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OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount this year: Report
The maker of AI assistant ChatGPT will look to increase headcount to about 8,000 from about 4,500, the FT said
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Pentagon to adopt Palantir's Maven AI as core US military system
Maven is a command-and-control software platform that analyzes battlefield data and identifies targets
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Comfortably dumb: Why AI support at Swiggy and Zomato frustrates users
As platforms tighten support through chatbot-led systems to curb costs and misuse, customers say resolving complaints has become slower, more rigid, and harder to escalate.
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Accenture’s Q2 performance signals AI-driven growth for Indian IT firms
Indian IT companies including TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, too will benefit from the growing AI demand in North America that Accenture is alluding to, industry analysts said.
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Accenture betters full-year revenue forecast as AI pushes growth higher
Accenture's revised outlook for full-year revenue growth to be within the range of 3 percent to 5 percent, compared to its earlier projection of 2 percent to 5 percent.
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Why BlackRock's Larry Fink thinks AI could make Gen Z’s job hunt far harder this year
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns AI disruption could push graduate unemployment higher for the class of 2026, even without a recession.
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How can we tell good AI from bad?
More lessons from the jagged frontiers of new technology
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Why Nazara is spending $100 million to acquire a controlling stake in Spain’s Bluetile
Nazara’s purchase of Bluetile and its in-house rewards-driven gaming platform, BestPlay, is the company’s largest acquisition to date. The total deal size could rise to $340 million
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EU moves to ban AI that creates nonconsensual sexual images
The ban wouldn’t apply if a company has imposed measures restricting the creation of such deepfakes.
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US govt says Anthropic AI an 'unacceptable risk' to military
Anthropic's Claude AI model has been in the spotlight in recent weeks both for its alleged use in identifying targets for US bombing in Iran and the company's refusal that its systems be used to power mass surveillance in the United States or lethal fully autonomous weapons systems.
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Nazara's AI push: Plans to acquire 50% stake in Europe's Bluetile, BestPlay for $100 million
Nazara Technologies founder Nitish Mittersain said the acquisition of Bluetile and BestPlay is an important step towards the firm's strategy to build AI-enabled, globally scalable gaming businesses.
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Alibaba hikes AI service prices up to 34% after demand soars
The company is hiking prices of its T-Head AI computing chips, such as the Zhenwu 810E, by 5% to 34%, the company said in a statement. Its storage service, known as Cloud Parallel File Storage, will also cost 30% more, it said.
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Microsoft backs Anthropic, urging judge to halt Pentagon's actions against AI company
Microsoft, in a legal filing, is challenging Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's action last week to shut Anthropic out of military work by labelling its AI products as a national security threat.
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Nvidia taps Sarvam, Thinking Machines Lab, Mistral AI for a coalition to advance open frontier models
Nvidia's Nemotron Coalition members, including Perplexity and Cursor, will build open, frontier-level foundation models through shared expertise, data and compute
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'If you don’t help yourself, neither can the company': KPIT CEO urges staff to be AI-ready
With AI disrupting job functions and coding requirements, KPIT is now hiring 30-40% fewer freshers, Kishor Patil tells Moneycontrol
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The curious case of copper and gas shortages
The supercycle hypothesis in natural gas and copper due to AI is a dodgy one at best
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Foxconn is moving beyond iPhones, and the next business is growing even faster
Foxconn expects AI server shipments to double in 2026 as cloud business overtakes consumer electronics, driven by strong AI demand.
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What’s behind Nvidia’s new $1 trillion AI forecast? Jensen Huang lays out the next wave
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees $1 trillion orders for Blackwell and Rubin chips by 2027; unveils new AI chips, racks and auto push.
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OpenAI courts private equity to join enterprise AI venture: Report
Both OpenAI and Anthropic are aggressively courting private equity firms because they control enterprise companies and influence how businesses budget for software and AI
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Nvidia CEO set to reveal new chips and software at AI megaconference GTC
Nvidia, the world's most valuable listed company, is likely to detail a next-generation AI chip called Feynman, named after American physicist Richard Feynman
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Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI over AI training
The case is one of many high-stakes lawsuits filed by copyright owners including authors and news outlets against tech companies for using their material to train AI systems without permission
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Meta shares jump after report on plans for layoffs of 20% or more
If Meta settles on the 20% figure, the cuts will be the biggest since a late 2022 and early 2023 restructuring it dubbed the 'year of efficiency', which eliminated around 21,000 jobs
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Did OpenAI almost build a ‘sexy suicide coach’? Inside the blow-up over erotic ChatGPT chats
OpenAI delayed its planned 'adult mode' for ChatGPT after advisers warned of mental health and child safety risks.
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AI set to reshape global economy, could rival industrial revolution: Jonathan Wilmot
Speaking at the Moneycontrol Global Wealth Summit, Jonathan Wilmot, Global Strategist at Aletheia Capital, said the rapid advances in artificial intelligence mark a turning point for global growth and productivity.
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From mastering complex tools to AI prompts: Adobe's Govind Balakrishnan on reimagining content creation
Adobe Express is Adobe’s answer to the wave of AI tools from startups and tech giants that have made content creation faster and more accessible than ever.
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Global Wealth Summit 2026: Why Aletheia's Jonathan Wilmot believes AI is more than just another market boom
At Moneycontrol Global Wealth Summit, global strategist says AI and machine learning could transform productivity and eventually lower costs of food, energy, housing and healthcare.
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Meta may cut up to 16,000 jobs as CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on AI investments
Meta is considering layoffs affecting up to 20% of its workforce as it ramps up AI investments and data centre spending, Reuters reports.
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Elon Musk pledges to rebuild xAI as another co-founder departs
The announcement coincides with more high-profile exits from xAI following its merger last month with Musk’s SpaceX
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71% of Indian firms seeing returns from GenAI investments, outpacing global average: Snowflake report
India ranks among the top three markets globally for GenAI adoption, alongside the United States and Germany, the study found.
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OPINION | AI-led transformation is inevitable, but its social costs are not
We may be on cusp of a phase when AI-led automation squeezes openings for young members of the workforce. Learning from earlier technological disruptions, it’s the right moment to craft an AI Transition Scheme to mitigate social costs
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India plans new $11 billion fund to support local chipmaking
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to accelerate India’s chip campaign, which is in early stages with just a handful of major projects under way.
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Karnataka sets up 'Responsible AI' committee headed by Infy co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan
The panel will draft a AI policy and roadmap for safe, ethical and transparent adoption of artificial intelligence across government systems. It will submit an interim report within 60 days and final recommendations within 90 days
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Google Cloud partners Prime Focus' Brahma AI to scale interactive digital humans for global enterprises
Google Cloud has signed a multi-year partnership with Brahma AI to accelerate the enterprise AI content platform's plans to deliver Hollywood-grade digital humans to large enterprises across a range of sectors
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How to power artificial intelligence without straining scarce resources
Should scarce energy and water resources be diverted toward resource-intensive data centres? Or can we design better to avoid such trade-offs?
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Anthropic tells judge billions at stake if US shuns AI tool
Michael Mongan, an attorney for Anthropic, argued Tuesday that the federal government’s actions have led to more than 100 enterprise customers contacting the company to express doubt about continuing their work with Anthropic.
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Private equity firms expect funding strategy shifts amid West Asia war concerns, AI impact
The ongoing geopolitical risks have become more consistent than sporadic, and PE strategies should build that in while thinking about underwriting as long-term investors, said Simrun Mehta, Managing Director, KKR.
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Nvidia to invest in Thinking Machines Lab and supply AI chips
Thinking Machines will use Nvidia’s forthcoming Vera Rubin AI accelerators as part of a multiyear agreement, the companies said
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Anthropic vs Trump government: A timeline of how the standoff on AI guardrails led to a lawsuit
Anthropic's dual lawsuits against the United States government mark the latest escalation in the intensifying battle between the Claude maker and the department of defense
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White House plans executive order to rip Anthropic AI out of federal agencies
White House preparing executive order to remove Anthropic’s Claude AI from federal systems as dispute with the company escalates.
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Pentagon official sees little chance to revive Anthropic AI deal
Emil Michael, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said Monday that Anthropic’s lawsuit was an “expected reaction” and that the company’s attempt to reverse the supply-chain declaration wouldn’t alter the Pentagon’s decision.
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OpenAI buying AI security startup Promptfoo to safeguard AI agents
OpenAI and its rivals are racing to develop more advanced AI agents that can field complex tasks on a user’s behalf, with limited need for human intervention
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Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions
Anthropic said in its lawsuit that the designation was unlawful and violated its free speech and due process rights
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MakeMyTrip sees uptick in voice searches, higher traction in regional markets
Across several query categories, early data points show voice being used noticeably higher than text.
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The Eastern Window: China’s Two Sessions ready to sacrifice speed for 'high quality' development
China has opted for a low growth target because it wants to focus on 'industries of the future', increase domestic demand, and sharply raise the per capita income. Whether it will succeed will depend on its ability to deal with an ongoing property market crisis and external challenges like the feared rise in oil prices
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Siemens expects AI demand to revive India’s private sector capex
It is too early to say. Other areas like data centres are fuelling demand and business expectations, Siemens AG CTO and board member Peter Koerte tells Moneycontrol on impact of US-Iran war
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Mid-cap IT firms corner 58% of 2025 incremental revenue as enterprises widen vendor pool for large deals
Industry experts say the shift reflects a structural change in the outsourcing landscape, where large deals are no longer the exclusive territory of tier-one IT service providers.
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OpenAI hardware leader resigns after deal with Pentagon
OpenAI said the day after the deal was struck that it includes additional safeguards to protect its use cases
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In the age of AI and platforms, trust remains finance’s most valuable currency: Experts
Market downturns, failed transactions or even minor platform glitches can quickly erode confidence among investors who are already anxious about their money, said all experts.
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Siemens sees AI-driven shift in workforce mix, India to have smaller tech teams work on value creation for new products: CTO Peter Koerte
The company has about 10,000 software and AI experts across its global innovation centres in Bengaluru and Pune. India is Siemens' fourth largest market, contributing significantly to its revenue growth.
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Picture abhi baaki h(AI): How AI is reimagining cinema
One of the most immediate impact of AI is the dramatic reduction in production time and cost. What used to take years can now be done in months.
