Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic's dispute with US govt emerges as risk factor for Figma, others

Design software maker Figma Inc. said it may harm its ability to sell to the government if Anthropic continues to be declared a 'supply chain risk'

Meta AI gets Gemini Live-like conversational feature, live visual feed

Meta AI's new capabilities allow the chatbot to hold real-time contextual conversations with the user and take live camera feed as input, similar to what Google offers with its Gemini Live interface

South Korean startup trains humanoid robots using human workers' skills

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to do the same. The hotel chain is one of many companies South Korean artificial-intelligence startup RLWRLD (pronounced "real world") is working with to create an extensive library of human expertise, harvested from skilled workers across industries, to develop AI brains for robots that could be coming to industrial sites and homes. It collects similar data from logistics workers at CJ, capturing how they grip, lift and handle goods in warehouses, and from staff at a Japanese convenience store chain Lawson, tracking how they organise food displays. The goal is to build an AI software layer that can work in robots across a range of factories and other work sites in coming years, before potentially expanding into homes. ...

Fractal cofounder sees opportunity in partnering OpenAI, Anthropic

Fractal co-founder Srikanth Velamakanni said the company expects to benefit as OpenAI and Anthropic accelerate efforts to embed AI tools across enterprise workflows

IMD launches two AI-enabled monsoon forecast models for first time in India

IMD says 2026 monsoon likely to reach parts of south Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea and Andaman & Nicobar Islands by the weekend

AI ads face ASCI test as draft rules target deepfakes, misleading claims

The guidelines also state that AI-driven paid or sponsored product suggestions would need to be specifically labelled as "sponsored by". ASCI has sought feedback by June 13

HrdWyr raises $13 mn to scale AI-native chips for edge devices globally

The Indian semiconductor startup is developing AI-native processors for appliances, EVs and industrial systems that process data closer to where it is generated

Google reports its first discovery of a zero-day exploit made with AI help

Google says threat actors likely used AI tools to identify and develop a zero-day exploit, marking what it describes as the first known case of its kind

Why Apple has agreed to pay $250 million over AI-powered Siri

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit. It accused Apple of false advertising regarding its AI features. Watch the video to know more.

Fractal Analytics Q4 result: Profit doubles to ₹116 cr, revenue rises 17%

AI company Fractal Analytics on Tuesday said its consolidated profit after tax has doubled to Rs 116 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2026, driven by growth in the healthcare and life sciences segment. The company had posted profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 55.5 crore in the same period a year ago, Fractal Analytics said. "Growth was spearheaded by the Healthcare and Life Sciences (HLS) segment, which grew 82 per cent YoY in Q4 and 66 per cent for the full year. The Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) segment followed with 32 per cent full-year growth," Fractal Analytics, Group CEO, Srikanth Velamakanni said. The consolidated revenue from operations of Fractal Analytics grew by 17 per cent to Rs 886 crore during the reported quarter, from Rs 757.5 crore in the March 2025 quarter. "We were selected as a strategic execution partner by a top five US life sciences company to deliver two flagship AI companions across commercial pharma marketing and field excellence,

Gathered proof of Altman's dishonesty for a year: Ex-OpenAI exec Sutskever

The testimony comes in 3rd week of a trial that could determine the future of OpenAI, which has been raising billions of dollars from investors to build its computing power ahead of potential IPO

AI-driven layoffs? Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs: Know why

Cloudflare is set to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally, reducing about 20 per cent of the workforce, as it restructures operations around adopting artificial intelligence tools.

Adani calls for India to build, power, and own AI infra on home soil

Billionaire Gautam Adani said on Monday that energy security and digital infrastructure would define geopolitical power in the coming decades, as he called on India to build sovereign capabilities across the artificial intelligence value chain. Addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) Annual Business Summit 2026, the chairman of the Adani Group said the assumptions underpinning decades of globalisation were being dismantled amid rising geopolitical fragmentation. "The world that is emerging is not flat. It is fractured and contested," Adani said. "Semiconductors have become instruments of statecraft. Data is being treated as a national resource. Clouds are being weaponised. And Artificial Intelligence is being built behind the protective walls of data centres." Referring to recent geopolitical conflicts and attacks on infrastructure, Adani said "energy security and digital security are now the twin pillars of national power." "The country that controls its energy wil

OpenAI to alert 'Trusted Contact' if it detects potential self-harm risk

OpenAI has introduced a 'Trusted Contact' feature in ChatGPT that can alert a chosen person if conversations suggest serious self-harm or emotional distress

Our 'screenified' future: How screens turned people into performers online

The book is at its strongest when Garber gets hyperspecific, forcing the reader to wrestle with the fact that the far-reaching power of the screen has touched all parts of life

Flipkart deploys AI tools to scale small-town sellers across India

Walmart-owned Flipkart is using AI-powered dashboards and regional-language support to help Tier 2 and 3 sellers expand nationally ahead of a planned IPO

US official urges India-US tech cooperation avoiding adversarial dependence

India and the US must be guided by the principles of openness and avoid any dependencies on adversarial nations to fully realise the potential of areas such as artificial intelligence, a senior US official said here on Friday. Addressing the US-India AI and Emerging Technology Forum, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bethany Morrison said the US wants to make sure that countries in the region have access to world-class technology and get that integrated into society to deliver the best value and results for their people. "But in order to fully realise the benefits of this incredible technology, we must be guided by the principles of openness, as well as focus on our security and our interoperability, and avoid any dependencies on adversarial nations," Morrison said at the event organised by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, ORF America and the Motwani Jadeja Foundation. She said the private sector has already invested more than USD 300 billion in the development of AI .

Rajnath Singh asks armed forces to preserve 'element of surprise'

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged the armed forces to strengthen AI, cyber, and autonomous capabilities while maintaining strategic unpredictability

All about Pathfinder, India’s first orbital data centre being built by Pixxel and Sarvam

India is set to build its first orbital data centre satellite, with Pixxel and Sarvam announcing the ‘Pathfinder’ mission that will process data directly in space.

Cars24 posts first-ever quarterly profit on strong growth in core business

SoftBank-backed auto-tech firm posts ₹20 crore adjusted EBITDA profit in Q4 as lending, retail sales and ownership services expand