The Supreme Court is reviewing a plea to restrict Aadhaar's use to identity verification only, citing concerns it's being accepted as proof of citizenship, domicile, address, or DOB, potentially enabling illegal immigrants to obtain voter IDs and impact election integrity.
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, while CEO Sam Altman's other venture, Tools for Humanity (Worldcoin), is reportedly undergoing layoffs amid regulatory and ethical concerns over its iris-scanning identity verification and cryptocurrency plans.
US artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic’s move to introduce real-name identity verification has triggered alarm in China, raising the prospect that access to its tools could be cut off entirely and prompting black-market vendors to scramble for workarounds. The shift highlights the strong demand for Anthropic’s Claude models in China, despite an official ban that also covers Hong Kong and Macau. The company said the restrictions were necessary for national security reasons amid...
