Artificial Intelligence

AI chipping away at India's outsourcing edge, says World Bank

MNCs, globally-linked firms hiring at a much slower pace than domestic peers as GenAI starts reshaping South Asia's labour market

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 10:51 PM IST

'What we ask Google' offers intriguing insights, but few fresh revelations

For at least three generations now, Google is like a second conscience. Simon Rogers, data editor at Google, mines our search data for clues into who we are becoming

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 9:58 PM IST

IIT Madras-backed AI4Bharat, Josh Talks AI launch Voice of India platform

The multimodal AI evaluation platform will assess AI systems across Indian languages, accents, dialects and real-world deployment environments.

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 8:09 PM IST

Anand Mahindra calls Class of 2026 a 'superhero generation' amid AI era

Anand Mahindra says old career templates no longer hold as jobs appear and disappear rapidly

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 7:36 PM IST

Razorpay boosts AI push with senior hires from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cred

Executives will help build payment systems that can increasingly make decisions using artificial intelligence, says the company

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 6:19 PM IST

VC firm Sorin Investments leads ₹30 crore funding round in AI firm Kily

The agentic AI company will use the capital to strengthen its product, expand go-to-market efforts and accelerate adoption among large consumer brands

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 2:58 PM IST

AI4Bharat, Josh Talks launch Voice of India AI evaluation platform

The independent multimodal platform will assess AI systems across Indian languages, accents, dialects and real-world deployment conditions using a three-stage framework

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 2:25 PM IST

China's AI advance creates 'death zone' for rival US model makers

A wave of advanced AI models from Alibaba, Moonshot, ByteDance, DeepSeek and Z.ai is rapidly closing the technology gap with US rivals while intensifying competition on price and performance

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 10:59 AM IST

Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing

Anthropic and OpenAI disclosed in recent days that their AI tools breached the systems of other companies, stirring concerns among US ‌lawmakers

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 8:07 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Institutions must make room for today's world

From exports and AI to urban livelihoods and geopolitics, India's institutions must adapt to new realities shaping the economy and society

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

The canary in the AI coal mine: Winning the race without safeguards

Winning the AI race will matter little if, in the process, we create hazards that no country can contain

Updated On: 03 Aug 2026 | 11:37 PM IST

MobiKwik bets on AI to boost loan disbursals by ₹300 crore a quarter

The fintech firm is using AI to reduce loan application drop-offs and convert passive users into borrowers as it strengthens its lending business after securing an NBFC licence

Updated On: 03 Aug 2026 | 10:48 PM IST

Copyright in AI era: Deeper judicial, legislative scrutiny is needed

The substantive issue concerned the applicability of "fair dealing" under Section 52 (1)(a), for which the court has adopted an ample interpretation

Updated On: 03 Aug 2026 | 10:17 PM IST

Time ripe for India to outperform Emerging Asia & EM: Dinshaw Irani, Helios India

It is best for the investors miss the India IT pack bus as we believe with the adoption of AI, our IT services companies' revenue models will have to undergo a reset, Irani said.

Updated On: 03 Aug 2026 | 1:26 PM IST

DeepSeek's V4-Flash emerges as world's cheapest AI model to run: Report

DeepSeek officially released ​its V4-Flash model on Friday, its latest ​attempt to regain momentum by doing what it is best known for - offering ultra-low-cost AI alternatives

Updated On: 03 Aug 2026 | 1:04 PM IST

Target bets on AI to drive enterprise strategy and retail operations

The retailer, with a market capitalization of more than $100 billion, is known for its style, design and curated merchandise and has about 5,500 employees in India now

Updated On: 02 Aug 2026 | 11:38 PM IST

Inside the meltdown of an AI wunderkind's high-flying hedge fund

AI hedge fund Situational Awareness survived a massive sell-off after leveraged bets unravelled, exposing the risks behind the artificial intelligence investment boom

Updated On: 02 Aug 2026 | 10:41 PM IST

AI in HR: Adoption rises rapidly, but governance continues to trail

Indian companies are rapidly adopting agentic AI in HR, but many lack governance frameworks to ensure responsible, secure and transparent deployment

Updated On: 02 Aug 2026 | 9:50 PM IST

Indians involved in solving world's toughest problems: Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind executives explain how the AI lab is deploying autonomous agents in the country

Updated On: 02 Aug 2026 | 8:46 PM IST

IT industry not creating new jobs, funds diverted to AI costs: Vembu

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu says AI and rising data centre costs are limiting IT hiring, with funds shifting from new jobs to technology infrastructure

Updated On: 02 Aug 2026 | 6:26 PM IST