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India to focus on providing affordable compute capacity to all: MoSPI Secy

He was speaking at a session 'Building Public Interest AI: Catalytic Funding for Equitable Access to Compute Resources' at AI Impact Summit

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw sees AI-biology convergence transforming healthcare

Highlighting the importance of generational learning embedded in DNA, she cited examples such as migratory birds with navigational intelligence

India set to provide global leadership in AI: Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu

Naidu also announced that the Andhra government has partnered with IBM to skill one hundred thousand youngsters in the state across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and quantum computing

India has incredible opportunity in AI-led transformation: Qualcomm CEO

He further said in terms of the potential, as AI is going to "change everything, create new devices, new experiences, new services" that become a massive opportunity

Samsung releases revamped Bixby beta version in One UI 8.5: What's new

Samsung's updated Bixby in One UI 8.5 promises more natural conversations, smarter setting controls and real-time web results inside the assistant

PM Modi meets AI startup CEOs, discusses use of tech in agri, education

PM Modi underscored the need for strong data governance, cautioned against misinformation, and urged the development of solutions tailored to India's needs

Reddit is testing AI-powered shopping results in Search: How it works

Reddit is trying out a new way to show product suggestions in Search, turning user discussions into clickable shopping results for select users in the US

US promotes AI sovereignty, exports at India AI impact summit 2026

The summit also served as a platform to unveil several new initiatives under the American AI Exports Programme

Govt plans 'complete AI stack' to power innovation: Jayant Chaudhary

Chaudhary recalled that during early policy debates around AI including concerns over privacy, trust, data sovereignty and job disruption, India chose to prioritise openness and innovation

Why Nvidia scrapped its $100 bn OpenAI deal for a $30bn investment

Nvidia's equity bet follows the collapse of a long-term compute pact, as OpenAI secures fresh funding and expands infrastructure partnerships beyond a single chip supplier

AI can transform healthcare in areas lacking specialists: Ex-WHO official

The India AI Impact Summit reflects on the transformative potential of AI, aligning with the national vision of 'Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya'

Investors stung by AI may turn to India, lured by domestic demand: Analysis

Left behind and sold by foreigners ​through a years-long rally in everything tied to computing and AI infrastructure, India's 'anti-AI' equity market ​is starting to catch up

Social media firms face legal reckoning over mental health harms to kids

Now, these tech giants are getting a chance to make their case in courtrooms around the country, including before a jury for the first time

Qualcomm, Tata Electronics partner to make automotive modules in India

Tata Electronics will manufacture Qualcomm's automotive system-in-package modules in Assam, with the partnership focused on local production for Indian and global customers

Meta to shut down standalone Messenger website from April: What changes

Meta will shut down its Messenger website (messenger.com) in April 2026, redirecting users to Facebook for web chats, marking another step in merging Messenger back into the main platform

AI sovereignty doesn't imply digital isolation: Yotta CEO Sunil Gupta

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026, Gupta stressed that global interdependence in technology is inevitable

Institutions need not be gung-ho, use AI if it is tested: MoSPI official

Rohit Bhardwaj, the MoSPI official, also suggested that government departments should make the relevant data AI-ready by creating files that are readable by a computer

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Pro AI model for complex tasks: Details

Google said that its latest Gemini 3.1 Pro model brings stronger reasoning, improved coding skills and higher usage limits to select Gemini app and NotebookLM users

Google now lets users split screen, edit PDFs directly inside Chrome on web

Google Chrome rolls out split view, built-in PDF annotations and a 'Save to Google Drive' option to cut tab switching, simplify edits and make file management easier inside the browser

US-India partnership critical for future of AI: Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that AI is on the cusp of an era of hyper progress and new discoveries, and the US-India partnership has a critical role to play in it