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Razorpay, NPCI, OpenAI join hands to pilot ‘Agentic Payments’ on ChatGPT

The initiative, currently in the pilot stage, will enable users to discover products and services, compare prices, and make payments through UPI without leaving the ChatGPT interface.

India's lack of AI trade pushes investors towards volatile high-growth bets

The benchmark Nifty 50 index has risen almost 7% this year, a fraction of the nearly 27% surge in the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index, fuelled by AI-driven euphoria

Chart of the Day | AI poses growth challenges for IT services sector

Clients are yet to realise returns on the capital spends incurred on IT so far, in the post-Covid digitization trend

Some AI tools unfairly impacting online prices, shows a CCI report: Can regulators rein in the algorithm?

A report by Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Artificial Intelligence has highlighted how AI tools could be getting used for unethical price manipulation and predatory pricing.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei to visit Infosys HQ in Bengaluru for meetings

Anthropic's Dario Amodei is visiting India to meet with public officials and enterprise partners, as the AI research firm announces plans to open its first office in Bengaluru

Anthropic to open its first India office in Bengaluru, hire local talent

Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei is visiting India this week to share the company’s commitment to developing responsible AI systems that drive social benefit and economic growth

If you’re not working in AI, you’re not working for the future of India: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma

The Paytm founder added that while “major deals are happening in the Bay Area,” India is not engaging with AI at the scale it should.

Regulators need to be nimble with AI experimentation, says NITI Aayog CEO

While there is a vast scope to innovate using AI, this would also mean 'constant tussle' between regulators and the fintech sector, said BVR Subrahmanyam

Karnataka to launch OneTAC, unified digital platform for tourism and cultural destinations

Once implemented, OneTAC will offer digital identifiers and verifiable credentials to stakeholders - folk artists, homestay owners, travel guides and transport operators - enabling seamless service discovery, booking and payments through open, interoperable protocols.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to visit India this week; Likely to meet PM Modi, inaugurate Bengaluru office

Anthropic is aiming to establish a foothold in India, which houses one of the world's largest developer bases, as the AI arms race escalates.

OpenAI’s computing deals top $1tn

Partners including Nvidia, AMD and Oracle have signed up to Sam Altman’s huge bet on the future of artificial intelligence

Phishing attacks getting sharper with AI, says CERT-In director Sanjay Bahl

Bahl noted that continuous cybersecurity audits will become essential from 2026

OPINION | Can you claim ownership of your AI-generated creatives?

AI is not only disrupting the creative world, but also emerging as a creative contender itself. Because of the scale of innovation, there is a need for clarity of the law in protecting AI-generated outputs guided by humans

CCI study flags steep barriers for Indian AI startups, calls for open data and compute access to level playing field

CCI study finds Indian AI startups face steep entry barriers from data access, compute costs, and funding gaps.

Lucio raises $5 million to build AI-native workspace for lawyers

Adopted by more than 200 organisations globally, including enterprise law firms, in-house legal teams, and boutique firms, Lucio currently supports over 3,000 lawyers in nine jurisdictions.

OPINION | Will AI open the Nobel door for the global south or shut it further?

The Nobel in medicine in 2025 has been jointly awarded to three scientists, two from American institutes and one from Japan. Very likely over the next week other awardees will be from Western institutions. AI has the potential to tilt the balance towards Global South, if they get the ecosystem right. That said, AI won’t necessarily guarantee a more discerning way to judge scientific contributions

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

GreyLabs AI raises Rs 85 crore in Series A funding led by Elevation Capital

The fresh capital will be used to scale the company’s newly launched Agentic Voice AI platform and expand presence in Bengaluru and Delhi, the Mumbai-based startup has said

Bengaluru to get AI-powered mobility digital twin soon, traffic police floats tender

The project aims to integrate real-time data, AI-driven simulations, and behavioural modelling to shift from reactive policing to predictive traffic management.

From Bengaluru's PES University to Anthropic: Rahul Patil is the new CTO

Rahul Patil's appointment as Anthropic CTO comes as the company looks to bolster its AI infrastructure amid intensifying rivalry from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta

TCS offers up to 2 years’ severance pay amid workforce restructuring

Employees who have been unallocated or “on the bench” for over eight months without finding a suitable role are offered a simpler package, consisting of notice period pay equivalent to three months.

Spotify bets on India for next phase of growth amid leadership change

Spotify founder Daniel Ek described his own evolution from CEO to executive chairman as moving from "being a player to a coach". He will now focus on the company's major strategic decisions and long-term strategy.

Demand for AI talent surges across India’s GCCs, up to 3,500 roles open

The sharp rise in hiring comes as global firms increasingly turn to India to bridge the AI talent gap.

ZEISS turns to Gen AI for revenue forecasts, with India GCC at the core

Dhaval Radia, CFO of ZEISS India, said back-testing of three years of data revealed striking improvements.

China’s Alibaba is a late entrant to the AI pantheon

For now the big difference with the Metas and Googles is that China’s tech giants remain largely domestic beasts

Zoho’s Arattai sees renewed interest as WhatsApp rival but can it succeed where others failed?

The app has climbed to the top of Apple's App Store and is on track to break into the top 100 on Google Play, after previously ranking outside the top 500

Anthropic eyes India entry as part of global workforce expansion

Anthropic is expanding its international workforce to meet the growing demand for its Claude AI models outside the United States.

US firms amass $500 billion AI war chest as infrastructure strategy turns inward

These moves follow a broader trend of AI consolidation, as technology giants seek to secure long-term access to scarce computational resources and to hedge against geopolitical and supply chain risks.

Spotify rolls out new AI policies with music disclosures, spam filters, and stricter impersonation rules

Spotify says it removed 75 million "spammy tracks" over the past year but will not penalise artists who use AI responsibly.

Layoffs, acquisition pullbacks, slower growth: Accenture hints at grim picture for FY26

Workforce reductions and acquisition exits come as IT demand softens; TCS also cut staff amid industry-wide caution earlier.

Musk's xAI accuses rival OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

The lawsuit filed Wednesday said that OpenAI was engaged in a 'deeply troubling pattern' of hiring away former xAI employees to gain access to trade secrets related to its AI chatbot Grok

'ChatGPT, what stocks should I buy?' AI fuels boom in robo-advisory market

Thanks to artificial intelligence, anyone can select stocks, monitor them and obtain investment analysis that was once only available to big banks or institutional investors

Karnataka’s first skill policy proposes AI and digital tools for training and career guidance

Karnataka has unveiled its first Skill Development Policy 2025–2032, aiming to position the state as a premier hub for skilled talent and drive its vision of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2032.

Accenture sees 'opportunity' in H-1B visa changes, impact limited to only 5% of US workforce

CEO Julie Sweet said every time there’s a big policy change, unfolded over decades, it has usually driven more business for the company.

Accenture’s Gen AI bookings jump to $1.8 bn in Q4, touch $5.9 bn for FY25

Since it began separately disclosing Gen AI numbers in FY24, the company has accumulated more than $7 billion in bookings from the nascent technology.

OPINION | Public options may turn global AI reasoning into a mixed oligopoly market

The recent launch of two open-source public AI models is likely to catalyse a segmentation in the market. Price of commoditised reasoning may drop, while the private players focus sharply on the premium segment with enhanced offerings

AI school safety tool sparks backlash after flagging art as porn and deleting emails

Students say constant monitoring chills creativity and expression, while schools defend it as a life-saving safeguard.

Lightspeed, Prosus back Mukund Jha's AI startup Emergent with $23 million in Series A round

Emergent plans to use the Series A funds to expand its team, deepen research into AI coding agents, and grow the platform globally.

Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu sees global AI investment reaching $4 trillion in five years

Eddie Wu said the pace of growth of the AI industry and the demand for related infrastructure has 'far exceeded' expectations, and Alibaba will be increasing its investment, though did not specify the quantum of increase to its already announced plan to spend over 380 billion yuan over three years.

Deloitte commits Rs 100 crore to AI Infrastructure Centre of Excellence in Mumbai, Bengaluru

The CoE will support clients worldwide in building and operating specialised AI data centres, a critical foundation for scaling generative and agentic AI adoption.

Google to soon launch 'Search Live' AI chat feature in India

India is a key market for Google’s AI strategy as it reinvents its flagship search product for the generative AI era, shifting from simple information retrieval towards an intelligence-focused product.

IndiaAI, Aadhaar interoperability, supercomputers and space: Inside EU’s new tech agenda with India

From artificial intelligence to high-performance computing and digital IDs, Brussels and New Delhi are mapping out a technology partnership.

IIT Bombay's BharatGen bets on trillion-parameter ‘mother model’ to power India’s AI ecosystem

The consortium says multimodal data collection is underway as it readies for trillion-parameter training.

MC Interview: India could become leading exporter of AI technology, says Meta CMO Alex Schultz

Meta CMO Alex Schultz recently visited India, a market that has become crucial to the social networking giant's future growth strategy because of rapid AI adoption and a fast-growing digital economy.

Fractal to release 'significant deployable reasoning AI' by year-end, once resources are in place, says CEO Srikanth Velamakanni

Fractal Analytics, along with IIT-Bombay’s BharatGen, Tech Mahindra and five other firms, has been chosen by MeitY to build India’s foundational models

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