Artificial Intelligence

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NITI Aayog's Himanshu Joshi said Indian agri- and water-tech startups should adopt technologies for new markets and move beyond basic problem-solving to tackle regulatory challenges

The IndiaAI Mission-backed startup said Varya can generate video at a fraction of the cost of global models while better capturing Indian contexts and cultural diversity

The defence technology firm plans to expand its footprint in autonomous strike systems, AI-enabled warfare solutions and drone manufacturing as military demand rises

The Series B round, co-led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital, will support the expansion of Equal AI's voice-based assistant and lifestyle services

Global Business Services will evolve from service-delivery centres into enterprise AI orchestration hubs, the report said

Dario Amodei said the use case in this instance didn't violate the company's policies, arguing military decision makers make terrible mistakes even at the best of times

Artificial Intelligence is poised to create more opportunities than it disrupts, and Indian engineers must shift their focus from job security fears of collaborating with the technology, a senior Microsoft India executive has said. Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director and President of Microsoft India Development Center (IDC), in a blog post on Thursday, said the rapid evolution of technology is shrinking the lifespan of technical skills, making continuous learning and adaptability crucial for the workforce. Citing the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, which surveyed over 1,000 employers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies, Kumar noted that 39 per cent of core job skills are expected to change by 2030. In India specifically, an estimated 63 per cent of the workforce will need significant upskilling or reskilling by the same year. "Virtually every major technology wave in history has ultimately created more opportunities than it destroyed... The real question is n

The ey.ai Center for Reimagination is part of EY's $1.4 billion AI investment plan and aims to help organisations translate AI ambitions into large-scale business transformation

IT services company will equip 50,000 employees with Claude AI as part of a deal to expand enterprise AI transformation

The former Infosys CFO says India's leading firms need to increase investments in AI and R&D or risk losing competitiveness to global rivals

The startup, founded by former Lyft self-driving executives, plans to expand its India engineering team as demand grows for AI-powered physical security solutions

IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday announced a global partnership with AI major Anthropic to help customers scale enterprise artificial intelligence adoption. As part of the collaboration, TCS will set up a dedicated business unit focused on developing joint industry solutions and AI expertise on Anthropic's Claude family of AI models through early access. TCS will equip 50,000 of its associates across engineering, finance, legal, marketing, and sales with Claude through enterprise-wide licensing, the company said in a regulatory filing. "TCS and Anthropic will jointly go to market with AI solutions and services across industries, including highly regulated sectors, such as financial services, public services, life sciences, healthcare, aviation, telecom, and medtech. "Together, they will co-innovate solutions for domain-specific workflows, modernisation, and customer experience transformation, backed by TCS' consulting, engineering, and managed services

Anthropic on Wednesday joined growing calls for the artificial intelligence industry to find ways to cushion people from the technology's disruptions, announcing an initial USD 200 million investment to research AI's impact on jobs and the economy. Alongside new policy proposals from the maker of the Claude chatbot, Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei published an essay on his personal website that expanded on his position that the government should promise economic support for those financially impacted by AI. The technology could produce much larger disruptions to the labour market than previous technological advancements, Amodei wrote, and those disruptions could last longer. "The key challenge in such a world won't be incentivizing growth, but finding a way for everyone to share in the benefits," Amodei wrote. The announcement comes on the heels of Anthropic rival OpenAI on Monday outlining goals that included ensuring gains from the technology are "widely shared". OpenAI

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The AI firm says Fable 5 sets a new benchmark across tasks, while access to Mythos 5 remains limited due to concerns over its advanced cybersecurity capabilities

Reliance Industries will develop a 168 MW AI-enabled data centre in Jamnagar for Meta, strengthening a long-standing partnership spanning connectivity, commerce and artificial intelligence

Tata Consumer Products chairman N Chandrasekaran said businesses are focusing on resilience and productivity as global disruptions reshape markets and consumer behaviour

Judicial officers, the registry personnel, lawyers and other court staffers, especially in the lower courts, will require extensive training to understand the capabilities and limitations of AI tools

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