Artificial Intelligence

AI demand for chipmaking tools may outpace supply in next 2 years: ASML

ASML said its current supply plans mean it won't be able to fully meet demand in 2027 and 2028

Updated On: 14 Oct 2026 | 12:39 PM IST

Global turbulence to rise in coming years from AI, debt risks: Vaishnaw

Warning of heightened global turbulence in the coming years from tech disruptions, artificial intelligence and financial risks, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said India is strengthening its economic and technological resilience to shield its growth from external shocks. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2026, Vaishnaw -- who is Minister for Electronics and IT, Information and Broadcasting and Railways -- said global technology supply chains would continue to span multiple countries and geographies, but companies and governments would need to repeatedly evaluate their partners and ensure that dependence on a particular country or company did not compromise resilience. Technology will remain a highly globalised field, he emphasised, adding that global value chains will be multi-border, multi-country, and multi-geography, reflecting the nature of the industry itself. "... Strategic dependencies, which are the countries you can trust, which are the places where

Updated On: 14 Oct 2026 | 12:01 PM IST

Tired of AI slop? Facebook gives users more control over Feed and Reels

Facebook's new AI-powered tools let users specify what they want to see more or less of in Feed and Reels, with a 'Your algorithm' section to manage topics and refine recommendations

Updated On: 14 Oct 2026 | 11:19 AM IST

OpenAI employee arrested for planting hidden recording device in office

Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was arrested after allegedly hiding a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room to capture sensitive discussions

Updated On: 14 Oct 2026 | 7:55 AM IST

Orbital data centres risk military attacks as AI drives computing demand

Tech companies are pursuing orbital data centres to power AI, but experts warn that military attacks could create debris that renders crucial areas of space unusable

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 11:48 PM IST

New safeguards sharply reduce AI distillation attacks, says Anthropic

Anthropic said ​it had made it harder to use proxy networks to repeatedly probe Claude's protected reasoning, blocking extraction attempts and hindering large-scale ‌distillation efforts

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 11:10 PM IST

Data centre demand to outstrip supply as AI usage grows, say experts

NTT Data and Brookfield executives expect strong data centre demand amid rising AI adoption, but warn that power infrastructure, skilled talent and capacity constraints pose challenges

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 10:22 PM IST

AI helps Infosys' Finacle suite reduce friction in its sales process

Infosys Finacle is using AI to reduce sales process time by 60-70 per cent, while deploying multiple language models to improve banking efficiency and control costs

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:54 PM IST

Alibaba unveils $450 Qwen AI glasses in expanding push into gadgets

Alibaba's new Qwen Glasses N1 series starts at $450 and features improved cameras, AI integration and eye-tracking capabilities as the company expands its consumer hardware portfolio

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:52 PM IST

Two-thirds of MSMEs use AI tools, but only 21% deploy biz software: Study

A CII-ISB study finds 65.8 per cent of surveyed MSMEs use AI tools, but just 21 per cent deploy ERP or customised software, highlighting gaps in technology adoption and productivity.

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:50 PM IST

Vigilance, not pause, answer to AI risks: IBM India & South Asia MD

No form of technology should be "artificially paused" and the need is to stay vigilant and think ahead on how to work with AI, so that innovation isn't stifled while the right governance and usage are built around it, IBM India and South Asia Managing Director Sandip Patel said on Tuesday. In an interview to PTI, Patel said IBM India has always been a critical part of global operations, not only because the company continues to participate in the growth market here, but also because it is a "hotbed of innovation". Innovations from India can be scaled and applied anywhere in the world, he said, pointing to Indian innovations such as UPI. Citing a specific IBM innovation, Patel said the company was "very privileged" to be a part of the creation of YONO, the digital platform run by SBI. He called it a fairly unique proposition that has emerged from India and can be applied around the world. As AI scales, IBM expects to keep participating in the growth story with India as a strong base

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:48 PM IST

Nandan Nilekani-backed Fundamentum raises ₹3K crore for AI, deeptech

The Nandan Nilekani-backed growth-stage fund plans to invest ₹100-200 crore each in 12-15 AI and deeptech companies over the next two to three years, with a hard cap of ₹3,500 crore

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:42 PM IST

AI arms race giving way to AI returns race: Aditya Birla Group chairman

Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla says businesses are taking a measured approach to AI investments, focusing on tangible returns, productivity and capital allocation

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:23 PM IST

India's IT giants face identity crisis as AI disrupts traditional biz model

AI upstarts challenge India's cost-led IT model as innovation takes centre stage

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 7:20 PM IST

Zoho freezes annual salary hikes as AI costs rise, software market slows

Founder Sridhar Vembu says a fourfold rise in server prices, higher AI expenses and an uncertain software market have forced Zoho to cut marketing spending and freeze annual pay hikes

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 5:51 PM IST

Beyond Nvidia: Why tech firms are turning to custom chips for AI inference

Microsoft's Maia 300 joins custom AI chips from Google, Amazon and OpenAI as technology companies seek to reduce inference costs, improve efficiency and gain control over infrastructure

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 5:06 PM IST

AI job-loss fears are 'hogwash', says Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani

While tasks such as coding can increasingly be handled by artificial intelligence, other roles will emerge to manage the technology's deployment and its risks, Nilekani said

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 2:25 PM IST

Zoho pauses annual pay hikes, cuts marketing spend amid rising AI costs

Homegrown technology firm Zoho Corporation has paused its annual pay hikes and pruned its marketing expenditure, citing sharply escalating Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure costs and an uncertain outlook for the software sector, founder Sridhar Vembu said on Tuesday. In a post on social media platform X, Vembu described the global employment landscape for the software sector as "grim" and said that the company has kept its headcount flat for the past 18 months while making efforts to avoid mass layoffs. "The business outlook for software is uncertain, and AI has raised costs dramatically with a) A massive 4-fold increase in server prices which we need for data centres and b) AI usage increasing rapidly, leading to much higher expenses, which we are trying to control," Vembu said. He added that a "challenging geopolitical backdrop" has further compounded these operational pressures. Outlining the internal measures taken to navigate the headwinds, Vembu stated that the comp

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 12:23 PM IST

AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers: Anthropic

In its experiments, Anthropic looked at whether AI models could find vulnerable devices, copy themselves into ‌those devices, and continue spreading without ​human help

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 10:58 AM IST

Houthis used Claude to develop missiles, test-fired rocket: Anthropic

In a report, Anthropic detailed how Yemen-based Houthis used Claude Code to work on three weapons development programmes.

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 9:55 AM IST