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Copyright protection: Better framework is needed for AI training

A central government-appointed body will collect and distribute these royalties while a separate committee will set rates, subject to judicial review

AI to push advertising volumes up to 18% in the next three to five years

Media buying executives said that the digital segment is expected to have the highest uplift in advertising volumes, followed by connected TV and streaming platforms

Nvidia considers increasing H200 chip output as Chinese demand surges

Major Chinese companies including Alibaba and ByteDance have already reached out to Nvidia this week about purchasing the H200 and are keen to place large orders

China rejecting Nvidia's H200 chips, pushing for self-reliance: Sacks

Sacks' comments raise questions about whether Nvidia will be able to recover revenue from China, a data centre market it has removed entirely from its forecasts

AI models are becoming commodity, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Nadella also added that AI agents, tools and technology are also important in the creation of a frontier success framework

Can OpenAI respond after Google closes artificial intelligence tech gap?

But for many industry experts, the real story was that the technical gap between OpenAI's so-called foundational AI model and everyone else had become practically nonexistent

Disney invests $1 bn in OpenAI, to license characters for Sora video tool

As part of the licensing deal, Sora and ChatGPT Images will start generating videos using licensed Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Mufasa, from early next year

Wipro, Microsoft strike three-year deal to build industry-specific AI tools

Under the partnership, Wipro and Microsoft will jointly develop AI solutions for sectors such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences and airports

India to showcase gender-responsive AI solutions at February 2026 summit

Compendium of case studies to be showcased at India-AI Impact Summit, focusing on ethical, empowering AI for women and girls

Deccan AI launches expert network to power next phase of AI training

It has unveiled Deccan AI Experts, a specialised talent network enabling India's top professionals to contribute directly to AI model training and evaluation as data replaces compute as key bottleneck

Harness raises $240 million to speed up AI-driven software delivery

Goldman Sachs Alternatives leads $200 million investment, valuing the platform company at $5.5 billion as demand surges for automated code-to-production workflows

Royalty norms: AI firms may need to pay global revenue share to creators

India plans to mandate global AI firms to share revenue as royalties for using Indian creators' content to train LLMs, under a proposed statutory licensing and royalty framework

AI-driven growth of TCS makes its M&A strategy more aggressive

TCS's $700-million buyout of Salesforce firm Coastal Cloud highlights a stronger AI-focused M&A strategy, but analysts view the valuation as steep and note the market's muted response

Accenture, Anthropic join hands to help firms scale AI responsibly

Both companies said the partnership would combine their technical strengths to help organisations move beyond AI pilots and embed advanced, responsible AI across daily operations

Microsoft deepening its commitment to India's AI ecosystem: Satya Nadella

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said the company is deepening its commitment to India's artificial intelligence ecosystem with massive infrastructure investments. Microsoft is also strengthening its cloud footprint and focusing on skilling millions of Indians for an AI-driven future, he said. Speaking at a Microsoft event here, Nadella said, "We are very excited about investing in India to make sure that we're able to bring the best in class infrastructure here, the USD 17.5 billion investment," calling it Microsoft's largest investment in Asia. The Microsoft Chairman underlined the rapid expansion of the company's cloud footprint across the country. "We're building on Azure as the world's computer and we have 70 plus data centre regions all over the world. In India, the footprint continues to grow. We now have central India, West India, South India, and we have a partnership with Jio as well," he said. He further said that a new data centre region would becom

Nvidia builds location-check tech to curb smuggling of restricted AI chips

The feature, which Nvidia has demonstrated privately in recent months but has not yet released, would be an optional software update that customers could install

Adopt fast or fall behind in AI, Microsoft CEO Nadella tells India

Rate of diffusion will decide winners of next tech wave, Microsoft CEO says in Delhi

A phone that uses apps for you? Meet Nubia M153, China’s agentic AI phone

China’s Nubia M153 is being pitched as a “fully agentic” AI smartphone—an AI that can see your screen and operate apps for you. But major apps are pushing back. Here’s what it does, why it sold out

Amazon's $35 billion bet on India: What’s driving the AI investment rush?

Amazon has announced a massive $35 billion investment plan for India through 2030, its biggest push yet to strengthen AI, exports, and job creation.

Google releases new budget AI Plus plan in India, here's what it brings

Google has launched its new AI Plus plan in India at Rs 399 per month, offering access to paid Gemini features, higher cloud storage, and creative tools