Artificial Inteligence

Despite the concerns, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has brushed off bubble concerns. 'We see something very different,' Huang told analysts earlier this week.

YouTube unveils new partnerships, AI tools to help accelerate India's creative economy

India is YouTube's largest market, with over half a billion users. It is also a crucial region for the platform's future growth.

Vodafone tests AI-generated influencer in new ad campaign

Vodafone has confirmed that the influencer in its latest TikTok ad in Germany was AI-generated, reflecting a wider trend of brands experimenting with artificial intelligence in advertising.

“I panicked instead of thinking…” AI platform deletes entire company database and lies about it

An AI accidentally deleted an entire company’s live database and admitted to panicking. Here’s what happened and how it turned into a costly disaster.

AI startup Perplexity valued at $18 billion with new funding

The deal is an extension of a previous round from a few months ago that valued the company at $14 billion

Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani commits 2nd grant to AI4Bharat to build India's language AI infra

In 2022, the first grant was instrumental in establishing the Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat, supported by his EkStep Foundation

Fake degrees, stolen employee IDs, forged documents: Who’s really getting hired?

A recent report by IDfy reveals rampant hiring fraud, with consumer products (15%) and telecom (14%) hit hardest. E-commerce saw 20% of fraud cases linked to fake job records, while food delivery (1%) and IT (2%) had the lowest fraud rates.

Conditions ripe for India to be at forefront of AI: Google global public policy head

He also expressed optimism that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing visit to Washington DC will further cement an already-strong bilateral relationship, and lead to greater collaboration between India and the US, on AI.

Over 19 lakh mule accounts unearthed, Rs 2,038 crore worth of fraud prevented, says Amit Shah

Based on I4C’s recommendations, 805 apps and 3,266 website links were blocked for national security, while 399 banks and intermediaries joined efforts to combat cybercrime. Over six lakh suspicious data points were shared with enforcement agencies.

India is late to the LLM party, but can it still make a splash?

What is needed is a clear headed approach to AI research and innovation. Resources are definitely needed, but it may be possible to be competitive with millions, rather than requiring billions

Economic Survey 2025: Corporate sector has to display a high degree of social responsibility with AI

The state will have to resort to taxation of profits generated from the replacement of labour with technology to mobilise these resources, ultimately harming the country's growth potential, the Economic survey 2025 said.

Arunachal Pradesh to Tiananmen Square, we asked Deepseek 5 questions: 'Beyond my current scope'

Nvidia, the pioneer of AI infrastructure, was the worst-hit by the Deepseek shock. The company suffered the worst single-day loss of the market capitalisation as it shed $600 billion in value due to the panic sell-off.

Here's what Nvidia has to say on the emergence of China's DeepSeek AI

The US-based chipmaker highlighted how DeepSeek’s approach leverages its widely available, export-compliant computing resources to create cutting-edge models, underscoring the global impact of its GPU technology

New rules tighten use of AI models by investment advisers for stock picking

Sebi has made IAs accountable for risks caused due to the use of AI tools and made must the disclosure of extent of use of such tools

India leading in AI adoption with 85% of business leaders investing in AI, finds report

India ranks first in business leaders’ readiness to manage future cybersecurity and resiliency risks, with 40 percent of leaders confident in their capabilities.

Heavy reliance on AI may lead to concentration risks, says RBI governor

Further he said that the divergence in global monetary policies – monetary easing in some economies, tightening in a few, and pause in several other economies – can be expected to lead to volatility in capital flows and exchange rates, which may disrupt financial stability.

Meta India head Sandhya Devanathan on why India is a key market for WhatsApp Business, AI initiatives

Sandhya Devanathan said that India is one of Meta's key priority markets for business messaging globally, with Click-to-WhatsApp revenue doubling in the country over the past year.

India is the largest market for Meta AI usage, says CFO Susan Li

Meta AI is on track to achieve the social networking giant’s goal of becoming the most used AI assistant by the end of the year, founder Mark Zuckerberg said.

Google Maps wants to help you navigate flyovers and narrow roads in India

Google has developed an AI model specifically for Indian roads that estimates road width using satellite and Street View imagery. This will help four-wheelers avoid narrow roads whenever possible.

Sequoia-backed enterprise Gen AI platform Glean debuts in India

The Palo Alto-headquartered firm's Bengaluru facility will be the center of operations for India, and will house finance, sales, R&D, and business operation functions.

McDonald's is ending its test run of AI-powered drive-thrus with IBM

McDonald's confirmed late Monday that it decided to end a global partnership with IBM, which has been testing this artificial intelligence technology at select McDonald's drive-thrus since late 2021

A slow opening of AI opportunities for investors in India

In the absence of AI-specific companies on Indian stock markets, investment opportunities are largely seen in IT services providers

Apple shareholders reject AI disclosure proposal

The proposal, which was defeated at the firm's annual shareholder meeting, was put forth by pension trust of the AFL-CIO, the largest American labor union federation, which also proposed AI measures at other technology companies.

Govt exploring ways to extend trusted device rules to critical sectors, IoTs: NCSC

While speaking at an Assocham event on AI, National Cyber Security Coordinator M U Nair said while using artificial intelligence, industry needs to invest in a robust cybersecurity ecosystem for strengthening industrial and commercial ecosystems given India is one of most targeted nations in the cyber security domain.

Anthropic seeking to raise $750 million in funding round led by Menlo Ventures

Anthropic has shown efforts to secure the resources and deep-pocketed backers needed to compete with OpenAI and be leaders in the technology sector.