Artificial Intelligence

Global Capability Centres (GCCs) and premium tech roles offset muted IT hiring as Info Edge posts steady Q2FY26 earnings.

Are you listening to bots? Survey shows AI music is virtually undetectable

The study found that 73% of respondents supported disclosure when AI-generated tracks are recommended, 45% sought filtering options

CAMS’ AI platform, Lens, to help in compliance automation, more tools for AMCs, DPs, brokerages in the offing

The new suite of tools is expected to significantly enhance CAMS’ scale of operations, compliance automation and efficiency across the mutual fund ecosystem.

AI takes centre stage in entertainment; Indian studios gear up with dedicated divisions

High volumes of content, lesser time taken and lower costs is what is attracting films and series makers to use AI to produce their upcoming titles.

Tech bodies urge MeitY to narrow deepfake curbs, warn of overreach and heavy compliance load

IAMAI, Nasscom, BSA and ITIC have key concerns over MeitY’s draft amendments to the IT Rules on synthetically generated information, cautioning that the proposed deepfake framework could sweep up benign edits, impose impractical compliance requirements, and fragment India’s content regulation regime.

Google expands AI computing capacity in India in partnership with IIT Madras on Indic language benchmarking platform

Indic Arena, run independently by the AI4Bharat research centre at IIT Madras, will allow users to anonymously evaluate and rank AI models based on how they perform across Indian languages and culturally specific tasks.

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Is India an AI hedge trade?

In November 10 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: RBI opens M&A loan gate are Indian banks ready, extended US shutdown clouds market outlook, government resets its renewable energy plans, equal pay for women’s cricket isn’t charity, and more

OPINION | The rise of Vertical AI

The cloud era was about making human workflows digital. The AI era is about letting machines handle those workflows altogether. The next decade will belong to Vertical AI: specialised applications that marry powerful models with domain-specific data, workflows, and go-to- market expertise

A reality check for India's AI crypto rally

The rapid rise in AI-linked tokens reflects investor enthusiasm for the fusion of artificial intelligence and blockchain, but questions remain about long-term value.

India’s AI governance guidelines favour coordination over control, set agile framework to balance innovation and risk: Nasscom

“The Guidelines’ explicit statement that “a separate AI law is not needed at this stage” is a near-verbatim reflection of our position,” said Nasscom.

India tops Gemini Guided Learning usage; 2 million students have free AI tools: Google's Ben Gomes

Google's goal is not to replace the human elements of learning but to support educators and make learning more effective and engaging, Google’s Chief Technologist for Learning and Sustainability has said

GCCs, ER&D drive hiring with 30-40% salary hikes, says TeamLease even as IT stays flat

Mid-tier IT services and ER&D firms are seeing healthy demand for niche skills such as Python, cloud security, and AI and prompt engineering

Chess sponsorship market is at its peak in India, says former player Prachura

The fact that Google was the title sponsor when Gukesh won the world championship shows that chess has grown so much that the top companies of the world are putting money into it, Prachura said.

Google Maps offers Gemini-powered navigation in India along with proactive safety alerts, local tips

Google has partnered with local government authorities to roll out proactive traffic alerts and accident-prone area alerts. It will also offer Gemini-powered local tips to consumers.

Inside Maya Research: How two 23-year-olds beat Google in speech AI and are building a 10 to 15x larger Indic version by June 2026

The Bengaluru-based startup climbed the global charts by training the English model from scratch and tuning it through relentless listening tests, improving voice quality until it consistently outperformed many in blind evaluations.

AI firm Giga raises $61 million, will scale AI agents for enterprise customer support

The company plans to use the capital to expand its technical team, speed up go-to-market efforts and scale deployments with global customers

JPMorgan CEO sees headcount steady despite AI: ‘Always redeploy’

Jamie Dimon’s remarks affirm his prior guidance that the bank may expand its workforce

OpenAI CFO says bubble-wary market needs more AI ‘exuberance’

OpenAI alone has committed to spending more than $1.4 trillion on AI infrastructure, even though the company remains unprofitable

MeitY unveils AI Governance Guidelines; outlines 'balanced' framework built on existing laws

The guidelines, developed under the Principal Scientific Adviser and MeitY, propose a layered architecture for AI oversight focused on inclusion, transparency, and graded accountability. Officials say India will rely on existing regulations and light-touch governance while creating new institutions such as an AI Safety Institute.

AI could make Musk richer while many lose their jobs

The 'godfather of AI' warns profits will concentrate with billionaires like Musk while automation displaces millions—unless we rewrite the rules to share the gains

Microsoft to offer in-country data processing in India, Japan, Australia, UK by 2025 end

This will be a critical feature as governments globally are seeking sovereign control over business data and AI.

Breathe creators turn to new AI division for next blockbuster and double-digit revenue boost

AI needs to be something that delivers sustainable value and not flashes in the pan, said Vikram Malhotra, Founder & CEO of Abundantia Entertainment, the content company which has produced movies like Jalsa, Baby among others.

OPINION | Ensuring a Level Playing Field: How regulation can prevent AI from stifling competition

A recent study by the competition watchdog shows AI-led market concentration is rising. Expect a regulatory pushback as the still coalescing philosophy is directionally clear: data asymmetry is both a competition and a governance problem 

Gartner sees $58-billion market disruption by 2027 as AI agents take on productivity giants

The tech research firm said around 75% of hiring processes are expected to include assessments and certifications for workplace AI proficiency by 2027

NVIDIA, Qualcomm Ventures join India Deep Tech Alliance as coalition secures $850 million in fresh commitments

The industry coalition, IDTA, was launched in September at SEMICON India with $1 billion in initial capital commitments to back early-stage Indian deeptech companies across AI, semiconductors, space, robotics, biotech, energy, and advanced manufacturing.

Nvidia joins India Deep Tech Alliance as group adds new members, $850 million pledge

Qualcomm Ventures, Activate AI, InfoEdge Ventures, Chirate Ventures and Kalaari Capital are among the new investors joining the India Deep Tech Alliance

Karnataka to set up AI-powered Skill Intelligence Unit; unveils Rs 4,432 crore policy to train 3 million youth by 2032

Karnataka State Skill Development Policy (2025–2032) aims to skill 3 million youth through an AI-led strategy designed to align training with global and domestic workforce demands.

OpenAI’s Srinivas Narayanan bets on ecosystem play to attract the next wave of AI developers from India and beyond

OpenAI also unveiled IndQA, a new benchmark designed to evaluate how well AI systems understand Indian culture and languages, at DevDay Exchange event in Bengaluru.

Is China about to win the AI race?

Beijing’s pursuit of self-reliance, scale, and speed is reshaping the balance of technological power

Cognizant to rollout Claude LLM to 3.5 lakh employees in expanded partnership with Anthropic

The move is intended to help enterprises shift from AI pilots to scaled deployments. This is expected to help enterprises integrate AI with existing systems without requiring major architectural overhauls, Cognizant added.

Zupee acquires Australian AI startup Nucanon for interactive storytelling push

Nucanon's technology will serve as the foundation of Zupee’s new interactive storytelling vertical that will enable creators to develop branching narratives, dynamic characters, and AI-driven worlds that engages audiences at scale.

Snowflake bets on India’s under-penetrated Cloud and AI market to drive next phase of APJ growth

India is one of the fastest growing markets for Snowflake in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, says country head Vijayant Rai

India's online gaming sector projected to reach $4.3 billion by FY2030: Report

Gaming and interactive media are emerging as the two key growth engines of India's digital media and entertainment market, reaching $7.8 billion by FY30.

From FOMO to Function: Can AI transform India’s fintech and banking backbone

Despite the AI buzz, India’s fintech and banking players are treading cautiously, experimenting, not overhauling, as they balance innovation with regulation in one of the world’s most tightly governed financial sectors.

Happiest Minds says demand environment stable as digital, AI programs continue

Clients shift from pilots to production as tech spending focuses on efficiency and measurable outcomes.

Info Edge elevates Jatin Thukral as Chief AI Scientist and Naukri Chief Product Officer

Alongside the elevation of Thukral, Info Edge also redesignated Nimish Kulshrestha as Chief Business Officer for IIMJobs, Hirist, and NaukriGulf.

Once snubbed, now sponsored -- Mumbai’s AI Film Festival draws 100 Bollywood celebs and big brands

Bollywood is intrigued with what AI can do in filmmaking and many celebrities are attending the festival just to see how far artists have gone with this new technology in the field of entertainment.

Canva unveils AI model that can understand and create designs

Canva’s Design Model powers the new Creative Operating System which brings together every part of the creative process, from design and collaboration to publishing and performance.

Meta’s jumbo bond sale draws record $125 billion of orders

The demand for the deal, expected to be at least $25 billion in size, surpasses the previous record set back in 2018

In a first, Karnataka to roll out AI-powered WhatsApp-based public grievance redressal mechanism

Citizens can lodge complaints via text, image, or voice (English/Kannada), with video support planned, and an AI system will convert them into complaints and automatically assign them to the relevant departments and officials.

Inside Oracle’s push to end single-vendor GPU dependence

As demand for foundation model training continues to accelerate, cloud providers have been forced to rethink how they secure compute and how much control they cede to the vendor that dominates it.

India’s rapidly growing developer community a key investment area with huge potential, says Microsoft’s Jay Parikh

Microsoft-owned GitHub is pursuing a broad strategy to drive adoption of its developer platform in India, targeting students, universities, and companies, COO Kyle Daigle told Moneycontrol.

25-year-old IIT-BHU alumnus launches emotive voice AI Luna; Kunal Shah, WTFund place early bets

Developed by Jaipur-based startup Pixa AI, Luna claims to enable real-time, speech-to-speech expressive voice interaction and aims to power entertainment and wellness apps.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans more aggressive AI spending in Superintelligence push

Meta raised its 2025 capital expenditure forecast and indicated that spending will be significantly higher in 2026.

Google's Gemini now has over 650 million monthly active users, says CEO Sundar Pichai

Google plans to release the next major version of its flagship AI model, Gemini 3, later this year, said CEO Sundar Pichai.

Google parent Alphabet crosses 300 million paid subscribers, driven by YouTube and Google One

Alphabet posted its first-ever $100 billion quarter driven by double-digit Q3 gains in Google Search, YouTube ads, Google subscriptions, platforms and devices, and Google Cloud.

Cognizant calls time on the IT era, bets future on AI built delivery

The firm continues to lean heavily on fresher hiring, targeting 20,000 campus recruits this year, while moving delivery towards AI-assisted development workflows.

Cognizant posts strongest sequential growth since 2022, raises full-year guidance to 6-6.3%

CEO Ravi Kumar S said that over 30% of the company’s code is now being generated by AI, improving developer productivity and enabling larger fixed-price deals.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to visit India in December: Report

Nadella will address two AI-related conferences in Bengaluru and Mumbai during his visit, which also includes meetings in New Delhi, said one of the sources

Nvidia storms past $5 trillion valuation as AI boom powers meteoric rise

The milestone underscores the company's swift transformation from a niche graphics-chip designer into the backbone of the global AI industry