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Valuation of AI stocks, volatility pose risks for investors: Fund managers

Fund managers at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit flagged AI stock valuation risks and urged investors to focus on disciplined asset allocation, long-term fundamentals amid market volatility

Top bank chiefs urge shift from AI pilots to real-world use in banking

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, bank chiefs from IndusInd Bank, RBL Bank and IDFC First Bank discussed how AI can transform lending, improve productivity and customer experience

India must be part of AI safety regulation talks, says IndiaAI Mission COO

IndiaAI Mission COO Sudeep Shrivastava calls for wider consultation on AI safety rules, while IIT Jodhpur professor Mayank Vatsa flags a lack of indigenous benchmarks

What happens when AI learns from info increasingly shaped by AI itself?

As AI-generated material spreads and chatbots become gateways to information, a new challenge is emerging: distinguishing original evidence from content repeatedly summarised and rewritten by machines

From data localisation to AI localisation: Why inference is moving to India

As AI moves into regulated industries, companies are looking beyond where data is stored to where models process it. In-country inference is emerging as a new layer of AI sovereignty

Chatbots to always-on AI: Why OpenAI, Meta, Google want persistent agents

OpenAI, Meta and Google are moving AI beyond task-specific agents towards persistent systems that can handle multiple jobs, retain context, access apps and continue working in the background

ASCI issues guidelines for labelling synthetically generated content in ads

The new ASCI guidelines specify when advertisers must disclose synthetically generated content, which uses are prohibited and when labels are not required for AI-generated materials

Trump renames AI 'Super Intelligence', calls it 'much bigger than internet'

Trump has directed the federal government to use 'Super Intelligence' instead of AI, while major technology firms agreed to a voluntary pact outlining four layers of safety measures

Flipkart Ventures invests in AI startups Alive, Keploy to drive growth

The two startups will receive capital support, strategic mentorship, operational expertise and access to Flipkart's broader ecosystem to help them build and scale

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

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

Microsoft opens data centre in Telangana amid AI infra expansion push

Microsoft's India South Central data centre region is now live in Telangana, as the state targets 5 GW of capacity and around $30 billion in AI and digital infrastructure investment by 2029

Why human oversight remains crucial as AI agents become more autonomous

AI agents can browse, shop and make calls for users, but changing websites, unexpected human responses and real-world uncertainty mean human intervention remains part of the process

WHO calls for stronger ethics oversight of AI-related health research

AI can accelerate health research, but the WHO warns that existing oversight may not fully address emerging risks involving data, bias and accountability

AI agents are turning past work into test beds and reusable knowledge

As AI agents take on more complex work, researchers are exploring ways to turn past tasks into reusable knowledge, procedures and testing environments for other agents

India's 'anti-AI' tag challenged as 42 AI enablers surge 60%: Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs argues that if you look beyond the index, there are at least 42 AI enablers that have rallied 60 per cent.

How smart home is becoming interface between AI agents and physical world

Google, Amazon, Samsung and Apple are connecting AI agents with smart home devices, making home platforms an increasingly important interface between AI and the physical world

AI wearables can listen and watch but people around them never opted in

As AI gives wearables the ability to listen, see and interpret their surroundings, the privacy question is expanding beyond the person wearing the device to everyone within its reach

AI is calling: How India plans to tell legitimate automated calls from spam

As AI voice agents become more common, Trai's new rules aim to separate legitimate business calls from spam, scams, and impersonation attempts

Brics 2026: PM Modi warns against weaponising technology, critical minerals

As the two-day Brics Summit concluded, Modi stressed resilient supply chains and inclusive technology, while Xi proposed initiatives spanning AI, trade and manufacturing