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A closer look at the government’s plan to build a decentralised, indigenous AI safety ecosystem.
IT and BPM convergence may become the new world order as competition in the AI era intensifies, industry analysts have said after Capgemini agreed to buy IT outsourcing firm WNS Holdings.
AI Mode is Google's attempt to counter answer engines like Perplexity, which have gained ground over the past couple of years.
The senior executive oversaw a roughly 100-person team crucial to developing Apple’s own foundation models — the very models Apple recently chose to supplement with OpenAI’s GPT-4o and potentially others.
Ruoming Pang, a distinguished engineer and manager in charge of the company’s Apple foundation models team, is departing
Together, the merged entity is staring at a $1.5-trillion emerging market opportunity, as WNS provides the ideal incubation business to develop leading-edge Services-as-a-Software (SaaS) to Capgemini, said Phil Fersht, CEO, HFS Research.
The transaction will immediately unlock cross-selling opportunities, Capgemini has said. It will also lay the foundation of capabilities to seize the Intelligent Operations strategic market opportunity
DeepSeek is doubling down on its ambition to develop AGI (artificial general intelligence) with a hybrid focus on real-world application and academic rigour.
Until now, users relied on generic prompts and manual inputs to use AI tools for financial advice, Fi has replaced this with a structured, consent-driven way to share real financial data, the neo-banking firm's co-founder Sumit Gwalani has said
He highlighted that as AI systems increasingly handle the "how" of building and execution, engineers must focus on defining the “what” and “why."
Technology can make a boring job even more boring and an interesting job even more interesting
About 1,500 high-end GPUs were allocated to Sarvam AI in May, with an additional 2,500 GPUs set to be added to the cluster by mid-July.
What used to be a heavy-bottomed pyramid is gradually morphing into a leaner hourglass, with automation consuming routine work at the base.
AI hasn’t revolutionised marketing, it’s amplified our shortcuts. Without real customer understanding and first-party data, even the smartest tools deliver empty engagement. Connection, not automation, is the true competitive edge
Google says this integration is designed to reduce repetitive prompting and make Gemini feel more like a true assistant than a chatbot.
With this new round of funding, Maieutic plans to expand its engineering team and significantly improve time to market. The company is on an aggressive hiring trajectory to build out its platform and take its vision to market.
Available now on both web and iOS, Max is designed for professionals, creators, and researchers who rely heavily on Perplexity’s AI platform
Google’s Veo 3 currently stands out among rivals like OpenAI’s Sora and startups such as Pika and Runway for its native audio generation support.
Founded in 2012 by Jayakrishnan T, Asimov Robotics develops humanoid robots, healthcare and assistive robots and robotic platforms for industrial automation and disaster management
Meesho has begun open-sourcing its internal AI stack with the release of a production-grade feature store on GitHub. More modules are set to follow as the company looks to support real-time, cost-efficient machine learning development across India’s startup ecosystem.
According to the company, AI revenue already constitutes a significant share of new business, and the growth trajectory is expected to accelerate in the coming quarters.
Only a small portion of deals face such follow-up requests. In some instances investigations can last for a year or more and are a precursor to a lawsuit to block the deal
WhatsApp’s new features come amid a broader push to become the go-to platform for businesses to expand their customer base and grow their presence.
With the new policy, all new websites onboarded to Cloudflare will automatically block known AI bots — even those that don’t respect robots.txt protocols.
Apple is exploring whether to license customised large language models (LLMs) from the two AI firms, which would run on Apple’s private cloud infrastructure rather than external platforms like AWS or Azure.
In AI, the message ‘act now or miss out’ has more in common with high-pressure sales than business strategy
To see how far medical AI has come, Microsoft tested MAI-DxO on 304 real-world cases published in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world’s leading medical journals, and came out with flying colours
While AI will have a significant impact on services, large IT companies are unlikely to fully automate due to the complexity of legacy systems, D’Souza has said
AI in radiology is no longer just a screening tool. It now collaborates in diagnosis, reduces errors, speeds up workflows, and supports clinical judgement - redefining its role from passive observer to active partner
In addition to conversations with founders and operators in innovation hubs like Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Austin, he also draws insights from his academic ties, says Francisco D’Souza
The $5 billion raised in debt consists of financing of secured notes and term loans, Morgan Stanley in a statement posted on social media platform X
The firm’s AI team said that its Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator has 'successfully diagnosed 85 percent' of the New England Journal of Medicine case proceedings
The firm plans to deploy to set up physical logistics and service fulfillment hubs in temple towns, and develop AI-led features for users on the app.
Even without government subsidies and sovereign infrastructure, AI compute costs in India have dropped below $2/hour.
Disguised behind a prompt while creating a Facebook Story, the feature invites users to opt into “cloud processing.” But what Meta actually means is: it will continuously upload your personal photos to its servers to feed its AI systems.
Available on the Wimbledon App and wimbledon.com, Match Chat uses IBM’s watsonx platform — combining AI agents and large language models like IBM Granite, trained specifically in the language of tennis
The app is aimed at helping users explore their personal style and experiment with new looks in a fun, visual way. Users can also save or share their favourite AI-generated outfits with friends or on social media.
DeepSeek, known for its cost-efficient AI models and a globally popular chatbot, is already facing scrutiny elsewhere in Europe. Italy banned the app in February, and Ireland has initiated its own data probe.
The funding assumes significance at a time when demand for sovereign, secure, and scalable agentic AI infrastructure is surging.
Nearly 70-80 percent of AI proofs of concept will move into production in 2025 compared to 10-15 percent earlier.
Customers are moving from investing into AI infrastructure, PoCs to AI-driven services, driving new opportunities for LTIMindtree capture. AI will be a big pivot to win large deals, Deshpande said.
Snowflake Intelligence, which allows enterprises to interact with data using natural language and create data agents through a ChatGPT-like interface, is a key part of the company's AI strategy
Gemini CLI is now available in preview and can be installed in minutes. With powerful AI capabilities, generous limits, and deep extensibility, it’s positioned to become a vital part of the modern developer toolkit—right from the terminal.
The Mu small language model from Microsoft can run locally on a device and allows users to describe what they want to do in the Windows 11 Settings menu. It is built to understand natural language commands and help users navigate the system preferences easily.
Mohapatra added that India is poised to lead in application-layer AI precisely because of its established capabilities.
Infosys leadership also disclosed that over 20,000 employees are actively using GitHub for coding, which is among the largest users of the platform in the IT industry.
Gemini CLI, an open-source AI agent, can assist developers with a wide range of coding, creative, and productivity tasks.
Gartner also predicts that at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously through agentic AI by 2028 against 0% in 2024
The behind-the-scenes dogfight is complicating an already fraught relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI