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NTT DATA to reskill all employees in India to make AI-native developers

NTT DATA aims to reskill all its employees in India to become AI-native developers, leveraging the country's vast engineering talent pool to scale Gen AI capabilities globally, a company spokesperson has said. It also intends to tailor its services to meet the country's unique requirements for cost sensitivity and data sovereignty/confidentiality, according to another company spokesperson. The global IT services company, which offshores engineering resources from India, currently employs over 40,000 individuals in the country. "India is one of the most important countries for the future... we have more than 40,000 employees in India, and our plan is to reskill all of them in order to be... AI-native developers," Carlos Galve, Head of the Global Generative AI Office, NTT DATA Corporation, told PTI. The reskilling programme will focus on boosting productivity to support global projects. "...the same number of people who can support, for example, 10 projects... can support 20 or 100

Adani plans $5 bn investment in Google AI data hub in South India: CFO

The details of the investment are still being finalized, Singh told reporters at an event in Mumbai. Adani Enterprises Ltd. last month announced a partnership with Alphabet Inc., via AdaniConneX Pvt

Meta introduces India-focused features for IG Reels, Edits app: What's new

Meta is rolling out expanded AI translations for Instagram Reels and new Indian-language fonts on the Edits app, giving creators more ways to localise and customise their content

Explained: Why China's lead in open source AI models is a concern for US

Over 80 per cent of surveyed information technology decision-makers reported that at least a quarter of their company's AI platforms are based on open source

SoftBank hits $64 bn retail bond mark to drive Masayoshi Son's AI vision

SoftBank is close to raising $64 billion through retail bonds, giving Masayoshi Son more funds for major AI projects, including its role in the $500 billion Stargate initiative

Opera Neon adds one-minute deep research mode, Google Docs support and more

Opera's Neon browser now offers a one-minute Deep Research mode for faster summaries, along with Google Docs integration for the Do agent and new AI model choices in Neon Chat

Perplexity debuts AI shopping assistant to rival tools from Google, OpenAI

Perplexity has launched its conversational shopping assistant with guided product discovery and PayPal-powered checkout, competing with tools from Google and OpenAI

ChatGPT: OpenAI brings together voice and text modes in default chat window

ChatGPT Voice now works directly inside chats, letting users talk to the assistant while viewing messages, images and maps without switching to a separate interface

Microsoft to take down Copilot from WhatsApp starting Jan 15: What changes

Copilot will stop working on WhatsApp from January 15, 2026, with Microsoft directing users to its mobile, web and Windows apps as Meta blocks AI chatbots on its platform

Meta in talks to spend billions on Google's chips against Nvidia: Report

The talks also involve Meta renting chips from Google Cloud as early as next year and are part of Google's broader push to get customers to adopt its tensor processing units (TPUs)

Tech firms must embrace AI fast or risk falling behind: KPMG report

AI can unlock $178 billion for tech firms, but the gap between potential and realised value remains wide, says KPMG International's report

OpenAI now prototyping its first AI device, launch in 'less than 2 years'

OpenAI and Jony Ive have confirmed that their first AI hardware product has entered prototyping, with the design now locked in and a launch expected in under two years

Oakley Meta HSTN AI glasses go on sale in India from Dec 1: Price, features

Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses arrive in India on December 1 with eight-hour battery life, built-in Meta AI, 3K video recording support and multiple India-specific features

93% of Indian biz surveyed see positive returns on AI investment in 3 years

Nearly 93 per cent of Indian organisations surveyed expect positive returns on their AI investments in less than three years, underlining the rising confidence of businesses in value and potential of Artificial Intelligence, according to SAP Value of AI Report 2025. Driving the AI momentum, businesses across the country are investing an estimated USD 31 million in AI this year - ahead of global average - with focussed spending on software, infrastructure, talent, and consulting, SAP said. "Indian businesses are investing USD 31 million in AI across IT, infrastructure, talent, and consulting, ahead of the USD 26.7 million global average," said the report released by enterprise application software and business AI firm. Unveiled at SAP's flagship event, TechEd 2025, the Value of AI Report 2025, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, surveyed 1,600 senior business leaders across eight countries, including 200 respondents from India, according to a release. The AI adoption study relea

Alibaba's Qwen storms past 10 million downloads, takes on global AI giants

Qwen, Alibaba's new AI assistant, saw over 10 million downloads in a week, boosting the company's push to build a powerful AI app that can compete with ChatGPT

Nifty IT index jumps 2%; what's driving IT stocks higher today? Find here

Analysts attributed the up move to a pullback rally after sharp declines in past sessions. The index is currently 22.72% below its 52-week high of 46,088.90 and is down about 14.8% so far this year.

The AI boom has found another gear: Why can't people shake their worries?

It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It's enough to make some people very nervous

Amazon vs Perplexity: Drawing the AI line in a growing ecommerce debate

Should AI agents be given a free hand? Spat between Amazon and Perplexity AI has ignited a raging debate which may well shape the future of ecommerce

Perplexity releases AI-powered Comet browser for Android: Check details

Perplexity has launched its AI-native Comet browser for Android, bringing voice input, cross-tab summaries and built-in AI assistance to mobile users

OpenAI's rise pushes banks to expand equity research into private markets

The banks are aiming to capture the potential impact of unlisted competitors of the stocks they follow, as well as to sate a relentless investor appetite for insights into their performance