Artificial Intelligence

Banks' tech better at serving existing borrowers than new ones: RBI DG

Share of fresh businesses entering formal credit system fell to 42 per cent in FY26 from 52 per cent in FY23 even as outstanding commercial credit grew 14 per cent

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 7:55 PM IST

Indian workers embrace AI, but shadow AI puts firms' IP at security risk

Employees are using personal AI accounts alongside enterprise tools, creating security and compliance gaps, said cybersecurity experts

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 4:44 PM IST

Your Degree Isn’t Enough. Here’s What Employers Actually Want | Kumar Rajagopalan

Watch Kumar Rajagopalan, Vice President- Strategic Initiatives & Country Head, India at Dexian, break down what employers really want and which skills could matter most in the years ahead

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 3:01 PM IST
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Why South Korea is looking beneath the sea for AI data centres

South Korea is turning to the seabed to tackle a growing AI infrastructure problem: where to find enough land, power and cooling for data centres.

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 11:38 AM IST
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Cerebras launches new server chip, system designed to speed AI chatbots

Cerebras makes AI hardware and chips that compete with Nvidia and targets the portion of AI called inference, the computing process of generating an answer in a chatbot such as Anthropic's ‌Claude

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 10:24 AM IST

OpenAI slows model training to bolster security after Hugging Face hack

The AI research lab behind ChatGPT said ‌it paused its model testing for two weeks and is ​adding other AI systems to monitor the activities ​of AI agents in testing

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 10:03 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Emigration must be aligned with global skills demand

Today's opinions examine skilled overseas migration, workplace child care, India's youth employment challenge, AI governance in finance and a civilian account of war-torn Beirut

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

How to embrace AI: Indian IT firms gear up for the reskilling challenge

AI could disrupt millions of jobs even as it boosts productivity and creates new opportunities, forcing India's IT industry to rethink hiring, reskilling and business models

Updated On: 18 Aug 2026 | 11:32 PM IST

Governing the AI elephant

AI is changing too fast for rigid, specific regulations to stay useful for long, but Sebi and RBI papers offer some guardrails for India Inc

Updated On: 18 Aug 2026 | 9:46 PM IST

AI's fast-growing, lucrative jobs leaving women behind across the globe

Women with AI backgrounds accounted for just 13% of executive positions in the industry, compared with about 19% in non-AI sectors, according to a LinkedIn analysis

Updated On: 18 Aug 2026 | 1:51 PM IST

New factories, aircraft, AI hubs to test Tata group's funding muscle

In the first of a two-part series, Business Standard examines the funding needs of Tata Electronics, Air India, Agratas and Tata Digital - and the role Tata Sons may play in financing them

Updated On: 17 Aug 2026 | 11:05 PM IST

Indian startups chase emerging global market with physical AI robots

Ati Robotics plans a US manufacturing plant, while Addverb and Novus Hi-Tech are developing physical AI robots for industrial and defence applications and exports.

Updated On: 17 Aug 2026 | 6:11 PM IST

Why AI stocks could crash even if AI succeeds: ECB explains the risk

The ECB said AI can boost productivity and profits, but rising economy-wide risks could still trigger a stock correction, with a US tech sell-off potentially spreading to European markets

Updated On: 17 Aug 2026 | 4:39 PM IST

AI is getting cheaper to run, but powering its growth is getting pricier

AI models are becoming cheaper to run, but rising demand for data centres, computing and electricity is pushing up the infrastructure cost of AI, including in India

Updated On: 17 Aug 2026 | 4:08 PM IST

Invisible watermarks on AI text: Why Anthropic’s latest move has got writers worried | AI generated

Anthropic’s latest Claude models are embedding invisible, machine-readable watermarks into generated text—marks that can survive copy-pasting and some editing.

Updated On: 17 Aug 2026 | 11:29 AM IST
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Alibaba to sell its gaming arm for $1.5 billion in boost to AI pivot

Alibaba is undergoing a broader corporate reorganization, divesting non-core assets while making AI and cloud computing a top strategic priority with the aim of reaching $100 bn in AI revenue in 5 yrs

Updated On: 17 Aug 2026 | 8:03 AM IST

Andhra leads AI, big data analytics skilling under FutureSkills PRIME

Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the leading state in AI and Big Data Analytics skilling under the Centre's FutureSkills PRIME programme, with over 1 lakh candidates certified, according to Union government data. The data provided by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on August 12 showed that more than 1.5 lakh candidates in Andhra Pradesh had been enrolled or trained in AI and BDA over the last three years. "Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the top-performing state in AI and Big Data Analytics skilling under the Centre's FutureSkills PRIME programme, with 1,08,895 candidates completing certification," the ministry said in a press release on Sunday. The number of certified candidates places Andhra Pradesh at the top among states under the programme, highlighting the state's growing pool of trained technology professionals. The AI and BDA figures are part of a wider technology-skilling drive in Andhra Pradesh under FutureSkills PRIME. Cumulatively, more than 2.1 lakh

Updated On: 16 Aug 2026 | 11:26 PM IST

IIM-B incubator tops $7 billion in startup value as it turns to AI

NSRCEL plans specialised sector centers and AI tools to expand its entrepreneur network toward one million

Updated On: 16 Aug 2026 | 10:41 PM IST

Energy solutions will be crucial for data centres: Krishna Jonnalagadda

Krishna Jonnalagadda believes power is the main constraint in building artificial intelligence data centres

Updated On: 16 Aug 2026 | 9:17 PM IST

Gen AI is rewriting how the world buys, spends as technology shapes choices

As the first cohort surrounded by AI and media from birth, Gen Alpha's tech fluency is intuitive and its consumption behaviour is different

Updated On: 16 Aug 2026 | 9:03 PM IST