Artificial Intelligence

Ahead of its expected public listing, Anthropic is facing increasing competition in countries that are growing more concerned about a reliance on American AI technology

Calling for AI regulation to be thought through now, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal on Wednesday said the technology or its growth need not be stifled, but waiting for an "accident" before acting would be "foolish." Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2026, Mittal noted that governments and policymakers are struggling to keep pace with the speed of artificial intelligence and asserted that regulations need to be thought through now, before something goes wrong. Mittal said India is putting out a consultation paper on regulations, and guardrails around AI. He cited growing concern voiced by prominent global tech founders and instances of AI agents behaving unpredictably or running "rogue," and said: "it is not something that, we can take lightly." "So suddenly, you're seeing a scrambling around the government corridors, policymakers to say, how we can secure our nation when we introduce AI in every aspect of our lives," Mittal said. With people already using artificial

Tata Power on Wednesday said it is emerging as a preferred partner for India's fast-growing data centre ecosystem, with a diversified opportunity pipeline of over 2.8 GW spanning renewable energy, transmission and distribution opportunities. As demand from AI, cloud and digital platforms accelerates, the company is expanding its role beyond power supply to provide a comprehensive suite of solutions, including powered land, transmission and grid connectivity, renewable energy, storage, cooling and utility infrastructure, enabling the development of hyperscalers and advanced data centre facilities, a company statement said. Tata Power has built a strong and diversified data centre opportunity pipeline, comprising approximately 430 MW of upcoming load under its distribution network, 1,236 MW of transmission-linked opportunities, and 1,150 MW of green energy capacity under active engagement. With 29 active workstreams across 18 leading global and domestic Data Centre Operators, Tata Pow

The move follows protests by residents in cities such as Mumbai and Visakhapatnam against data centres planned by Amazon and Google over concerns including water and electricity use

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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