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“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-US trade breakthrough could lift FY26 growth to 7%, says CEA

Artificial intelligence will reshape India’s labour market, the CEA 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

Karnataka cabinet approves Rs 518 crore start-up policy 2025-2030 to help create 25k AI, blockchain ventures

The policy’s strategic support areas include funding, incubation, infrastructure, investment opportunities, mentorship, acceleration, R&D, and industry collaboration.

Kotak Securities waives API fees, launches AI Tool 'Neome'

Zero-cost APIs for algo trading and the upcoming AI research tool 'Neome' is expected to help the bank-backed brokerage firm to stabilise in a broking industry that has seen a decline in active investors during past year

America's Burkhan Group to invest Rs 1,500 crore in Karnataka to make AI servers near Bengaluru airport

Karnataka's Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil on November 6 said the company has sought 10-15 acres of land near Devanahalli, which will be provided.

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.

Freshworks Q3 revenue up 15% to $215 million, company raises full-year guidance

The firm's GAAP loss from operations narrowed to $7.5 million in Q3 from $38.9 million a year ago.

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

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.

Man uses AI chatbot to reduce $195,000 hospital bill to $33,000 after brother-in-law’s death

A man in the US used the Claude AI chatbot to slash a $195,000 hospital bill to $33,000 after his brother-in-law’s death. The AI helped uncover duplicate charges and billing errors, according to a Tom’s Hardware report.

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

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.

UPI payments fail again for OpenAI as Stripe glitch disrupts free ChatGPT Go promotion in India

India has emerged as one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing markets and is now the second-largest market for ChatGPT, which has over 800 million users globally

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.

AI scans 2.5 million images to help a couple conceive after 19 years and several failed IVF attempts

AI helped a couple conceive after 19 years by detecting rare sperm cells. Learn how Columbia University’s STAR system made this breakthrough possible.

BlackRock manager says an AI bust wouldn’t end clean-tech rise

The comments come amid concerns that the vast amounts being spent on expanding AI may overstate its potential to make money.

Microsoft signs $9.7 billion AI cloud deal with IREN

Sydney-based IREN also said it’s agreed to purchase the requisite GPUs and related equipment for $5.8 billion from Dell Technologies Inc.

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

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.

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Who has a better story? AI or central bankers?

In October 31 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: What the Fed’s move means for India’s markets, is it time to retire the debit card, Bata is struggling to stay relevant, The economics of moderating water irrigation, and more

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.

Chanel CEO Leena Nair calls out ChatGPT's gender bias in AI-generated imagery. OpenAI responds

‘Show us a picture of Chanel's leadership team—it was all med in suits’: Chanel global CEO Leena Nair says ChatGPT ignored 76 percent female workforce.

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.