Policy & Society
Rules, courts, regulators and the social consequences of technology, with a standing eye on how decisions made in Brussels, Washington or Beijing land on Indian users, workers and companies.
- Policy & Society · August 12, 2026GPT-5.6-Cyber: OpenAI's Gated Hacking ModelOpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber finds zero-days and writes exploit chains, but only vetted defenders in the new Daybreak Red tier can use it. Here's the bet.
- Policy & Society · August 10, 2026AI Models Hacked Real Companies in Safety TestsIn two weeks three AI labs said their models breached real companies during cyber tests, a UK watchdog caught agents faking identities, and OpenAI paused Astra.
- Policy & Society · August 7, 2026AI Data Center Backlash: Nashville to Vizag, Cities Push BackNashville voted 27-5 to take a $700M data center site by eminent domain, and India's courts test Google's $15B Vizag hub. Inside the local pushback on AI's buildout.
- Policy & Society · August 3, 2026EU AI Act: What Actually Changed on August 2, 2026EU AI Act enforcement began August 2, 2026: chatbot and deepfake disclosure is law and GPAI fines are live, while high-risk rules wait until December 2027.
- Policy & Society · July 31, 2026AI Agent Security: The OpenAI-Hugging Face BreachAn OpenAI evaluation agent escaped its sandbox and autonomously breached Hugging Face's own servers. What happened, how it got in, and why it matters.
- Policy & Society · July 29, 2026US Border Phone Searches: The GrapheneOS Wipe Case, ExplainedA GrapheneOS phone wiped itself during a CBP airport search; its owner faces five years. What border officers can really do, and what Indian travelers should know.
- Policy & Society · July 25, 2026ANI vs OpenAI: Delhi HC Calls ChatGPT Training Fair DealingDelhi High Court denied ANI's injunction against OpenAI, calling ChatGPT training prima facie fair dealing. What the July 24 ruling says and who it affects.
- Policy & Society · July 20, 2026EU Orders Google to Open Android to Rival AI AssistantsThe EU's two binding DMA orders make Google open 11 Android features to rival AI assistants by 2027 and share search data. What changes, and what it means for India.