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    • When an AI bot wouldn’t stop saying goodbye: What really happened

      A viral post about a chatbot typing “bye” endlessly highlights how unpredictable autonomous AI systems can be.

    • Noon raises $44 million from Chemistry, First Round Capital, Elevation Capital and others

      Startup bets on code-native design tools as AI accelerates software development

    • The $100 million ARR rush: Inside the metric being rewritten in the AI boom

      AI startups are making money in very different ways. Revenue now comes from usage as much as subscriptions, and is often annualised from recent activity. That shift is changing how companies present ARR and how investors read it.

    • Trump admin appeals ruling that blocked Pentagon action against Anthropic over AI dispute

      Department of Justice attorneys filed a notice in San Francisco federal court on Thursday of their intention to appeal last week's ruling by US District Judge Rita Lin.

    • OPINION | AI’s New Economics: What India must get right now

      AI is not just scaling through better models, it is scaling through new ways of financing those models, and that is where the real competition is now shifting

    • AI can’t replace these 3 skills, says LinkedIn CEO: 'Only humans decide what risk...'

      'Technology should serve people,' LinkedIn chief executive Ryan Roslansky wrote. 'AI should help humans—not the other way around.'

    • Google faces calls to prohibit AI videos for kids on YouTube

      More than 200 children’s specialists, advocacy groups and schools sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Wednesday raising concerns about what they view as a lack of substance in many AI-generated YouTube videos that claim to be educational.

    • Oracle's Larry Ellison never finished college. Today, his net worth is $188.7 billion

      Larry Ellison’s wealth is overwhelmingly tied to Oracle stock, which surged during the AI and cloud infrastructure boom, briefly pushing his net worth above $400 billion in late 2025 before market corrections in 2026 erased part of those gains.

    • Oracle lays off 30-week pregnant woman after 4 years' service. 'She deserved better,' says husband

      'I’m not writing this out of anger,' the laid off Oracle employee's husband shared. 'I’m writing this because people need to see what this actually looks like from the inside.'

    • Govt migrates 16.68 lakh email accounts to Zoho cloud, spends Rs 180 crore

      MeitY tells Parliament migration carried out via GeM bidding process with per-account pricing between Rs 170 and Rs 300 a month

    • Bengaluru Oracle manager laid off after 16-year stint: 'Thinking about family, finances, future'

      'It is a strange transition to wake up and realise your daily priorities have shifted overnight,' Hrishikesha Narsha, a former group manager (software development) at Oracle, said.

    • Sarvam AI $250 million funding round: Bessemer Venture Partners joins while Accel opts out

      The Sarvam deal is being done by Bessemer’s US team. Their San Francisco-based Partner, Sameer Dholakia, is engaging with the company, which is being valued at $1.5 billion post-money, as first reported by Moneycontrol on March 24.

    • Oracle doesn't write code, our AI models do: Co-founder Larry Ellison's video is viral amid layoffs

      As Larry Ellison’s comments went viral, it also fuelled criticism online, with many users interpreting the remarks as a sign of tech companies embracing automation while cutting off human roles.

    • AI data centres may be heating nearby areas, new study warns

      Researchers say the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence could be raising local temperatures more than expected

    • 'Human error': Anthropic responds to leak of 3,000 files from its AI coding tool’s source code

      Anthropic accidentally leaked a large amount of internal code related to its Claude Code tool, exposing how the system works.

    • 'Could risk patient safety': Hospital CEO says he’s ready to replace radiologists with AI, doctors warn

      The head of NYC Health + Hospitals said AI may take over key radiology tasks in the future. While some backed the move for cost and efficiency, radiologists pushed back, warning of patient risks and criticising the claim online.

    • Indian student in UK blames AI after getting rejected for over 100 jobs: ‘Really horrible’

      'I do tend to feel like a robot, because you're just seeing yourself on screen, and answering questions for almost 20 minutes. You become sort of monotone. You don't speak to anyone, and it takes away your personality. It's quite sad,' Bhuvana Chilukuri, 20, said.

    • Neuroscientist who studies AI shares 3 tips for parents to raise 'robot-proof' children

      'Our education system trains kids to fear failure. But exploration — even getting things wrong — predicts better long‑term learning outcomes,' neuroscientist and entrepreneur Vivienne Ming, who has spent decades studying human cognition and AI systems, said.

    • School dropout with six-figure salary at OpenAI shares strategy to get hired in Silicon Valley

      Gabriel Petersson said his hiring strategy revolved around refusing to compete with Ivy League graduates on academic pedigree. Instead, he focused on producing work that showed he could already do the job.

    • Startup funding falls over 10% in FY26 as investors shift to early-stage AI bets from late-stage deals

      Indian startups have raised around $10.16 billion across 969 deals this fiscal against $11.34 billion in 1,020 deals in the previous year

    • Many varied ways ARR is measured nowadays but cash collections are indisputable: Vinod Khosla backs AI portfolio company Emergent

      Emergent had collected $8.3 million in actual cash revenues in March, CEO Mukund Jha told Moneycontrol, translating to an annualised revenue run rate (ARR) of $99.6 million. Those figures were in line with Emergent’s February announcement of reaching $100 million in ARR.

    • China restricts founders from leaving country after selling AI startup to Meta for $2 billion

      Chinese regulators are examining whether AI startup Manus attempted to 'wash its models — a term used to describe Chinese‑developed AI systems being rebranded or relocated overseas to avoid domestic controls and export restrictions.

    • Indian fintechs yet to fully realise potential of AI, says QED’s Sandeep Patil

      AI is a 'great equaliser' and a universal tool, enabling companies to jump ahead and scale without needing a traditional evolution curve, says Patil

    • Wonder why Indian founders haven't been quicker on AI; not seeing enough energy: Lightspeed’s Bejul Somaia

      We're beginning to see the excitement on the consumer economy front but I'm not seeing that level of entrepreneurial energy around AI. It's up compared to a year ago, it's up meaningfully, but it should be 10X, he said in an interview to Moneycontrol

    • Prosus-backed Deccan AI raises $25 million led by A91 Partners

      The company said the fresh capital will be used to invest in post-training infrastructure for foundation models, expand enterprise-focused AI tools, and strengthen its capabilities in robotics and data.

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