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AI, rising costs, climate change among key youth concerns: WEF report

The WEF's survey of nearly 4,600 young people from 489 locations worldwide found that half viewed inflation and economic instability as the greatest threats to their lives

Increasing discomfort: AI and social media need new norms of regulation

The Grok controversy shows how fast-moving AI is outpacing laws, forcing governments to rethink how to curb explicit content without undermining free speech

Indian IT leaders back agentic AI, see it augmenting talent: Report

Indian IT leaders are betting big on agentic AI adoption for business growth compared to the leading western market, where focus is on enhancing traditional efficiency, a survey report by technology consultancy firm Thoughtworks said. The company has claimed to cover 3,500 C-suite and senior IT decision makers across seven countries, including 500 in India. The report said, 48 per cent of Indian leaders identify agentic AI, autonomous systems capable of acting, reasoning, and adapting independently as their primary AI priority. "India leads the world in agentic AI adoption at 48 per cent, creating a clear divergence from Western markets like the US (28 per cent) and Australia (23 per cent), which remain focused on traditional efficiency," the report said. According to the report, the focus of leadership on the adoption of agentic AI signals a decisive shift, reflecting that Indian enterprises are not just adopting AI tools; they are preparing for AI-led business models. The survey

Grok imagery row: X admits mistake, likely to comply with Indian norms

X has accepted its mistake, and said it will comply with Indian laws, sources said, adding that in future, the platform will not allow obscene imagery

Lenovo plans to design, manufacture, and export AI servers from India

Global technology major Lenovo is planning to transform India into a key export hub for its infrastructure business, with plans to design and manufacture artificial intelligence (AI) servers in the country for global markets, a top company executive has said. Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of CES 2026, Scott Tease, VP and General Manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group at Lenovo, said the company will utilise its Bengaluru development lab to design AI server systems that will subsequently be manufactured at its Pondicherry facility for both domestic consumption and export. "We are going to be designing a lot of our one- and two-socket systems... think of those as the workhorses of AI in the future. We are going to be designing them in India. Once we have designed and engineered them, we are going to be manufacturing them there as well. It is going to be an important part of Lenovo's value chain... "...our initial focus in India is India for India, but given geographic proximity, t

Lenovo, Nvidia unveil AI Gigafactory programme to fuel enterprise scaling

Global technology major Lenovo and chip giant NVIDIA at CES 2026 unveiled the AI Cloud Gigafactory programme to enable AI cloud providers to speed up the rollout of production-ready AI services and improve return on investments. The new programme enables AI cloud providers to reach time to first token (TTFT) within weeks by speeding up the setup of gigawatt-scale AI factories using pre-built components, expert support, and streamlined construction methods. "Together, Lenovo and NVIDIA are pushing the boundaries of AI factories to the gigawatt level, simplifying the deployment of cloud-scale infrastructure that moves AI intelligence into production faster, with greater efficiency and predictability. "With Lenovo's industry leading Neptune liquid cooling technology, global manufacturing and service capabilities, the Lenovo AI Cloud Gigafactory with NVIDIA sets a new benchmark for scalable AI factory design, enabling the world's most advanced AI environments to be deployed in ...

Lenovo aims to double India business in 3 years; bets on AI, smartphones

Global technology major Lenovo aims to double its business in India over the next three years, banking on a surging Motorola smartphone segment and "high double-digit" growth in its infrastructure and services verticals, according to a senior company official. Lenovo Asia Pacific President Amar Babu believes Lenovo's future growth trajectory will be fuelled by domestic consumption and the "India for the world" innovation strategy. "Lenovo in India is a growth story. And the opportunity exists to sustain that growth story across all our businesses. Our Motorola business has done exceedingly well. We've more than doubled our revenues in the last two years. Our infrastructure business is growing in high double digits. "Our services and solutions business are growing in high double digits. Our hope and our vision is that we'll be able to double our business in the next three years. "And if we are able to achieve that, of course, with the right level of innovation, infrastructure and ..

Musk's Grok faces global backlash over sexualised images of women, children

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool. On Tuesday, Britain's top technology official demanded that Musk's social media platform X take urgent action while a Polish lawmaker cited it as a reason to enact digital safety laws. The European Union's executive arm has denounced Grok while officials and regulators in France, India, Malaysia and Brazil have condemned the platform and called for investigations. Rising alarm from disparate nations points to the nightmarish potential of nudification apps that use artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit deepfake images. Here's a closer look: **Image generation The problem emerged after the launch last year of Grok Imagine, an AI image generator that allows users to create videos and pictures by typing in text prompts. It includes a so-called spicy mode

We need capabilities across entire AI value chain, says IndiaAI CEO

Nationwide labs, startups, and academia being mobilised to develop full-stack AI

AI Impact Summit's focus is to give voice to Global South: IndiaAI CEO

India's value lies in building products on top of indigenous models developed with locally developed parameters, says Abhishek Singh

India, Malaysia, France hit out at X over 'offensive' Grok images

Over the past two weeks, an increasing number of users on the platform have requested Grok to create images and to morph photographs of women and children in a sexual context

AI bubble concerns, policy splits cast shadow over Asian stocks in 2026

The investment frenzy over AI played a key role in driving Asian stocks' outperformance versus their global peers last year

TV at 100: From passive viewing to an interactive, AI-driven future

TV has come a long way since its first avatar in 1926 - and its purpose is being re-imagined once again

AI a 'big opportunity', benefits must reach all, says President Murmu

Describing Artificial Intelligence as a "big opportunity" for ushering in positive change, President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said it is essential to ensure that its benefits reach all sections of the society, especially the underprivileged. Addressing a programme organised by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, she observed that AI is emerging as a critical growth driver for India's economy and will contribute significantly towards the country's GDP, employment and productivity in the coming decades. AI should be utilised for reducing societal, economic and technological barriers, said the President. She pointed out that skills including data science, AI engineering and data analytics will play an influential role in developing the country's AI talent pool. "Artificial intelligence is emerging as a growth driver for India's economy. India is rapidly progressing towards becoming the world's third largest economy," she said. In the coming decades, AI will play a .

The global AI order is being written now and India has a seat at the table

At the India-AI Impact Summit in February, India must lead the global AI conversation - not with words, but with action

Zuckerberg's $14 bn AI hire Alexandr Wang makes Forbes 40 Under 40 list

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appointed Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang to head Meta Superintelligence Labs following a $14 billion investment, as the 28-year-old enters Forbes' 40 Under 40 list

Elon Musk's xAI buys third building to expand 'Colossus' data centre

Musk has already built one data center in Memphis, known as Colossus, and is currently constructing a second nearby site dubbed Colossus 2

Click Here: A timely reminder that marketing fundamentals are not outdated

In the ever-changing digital world, Click Here offers a refresher course that should be again and again to stay up to speed on the subject

2025: Artificial intelligence's breakout year, minus the breakthrough

Despite robust investment and experimentation, enterprises are still searching for scalable AI-driven value; 2026 could change that

Five reasons customer-specific AI will outperform generic models in 2026

As AI reshapes customer-facing decisions, models trained on enterprise data, policies and real interactions are emerging as more relevant, controllable and defensible than generic systems