IIT-Bombay Engineers Pioneer GPS-Free Swarm Control System For VTOL Drones Using Camera-Based Bearings

Novel scheme by IIT-Bombay researchers to control drones can enable complex formation flying using only camera data, without GPS or inter-drone communicationAutonomous Swarm Control Without GPSResearchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have introduced a breakthrough control scheme enabling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly in coordinated swarms without depending on GPS,

November 3, 2025
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AI Summarization Optimization

These days, the most important meeting attendee isn’t a person: It’s the AI notetaker.

This system assigns action items and determines the importance of what is said. If it becomes necessary to revisit the facts of the meeting, its summary is treated as impartial evidence.

But clever meeting attendees can manipulate this system’s record by speaking more to what the underlying AI weights for summarization and importance than to their colleagues. As a result, you can expect some meeting attendees to use language more likely to be captured in summaries, timing their interventions strategically, repeating key points, and employing formulaic phrasing that AI models are more likely to pick up on. Welcome to the world of AI summarization optimization (AISO)…

November 3, 2025
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India Launches Project PRAGYASHAKTI: Tri-Service AI-Driven EW Integration Framework

India has launched Project PRAGYASHAKTI, a landmark initiative to unify the nation’s electronic warfare (EW) ecosystem under a common, AI-powered software framework. Designed to seamlessly integrate diverse EW systems across the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the project represents a major stride towards autonomous, network-centric warfare capability.The 25-month development effort aims to create a

November 1, 2025
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India’s Cybersecurity Industry Surges To $20 Billion, Driven By AI and Data Protection Law

India’s cybersecurity ecosystem has reached a significant milestone, now valued at $20 billion, according to Dr. Sanjay Bahl, Director General of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).With over 400 active start-ups and a skilled workforce of 6.5 lakh professionals, India is swiftly consolidating its position as a global cybersecurity powerhouse. This growth underscores the

November 1, 2025
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Will AI Strengthen or Undermine Democracy?

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Below, co-authors Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders share five key insights from their new book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.

What’s the big idea?

AI can be used both for and against the public interest within democracies. It is already being used in the governing of nations around the world, and there is no escaping its continued use in the future by leaders, policy makers, and legal enforcers. How we wire AI into democracy today will determine if it becomes a tool of oppression or empowerment…

October 31, 2025
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Password Complexity & Reuse Audit Tool

Weak and reused passwords are a persistent threat, especially after password dumps or internal audits. To help security teams make sense of cracked credential data, I’ve built the Cracked Password Complexity & Reuse Audit Tool that inspects cracked…

October 30, 2025
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