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Amazon considers selling in-house AI chips to firms amid demand surge

The disclosure offers a rare glimpse into the scale of Amazon's in-house chip operation, which produces general-purpose computing and AI accelerators

OpenAI releases new policy blueprint to prevent digital child abuse

Framework targets AI-generated abuse content, strengthens reporting systems and embeds safety-by-design measures to detect and prevent misuse, initially focusing on child protection in the US

TCS renews multi-year partnership with UK retailer Marks & Spencer

IT major to support Marks & Spencer's AI-led digital transformation as the retailer accelerates its omnichannel strategy and invests in future-ready technologies

Anthropic Mythos AI: What it means for Indian IT stocks and cybersecurity

Anthropic's latest AI model, Mythos, marks a shift from general-purpose AI to domain-specific intelligence-particularly in cybersecurity. Motilal Oswal sees limited immediate disruption to Indian IT

AI investment hits $800 billion, India emerges as key applications hub

SenseAI report shows capital concentrating in mega-rounds, with Indian startups scaling AI applications rapidly and reaching revenue early as value shifts to the application layer

Nearly 86% startups increase AI spend, says Elevation Capital report

In addition, more than half expect to double their spend, reflecting a strong and growing conviction in AI's role in driving future growth

India searches shift to AI, work-life balance, culture: Kantar 2026

Google searches of 2025 diversified across bhajan clubbing and coffee rave parties to AI upskilling and safe internet

India's leapfrog moment: A coordinated push can reshape growth path

As India nears the $3,000 per capita mark, a coordinated push in skills, clean energy and AI could help it leapfrog the middle-income trap

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google join hands to combat AI model copying in China

Rare collaboration signals concern that China-based users are cloning their AI models, threatening prices, stealing customers, and raising serious national security risks

OpenAI urges grid, safety net spending to prepare for AI-driven changes

Many of the proposals are tied to social change driven by AI, which some fear could lead to widespread job losses

How AI is supercharging legal services

Looking at the intersection of law, AI and business strategies with Nikhil Narendran, Partner, TMT, Trilegal and Head of its Digital Innovation Group.

India evolving into core AI-play; SMIDs to drive innovation: Prateek Indwar

The SmallCap and MidCap space will drive innovation as companies in this space are agile enough to build around AI-native stack, said Indwar

Companies must take responsibility: Nites flags AI-driven layoffs

IT employees' body NITES has exhorted tech firms to prioritise reskilling over layoffs, while calling for policy intervention to bring stronger safeguards and mandatory severance norms to protect white-collar workers, as aggressive AI build-outs by industry trigger job cuts and uncertainty for workforce. Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has argued that although tech profits remain strong, weakening job security raises serious questions about corporate responsibility and accountability. "First, companies must take responsibility. If they are investing in AI, they should also invest in reskilling their existing workforce," NITES president Harpreet Singh Saluja told PTI. Job cuts should be the last option, not the first, he said, urging policymakers to intervene immediately, to shield workers by enforcing clear workplace guidelines on layoffs, mandatory notice periods, fair severance, and employer accountability. "India still lacks strong legal protection for ..

Gujarat HC bars use of AI for decision-making, drafting of judgment

The Gujarat High Court has prohibited the use of Artificial Intelligence for any form of decision-making, judicial reasoning, order drafting or judgment preparation, bail sentencing considerations, or any substantive adjudicatory process. According to the high court's AI policy, unveiled on Saturday at a conference of district judiciary judges in Gujarat, AI should be used to improve the speed and quality of justice delivery, rather than as a replacement for judicial reasoning. As per the policy, these technologies "carry substantial risks - including hallucinations, bias, confidentiality breaches, and erosion of judicial independence - that must be managed with care and institutional discipline". It says that by confining AI to the narrowest conceivable role, purely anonymised, metadata-driven case allocation and research of legal principles, "human supremacy in justice delivery is reaffirmed and limited technological assistance is harnessed to reduce administrative imbalances that

Nomura downgrades India equities to neutral on oil, AI and inflow risks

Brokerage flags risks from elevated oil prices, slowing domestic inflows and India's weak positioning in AI, even as valuations remain stretched versus regional peers

China charts a different path on AI: Late-mover advantage holds promise

For India, it may be prudent to focus on applications that advance economic and social aims rather than chase the magic bullet of AGI

AI's dangerous turn: Weaponisation of surveillance is an undeniable reality

Anthropic is unhappy about fully autonomous weapons, claiming frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough at this instant to power fully autonomous weapons

Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan for AI, cybersecurity push

Microsoft will collaborate with Japanese firms including SoftBank and Sakura Internet to expand domestic AI computing capacity

Microsoft aims to develop large cutting-edge AI models by next year

Microsoft is assembling the com- puting horsepower to build more broadly capable models, Suleyman said

Gauging disruption: AI studies highlight labour-market inequality

If entry-level roles shrink because of AI, the pathway for skill accumulation itself may be disrupted