"In our early days at Upstart, we couldn't know for certain whether our model would be biased. It wasn't until loans were originated that we were able to demonstrate that our platform was fair.

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For privacy lawyers, ChatGPT's ban in Italy was a ‘told-ya' moment. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are trained on huge volumes of data.

The FSB statement calls on its members to implement international standards such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations. The FATF recommendations require that virtual...

The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutionality of the RBI's Guidelines for Payment Aggregators (PA Guidelines) in a judgement released last month (PA Regulation Case).

From digital lending to AI governance, 2025 was a defining year for fintech regulation in India. Here's a roundup of what moved, what stuck, and what's coming in 2026.

The Government needs a robust technical infrastructure backing its goal to expand access to quality healthcare through the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM').

This edition of Defence Dispatch examines three pivotal developments from April 2026: India and Germany's ten-year defence industrial cooperation roadmap that advances the P-75I submarine deal, the newly published India-Russia RELOS agreement allowing unprecedented foreign military presence on Indian soil, and South Korea's state visit outcomes that shift the K9 Vajra partnership toward co-development and joint design of advanced military systems.

While this was not always the case, India's digital accessibility journey is increasingly a story of collaboration between disability rights groups, responsive regulators...

The United States wants to 'get it right than to be first'. That's what Jerome Powell, US Federal Reserve's chairman said about the digital Dollar two years ago.

In February, we launched Inclusive by Design: India's AI4ALL Playbook (Playbook), with support from Meta, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

As the year ends and the holiday cheer begins, we bring a round-up of the discussion this year around crypto regulation in India.

In our last posti we spoke about the history, science and the regulator's take on cannabis.

his piece has been authored by Shambhavi Ravishankar, Associate, Ikigai Law, with inputs from Anirudh Rastogi, Founding and Managing Partner at Ikigai Law.

On 27 August 2025, Ikigai Law launched one of its seminal projects—a report titled Creators First: Enabling India's Content Creator Economy.

On 6th April 2018, an RBI circular prohibited all entities regulated by the RBI from dealing in Virtual Currencies ("VCs") or providing services for facilitating any person or entity in dealing with or settling VCs.

Hi there! Unpacking in this edition—ASCI guidelines for crypto ads, the central government's plans for 5G and space communication, and then some. Let's get to it!

The Ministry of Civil Aviation recently released the discussion draft of the National Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management Policy, seeking to create the required infrastructure for UAS

While Swifties have been (rightly) losing it over Taylor Swift's engagement — drafting their own treaty-level ana­­lyses of the ring like it was the ancient inscribed Rosetta Stone — so, has the tech policy space.

In this article, we dive into the draft RBI regulations for offline payment aggregators (PA) and draft amendment to the current PA guidelines.