Amber Sinha

India’s AI Summit Could Prove to be New Delhi's Lost Opportunity Amid the dollar signs and demos, the opportunity to shift the global debate about AI and what world we are building appears to be lost, writes Amber Sinha.

Amid the deals and demos at the India AI Impact Summit this week, the opportunity to shift the global debate about AI and what kind of world we are building appears to be lost, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha.

India’s AI Summit Could Prove to be New Delhi's Lost Opportunity Amid the dollar signs and demos, the opportunity to shift the global debate about AI and what world we are building appears to be lost, writes Amber Sinha.

India was uniquely placed to hold an #AISummit not just focused on raising capital from cos. who have captured AI market, but building consensus between middle powers on contesting this power concentration. New Delhi may look back on this as a lost opportunity www.techpolicy.press/indias-ai-su...

I moved to #Brussels two months back. Even in the cold, grey and wet winter, the best part of these two months have been spent walking the streets of this city. My experience of walking in Brussels has been most marked by its leafless, deciduous trees that frame my view of this city.

In my newest post, I write about @matratype.bsky.social’s latest book, India Street Lettering; being a street lettering documentarian spouse for many years and how that has shaped and informed my experience of new places and the visual culture around me www.ambersinha.com/play/being-a...

Doing research and writing for a living for over a decade meant that I stopped writing for pleasure. Some time back, I started a blog on my website called Play in an attempt to break this pattern. www.ambersinha.com/play

Examining the Technical Critique That May Pop the AI Bubble | TechPolicy.Press Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha considers the technical assumptions that underlie the astronomical investments in AI.

Amid headline after headline about the possibility of a bubble, Tech Policy Press contributing editor @ambersinha07.bsky.social considers the broad assumptions that underlie the astronomical investments in AI and the outcomes promised to entice them.

AI Procurement and the Capture of Public Purpose | TechPolicy.Press As the EU ramps up AI adoption, Amber Sinha raises questions about public procurement, vendor influence, and how governments ensure accountability.

#Europe’s rush to adopt #AI in public services risks repeating mistakes in digital identity and procurement. Expansive top-down agendas for public procurement treat a technological paradigm, in this case, AI, as an end in itself. It is the policy equivalent of putting the cart before the horse.

Visa Program Becomes Inflection Point in US-India Geopolitical Tensions | TechPolicy.Press Amber Sinha analyzes the impact of President Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee on tech, business, and US-India relations.

Trump’s proclamation on H-1B visas marks a decisive shift in the tension between economic pragmatism and nativist politics in US immigration policy, challenging both market logic and the country’s longstanding geopolitical interests, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha.

Hi Rakesh, could you talk a bit about the curation at @blaft.bsky.social, there is an interesting mix of subjects, fiction/non, languages. How would you describe the kinds of books Blaft publishes? Does this book indicate more design/art books in the future?

Hello! We're kicking off an AMA with Pooja a.k.a. @matratype.bsky.social (typeface designer extraordinaire and the woman behind the forthcoming book INDIA STREET LETTERING) & Rakesh @blaftrakesh.bsky.social (Blaft editor & co-founder).

So... what do you want to know?

Even as we see a global retreat in the moves towards regulating AI, FRT, a covert, remote surveillance tech has been one form of AI which has attrtacted some regulation. Not so, in India though!

Thanks to ‪@rohanvenkat.bsky.social‬ for facilitating this piece.

For @casipenn.bsky.social, I locate India's (non-existent) approach to AI regulation by seeking clues from the relative regulatory vacuum enjoyed by entities deploying facial recognition technologies.

INDIA IN TRANSITION: "Facial Recognition Technologies: A Window into India’s Approach to AI Regulation" by @ambersinha07.bsky.social (@techpolicypress.bsky.social / EDRi). casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/amber-si...

India Street Lettering: A Book A journey through typographic craft and culture

A decade-plus in the making and now on Kickstarter: a book of Pooja Saxena’s photography of signs and lettering found on the streets of cities all over India. [kickstarter.com]

Trump 2.0 and the Emergence of Tech Policy as a Tool in Global Realpolitik | TechPolicy.Press 100 days into the Trump administration, Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha marks a shift in the global technology policymaking playbook.

6/ 100 days into the Trump administration, Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha marks a shift in global technology policymaking discussions away from a focus on principles like democracy and human rights and towards realpolitik negotiation.

Reflections on the First 100 Days of the Second Trump Administration | TechPolicy.Press Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

🧵 of posts on @techpolicypress.bsky.social that consider tech policy matters 100 days into the Trump administration. We've published multiple pieces that consider issues ranging from AI to antitrust to digital regulation to global digital rights and internet freedom to DOGE.

In this article for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, I take a critical look at DEPA and Consent Managers, regulatory innovations in India's data protection law. I also consider how the law forsakes hard-faught constitutional values for an ideological flexibility.

As India is Set to Implement its Data Protection Law. What to Make of It? | TechPolicy.Press At the core of India’s approach to data protection lies the philosophy that digital systems are better governed at the design stage, writes Amber Sinha.

At the core of India’s approach to data protection is the philosophy that systems designed to enhance privacy only minimally need regulation. However this simplistic approach ignores both on-ground realities and inherited wisdom from past regulatory experiences
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Happening Now!!
Very excited to join today's discussion on the impact of Big Tech on elections in 2024. We are also launching the report I worked on with the amazing team @digitalaction.bsky.social.
I will speaking about insights from the Indian elections, and broad trends from elections worldwide

India Will Host the Next Global AI Summit. What Mark Will Modi Make? | TechPolicy.Press Modi’s reference to DPI in his Paris address suggests that this trend will continue during its hosting of the AI Summit as well, writes Amber Sinha.

When it hosts the next international AI summit, Amber Sinha (@ambersinha07.bsky.social) expects the Indian government to focus on innovation, investments, and access issues while evading scrutiny of its low-rights legal environment, which is ripe for untested technological experiments.

LATEST: For @techpolicypress.bsky.social this week, I write on the politics of India hosting the next AI Summit and its impact on issues that will be prioritised. The pivot from safety to innovation will suit India to showcase homegrown projects and evade scrutiny of its low-rights environment.

Digital Rights Activists in Taiwan Driven by Memory and Threat of Authoritarianism | TechPolicy.Press Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

This week, #RightsCon descends on Taipei. To learn more about the dynamics in the civil society community working on digital rights and tech policy matters in Taiwan, I spoke to experts from Article 19, Judicial Reform Foundation, and the Taiwan Association for Human Rights.

As I recuperate from a flu from hell, I am disappointed to have to skip attending this year's #RightsCon25 in person. In particulat I will miss attending this workshop. I enjoyed working with @riovictoire.bsky.social on this initiative, and am excited to see the form it takes.

Cristiano Lima-Strong Joins Tech Policy Press as Associate Editor | TechPolicy.Press Lima-Strong joins a growing international team of editors and reporting fellows.

Tech Policy Press is thrilled to announce that Cristiano Lima-Strong will join as Associate Editor, a full-time position on the masthead. He joins a growing international team of editors and reporting fellows exploring how tech is challenging and reshaping democracies and governance globally.

Delight — The perfect guava — Amber Sinha There are very few things I relish more than a perfect sample of a fruit of my choice. Over the last couple of years, patronising the Nature Soul Shop , the finest organic grocery and produce retaile...

The fifth post in this series is about finding the perfect guava this winter www.ambersinha.com/play/delight...

Doing research and writing for a living has meant that I stopped writing for pleasure. This section on my website called Play is an attempt to break this pattern. I write a series on everyday delights which punctuate our humdrum lives. www.ambersinha.com/play/delights

Very excited to work closely with @ramshajahangir.bsky.social @benlennett.bsky.social @prithvi97.bsky.social and @dwj88.bsky.social and the fellows @anikacolliernavaroli.com @arianaaboulafia.bsky.social
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In this new role, I hope to do a mix of reactive pieces responding to the digital policy environment, and in-depth, reflective long form writing to frame issues within the big picture. I will also work towards building a thriving community of high quality contributors from South Asia.

Very excited to join @techpolicypress.bsky.social's masthead as a part-time Contributing Editor. Since late 2023, I worked as a fellow with their small and mighty team led by the tireless @justinhendrix.bsky.social, and it allowed me to get back to what I love to do — write regularly.

Tech Policy Press is also proud to introduce its second fellowship cohort.
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