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'Misanthropic and evil': Elon Musk takes swipe at Anthropic in AI bias row

Elon Musk criticised Anthropic after its major fundraising announcement, accusing the company's AI systems of bias and intensifying an ongoing rivalry between the two firms

Nvidia likely to lease data centre funded by $3.8 billion junk-bond sale

Nvidia is set to lease a Nevada data center financed by a $3.8 billion junk-bond sale, underscoring the borrowing surge tied to AI infrastructure

AI agents go mainstream, but most firms lack proper oversight: Report

Microsoft's Cyber Pulse Report shows AI agents are now widely used across enterprises, but fewer than half of firms have GenAI security controls in place

Asian shares trading low after Wall Street losses on AI-related worries

Asia shares were trading mostly lower Friday, tracking sharp Wall Street losses on a sell-off of technology-related stocks that investors fear could lose out from artificial intelligence disruptions. U.S. futures were mostly unchanged. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 0.8 per cent to 57,165.13 on Friday, after it passed the 58,000 mark for the first time early Thursday. SoftBank Group, which has a focus on AI, fell 6.8 per cent even as the company reported a quarterly profit Thursday building on its investments in OpenAI, among other gains. South Korea's Kospi rose 0.4 per cent to 5,545.49, after crossing 5,500 on Thursday, driven by gains in technology-related stocks. Samsung Electronics, the Kospi's largest listed company, was up 1.2 per cent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.8 per cent to 26,547.97. The Shanghai Composite index was down 0.7 per cent to 4,105.04. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 traded 1.4 per cent lower at 8,919.30. On Thursday, Wall Street saw sharp losses as AI worries ...

Most white-collar jobs will be automated in 12-18 months: Microsoft AI CEO

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns AI will automate most white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as the company pushes self-sufficiency and expands into healthcare AI

Nifty IT index tanks 10% in 2 days; TCS, Infy, Wipro slump to 52-week lows

The Nasdaq IT services basket has corrected meaningfully, dragging Indian IT ADRs lower and triggering a risk-off sentiment that has spilled into domestic markets, said ICICI Securities.

NITI Aayog calls for AI-led overhaul of India's tech services industry

NITI Aayog says India's tech sector must shift to AI-driven, IP-led and outcome-based models, warning that the traditional labour-heavy IT services approach will not sustain future growth

IBM to triple entry-level hiring in US in 2026 with roles recast for AI era

While the company declined to disclose specific hiring figures, it said the expansion will be 'across the board', affecting a wide range of departments

India's next Cloud layer could orbit above Earth as AgniKul prepares AI hub

Chennai-based space tech start-up will use its patented upper-stage platform to host AI data modules in orbit, with NeevCloud as its first customer

Cybersecurity as priority: Indian enterprises must prioritise preparedness

Cybersecurity now defines business resilience in India, as rising AI risks, insider threats and escalating attacks push firms to embed security into core strategy

IIT Bombay, Columbia Univ to set up AI centre for manufacturing innovation

Joint centre, initiated by Union Education Ministry, will build scalable, human-centric AI systems for manufacturing sectors including semiconductors and robotics

BharatGen to launch 17B-parameter multilingual AI model at AI Impact Summit

The government-backed BharatGen programme will showcase its 17-billion-parameter 'Param2' model at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, focusing on Indian languages and public-sector use cases

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

Nifty IT index tumbles over 4%; TCS, Wipro, Cyient, Hexaware hit 52-wk lows

TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Coforge, Tech Mahindra, Persistent Systems, HCL Technologies, LTIMindtree and Mphasis were down in the range of 4 per cent to 5 per cent in intra-day trade on Thursday.

China's ByteDance to launch AI chip, negotiating production with Samsung

The information about ByteDance's in-house chip project is inaccurate, a spokesperson for the company said in a statement, without elaborating

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

ChatGPT caricature trend 2026: Why these 3D-style images are everywhere

Social media is being suddenly overtaken by a new AI trend that is more individualised than the usual photo filters. The trend's rapid spread can be attributed to this mix of familiarity and fun

Anthropic AI engineer quits to pursue career in poetry: 'World in peril'

Mrinank Sharma's work included studying AI sycophancy and its causes, developing safeguards to reduce risks from AI-assisted bioterrorism, and implementing those safeguards

Alphabet issues rare $11 billion 100-year bond to fund AI: What it means

Alphabet has raised over $11 billion through global bond sales, including a rare 100-year bond, as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence and long-term technology investments

AI Summit 2026: Here are the seven chakras guiding India's AI roadmap

As India prepares to host the AI Impact Summit 2026, seven chakras will guide global leaders on building safe, inclusive and sustainable AI systems