Artificial Intelligence

India could emerge as a global AI-agent exporter by cutting inference costs and making AI more affordable and accessible domestically

Amid a massive global debate on AI risks, Thales Chairman and CEO Patrice Caine has said that stopping the use of artificial intelligence is not the solution, but keeping it firmly under human control is. Calling on tech companies to build in technical safeguards and on governments to put in place a "proper framework" which set boundaries on how such technologies can be used, Caine emphasised that the future impact and outcome of AI would ultimately depend on decisions made by humans. He noted that artificial intelligence has not brought humanity to a stage of existential crisis just yet, but asserted that warnings about its catastrophic risks were important in raising awareness on the issue. In an interview to PTI, Caine spoke on how AI is changing the nature of cyber attacks and cyber attackers, and the urgency for organisations to prepare for the post-quantum era. He also underscored the importance of humans ultimately retaining control over critical decisions. Thales' top boss

As AI-generated material spreads and chatbots become gateways to information, a new challenge is emerging: distinguishing original evidence from content repeatedly summarised and rewritten by machines

His comments come as technology giants spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI, increasingly financed with debt, and as market gains concentrate in a handful of stocks

Flipkart's travel arm expects non-air business to account for nearly half its revenue and says it could become self-sustaining without parent funding in a couple of years

ElevenLabs currently offers speech-to-text and text-to-speech services in 14 Indian languages and plans to cover all 22 official languages over the next year

Coursera India and Asia Pacific MD Ashutosh Gupta says demand for AI courses remains strong, while micro-credentials are helping professionals improve hiring prospects

ElevenLabs is expanding its voice AI services across Indian languages as businesses and governments explore more natural ways to interact with AI

Moonshot AI is targeting a Hong Kong IPO in Q1 2027 after closing a private funding round at a $50 billion valuation

India is among the top 10 leading emerging-market performers in artificial intelligence (AI) readiness and is well positioned to harness the technology, helped by its large technical workforce, globally integrated IT sector and digital public infrastructure, the World Bank said on Tuesday. In its latest report titled 'India and Artificial Intelligence: Seizing the Development Opportunity', the World Bank said private investment in AI in India more than tripled to USD 4.1 billion in 2025 from USD 1.2 billion in 2024. At the same time, the number of professionals employed by Global Capability Centres (GCCs) rose to 2.36 million in 2025 from 1.9 million a year ago, it said. The report, however, noted that the long-term economic and labour market impact of AI remains uncertain. It called for cross-cutting policy measures to deepen AI-enabling infrastructure, improve the business environment, broaden access to AI and enhance labour capacity so that the benefits of the technology are wid

The four-day India Mobile Congress 2026 will focus on 6G, AI-native telecom, 5G monetisation, satellite communications, cybersecurity, quantum technology and digital infrastructure

Asia’s AI boom could create risks far beyond the tech sector. A slowdown in AI spending could hit chip exports, stock markets, business lending and economic growth across the region

The model, called Beam, is designed to perform well for business customers and developers on coding and AI agent tasks while costing less than many competitors

Companies building hundreds of data centers across the region are also seeking funds to buy the advanced computer chips that will power them

Claude Opus 5, Sonnet 5 and Haiku 4.5 can now process requests within India, giving regulated institutions greater data residency and compliance assurances

Coxon will appear at request of Council Speaker Julie Menin, who has urged AI whistleblowers to testify as city lawmakers weigh a package of bills aimed at establishing safeguards around technology

The region is 'particularly exposed' because it's at the center of global AI supply chains and 'increasingly integrated into AI-related financial markets', the report said

Altman's remarks come amid a growing debate within the AI industry over the pace of development ‌and the risks posed by increasingly ​capable systems

Trump, who has pushed to rename artificial ​intelligence as 'super intelligence', said Clayton would ​head the newly created Super Intelligence Force

IPO, placement and block-trade fundraising hits a quarterly record despite stock sell-off and rising bond yields