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Techno-feudal giants worldwide have upended the state-corporation balance

The West would like to believe that oligarchs exist only in Russia, but that isn't the case beyond ideology

Indian IT firms revive hiring, but AI talent shortage slows rebound

Indian IT firms are hiring again, but recruitment is increasingly focused on specialised AI roles. A shortage of job-ready talent is forcing companies to rely more on selective hiring and reskilling

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

Gen AI goes mainstream on smartphones, influences purchase decisions: CMR

AI is becoming central to the smartphone experience, with 71 per cent of Indian users reportedly using generative AI features and 59 per cent considering AI when buying a new device

Enterprises are scaling AI while their systems and workforce lag behind

From ageing servers to unprepared employees, new Kyndryl research shows enterprise AI is stalling on the same problem: readiness, not intelligence

Govt to soon start work on new legal framework for AI: IT Secy Krishnan

The government will soon begin stakeholder consultations on a dedicated legal framework for artificial intelligence as evolving AI capabilities require a separate regulatory regime, IT Secretary

Fallen on hard times: AI pressure is mounting on the Indian IT industry

AI-led disruption, weak client spending and the rise of GCCs are reshaping India's IT sector, weighing on earnings, hiring and stock valuations

AI was meant to cut costs. Why is it becoming the biggest new expense?

Firms embraced AI to boost productivity and cut costs; but with spending on subscriptions, infra and governance rising, is AI delivering returns, or simply creating another recurring business expense?

BIS flags AI spending boom as growing threat to global financial stability

Bank for International Settlements says AI has supported global growth, but warns that opaque financing, rising debt and trillion-dollar infrastructure spending could become a systemic financial risk

Recursive self-improvement explained: Is AI building AI the path to AGI?

AI systems are already writing the code used to build better AI. Researchers are now asking whether that feedback loop could produce a system capable of replacing its human builders entirely

AI will sharpen business cycles, increase stressed assets, says Sahoo

Former IBBI chief M S Sahoo said AI will make business cycles more frequent and sharp, increasing stressed assets and adding to the insolvency ecosystem's load

Fable 5 shutdown exposes geopolitics of AI access, risks of dependence

The Fable 5 episode is forcing companies globally and in India to rethink AI dependence, sovereign capabilities, and the risks of building on technologies they do not control

Amazon likely voiced concerns about Anthropic AI models before US crackdown

In a blog post, Anthropic said the US government told the company it believes there is a method of bypassing, or "jailbreaking," a safeguard against using the model to find cybersecurity holes

Why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants AI regulated like aviation and pharma

Anthropic chief Dario Amodei says advanced AI now poses public safety and national security risks, calling for mandatory testing and government oversight before deployment

Claude Fable 5 explained: What Anthropic's guarded frontier AI model can do

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 brings Mythos-class AI to public users with safeguards, while the full Mythos 5 model remains restricted to vetted organisations

Claude Fable 5: Anthropic launches Mythos-like AI model for public

According to Anthropic, Fable 5 delivers strong performance in software engineering, knowledge work and vision-related tasks

CPU vs GPU vs TPU vs NPU: Understanding the processors powering AI

As AI workloads become more demanding, specialised chips are taking centre stage. Here's how different processors work and where they fit in

OpenAI plans ChatGPT 'superapp' overhaul ahead of listing: Report

The changes are part of a broader reorganisation at OpenAI, as it shifts resources to target lucrative enterprise clients and intensify competition with rival Anthropic

Gujarat govt expands skill training for youth, introduces 'new-age' courses

The newly introduced technology-driven courses have been launched at 73 ITIs across the state, including 67 government ITIs, two grant-in-aid institutions, and four self-financed institutes

Chennai-born architect of Trump's AI policies to leave White House post

Chennai-born Sriram Krishnan, the architect of US President Donald Trump's policies on artificial intelligence, is stepping down from his role as senior policy adviser at the White House. The 42-year-old, who has had stints at Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter, made the announcement of leaving his role as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence in a post on X on Saturday. "I'll be leaving my role at the White House at the end of this month. After a break I'll be working on helping tackle some of the large challenges facing America on AI (more on that later)," Krishnan said. Krishnan was an architect of the Trump administration's "AI Action Plan", which provided a blueprint to roll back regulation of the emerging technology and promote the build-out of data centres across the country. He also was among Trump's tech advisers who crafted an executive order limiting states' ability to regulate AI. "It is hard to express how big a privilege it has been to serve the American peo