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Saaras V3 beats Gemini, GPT-4o on Indian speech benchmarks, says Sarvam AI

Sarvam said that its new speech recognition model recorded lower word error rates on IndicVoices and Svarah benchmarks, extending its earlier benchmark results in document and language tasks

AI Impact Summit 2026: How India plans to deploy, govern and procure AI

As India prepares to host the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, the focus shifts to how India plans to build and govern AI systems for public services through the IndiaAI Mission

India's enterprise AI boom is driving surge in data leakage risks: Report

India is a major source of enterprise AI traffic, but with rapid growth in data volumes comes parallel rise in data leakage incidents tied to AI tools, according to Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security

xAI co-founders Jimmy Ba, Tony Wu join exodus from Musk's AI startup

Wu announced his exit Monday in a post on X, without saying in the statement what he would be doing next. Ba followed a day later, saying it was his last day at xAI

Claude vs ChatGPT: Anthropic mocks OpenAI's ad plans at the Super Bowl

Claude's Super Bowl debut gently mocks OpenAI's plan to bring ads into ChatGPT, declaring "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude", and spotlighting a growing divide over AI monetisation models

Amazon plans AI use in film and TV production to cut rising studio costs

Amazon plans to use AI to speed up film and TV production, rein in rising studio costs and enhance creativity, while keeping writers, directors and actors at the centre of the process

Trillion-dollar tech wipeout ensnares stocks exposed to AI disruption fears

In the span of two days, hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off the value of stocks, bonds and loans of companies big and small across Silicon Valley

Nvidia CEO Huang dismisses fears over AI as stock selloff deepens

Huang said worries that AI will make software companies less relevant are misguided and AI will continue to rely on existing software

OpenAI fills safety job listed at $555,000 with hire from rival Anthropic

Altman named Dylan Scandinaro, who was previously listed as being on an AI safety team at Anthropic, in a post on the social media platform X

From aspiration to action: The promise of the India AI Impact Summit

The India summit seeks to bridge this divide by emphasising measurable results in healthcare, agriculture, education, climate action and governance

Oracle plans to raise up to $50 billion in 2026 for cloud buildup

Oracle is raising money to build additional capacity to meet the contracted demand from the company's largest cloud customers, including Advanced Micro Devices

Govt to provide AI tools, GPUs to universities, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Government to equip 500 universities with GPUs, datasets and AI tools under the IndiaAI Mission as it prepares for the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi next month

Retail banking: AI is changing the world, responsible adoption is crucial

Retail bankers say AI can reshape banking, but trust, governance, explainable models, and high-quality data are essential for safe and sustainable adoption

When devices think: Intelligent computing firmly comes to fintech

As fintech shifts to devices, AI, IoT, and on-device intelligence are transforming payments, lending, and fraud control, making devices central to the next phase of banking

Zero trust is pervasive, but gaps remain on emerging cybersecurity threats

As AI adoption accelerates, zero-trust security, continuous monitoring, and stronger customer awareness are critical to counter deepfakes, fraud, and evolving cyber threats

Mozilla bets $1.4 bn to tip balance of AI towards 'openness, agency, trust'

Mozilla says it is committing its financial reserves, products and community influence to counter the growing concentration of power in AI, as a handful of companies race to dominate the full AI stack

AI to replace repetitive jobs, create new opportunities: Science advisor

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disruptive technology and will replace a lot of repetitive jobs, but will also create new opportunities and India has to be prepared for this realignment, the government's top science advisor said. In an interview with PTI ahead of the AI Impact Summit, Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, said efforts are on to train the youth in this area of emerging technology. Sood also said the government is also establishing more AI and data labs in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to provide hands-on exposure to tools, data-set and problem-solving environments. "It's a new disruptive technology. Now, whenever a new technology comes, there is a job realignment. But at the same time, new jobs will open up," the top scientist said, citing the introduction of computers in the 1990s. "I see a huge future but people have to be ready for this change. In the 1990s, we never thought that all reservations would be done through a computer.

AI likely to contribute $550 billion to India by 2035 across sectors

The report noted that India could emerge as a global example of how developing economies can use AI in a way that is both transformative and fair

India 8th among 11 countries in investment in AI: WEF white paper

US, Singapore, S Korea and China are the top four, it says

300 exhibitors from 30 nations likely to feature in India-AI expo

Spain will send rectors from 80 universities to meet Indian counterparts during the AI World Summit in New Delhi in February, underscoring growing academic and research collaboration