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AI push by firms like Starbucks poses new threat to India's IT sector

As companies build AI-powered in-house systems, India's IT services firms risk losing lucrative software maintenance contracts that have long underpinned the country's outsourcing industry

Best of BS Opinion: Oil and monsoon will drive RBI's inflation debate

Today's opinions analyse inflation risks, education quality, AI's impact on jobs, China's economic influence and how nutrition can help improve healthy ageing

Leverage advanced tech to reduce costs, RBI Governor Malhotra tells banks

Takes stock of FCNR (B) deposit mobilisation

IBM warns AI boom is squeezing software budgets, triggers sector rout

IBM forecast second-quarter revenue below estimates, saying clients shifted spending towards AI infrastructure, triggering a broader selloff in software stocks

Cautious outlook for HCLTech despite strong deal pipeline, execution

Robust bookings, steady execution contrast with conservative revenue guidance

90% of engineering graduates AI-native or AI-proficient: Nasscom study

Nasscom's AI-native index finds nine in 10 engineering graduates are AI-native or AI-proficient, but identifies gaps in orchestration and technical grounding

Karnataka to set up India's first government-run AI university: Details

Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announces dedicated AI university, AI Hub and new policy at Google I/O Connect India 2026 to position Karnataka as an 'AI-native state'

Anthropic introduces Rupee-based pricing for Claude AI amid big India push

Anthropic has unveiled Rupee-denominated pricing for Claude AI assistant, simplifying payments for customers in India, a market that boasts of one of the largest Claude user communities. Claude Pro plan (more usage, access to Claude Code and Cowork) is available at Rs 2,000 per month, and Max (with higher limits and priority access at high traffic times) is being offered from Rs 11,999 per month. The Rupee-based pricing for Claude AI subscription can be seen on its website and mobile apps; the program currently supports card payments. Anthropic is testing local pricing in Indian rupees for new consumer subscriptions of Claude Pro, Max, and Team plans, as part of a broader push to offer local pricing across markets, people familiar with the development said. India is home to one of largest Claude user communities, and the company continues to explore ways to make its products more accessible in the region. The latest move comes as global AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are .

Freshers vs experienced professionals: Who is winning the AI hiring race?

Companies aren't necessarily hiring fewer people because of AI; they're hiring differently, rewarding candidates who can combine domain knowledge with AI skills over traditional qualifications alone

LTM expects AI revenue to outpace traditional services: CEO Venu Lambu

LTM expects AI revenue to grow faster than its traditional IT services business as enterprise adoption accelerates, with demand rising for deployment of advanced AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI

Economists, tech leaders urge governments to prepare for AI job disruption

An open letter, signed by Nobel laureates, tech leaders from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, and economists, warns AI could reshape the economy faster than the Industrial Revolution

AI, identity, real-time payments resetting cyber threat landscape: Report

The rapid transformation of banking and financial services is creating a fundamentally new cyber threat landscape, according to a report that argues traditional security models are no longer sufficient to serve today's interconnected ecosystems. The Digital Threat Report 2025-26, released on Monday, notes that conventional cybersecurity architectures were designed around centralised systems where trust boundaries were defined. Today's financial ecosystem, however, is built around interconnected platforms, embedded finance, AI-driven decision-making and real-time payments, dramatically expanding the attack surface, says the new report by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the Computer Security Incident Response Team in Finance (CSIRT-Fin) and SISA. "Modern financial attacks are moving from direct compromise to trust-chain manipulation across biometric onboarding, partner apps, AI decisioning, real-time ..

Cert-In operationalises AI war room to work on frontier AI models

Cert-In has operationalised an AI war room to test advanced AI models, identify vulnerabilities and prepare India for wider access to frontier artificial intelligence technologies

TCS expands ABB partnership with multi-year AI network operations deal

Under the expanded partnership, TCS will deliver end-to-end global network operations for ABB through an AI-driven network-as-a-service model. The deal value was not disclosed

Apple's lawsuit threatens to disrupt OpenAI's bid to rival the iPhone

Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI could slow the AI firm's hardware ambitions even before the case reaches court

Access to Mythos a priority, but India using other AI models too: IT secy

India is pursuing access to Anthropic's Mythos AI while using alternative models in a CERT-In sandbox to detect software vulnerabilities and strengthen cybersecurity

AI cannot replace human compassion: Rajnath Singh to budding doctors

Artificial Intelligence is bringing rapid progress in medical sciences but it cannot replace human compassion, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, urging budding doctors to work with empathy towards patients and their families. Addressing the 22nd convocation ceremony of King George's Medical University in his Lok Sabha constituency, Lucknow, the minister said new technologies such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, gene editing and precision medicine are transforming both the direction and the landscape of healthcare. Therefore, doctors must always continue the process of learning, he said. "Medical science is evolving rapidly today... Today is the era of Artificial Intelligence. No field remains untouched by it, including your own. "Yet, Artificial Intelligence cannot assure a mother that her child will recover (from illness). It cannot hold the hand of an elderly person, and say, 'Do not worry; we will set everything right'. "Technology can be intelligent

How ChatGPT Work agent lays foundation for OpenAI's AI super app ambition

OpenAI's ChatGPT Work combines coding, document creation and workflow automation in one interface, signalling a broader shift from chatbot to enterprise AI workspace

Forget the Resume. Here's What Top Leaders Actually Hire For | Dr. Kanishk Agrawal

Dr. Kanishk Agrawal, Lead- Technology Solutions, Judge India Solutions and Member, Forbes Technology Council, shares practical insights on leadership, AI adoption, hiring, change management

Evolving security landscape and new jobs

In this session, Sanjay Poddar, Cybersecurity expert, Ex-Fortinet, Ex-TPG Telecom, talks about the changing cybersecurity landscape and provides management tips to the B-Schoolers.