Sagari Gupta

As Google’s Gemini Spark turns AI into a persistent digital intermediary, India’s governance framework risks falling dangerously behind. AI generated image Google’s unveiling of Gemini Spark at Google I/O 2026 is not just another AI product announcement. Spark is designed as a persistent personal agent that coordinates tasks across Gmail, Docs, Slides, and third-party platforms such as Canva and Instacart. Unlike earlier AI assistants that responded to isolated prompts, Spark remains...

Without measuring contextual failure, India’s AI governance risks mistaking computational sophistication for genuine public utility. India’s AI governance framework has a measurement problem. The India AI Mission has onboarded more than 38,000 GPUs, allocated Rs 10,300 crore for AI infrastructure, and built AIKosh into a national dataset repository holding 7,541 datasets across 20 sectors. MeitY’s India AI Governance Guidelines, released on 5 November 2025, commit the government to fairness,...

India’s rapid shift toward a digitally mediated financial system has delivered gains in efficiency, inclusion, and transaction speed. At the centre of this transformation is the Unified Payments Interface, now processing billions of transactions each month and functioning as the backbone of retail payments. This architecture improves access and reduces friction, but it also concentrates operational dependence within a tightly connected system where vulnerabilities can scale quickly. Recent...