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AI Summit 2026: Here are the seven chakras guiding India's AI roadmap

As India prepares to host the AI Impact Summit 2026, seven chakras will guide global leaders on building safe, inclusive and sustainable AI systems

Govt toughens rules on AI content, mandates 3-hour takedown timeline

From February 20, social media and internet intermediaries must remove unlawful content within three hours and non-consensual intimate imagery within two hours under amended IT rules

India ranks second globally in enterprise AI usage amid rising cyber risks

According to the report, Indian enterprises logged a staggering 82.3 billion AI/ML transactions between June and December 2025

Govt directs platforms to label AI content, deploy checks on misuse

Platforms must also ensure that AI-generated material is clearly labelled and carries identifiers indicating its synthetic origin

Tech Wrap Feb 10: OPPO K14X launched, WhatsApp web update, ChatGPT Ads

OPPO K14X launched in India. WhatsApp web call update. ChatGPT rolls out Ads. Snapchat adds Arrival Notifications option. Sarvam AI performance.

India's Sarvam AI reportedly beats ChatGPT, Gemini in key benchmark tests

Indian AI startup Sarvam AI reports strong benchmark results in document OCR and Indic language understanding, outperforming several global models on layout and multi-script tests

Snapchat brings Arrival Notifications option to Snap Map: How to set up

Snapchat has expanded its Home Safe feature with Arrival Notifications, allowing users to automatically alert friends or family when they reach places like classes, meetings, or travel stops

Why multilingual and multimodal AI is central to India's AI 'impact' agenda

As the India AI Impact Summit nears, initiatives like BharatGen, BHASHINI and Adi Vaani highlight why multilingual and multimodal AI is becoming central to how India is building public digital systems

What makes India AI Impact Summit different from earlier global AI meetings

Previous global meetings were shaped by safety concerns, but the India AI summit is framed around real-world impact, deployment and how emerging economies fit into the global AI ecosystem

India AI Impact Summit: Govt migrates BHASHINI to Indian cloud platform

The government has migrated the BHASHINI AI platform to India-based Yotta cloud infrastructure, keeping data, models and GPU workloads within India's jurisdiction

Nothing Phone 4a may launch in blue, pink and yellow colours: Details

Nothing has shared a teaser on X hinting at the Phone 4a series launch, highlighting black, white, blue, pink, and yellow colour options for its upcoming smartphones

What India wants from its 'impact-first' global AI summit in Delhi

As New Delhi hosts the first global AI summit in the Global South, India is shifting the debate from AI safety and regulation to real-world impact, public value and development outcomes

Discord to bring age verifications from March, tightens teen safety rules

Discord will begin restricting accounts from March unless users verify their age via face or ID scans, as part of a global rollout of stricter teen safety measures

WhatsApp now supports voice and video calls from web browsers: Report

Reportedly, WhatsApp is testing voice and video calls on the web, allowing users to make calls directly from their browser without relying on the desktop app

OpenAI tests ads for ChatGPT users on Free and Go plans: How it works

OpenAI has begun testing ads on ChatGPT's Free and Go tiers in the US, saying ads won't influence answers and are meant to keep the service accessible with fewer usage limits

India previews AI stack progress ahead of AI Impact Summit 2026: Details

The government has detailed advances across applications, models, compute, infrastructure and energy as New Delhi prepares to host the India AI Impact Summit from February 16

India AI Mission warns no fees needed for AI Impact Summit registration

The India AI Mission has issued an alert warning participants that no fee is charged for registration, participation or speaking at the AI Impact Summit starting February 16 in New Delhi

Tech Wrap Feb 9: Galaxy F70e 5G launched, Gemini in Chrome, Apple CarPlay

Samsung Galaxy F70e 5G launched in India. Gemini is now in Chromebook Plus. Apple CarPlay may support AI voice apps. Sony may launch WF-1000XM6. Qualcomm 2nm tape-out.

Xiaomi 17 global rollout may see smaller battery than China variant: Report

Xiaomi 17 may launch globally with a smaller battery than the China model, while retaining flagship specifications, fast charging speeds, and Leica-backed cameras

Qualcomm's 2nm tape-out adds momentum to India's semiconductor mission

While Qualcomm's 2nm semiconductor fabrication will happen overseas, the design work highlights India's expanding role in advanced chip development under ISM 2.0