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Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Report

Anthropic's AI model Claude was used in the U.S. military's operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Gen AI, agentic AI boosting productivity 10X at Lenskart, says CEO Peyush Bansal

The eyewear retailer is deploying AI to analyse thousands of demand signals, from store data to what consumers wear on Instagram, watch in local content and follow online, to sharpen products, plan store expansion, Bansal told Moneycontrol

Infosys set to unveil AI growth roadmap at investor meet tomorrow

The meeting comes at a time when investors are pressing large IT firms for answers on how generative AI will translate into sustainable revenue growth, margins and competitive differentiation

OpenClaw founder Steinberger joins OpenAI, open-source bot becomes foundation

OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot or Moltbot, is what fans describe as an assistant that can stay on top of emails, deal with insurers, check in for flights and perform myriad other tasks.

3-hour takedown rule shakes up influencers, agencies; creators fear financial risks

Creators are mostly worried about content being wrongly reported under the compressed timeline which applies across all categories of unlawful content, including but not limited to synthetically generated information (SGI) or AI generated content.

OPINION | From AI anxiety to AI impact: Why the Delhi summit matters

The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 begins in the capital today. An outline of the backdrop to the Summit and a framework to judge its outcome follow 

UN’s Chief Guterres believes India is the ‘right place’ for a global AI reset, here's why

UN chief Antonio Guterres tells PTI India is the right host for AI Summit 2026, urging inclusive AI and warning against US-China dominance.

Zepto to run dark store inside Bharat Mandapam for India AI Summit; Swiggy to support food deliveries

China, US to send ministerial delegations to the five-day gathering

China, US to send ministerial delegations to India AI Impact Summit

Zepto and Swiggy to run dark stores inside Bharat Mandapam for on-site deliveries

Madhusudan Kela’s reality check: Expect 10–12% market returns, hunt these 'hidden gems'

Madhusudan Kela expects 10–12% annual market returns, says volatility is an entry point and backs AI themes for long-term equity gains.

App Jaisa Koi Nahin: How India’s AI companions are redefining love and loneliness 

As more people turn to screens not just for information, but for affirmation and emotional support, these platforms are likely to deepen their footprint, but they need to ensure the technology does not outrun the responsibility that must come with it.

Infosys raises Q3FY26 bonus payout to 85% after steady quarterly improvement

Infosys’ variable pay has steadily improved over recent quarters, rising from about 65-80%, and now averaging around 85% in Q3FY26.

GCC hiring cushions IT slowdown as mid-level demand weakens, says Info Edge

Hiring momentum for mid-level roles, defined as positions with annual compensation between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 30 lakh, has moderated over the past few years.

Cognizant discloses AI-related service risks in annual report

However, the IT major, last week, said the assumption that new AI tools can be plugged into enterprise environments and immediately replace large parts of IT services work is misplaced.

Less a collapse, more a transition: IT sector long term outlook remains stable amid stocks rout

Growth metrics like revenue per employee and margin per employee will now increasingly depend on how effectively firms embed AI into delivery.

Why the AI attack on software has unnerved so many industries

The battle over the use of agents is starting to come into focus

IBM to triple US entry-level hiring for roles seen as replaceable by AI

While the company declined to disclose specific hiring figures, it said the expansion will be 'across the board,' affecting a wide range of departments

Tencent’s AI lag fuels $173 billion stock rout as rivals thrive

Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. have slumped nearly 11% in Hong Kong this year, trailing a broader tech gauge

Tech firms want 3-hour takedown rule revisited, will write to MeitY

Trade bodies are preparing representations to MeitY, warning that newly notified IT rules will introduce major compliance burdens without consultation and could lead to over-censorship of lawful content

Desk jobs on a timer? Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says AI will automate most white-collar in 18 months

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns white-collar jobs may be automated within 18 months as the company accelerates its enterprise AGI push.

‘Misanthropic and evil’: Elon Musk attacks Anthropic, claims its AI ‘hates Whites & Asians’

Elon Musk criticises Anthropic after its $30B funding round valued it at $380B, reigniting debate over AI bias and intensifying industry rivalry.

ByteDance's new AI video model goes viral as China looks for second DeepSeek moment

ByteDance, which officially unveiled Seedance 2.0 on Thursday, said in a statement that the system was designed for professional film, e-commerce, and advertising productions

Anthropic clinches $380 billion valuation after $30 billion funding round

The company has differentiated itself by focusing its model training on coding, with Claude Code gaining strong traction among developers

AI jitters hit IT stocks, but fund managers stay the course on sector holding for now

After witnessing a 7 percent decline in the previous week, IT stocks remained under pressure, falling another 6 percent so far this week and dragging the Nifty IT index to a 10-month low on February 12.

CynLr’s 10-second learning robots highlight scale-up challenge in deep tech robotics

CynLr is currently raising capital and is looking to secure $40 million plus in its ongoing round, with plans to raise about $75 million by 2028.

AI startup nabs $100 million to help firms predict human behavior

The startup said it aims to use its technology to anticipate the decisions a person might make in any given situation

Infosys, ExxonMobil expand partnership to develop immersion cooling for AI data centres

The combination will help optimise cooling operations in real time, enable predictive maintenance, and support scalable and reliable infrastructure for AI workloads.

Safe-harbour loss will likely be case-specific, not for entire platform

On February 11, MeitY notified amendments to the IT Technology rules, 2021, which reduced to three hours the 36-hour deadline to remove AI-generated such content

Google DeepMind's Pushmeet Kohli explains why India is in perfect position to leverage AI | Read full Q&A

AI's biggest potential is in the democratization of science, says Kohli

 Indian GCCs cut over 6,000 jobs in 2025 as parent companies face macro pressure

This comes in a year when India also saw record numbers of new GCCs being set up in the country and net new jobs growing significantly to 135,000-150,000.

AI's biggest potential is in democratization of science: Google DeepMind's Pushmeet Kohli

Pushmeet Kohli and his teams have developed many path-breaking innovations on AI, including the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold model for protein structures

AI’s next biological leap could be cracking the genome, says Google DeepMind scientist

Kohli also said AI’s growing role in biology is already demonstrating how technology can level the global scientific playing field.

India can build world-class AI at home; reap healthcare, agriculture gains: Google DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli

“I think India is in a very good position,” Kohli said, pointing to opportunities where AI can directly benefit the country.

OPINION | AI Impact Summit 2026: India at the centre of a changing AI world

As global AI power consolidates, India advances an inclusive governance model that bridges divides, promotes fair competition, and positions the Global South as co-architects

Redington shifts focus to GCCs, AI-led infrastructure amid enterprise expansion

The technology distributor, which is repositioning itself beyond a pure-play distribution model, sees GCCs, data centres, and services-led engagements emerging as key growth drivers over the next few years.

Happiest Minds to announce new annual guidance in Q4; FY31 target revisit deferred

Soota said the AI-first push is already beginning to show up in business momentum, citing stronger order flows and an improving pipeline

New three-hour takedown window under IT Rules on deepfakes raises fears of wrongful removals

While the notified IT Rules narrow the scope of synthetically generated information and ease some labelling mandates, legal and policy experts warn that the sharply compressed takedown timelines could leave platforms with little room to assess context or legality of content.

Wall Street’s new trade is dumping any stock in AI’s crosshairs

The advances in AI have been at the forefront of Wall Street over the past few years, with tech stocks leading the charge

Oracle optimistic about India-US trade deal, to launch 3 multi-cloud data centres by April: India head Shailender Kumar

Oracle is set to offer its multi-cloud services with three new data centres in India by April, two with AWS and one Google Cloud, Kumar told Moneycontrol in an interview.

India’s AI summit and the hard work ahead

India’s AI summit is a geopolitical milestone, but milestones do not equal tech-mastery. The harder test is whether summit diplomacy can translate into the long, difficult work of building real technological capability at home

Anthropic's senior AI safety researcher Mrinank Sharma quits, says 'the world is in peril'

Mrinank Sharma’s resignation comes at a time when debates around AI risk, alignment and the societal impact of advanced models are intensifying globally.

Ex-GitHub chief Thomas Dohmke launches Entire with $60 mn seed to tackle agent era coding

The funding round values Entire at $300 million and also includes individual investments from industry leaders such as Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel, and Y Combinator head Garry Tan.

Anthropic vs Anthropic in India: Karnataka startup fights for its name against US giant

Belagavi startup Anthropic Software files petition in a Belagavi court, which issues notice to Anthropic. The case will now be heard on February 16

Layoffs hit GCCs as auto tech firm AUMOVIO plans 1,000 job cuts in India

With around 6,000 employees in India, the planned reduction implies that nearly 16-17% of AUMOVIO’s local workforce will be impacted, making India one of the most affected geographies in the global exercise.

Oracle India’s multi-cloud push: Launched services with Azure, Google Cloud data centres in 2025; more in pipeline

“We are seeing a hockey stick growth. In the last two years, cloud business has doubled and the momentum continues in India…we are going to launch more data centres in this calendar year,” said Kapil Makhija, VP, Technology Cloud, Oracle India.

Inside Sarvam AI’s rapid-fire launches ahead of the India AI Impact Summit

From live AI dubbing of the Union Budget to speech, vision, and state-backed compute infrastructure, Sarvam AI is rolling out a broad stack of products in the run-up to the India AI Impact Summit.

India AI Impact Summit to push for global consensus on curbing harmful use of AI: MeitY's Abhishek Singh

The additional secretary in IT ministry cites recent coordinated action across jurisdictions on AI misuse, such as on Grok, as evidence of growing global alignment on safety norms.

Rs 30-lakh rooms, sold-out hotels: Delhi sees demand boom as Pichai, Altman headline AI summit

Events of this scale drive not just short-term occupancy but also reinforce Delhi’s positioning as a global Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) and policy hub, said hoteliers.

Qualcomm's 2-nm chip shows India’s shift to end-to-end chip design: IT Minister Vaishnaw

Vaishnaw also said that India will soon add 20,000 GPUs as AI compute capacity expands.

Two companies planning AI server manufacturing units amid data centre push: IT minister Vaishnaw

Globally, AI server manufacturing is dominated by Taiwanese Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) such as Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron, along with branded players like Dell, HPE, and Lenovo, while platforms are largely Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.