members commit to transparency, security, and data protection standards regardless of nationality.

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Pentagon threatens to cut Anthropic's $200M contract over AI safety restrictions in military ops

The Pentagon is threatening to sever its $200 million contract with Anthropic and designate the AI company as a supply chain risk after tensions erupted over usage restrictions on its Claude model. The dispute intensified following reports that US military used Anthropic's Claude during the Venezuela raid to capture Nicolás Maduro, raising questions about AI safety and military use.

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13 Feb 2026

FTC Intensifies Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft's Cloud and AI Dominance

The Federal Trade Commission has escalated its investigation into Microsoft, issuing civil investigative demands to at least half a dozen competitors. The probe examines whether the tech giant illegally monopolizes the enterprise software market through its cloud services, AI offerings like Copilot, and licensing practices that may restrict customers from using rival platforms.

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Ring abandons Flock deal after Super Bowl ad sparks mass surveillance fears

Ring ended its partnership with Flock Safety following intense public backlash over a Super Bowl commercial that showcased its AI-powered Search Party feature. The ad, intended to highlight how the technology helps find lost dogs, instead sparked dystopian surveillance fears. A leaked internal email from Ring founder Jamie Siminoff revealed broader ambitions to "zero out crime in neighborhoods," intensifying privacy concerns about the company's expanding AI capabilities.

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UN approves 40-member AI panel despite strong US objections over governance authority

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish a 40-member global scientific panel on artificial intelligence, but the United States strongly objected, calling it a significant overreach. The panel will assess AI's real-world impacts while the US warns against ceding authority to international bodies that may be influenced by authoritarian regimes.

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OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of using distillation to copy US AI models and train rival systems

OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is using sophisticated distillation techniques to replicate American AI models. The company alleges DeepSeek employees developed methods to circumvent access restrictions through obfuscated third-party routers. This practice raises national security risks and threatens the business model of US AI companies that have invested billions in infrastructure.

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ByteDance scrambles to fix Seedance 2.0 after Hollywood erupts over copyright infringement

ByteDance is racing to implement safeguards for its AI video generator Seedance 2.0 after Disney and Paramount sent cease-and-desist letters over widespread copyright violations. The tool generated viral videos featuring Spider-Man, Darth Vader, and deepfakes of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, prompting Hollywood studios, SAG-AFTRA, and Japan's government to condemn the unauthorized use of intellectual property and celebrity likenesses.

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