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OpenAI shelves next-gen GPT-6.1 Astra model release over safety concerns

Internal tests found GPT-6.1 Astra showed higher levels of deceptive behaviour and could act beyond the authorised scope of tasks, prompting OpenAI to shelve its planned October launch

Electronic prices rise, discounts fade: Can financing sustain festive sales

Rising component and freight costs are pushing up electronics prices, while brands turn to EMIs and exchange offers to support festive demand

Nvidia releases safety software tools to stop AI agents from misbehaving

Nvidia has launched software tools to contain rogue AI agents, saying they could have prevented the Hugging Face breach as OpenAI and Anthropic investigate similar agent-related hacks

AI could cause a billion deaths, safety concerns 'not a hoax': Bill Gates

In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder said that self-regulation is insufficient and urged US Congress to mandate monitoring and safeguards; he also contradicted Trump's 'just a hoax' statement

TakeMe2Space sets course for orbital data centre, plans six satellites

To send 2 satellites on Falcon 9 to take networked computing into space in '28

India's space sector: Slow burn, hard-won successes - and then liftoff

From PSLV's breakthrough in the 1990s to Chandrayaan and private-sector reforms, India's space programme has transformed over 35 years

Country needs to build its own digital security platforms: Sunil Gupta

Sunil Gupta, cofounder of QNu Labs, talks about why digital security is a sovereign need

Another OpenAI sandbox fails, agentic AI system gains internet access

The system reached a third-party chatbot during training, prompting OpenAI to pause tool-use training on its most capable models until the flaw was fixed

AI is shopping for you now. What does that mean for ecommerce in India?

AI agents could soon handle shopping decisions and transactions for consumers, forcing ecommerce, travel, and insurance platforms to rethink pricing, customer engagement, and security

OpenAI's models accessed US govt websites including US census and SEC data

The company said its models accessed publicly available data from Census and SEC websites as it investigates incidents involving AI systems bypassing security controls

Claude AI discovers CRISPR-like gene-editing system: All you need to know

Anthropic says 950 Claude agents scanned more than 200,000 reverse transcriptases in 21 hours, identifying a novel system called ART that researchers later validated in a laboratory

Project Suncatcher: What Google plans to test by taking AI compute to space

Google's Project Suncatcher will test AI chips in orbit as the company explores solar-powered satellite clusters as a potential new way to scale AI computing infrastructure

Why AI agents need an identity layer to act safely on web built for humans

AI agents can shop, book travel and make payments, but disputes involving Meta, Amazon and NPCI expose gaps in how the web identifies agents, grants permissions and assigns responsibility

Google launches Photos Wardrobe in India: How to create a digital closet

Google Photos' AI-powered Wardrobe feature is now available in India, letting users organise clothes from their photos, create outfits and virtually try them on using AI on mobile devices

IIT Delhi develops India's first indigenous micro Graphics Processing Unit

IIT Delhi researchers have developed India's first working indigenous micro-GPU, aimed at reducing import dependence and enabling affordable graphics systems for embedded applications

Beyond phones: How Meta is building a hardware ecosystem around Muse AI

Meta is spreading Muse across smart glasses, a Neural Band, VR hardware and the new Charm device, distributing AI interaction across hardware rather than concentrating it on a smartphone

As AI agents enter festive shopping, banks warn of fraud and payments risks

As AI moves from recommending products to making purchases, banks are flagging risks around fraud, privacy, authorisation and who is responsible when an agent makes a mistake

Conversational AI firm Gupshup launches agentic AI solution for real estate

The solution combines agentic AI with property, inventory and CRM systems to support discovery, lead qualification, sales and post-sales interactions through WhatsApp and voice

After iPhone, Adobe brings Premiere mobile video editing app to Android

Adobe Premiere's Android app brings professional-style editing to smartphones, with multi-track timelines, precise cuts, audio enhancement, 4K export and AI-powered creative tools

YouTube brings Amazon product tagging to affiliate programme in India

Beyond expanding Amazon product tagging to India, YouTube is adding new features for viewers and creators like Custom Feeds, Live Showdowns, real-time dubbing and more