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Mounting debt fuels AI data centre boom, raising fears of financial strain

Smaller outfits - far from household names, not nearly as wealthy but eager to get in on the AI boom - have started to build their own giant data centers

In the AI game: Maya1 shows developing useful tools need not cost a bomb

It supports over 20 controllable speaking styles, including natural patterns like hesitation, excitement, and warmth

Piyush Goyal meets Utah Senate president to boost AI, clean energy ties

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday met a business delegation led by President of the Utah State Senate J Stuart Adams and discussed enhancing collaborations in areas like AI, clean energy, minerals, biotech, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. Utah is a landlocked state in the western United States. "Discussions were held on strengthening the collaboration in various domains like AI, clean energy, minerals, academia and research, biotech, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing," Goyal said in a social media post. He said that immense potential is there to enhance economic ties between India and Utah.

How much of Silicon Valley's AI boom is powered by China's models?

Speculation has been stirring for months that low-cost, open-source Chinese AI models could lure global users away from US offerings. Now it appears they are also quietly winning over Silicon Valley

Superintelligence can result in catastrophic risks, warns OpenAI

Superintelligence typically refers to machines being more intelligent than the smartest humans

Salesforce to expand investments, operations in India, says Parameswaran

US-based IT firm Salesforce, which has witnessed multi-fold growth in its business and investment, will continue to invest and grow in India, as the country has the right set of talent pool available, its Executive Vice President and MD (South Asia) Arun Kumar Parameswaran said. Salesforce started operations in India in 2005 with its first centre of excellence in Hyderabad. Now, the company is spread to six locations in India with an annual revenue of USD 1 billion and a workforce of over 13,000. India is the second-biggest market for the company after the US. "We were about 2,500 in 2020...now, we have a headcount of over 13,000, over a five-fold jump...we will continue to invest and grow in India because the country has a lot of skills that everybody wants to hire," he told PTI in an interaction. Besides, he said the company has a proven track record of being able to deliver innovation at scale and speed. The global customer relationship management (CRM) technology solutions gian

Centre plans to set up AI governance group, expert panel by next month

The AIGG will bring together officials from several important ministries, including MeitY, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of External Affairs, among others

Some Nexperia chip shipments resume as Germany welcomes 'de-escalation'

Nexperia, Chinese-owned but based in the Netherlands, makes billions of simple but ubiquitous chips for cars and other electronics

Deepseek's Chen Deli makes first public appearance, warns of AI risks

The company has also emerged as a key player in China's efforts to build its own AI ecosystem and advance the domestic chip sector

Nvidia has no plans to ship AI chips to China amid standoff: Jensen Huang

The 62-year-old founder has repeatedly said he'd like to do more business in China, but political tensions between the American and Chinese governments have derailed those ambitions

India's AI adoption growing at record pace, momentum tripled: OpenAI

India is witnessing unprecedented growth in AI adoption, with momentum having tripled year over year, OpenAI's Oliver Jay said on Friday. Jay, Managing Director for International Strategy at OpenAI, said the momentum of AI adoption in India is driven by a young population eager to use frontier AI technologies. The momentum we see in India is incredible. We're seeing tremendous growth. The growth in India we've seen has tripled year over year. And so we're seeing a lot of that growth. When we think about India, we fundamentally believe that if you build for India, you can build for the world. India is really leading the adoption of the next generation. When you think about the population mix between 18 and 24 years old, that is a booming sector in India, Jay said, speaking at CNBC-TV18's Global Leadership Summit 2025. He highlighted how India's developers and businesses are actively engaged in deploying AI, which has also inspired features like the study mode in ChatGPT, tailored ba

US job cuts hit two-decade October high as AI and costs reshape firms

Companies announced 153,074 job cuts last month, almost triple the number during the same month last year and driven by the technology and warehousing sectors

Lenskart AI smartglasses to get Gemini AI, Snapdragon chip: What to expect

Lenskart's AI-powered smartglasses "B by Lenskart" will feature a Google Gemini 2.5-based assistant, Qualcomm's AR1 Gen 1 chip, built-in camera, UPI payments, and more

Google Maps gets Gemini as AI navigator and trip assistant: What's new

Google Maps is getting its biggest AI boost yet - with Gemini now handling navigation, voice assistance, landmark-based directions, and visual search

Paytm founder Sharma bets on AI-led revenue growth, cost-efficiency

Vijay Shekhar Sharma says AI will fuel Paytm's next phase of growth after cost efficiencies, as company eyes revenue opportunities from smart devices

MeshDefend raises $2.3 million to bring AI intelligence to enterprise data

Kalaari Capital leads the pre-seed round as the startup, founded by former Dell executives, builds an AI-native platform to secure and automate enterprise data infrastructure

AI ads: Blurring the line between information, recommendation and promotion

Google's decision to try out advertisements within its Gemini AI experience could change both revenue structures as well as how advertising is targeted, but it also raises several ethical questions

Google launches Project Suncatcher to test AI data centres in space

The project envisions a network of small satellites, each equipped with Google's custom-designed Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chips

AI marketing firm MoEngage secures $100 mn funding for global growth

Customer engagement platform plans to expand its technology suite and teams

India needs to find vocations least impacted by AI: CEA Nageswaran

He further added that AI is moving in an automation-centric direction, which is likely to replace labour, instead of taking a human-centric approach