Mikaela Sison

Mikaela writes about AI tools and their place in everyday work. She focuses on document workflows, source checking and the information people share with software.

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Income tax · Oct 30

Project Insight Income Tax: What India's Data System Does

How the tax department described Project Insight and what taxpayers can check in AIS.

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AI regulation · Oct 28

AI and Copyright in India: DPIIT's Pay-to-Train Proposal

DPIIT's working paper would let AI developers train on any lawfully accessed work and pay creators a share of revenue.

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MeitY · Oct 26

MeitY's AI Advisory of March 2024: What Platforms Were Told

Labels for unreliable AI models, consent pop-ups and deepfake metadata: what MeitY's 2024 advisory asked of platforms.

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IndiaAI Mission · Oct 23

IndiaAI FutureSkills: Courses, Labs and Fellowships

What the free YUVA AI course, Data and AI Labs and IndiaAI fellowships offer, and which one fits you.

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AI in judiciary · Oct 21

AI in Indian Courts: The Tools in Pilot and the Rules So Far

Two AI tools are in pilot for Indian judges and there is no national rulebook yet. What the government told Parliament.

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Deepfakes · Oct 20

AI Voice Cloning Scam in India: Spot It, Report It

A familiar voice asking for money may be synthetic. What CERT-In advises, which laws apply and where to report.

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Bhashini · Oct 17

Bhashini: How India's Language AI Platform Works

Bhashini is MeitY's language AI platform for translation and speech in Indian languages. Here is how it works.

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IFSCA · Oct 16

IFSCA's AI Circular: Cyber Rules for GIFT City Firms

IFSCA's June 2026 circular tells GIFT City firms to prepare for AI-speed cyber attacks. The 11 measures explained.

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RBI · Oct 15

AI in Indian Banks: What the RBI's FREE-AI Framework Asks For

The RBI's FREE-AI report set seven Sutras for AI in finance; a June 2026 draft adds AI disclosure and human override.

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DPDP Act · Oct 13

Using AI Tools at Work Under the DPDP Act: What Employers Must Check

The DPDP Act never mentions AI, but its duties on consent, vendors, accuracy and security shape how employers use AI.

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SEBI · Oct 12

SEBI's AI/ML Guidelines: What Is Binding Now and What Is Still Draft

Regulation 16C already makes SEBI-regulated firms answer for their AI tools; the 2025 draft adds governance rules.

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Deepfakes · Oct 11

Deepfake Labelling Under India's IT Rules: What Platforms Must Do

Labels, metadata, blocked categories and two-hour takedowns: what the 2026 IT Rules amendment asks of platforms.

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IndiaAI Mission · Oct 10

IndiaAI Mission: GPU Access, AIKosh Datasets and Who Can Apply

Who can use IndiaAI's subsidised GPUs, what AIKosh holds, and what the ministry says it has delivered so far.

Three stages for AI governance: map data and decisions, assign human oversight, and keep records with a route for reporting harm.

AI governance · Oct 7

India's AI Governance Guidelines: What Companies Should Know

What India's AI framework recommends on risk, transparency and accountability, and what changed in 2026.

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AI tools · Sep 26

How to Check an AI Answer Against Its Sources

What citations in Gemini Notebook, Gemini, AI Overviews and Perplexity prove, and how to test a claim against a source.

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Gemini · Aug 14

Gemini 3.7 Flash Arrives With Temporary Lower API Pricing

Google's latest Flash model pairs coding improvements with introductory pricing through December.

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Google Workspace · Jul 30

July Workspace Update: Google Adds Comment-Driven Editing and Decks

Gemini can turn Docs comments into proposed edits and existing files into editable slide decks.

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AI research · Jul 24

What Google's ATLAS Data Can Tell Us About AI at Work

Google's 14.7 million interactions reveal task use, with clear limits on what they say about productivity.

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Android · May 13

Google Plans Gemini Intelligence Across Android Apps

Google plans app automation, richer autofill and edited dictation for supported Android devices.

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Microsoft 365 · Mar 31

Copilot Cowork Enters Frontier With Plans for Multi-Step Office Tasks

Microsoft opens early access to multi-step office tasks and adds a second-model research review.