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Can OpenAI respond after Google closes artificial intelligence tech gap?
But for many industry experts, the real story was that the technical gap between OpenAI's so-called foundational AI model and everyone else had become practically nonexistent
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Disney invests $1 bn in OpenAI, to license characters for Sora video tool
As part of the licensing deal, Sora and ChatGPT Images will start generating videos using licensed Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Mufasa, from early next year
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Wipro, Microsoft strike three-year deal to build industry-specific AI tools
Under the partnership, Wipro and Microsoft will jointly develop AI solutions for sectors such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences and airports
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India to showcase gender-responsive AI solutions at February 2026 summit
Compendium of case studies to be showcased at India-AI Impact Summit, focusing on ethical, empowering AI for women and girls
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Deccan AI launches expert network to power next phase of AI training
It has unveiled Deccan AI Experts, a specialised talent network enabling India's top professionals to contribute directly to AI model training and evaluation as data replaces compute as key bottleneck
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Harness raises $240 million to speed up AI-driven software delivery
Goldman Sachs Alternatives leads $200 million investment, valuing the platform company at $5.5 billion as demand surges for automated code-to-production workflows
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Royalty norms: AI firms may need to pay global revenue share to creators
India plans to mandate global AI firms to share revenue as royalties for using Indian creators' content to train LLMs, under a proposed statutory licensing and royalty framework
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AI-driven growth of TCS makes its M&A strategy more aggressive
TCS's $700-million buyout of Salesforce firm Coastal Cloud highlights a stronger AI-focused M&A strategy, but analysts view the valuation as steep and note the market's muted response
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Accenture, Anthropic join hands to help firms scale AI responsibly
Both companies said the partnership would combine their technical strengths to help organisations move beyond AI pilots and embed advanced, responsible AI across daily operations
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Microsoft deepening its commitment to India's AI ecosystem: Satya Nadella
Nadella also emphasised the importance of digital sovereignty and cybersecurity in an era of expanding AI deployment
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Nvidia builds location-check tech to curb smuggling of restricted AI chips
The feature, which Nvidia has demonstrated privately in recent months but has not yet released, would be an optional software update that customers could install
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Adopt fast or fall behind in AI, Microsoft CEO Nadella tells India
Rate of diffusion will decide winners of next tech wave, Microsoft CEO says in Delhi
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Google releases new budget AI Plus plan in India, here's what it brings
Google has launched its new AI Plus plan in India at Rs 399 per month, offering access to paid Gemini features, higher cloud storage, and creative tools
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Amazon to invest over $35 billion in India by 2030, betting big on AI
Amazon says it will invest over $35 billion in India through 2030, focusing on AI-driven digitisation, ecommerce exports and job creation, soon after Microsoft's $17.5 billion cloud and AI push
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AI, LLM training: DPIIT mulls govt-fixed royalty rates for content creators
DPIIT released these guidelines as part of a working paper late Monday night, giving stakeholders 30 days to submit their views
Microsoft bets $17.5 bn on India's AI-first future with cloud, AI infra
The new investment will be used to scale Microsoft's cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling initiatives and ongoing operations across India, Microsoft said
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Deloitte India launches AI-based tax research platform Tax Pragya
Deloitte has launched Tax Pragya, an AI-based tax research and summarisation platform trained on 1.2 million cases and Deloitte content to support income tax, GST and transfer pricing work
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Android Show XR Edition: Google announces Project Aura, AI glasses and more
Google's Android Show XR Edition unveiled key updates across Project Aura, new AI glasses and Galaxy XR. Here's a list of everything that was announced at the event
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DBS flags 3 top risks to global markets in 2026; US tech correction looms
According to DBS, the first risk is a sharp correction in US equities, particularly in tech stocks linked to the AI investment wave.
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US detains two for allegedly smuggling $160 mn Nvidia AI chips to China
The US has, up until some easing of rules under President Donald Trump this year, ramped up restrictions on exports to China, which it has said constitute a threat to national security
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