Ai Models

Decoded: What is Kimi K3, an open AI model challenging OpenAI and Anthropic

Moonshot AI says its 2.8 trillion-parameter Kimi K3 matches or outperforms leading proprietary models in several coding and software engineering benchmarks, highlighting the rise of open-weight AI

AI should be a global 'symphony', not 'solo performance': Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said the development of AI should not be a "solo performance" by one country, but a "symphony of global collaboration." Xi made these remarks while addressing the opening of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), China's largest annual AI industry event, in Shanghai. "With AI advancing at a staggering speed, we must ensure its development is positive, for the good and for humanity," he said. It must be guided with human wisdom and international consensus, he said. To further support AI development in the next five years, he said China will provide developing countries including members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Arab League, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the African Union, Latin American and the BRICS member countries with 5,000 research projects in AI, as well as training, seminar programmes and "cooperation centres", the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reported. Earlier, 29 count

China's Moonshot launches world's largest open AI model, nears US rivals

The Chinese startup said its 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weight model delivers performance approaching Anthropic's frontier systems while supporting a 1 million-token context window

Open models match closed AI, but deployment remains real hurdle: Mozilla

Mozilla says open-weight AI has nearly matched closed models in capability and costs less, but businesses still favour proprietary systems because deployment, support and governance remain harder

Mira Murati's startup Thinking Machines launches an open-weight AI model

Named Inkling, the open-weight model allows developers to download, run and customise its underlying systems; the 975-bn-parameter model is the first general-purpose AI release from Thinking Machines

Proprietary vs open-weight AI: Inside the battle shaping the future of AI

Proprietary and open-weight AI represent two competing approaches to building and commercialising artificial intelligence. Here's how they differ in technology, deployment, costs and business strategy

₹36 lakh vs ₹26 lakh: AI skills now command a 38% salary premium over IT

AI salary premium widens from ₹1 lakh to ₹10 lakh as careers progress

Freshers vs experienced professionals: Who is winning the AI hiring race?

Companies aren't necessarily hiring fewer people because of AI; they're hiring differently, rewarding candidates who can combine domain knowledge with AI skills over traditional qualifications alone

Anthropic introduces India pricing for Claude subscription plans: Report

Anthropic is reportedly localising Claude subscriptions for Indian users with rupee pricing, even as UPI payments remain unavailable and expansion efforts gather pace

Access to Mythos a priority, but India using other AI models too: IT secy

India is pursuing access to Anthropic's Mythos AI while using alternative models in a CERT-In sandbox to detect software vulnerabilities and strengthen cybersecurity

Zhipu founder backs open-source AI as global security debate intensifies

Founder Tang Jie said frontier AI should remain widely accessible under open-source principles, arguing that transparency and broad participation offer stronger safeguards than restrictions

Best of BS Opinion: Does the world need an international anti-ecocide law?

Today's opinions examine environmental destruction in war, the strategic race for frontier AI and the lessons India can draw from Brazil's ethanol transition.

OpenAI's new models can help Indian students, benefit local-language users

Experts say OpenAI's latest AI models could improve education, voice-based AI and local-language adoption in India while lowering costs for enterprises

AI export curbs blur the line between security and mercantilism

Are restrictions on frontier models really driven by national-security concerns?

Why China's AI model export rethink may force India to revisit AI strategy

China is considering limiting overseas access to its frontier AI models after a similar US move, signalling that advanced AI is increasingly being treated as a strategic national asset

AI real threat to GCCs handling low-cost, repetitive work: CEA Nageswaran

Highlighting the evolution of India's GCC ecosystem, the CEA said multinational companies initially came to India for lower costs but stayed because of the country's capabilities

AI has no capacity for originality, zero role in literature: Salman Rushdie

Celebrated author Salman Rushdie does not believe AI has any role to play in creative work as it has no capacity for originality. The Booker-winning author spoke about AI before accepting Liberatum's 14th Cultural Honor at a ceremony in London on July 8. "Nothing. Zero," Rushdie told Variety when asked what part AI should play in creative work. "It's not useful to creative work because AI has no capacity for originality. What it can do is suck up enormous amounts of information and produce versions of that. But what it can't do is something nobody's done before. And that's what art is, is to find things people haven't done before. So, I mean I have less than zero interest in AI." "Art at its best is a lot more than entertainment. It's challenging. And you challenge people, sometimes people don't like it, but that is all the more reason for doing it." Rushdie, who had once collaborated with director Deepa Mehta to adapt "Midnight's Children for the 2012 film, also discussed the she

China asks users to update Claude Code over 'backdoor' security risk

China's National Vulnerability Database alleged that certain versions of Anthropic's AI coding tool may transmit sensitive user information without consent and advised users to update or uninstall it

OpenAI set to launch most capable GPT model after delayed rollout

The release of OpenAI's most advanced AI model was delayed after US government requests amid growing concerns over the misuse of powerful artificial intelligence technologies

OpenAI gets US govt's approval for broad rollout of advanced GPT-5.6 model

OpenAI expects to release GPT 5.6 more widely this week following additional testing and meetings with US government officials, the report ‌said