New Delhi, March 18 -- "I am Conan O'Brien, and I am honoured to be the last human host of the Academy Awards." That line drew one of the biggest cheers of the night at the Oscars. And yet it's not just the creative industries that are worried about AI. In fact, efforts are on to develop a single standard or label that can be used to market products or services that have no AI in them. You might come across labels like "Proudly Human", "No AI", or "AI Free" appearing in films, or books or websites. This is all a part of a conscious effort to keep pockets of the human experience free of AI.

The US and Israel's ongoing war on Iran is raising new questions about the efficacy and ethicality of using AI systems in warfare. Although the US has...