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China urges US to ease AI chip export controls for trade deal: Report

The FT said China is concerned because the US HBM controls hamper the ability of Chinese companies such as Huawei to develop their own AI chips

China's AI hiring push targets university grads and overseas talent

Major Chinese employers have unveiled large campus recruitment drives this year, with roles heavily skewed towards AI and software disciplines

Avg data breach cost in India jumps 13% to ₹22 cr, highest for India: IBM

The average cost of an organisation for a data breach has risen 13 per cent to Rs 22 crore in 2025 from Rs 19.5 crore in the year-ago period, according to a report released on Thursday. However, despite the surge in costs, the security in artificial intelligence is still lacking, the report by global tech major IBM said. Phishing, or the act of sending fraudulent communication to extract personal information, is the top attack vector, with the usage in 18 per cent of incidents, followed by third-party vendor and supply chain promises at 17 per cent, while vulnerability exploitations accounted for 13 per cent. The research sector in India faced the highest impact from data breaches, with average cost reaching Rs 28.9 crore, closely followed by the transportation industry at Rs 28.8 crore and the industrial sector at Rs 26.4 crore. Amid the widespread use of AI, it said nearly 60 per cent of the breached organisations either don't have an AI governance policy or are still developing

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT 5 free, boosts coding and safety features

OpenAI's new flagship model ChatGPT 5 is now free for all users globally, offering faster reasoning, improved coding ability, and enhanced protections against deception

Travel aggregator MakeMyTrip targets 'Bharat' with GenAI travel assistant

Company aims to attract first-time online travel buyers from Bharat with voice-and-text GenAI planner, expanding reach as domestic tourism demand continues to rise

India's much-maligned factory floor gets a radical deep-tech makeover

Deep-tech startups target $1.3 trillion manufacturing goal with robotics, AI, and precision engineering, as Indian manufacturing gets a much-needed technological reboot

Demand for GenAI skills rises in India with 2.6 million Coursera learners

Logs 2.6 million enrolments as it rises to second spot after US

Google Gemini can now generate AI-illustrated 'storybook': How it works

Gemini's new 'Storybook' tool turns simple prompts into narrated, illustrated ten-page tales, customised with your photos, styles, and storytelling ideas

Agentic AI startups raise $2.8 billion in 2025, says Prosus report

Customer service and healthcare platforms lead agentic AI investments as firms adopt autonomous digital colleagues for 24/7 automation and data-driven workplace transformation

Why Big Tech is turning to nuclear energy to power the AI revolution

Technology giants are exploring nuclear energy as a sustainable solution to fuel the rapidly growing energy needs of AI-driven data centres

China eyes next TikTok boom as firms boost video production with AI

Analysts say AI video tools could transform content creation by boosting efficiency and making production more accessible

Apple's answer to ChatGPT-like AI search experience is in the works: Report

Apple reportedly forms new "Answers, Knowledge and Information" team to develop AI-powered chatbot capable of searching the web

Chip startup SiMa.ai lands $85 mn to power AI robots, autonomous cars

SiMa.ai raises $85 million to expand its physical AI platform and support the robotics, automotive, and industrial markets with specialized chips and software

Alphabet, Nvidia in talks to back AI firm Vast Data at $30 bn valuation

New York-based Vast Data builds storage systems for large AI data centres, optimising data transfer across GPUs like those from Nvidia. Clients include major names such as Elon Musk's xAI and CoreWeav

Meta ramps up AI spending as strong ad revenue supports bold strategy

Investors cheered the plan, sending shares up as much as 12 per cent to $779.34 after markets opened in New York on Thursday

Metaforms raises $9 mn to transform market research with AI automation

Backed by Peak XV Partners, Metaforms will triple its India team and expand AI capabilities for survey, voice, and report automation as it signs top global research firms

UP unveils AI push, to train 1 mn people monthly with Google, Microsoft

State to invest ₹10,700 crore in AI City project

China launches global AI body to rival US in $4.8 trillion tech race

No nameplate for the US was seen by Bloomberg News. The US Embassy in Beijing declined to comment on any official presence

NoBroker's Convozen AI unveils no-code platform for WhatsApp agents

Convozen's no-code platform enables brands to build and deploy multilingual, context-aware agentic bots on WhatsApp within 10 minutes using Meta's APIs

Google expands AI Mode with video input, PDF support and Canvas: What's new

Google upgrades AI Mode with video input in Search Live, Canvas for planning, PDF uploads for deeper search, and Chrome support for smarter webpage help