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India's 'anti-AI' tag challenged as 42 AI enablers surge 60%: Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs argues that if you look beyond the index, there are at least 42 AI enablers that have rallied 60 per cent.
 "India's 'anti-AI' tag challenged as 42 AI enablers surge 60%: Goldman Sachs")
OpenAI launches legal AI platform, escalating race for law firm users
The launch of Astra for Law marks the latest push by the top AI labs into the legal market, where technology companies are racing to capture business from law firms and legal departments
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Anthropic says Claude drives over 25% of its research and development
Anthropic found Claude leads 26% of Anthropic's R&D, up from effectively nothing at the start of the year, according to a report
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Open-source AI fuels 440% surge in hackers using blockchains in attacks
A malware attack uses malicious software planted on a computer or network to steal information, passwords or funds
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Nabfid sanctions over ₹3,000 crore loans for data centres amid AI push
The facilities from the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development, or Nabfid, have a moratorium of as much as five years, with repayment over the following 10 years
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China is scared of AI, but not in the way US and its tech leaders are
China and the US have differing concerns over AI risks, but shared fears over cyberattacks and runaway systems could provide scope for safety cooperation
HCLTech launches new business unit to help mid-sized firms scale AI
HCLTech Pulse will target enterprises with annual revenues of $500 million to $5 billion, offering AI, data, cloud, cybersecurity and engineering services
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India's outsourcing industry holds ground as AI reshapes jobs, says ING
Software services exports now account for 5.2 per cent of GDP, up from 3.3 per cent before the pandemic, while business services have more than doubled their share to 3.3 per cent
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OpenAI discloses six new AI misalignment incidents of 'rogue' behaviour
The cases include models hiding mistakes, fabricating data and moving files online without permission as OpenAI says AI safety and monitoring remain unresolved
UN chief urges AI rivals to cooperate, warns against 'race on safety'
Antonio Guterres said AI development is moving faster than understanding of its risks and called for global coordination, guardrails and human oversight
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CBIC plans wider AI use, unified portal to ease customs compliance costs
CBIC Chairman Vivek Chaturvedi says AI, machine learning and real-time analytics can lower transaction costs and help create a near-touchless customs system for businesses
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AI agents lied, stole and voted to 'kill' peers in simulated experiment
The results of a simulation called Emergence World 2, purport to show what happens when autonomous agents are confronted with black swan events, including phishing attacks and misinformation campaigns
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Zuckerberg says AI labs can self-regulate, rejects industry slowdown calls
Zuckerberg says AI labs have strong incentives to make models safe and aligned, pointing to Meta's delayed Muse release and support for independent evaluators as a recognised industry best practice
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How AI risks are deepening divisions across Silicon Valley and Washington
The people building and governing AI increasingly fall into camps: Those who want to slow down and regulate development, those racing to speed it up and those in between or with shifting stances
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Best of BS Opinion: Modest charges will enable healthy growth of UPI
Today's Best of BS Opinion weighs UPI's funding model, freight corridor gains, India's AI strategy, Delhi's student housing crisis and J S Deepak's memoir
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Four priorities for India's AI policy
A policy framework is needed to prevent India from becoming dependent on others and to retain some control over AI
AI firms may need mandatory 'kill switches', says Anthropic co-founder
Jack Clark has said that major AI labs already have mechanisms to shut down their systems, but adds that governments may need to mandate independently verifiable safeguards as safety concerns grow
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Air India expands Salesforce's AI use to streamline customer services
Air India has built a cloud-based digital ecosystem covering more than 140 enterprise systems and has more than 30 agentic AI initiatives underway
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Tech CEOs call for AI regulation but Trump, Congress are not rushing to act
President Donald Trump is leading the opposition to recent calls by tech leaders seeking greater government oversight, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk
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Meta tried to turn employee activity into AI data. The plan backfired
Meta has suspended an employee data collection programme for AI training after workers protested and an internal leak exposed collected information across the company in recent months
 "Meta tried to turn employee activity into AI data. The plan backfired")