India proposes landmark AI law: Developers must pay royalties for training content
In a bold move that could reshape the global AI landscape, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has released a landmark working paper proposing a mandatory royalty system for generative AI developers using copyrighted material in model training. Released on December 8, 2025, this “Part 1” paper titled “One Nation, One Licence, One Payment: Balancing AI Innovation and Copyright” rejects free, unrestricted access to [...]
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Supreme Court panel to conceptualise, implement, monitor AI use in judiciary, Law Minister tells RS
The Supreme Court of India has constituted a new AI Committee responsible for the end-to-end implementation—from concept to monitoring—of AI tools within the judiciary.
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Trump threatens funding for states over AI regulations
The Core Announcement President Trump, backed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, declared that states with AI laws deemed restrictive to innovation will lose access to federal broadband grants. The goal is to establish “one central source of approval” rather than forcing companies to navigate 50 different state regulatory regimes. The Economic Argument The administration’s executive order argues that a fragmented regulatory landscape makes compliance too difficult, specifically for [...]
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India’s GCCs turn key testing ground for agentic AI ideas
India’s Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are rapidly emerging as the world’s leading proving ground for agentic AI, fueled by surging investments, expanded innovation charters, and fundamental changes in how these centres operate. According to the EY GCC Pulse Survey 2025, 58% of GCCs are actively funding agentic AI initiatives, while 83% are scaling up their generative AI programmes — representing one of the quickest technology adoption curves seen [...]
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