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Mrunal Thakur warns of legal action over AI deepfakes using her image

Actor Mrunal Thakur has warned against using her image to make or share deepfake content. Her warning adds to the increasing number of Indian actors suing for identity theft caused by AI

India takes months to spot breaches as AI aids attackers move faster: IBM

IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 shows AI is accelerating cyberattacks while many Indian organisations still take months to detect breaches, increasing both financial losses and cyber risk

Ex-Swiggy, Zomato executives launch AI startup Profound, raise $1.5 mn

Profound helps users find career opportunities, make introductions and connect with employers

Sarvam AI set to raise ₹700 crore in Nvidia-led funding round: Report

The latest funding round will value Sarvam AI at around $1.51 billion post-money, bringing its total funding to nearly $349 million.

Anthropic brings Claude in-country inference to India via AWS cloud

Claude AI models will soon be available with in-country inference through Amazon Bedrock, enabling enterprises and government agencies to keep data within India

Google Earth's AI image rollback exposes trust crisis for digital evidence

Google Earth's rollback of an AI image generation feature has sparked a wider debate on whether generative AI belongs in maps, legal records, medical data and other systems people rely on as evidence

AI super apps explained: Why tech firms want one app for everything

AI super apps aim to combine search, content creation, work, shopping and automation in one interface. Here is why OpenAI, Google and Microsoft are building integrated AI platforms

LTM soars 8%, hits over 3-month high on huge volumes; surges 26% in 1 month

The stock price of LTM hit high of ₹4,715.50 in Monday's intra-day deals, its highest level since April 22, 2026. The stock has bounced back 34% from its 52-week low hit on June 30, 2026.

Property tech firms find new opportunities in real estate through AI

While AI boosts property sales and efficiency, buyers and experts agree human trust remains essential

IBM and Sarvam partner to accelerate sovereign AI adoption in India

IT major IBM and Indian AI firm Sarvam on Friday announced a partnership to accelerate the development and adoption of sovereign Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for the government and regulated enterprises in India. The partnership aims to demonstrate and pilot technologies tailored for central and state governments, public sector organisations and regulated industries, according to a company statement. The initiative will integrate IBM Sovereign Core, a software designed to enable control over data and governance, with Sarvam's sovereign AI stack, which features reasoning models and India-first language and voice AI trained locally from scratch. "Sovereign AI is not simply about where AI runs. It is about giving organisations control over how AI is governed, deployed, and operatedwe aim to help organisations operationalise sovereign AI and accelerate the journey from experimentation to production-scale outcomes," said Sriram Raghavan, General Manager, IBM Software, India

Nifty IT slips 4%; Persistent, Mphasis plunge 5%; why are tech stocks down?

Technology stocks witnessed some profit-taking on Friday following a 19% rally in the Nifty IT index this July.

India is being rediscovered as the premier anti-AI trade: Manish Bhandari

AI trade is unwinding from the inside. The largest hyperscalers are funding capex with debt at a scale that has turned free cash flows negative said Manish Bhandari, CEO at Vallum Capital.

Meta's AI splurge lays bare its compute conundrum, cash flow shrinks by 91%

Pressed by analysts for details on Meta's plans, Zuckerberg framed compute as a scarce strategic asset that the company should keep and build around, rather than simply sell for short-term profit

Sarvam open to govt owning stake in frontier model firms: Co-founder

Sarvam plans to launch a trillion-parameter AI model within six months and says it is open to government ownership as India advances its sovereign AI ambitions

Samsung chip profit jumps 250-fold, signs long-term AI supply deals

The company's net profit for the quarter ended June 30 climbed to 71.27 trillion won ($49.2 billion).

Perfect Dream Girl: A bold critique of tech, desire, and gendered power

Readers can expect discussions ranging from the influencer economy, deepfakes to AI girlfriends, algorithmic desire, & the male loneliness epidemic - all packaged as witty letters to a faceless man

AI stock correction reflects a more rational market reassessment

AI is transformative. People expect it to not only generate gargantuan profits but also to alter the way society functions

Imarticus acquires Singapore's BELLS to boost Southeast Asia presence

Ed-tech firm plans to make Singapore its regional learning hub as it prepares for a Rs 1,000 crore IPO and targets higher international revenue

Inside India's AI boom: Data centres, energy and the infrastructure race

India's AI boom is fuelling a race to build data centres, expand electricity networks and strengthen digital infrastructure. Here's why these facilities matter, how they work and the challenges ahead

AI singularity explained: Why tech leaders say it has already started

From Altman to Musk, AI leaders keep invoking singularity this year. Here is what the term actually means, and why experts remain unconvinced it has arrived