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Mint Explainer: Would you make Sam Altman's eye scanner your online ID?

New Delhi, June 26 -- As governments digitize services, banks go virtual, and AI-powered impersonation surges, establishing 'who you are' through a reliable, globally accepted digital ID is becoming c... Read More


Mint Primer: AI's twin impact: Better security, worse dangers

New Delhi, June 18 -- AI and generative AI are proving to be double-edged swords, boosting cyber defences while also enabling threats like deepfakes, voice cloning and even attacks by autonomous AI ag... Read More


How Nasa biologist Sharmila Bhattacharya is prepping humans for space

New Delhi, June 14 -- Sharmila Bhattacharya, a scientist at the US space agency Nasa, has long focused on a singular goal: understanding how space conditions affect living organisms and using that kno... Read More


Why is big tech fussing over fault-tolerant quantum computers?

New Delhi, June 11 -- For more than a decade, big tech companies like IBM, Google and Microsoft have been loudly announcing that quantum computers will soon solve tasks that stump today's supercompute... Read More


Mint Primer | Who is liable if a friendly chatbot 'abets' suicide?

New Delhi, June 2 -- A US judge has admitted a case against American firm Character.AI over charges that its chatbot drove a teenager to suicide. The ruling will be closely watched for its potential t... Read More


Mint Explainer: As banks brace for quantum attacks, is India moving too slowly?

New Delhi, May 29 -- Banks and financial institutions worldwide are gearing up for the day when quantum computers become stable enough to potentially break traditional encryption, which could cause ma... Read More