Page 5 - Latest Updates on Artificial intelligence
AI startup Emergent raises $70 million in SoftBank, Khosla-led round
The firm has raised $100 million in seven months, with over 5 million users creating and shipping products in more than 190 countries
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Jony Ive and OpenAI's first AI gadget may launch in 2026: What to expect
OpenAI's long-rumoured hardware ambitions may take shape in 2026, as the company prepares to unveil its first device, reportedly a compact AI companion designed for everyday interaction
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Intelligent choice architectures: Turning AI's potential into performance
Genai can transform enterprise decision-making, but most pilots fail. Intelligent choice architectures offer a way for humans and ai to collaborate and deliver real business value
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IT firms meander through deal-pricing complexity in era of AI agents
As AI agents begin working alongside humans, IT services firms are rethinking time-and-material contracts, experimenting with outcome-based and hybrid pricing models
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World needs more women in senior AI roles for balance: AnitaB.org
As AI races ahead, tech leaders warn that without more women in leadership, innovation risks bias, exclusion and job losses that disproportionately affect women
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Why open source is becoming a strategic imperative for Indian startups
As AI and software stacks grow complex, Indian startups are moving from using open source to actively contributing, seeing collaboration as a strategic business advantage
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Datanomics: Consumption, not technology, powers India's startup boom
A decade into Startup India, most Indian unicorns are clustered in consumer and finance, highlighting limited depth in enterprise tech and frontier technologies like AI
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Instagram expands Meta AI reel translations to more Indian languages
Instagram is rolling out Meta AI-powered reel translations in five Indian languages and adding Indian-script font support to Edits, making content more accessible for creators and viewers
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Anthropic picks former Microsoft India MD Irina Ghose to lead India ops
The Claude chatbot maker said the former Microsoft India head will lead its India expansion as the company prepares to open a Bengaluru office and deepen enterprise and public sector engagement
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India's invisible AI boom: Why early tech gains are not showing up in GDP
AI is already reshaping how Indians work-but its biggest gains lie in speed, quality, and coordination, not yet in the productivity numbers we rely on
 "India's invisible AI boom: Why early tech gains are not showing up in GDP")
AI-based financial scams: Set a family code word for emergency requests
Pause and verify the caller's identity independently before transferring funds
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Elon Musk's X blocks Grok from creating explicit images after complaints
Curb applies to all users to add extra layer of protection for women, kids
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AI agents: Here is what happened in 2025 and the challenges ahead in 2026
In 2025, AI agents shifted from theory to practice, redefining how humans collaborate with artificial intelligence across products and platforms
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People are getting their news from AI - and it's altering their views
Studies show that large language models do more than simply pass along information. Their responses can subtly highlight certain viewpoints while minimizing others, often without users realizing it
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Apple-Google Siri tie-up signals AI sector maturity, dominance of a few
Apple's move to use Google's Gemini to power Siri highlights how rising costs and complexity in AI are pushing even the biggest tech firms towards collaboration and reliance on a few dominant players
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Moglix launches AI-driven operating system for enterprise procurement
Cognilix aims to embed AI across supply-chain operations as Moglix commits $5 million to research and develop industry-specific enterprise products on the platform
Gemini app gets a dedicated Documents tab for Deep Research, Canvas: Report
Gemini app reportedly adds a Documents history that lets users easily find Deep Research reports and Canvas files in one place, making long text and code projects easier to manage and revisit
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Google Veo 3.1 levels up with 4K video and creator-friendly vertical format
Google rolls out Veo 3.1 with improved image-to-video creation, adding vertical video support, 1080p and 4K resolution support, and better control over characters and scenes
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There is a clear sense of recovery taking shape: TCS' Krithivasan
TCS CEO K Krithivasan talks about his vision of AI-first TCS and shift in its strategy towards acquisition
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Meta seeks to ramp up Ray-Ban smart glasses output to meet demand
The partners have also discussed going further to establish the capability of producing more than 30 million units, should demand justify such a move
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