Recent data-gathering pilots by on-demand service platforms Pronto and Snabbit have drawn a spotlight on India’s emerging physical AI ecosystem – and put safety regulators on edge. Sources told ET that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has taken note of recent developments, especially Pronto’s in-home recording pilots.

Pronto's service professionals — who provide cleaning, washing, and meal preparation services — record their activities, generating videos that can help train physical AI systems.…

BENGALURU: A customer books a cleaner through an app. A worker arrives.

The Pronto AI controversy highlights urgent concerns over data governance and privacy in India's home-service sector amidst growing AI usage.

Experts warn that India’s evolving data protection laws leave loopholes around AI training using in-home recordings, raising privacy concerns.

Recent data-gathering pilots by on-demand service platforms Pronto and Snabbit have drawn a spotlight on India’s emerging physical AI ecosystem – and put safety regulators on…

Happy Tuesday! Recent data-collection experiments by on-demand platforms have drawn attention to Indian physical AI startups. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.

Human Archive, a startup founded by Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world…

The concerns gained urgency after controversy around startup Pronto’s in-home recording pilot sparked wider questions over how “physical AI” systems may learn from people’s…