Artifical Intelligence

CCI to act against potential anti-competitive ways in AI space: Chairperson

Competition Commission is getting ready to take action against anti-competitive practices that might emerge in the artificial intelligence front, including algorithmic collusion, the regulator's chief Ravneet Kaur said on Monday. She said the watchdog is also looking at anti-trust issues in sports, civil aviation, paints and varnishes, and liquor sectors. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) keeps a tab on unfair business practices in the market place. "... we are getting ready to take action even on any anti-competitive practices which might emerge in the AI front. "So, we've identified potential anti-competitive conduct... which would be concentration in the AI value chain. It could be algorithmic collusion, targeted price discrimination, self-preferencing, or any opaqueness in the AI," Kaur said. Last year, CCI came out with a market study in AI and competition. Speaking at the 11th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law in the national capital, the CCI ...

Accel, Google AI Futures Fund back five startups in India AI program

Early-stage companies selected from more than 4,000 applicants will receive up to $2 million each and access to Google's AI models and computing resources

Deepfake attacks rise 900%, most women take 'no action': Report

Report flags sharp rise in AI-generated deception, with women disproportionately targeted and cybercrime complaints climbing sharply

AI rewrites the strategy for war, weapons as Iran conflict escalates

Artificial intelligence is accelerating the pace of warfare, reshaping targeting, surveillance and military strategy while spurring new defence technologies

After India AI Impact Summit, firms turn talk into business globally

A month after the India AI Impact Summit, startups report partnerships, product launches and global leads as India positions itself as a source of AI solutions

Race to deploy LLM tools must be matched by AI safeguards: Nicolas Miailhe

AI Safety Connect co-founders say safety frameworks must evolve as fast as tools built on large language models, warning that gaps between capability and control create systemic risks

India needs to develop SLMs alongside LLMs to ensure linguistic inclusion

A PSA white paper says India must develop small language models alongside large language models to ensure linguistic inclusion, affordability, energy efficiency and public-sector suitability

Trai proposes lower threshold for action on spam flagged by telcos' AI

Regulator proposes lowering complaint threshold for action on AI-flagged spam and seeks compliance with spam regulations from call management apps and phone diallers

Accenture announces new leadership for Reinvention Services division

Accenture has announced a new leadership team for its Reinvention Services division led by Manish Sharma as the company reorganises services to deliver AI-driven solutions

Anthropic's Claude can now make interactive charts and visuals in chats

Anthropic has updated its AI assistant Claude with the ability to generate interactive charts, diagrams and other visuals directly within conversations

Agentic AI next frontier in ads and commerce, says Google Ads VP

Google Ads Vice President Dan Taylor says agentic AI could transform shopping journeys and advertising by simplifying decisions and enabling seamless commerce across the web

How AI is reshaping modern warfare as US strikes targets at record speed

From analysing drone footage to selecting targets, AI tools are now playing a growing role in modern warfare, helping the US military carry out strikes faster during the ongoing conflict in Iran

Aurum PropTech sells Navi Mumbai commercial assets to fund AI push

Company plans to use proceeds from the Navi Mumbai asset sale to prepay debt and strengthen investments in artificial intelligence-led proptech platforms

Canva's 'Magic Layers' turns AI images into editable designs: What is it

Canva introduces Magic Layers, a feature that transforms flat images into editable designs, allowing users to move objects, change text and refine layouts directly in the editor

Getting to the AI frontier: India must move from access to leadership

India cannot remain only a user of AI systems shaped elsewhere

Adobe rolls out AI assistant in Photoshop, tools in Firefly Image Editor

Adobe has introduced an AI Assistant in Adobe Photoshop in public beta, alongside new AI-powered editing tools in the Adobe Firefly Image Editor

AI driving 'largest infra buildout', needs trillions in investment: Huang

: Artificial Intelligence is sparking the "largest infrastructure buildout in human history," requiring trillions of dollars in investment and creating massive demand for skilled blue-collar labour, NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang has said. In a recent blog post, Huang argued AI has evolved past being a simple application or a single model, and must now be viewed as essential infrastructure akin to electricity and the internet. "We have only just begun this buildout. We are a few hundred billion dollars into it. Trillions of dollars of infrastructure still need to be built. Around the world, we are seeing chip factories, computer assembly plants and AI factories being constructed at unprecedented scale. This is becoming the largest infrastructure buildout in human history," Huang wrote. Huang conceptualised AI as a "five-layer cake" comprising energy, chips, infrastructure, models, and applications. He emphasised that energy forms the foundational layer and remains the "binding

Amazon launches 'Health AI' to answer medical queries, manage records

Amazon introduces Health AI assistant on its website and app to answer health questions, explain medical records, manage prescriptions and connect users with One Medical providers

Sachin Katti: The former academic behind OpenAI's trn-dollar AI buildout

Katti, previously Intel's chief technology and AI officer, joined the ChatGPT maker in November to serve as its head of industrial compute

Anthropic tells judge billions of dollars at stake if US shuns AI tool

The startup made a case for urgency to US District Judge Rita F. Lin at a hearing in San Francisco a day after Anthropic sued the Defense Department over the supply-risk designation