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Artificial Intelligence or AI as the name suggests refers to machines capable of thinking or demonstrating human-like intelligence as opposed to natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals. The scientific community refers to AI as any system that can account for its environment before taking any action, to maximise its chances of achieving its goals, whatever they may be. AI is a blanket term that is also used for describing artificial machines that can mimic learning capabilities found in humans, aka cognitive functions. AI is used in a variety of fields like web-search engines, recommendation systems that recommend content based on your interests, voice assistants that can react to and understand human language, self-driving cars or even automated decision-making in strategic games like chess. The academic study of artificial intelligence began in 1956 and has evolved over the years as the technology advanced. The traditional goals of any research in the field consider reasoning capabilities, the use of knowledge in making decisions, the ability to plan and execute an action, natural language processing, perception, and the ability to manipulate physical objects. The end goal is to create machines that can simulate general intelligence to solve a variety of problems, in the same capacity as humans. More
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman added that this measure will make India a global leader in services with a 10% global share by 2047.
Sitharaman said new technologies are enhancing production but at the same time, increasing demand for water and energy sharply
A new platform called Moltbook which enables AI assistants to interact independently, has exploded to nearly 147,000 agents in just 72 hours, raising questions about autonomous AI behavior
At 15, a Belgian prodigy finishes a quantum physics PhD and turns to AI-driven medicine, raising an unexpected question about how far science can push human health and lifespan.
Government-enabled funds and budgetary grants for the development and implementation of AI-driven manufacturing solutions are essential to build India's AI future from the factory floor up.
Smaller AI models and open government datasets can drive productivity and make India the world's 'use-case capital', Krishnan said.
India needs to rethink technological sovereignty. Focus should be on trust and predictable rules. Cross-border data flows are key. Forced localization isn’t the answer. AI and digital growth depend on this
Netweb Technologies Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Lodha was part of the meeting held by the prime minister at his residence with CEOs and experts working in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
Despite the growing role of AI, teachers have not been removed from the process entirely. Human involvement remains crucial for tasks that require judgment and creativity.
The 688-page Economic Survey suggests that lower entry barriers, rising demand for productivity-led GenAI solutions, and continued capital concentration in infrastructure have enabled rapid startup formation without a commensurate rise in overall funding.
Indian IT majors say the next phase will be less about hype and more about fundamentals, clean data, clear accountability, and systems that can explain their decisions at scale.
Addressing concerns around AI replacing jobs and creativity, Mani emphasised that AI is driving a natural evolution of roles rather than eliminating them.
The moves underscore Tesla’s ambitions to reorient around AI, driverless technology and robots at the expense of its car business
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Davos shows the AI race is no longer about better models alone. It is about trust, governance and infrastructure, which will decide how AI scales and who controls it
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The survey has flagged the risk of unchecked automation in a country with a large and diverse workforce, arguing that AI deployment must be carefully seen through to avoid destabilising labour markets
While race and politics dominate the latest exchange, the deeper roots of the Musk-Khosla rivalry lie in artificial intelligence.
AI agents are "really beginning to work," unlocking the ability to build completely new products and transform how the company works, said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that 2026 will be a big year for delivering personal super intelligence, building infrastructure for the future, and shaping how the company will work going forward
Intelligence is created when applications are embedded into real workflows and operate at scale rather than through models or tokens in isolation, Nvidia's managing director for South Asia Vishal Dhupar has said
In a 38-page essay, Anthropic chief Dario Amodei writes about the massive risks posed by powerful AI systems and says humanity 'needs to wake up' to them.
The company plans to expand its team in Hyderabad this year, focusing on roles such as software engineers with AI skills, machine learning specialists and research scientists
The IndiGo crisis that led to 4,500 flight cancellations saw a flood of customer queries. The travel platform's AI tools handled 90% of the calls
Accenture’s cybersecurity business is worth about $10 billion, with around 30,000 security professionals worldwide. Of these, 13,000 are based in India
