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Labour Minister Mandaviya calls for continuous reskilling amid AI boom

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday highlighted the transformative potential of AI and emerging technologies and stressed the need for continuous reskilling and a future-ready industrial relations system that balances productivity with workers' skills, safety and participation. The Union Labour & Employment Minister was speaking at National Conference on Industrial Relations and Labour, organised by CII. He called for meaningful social dialogue between employers and workers, particularly as new technologies reshape the world of work, a CII statement said. Mandaviya also highlighted the role of the four Labour Codes in creating a modern, pro-growth framework while simplifying compliance for industry and strengthening protections for workers. The minister emphasised the importance of expanding social security coverage and building an inclusive labour ecosystem that reaches workers across the formal and unorganised sectors. Mandaviya called upon the government, industry, ...

Why India needs to keep its AI push going amid global calls for slowdown

As global AI firms debate slowing frontier development, India faces a different task of building compute, models and safeguards while closing gaps in AI ecosystem

China, US agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue, says Chinese FM

The leaders of the world's two largest economies ended a three-day ​summit that showcased personal diplomacy rather than big public breakthroughs

Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot

It allows users to edit Word or Excel documents within a Copilot app or browser tab, addressing a common gripe that Microsoft's assistant had only limited reach into its own productivity software

Donald Trump tells OpenAI, Anthropic to withhold models from UK agency

Trump's government wants to ensure US-made models are secure before they are shared with partners including the UK

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

Saaras V4: Sarvam AI's new speech model can transcribe 22 Indian languages

Since its launch, Sarvam AI's Saaras V4 has got technology enthusiasts talking. Here's what's new about the model

Talks on AI now centred on returns on investment, says Google executive

Companies are increasingly seeking measurable returns from AI investments as the focus shifts from experimentation and scaling to value, security and agentic transformation

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control AI

They also called for the world to make sure that the power of AI isn't concentrated in one company or country.

India-based research policy lab launched at UNGA to promote pro-worker AI

The Institute for Human Flourishing (IHF), an India-headquartered research and policy lab aimed at ensuring artificial intelligence (AI) creates economic opportunities for workers, was launched on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly week. Founded by entrepreneur Ravi Venkatesan and led by Chief Executive Officer Urvashi Aneja, the initiative is backed by The Rockefeller Foundation and Schmidt Philanthropies, and has received formal endorsement from the Government of India's Expert Group on Human Flourishing. Welcoming the initiative, MeitY Secretary S Krishnan said, "India's approach to AI has been anchored in inclusion-technology as a public good that expands opportunity for all. Building rigorous evidence on how AI can strengthen livelihoods, particularly in the informal economy, complements the government's efforts under the IndiaAI Mission." IHF will create a Livelihoods Lab that will run live, co-designed demonstrations of human-AI collaboration, alongside an

Trump to discuss AI with Xi but wants to 'leave it exactly where it is'

"A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big ​topic of discussion, but I ‌want to leave it exactly where it ​is," Trump wrote in a social media post,

Beyond phones: How Meta is building a hardware ecosystem around Muse AI

Meta is spreading Muse across smart glasses, a Neural Band, VR hardware and the new Charm device, distributing AI interaction across hardware rather than concentrating it on a smartphone

OpenAI agent breached Australian govt website in July: PM Anthony Albanese

The breach took place on July 18. The OpenAI agent had gained unauthorised access to a public-facing Medicare statistics portal

Worries about AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenario

In the event of AI taking over the internet - one of many doomsday scenarios receiving attention - that could mean attacks on electrical grids, water or transportation systems, financial institutions

AI doom fears overstated, global pause unrealistic: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu

Predictions that artificial intelligence could lead to catastrophic outcomes are overstated, and a global pause in AI development is unlikely, Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu said on Wednesday, while urging India to keep its strategic options open and invest heavily in foundational R&D across sectors. Vembu said India should pursue an independent approach to AI, building on partnerships without becoming locked into the emerging technology rivalry between the United States and China. "We must be friends with everybody, enemies with nobody and keep our options open," Vembu, Chief Scientist and Co-founder, Zoho, said in an interview with PTI. Vembu argued that any big tech company genuinely wanting to slow AI development is free to do so on its own; nothing stops one player from pacing itself without demanding the whole industry follow, he pointed out. Vembu was skeptical of calls by AI labs for an industry-wide pause, which, as per him, appeared to be less about safety and more a bid .

As AI agents grow more autonomous, India faces a safety-regulation test

Recent incidents involving autonomous AI systems have sharpened debate over whether India's principle-based framework needs binding rules for frontier models and stronger independent testing

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

Agentic AI widening cyber risks even as defence tools improve: Trellix MD

Frontier AI models are rapidly improving vulnerability detection but also giving threat actors greater scale, making contextual intelligence and faster action critical, warns Trellix's Ganesh Iyer

Anthropic and OpenAI roll out cheaper models amid intensifying AI race

Anthropic and OpenAI have launched cheaper AI models, Opus 5.5, and GPT-6 Sol and Luna, as the US firms face growing price pressure from Chinese rivals and demand for lower-cost AI rises