Page 28 - Artificial Intelligence

Groq more than doubles valuation to $6.9 bn as investors bet on AI chips

Groq, founded by a former Alphabet engineer, is among a long list of new chip players looking to capitalize on hundreds of millions of dollars in investments on AI infrastructure

Market to rally if nominal growth improves, earnings pick up: Chris Wood

India has not done badly-it's just that other markets have done better, Wood said. For India, he believes, the inflows from domestic investors have been critical in preventing a correction.

Stellaris Venture Partners to focus on consumer, AI, and deeptech

The VC firm will tap its $300 million Fund III to invest in at least 30 companies over the next three-and-a-half-year period, with different ticket sizes depending on stage

AI and automation top priorities for Indian corporate treasuries: EY

EY India's 2025 corporate treasury survey shows leaders moving from AI pilots to real-world applications, with automation and digital fluency at the core

'Mid, smallcaps expensive, but smart stock picking can generate alpha'

With Dussehra and Diwali in October 2025, followed by the wedding season, we expect the benefits of pent-up demand to be fully captured during Q3FY26, says Agrawal

Push for more AI funds: Industry wants IndiaAI Mission outlay doubled

MeiTY, according to a senior govt official, has received no such proposal and it is not considering any such move

AI startup Sentient launches open AGI network for 2 million users

Nailwal calls this launch "a pivotal moment where India proves it can define the AI future - not just follow it"

Microsoft 365 apps get free Copilot Chat integration: Here's how it works

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat rolls out across Office apps for no additional cost, with AI tools to draft, analyse, and automate tasks while premium features unlock advanced capabilities

Gemini's Nano Banana: How Google's AI creates lifelike photo edits

Google's Nano Banana, powered by Imagen 4 in the Gemini app, uses LLMs, diffusion models, and watermarking to produce more realistic and consistent AI images

RIL, Bharti Airtel set to dominate India's $8bn data centre boom: Jefferies

India's data centre capacity is expected to quintuple to 8GW over the next 5 years, driven by rising internet traffic, growing adoption of AI & stricter regulatory mandates around data localisation.

Family offices in risk-on mode; bet on AI, private credit: Goldman Sachs

In the next 12 months, 34 per cent of respondents, Goldman Sachs said, intend to reduce their cash balances with many planning to invest in 'risk assets'

Gemini's 'Nano Banana' turns selfies into AI saree edits; but is it safe?

Nano Banana, Google's Gemini Nano-powered AI photo tool, has gone viral with saree edits but once again sparks privacy and safety concerns over AI image generation

Wipro partners CrowdStrike to launch AI-based CyberShield to boost security

The service is aimed at strengthening and simplifying cybersecurity for client companies

India at inflection point with huge AI opportunity: Tata Sons Chairman

India is at an 'inflection point' where it has enormous opportunity to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and make a huge impact, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Monday. Speaking at the release of a Niti Aayog report titled 'AI for Viksit Bharat: The Opportunity for Accelerated Economic Growth', Chandrasekaran urged the industry to work with the government in the leveraging of AI. "We are at an inflection point where we have an enormous opportunity to embrace AI to make a huge impact for our country," he said. Chandrasekaran advocated using AI for skilling and creating employment opportunities for all youth in the country. "We should be able to solve basic issues, be it healthcare, education using AI and thereby create huge to empowerment opportunities and reduce the inequality that exists today," he said. In order to do that, Chandrasekaran said the government, the industry, and society have to work together in the leveraging of AI. "The industry should work closel

Indian business leaders top in artificial intelligence adoption plans

The report, based on a survey of 31,000 workers in 31 countries, said that AI is no longer a peripheral technology but is moving to the core of business strategy

IndiaAI Mission runs into challenges in building indigenous technology

A review of what the IndiaAI Mission has achieved and comments from industry experts highlight efforts the country needs to make for the technology

Develop solutions to counter AI-based fake news: Par panel urges govt

A parliamentary committee has asked the government to develop concrete legal and technological solutions for identifying and prosecuting individuals and entities responsible for spreading Artificial Intelligence-generated fake news. The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, in its draft report, called for a balanced approach for deploying AI to curb fake news, noting that the technology is being used to detect misinformation but can be a source of misinformation as well. The draft report of the committee, headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, was recently submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. It will be tabled in Parliament during the next session. The Committee also urged for "close coordination between the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and other ministries and departments concerned to develop concrete legal and technological solutions for identifying and prosecuting individuals and ..

'Learning how to learn' will be vital skill in AI era: Google scientist

A top Google scientist and 2024 Nobel laureate said Friday that the most important skill for the next generation will be "learning how to learn" to keep pace with change as Artificial Intelligence transforms education and the workplace. Speaking at an ancient Roman theatre at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's DeepMind, said rapid technological change demands a new approach to learning and skill development. "It's very hard to predict the future, like 10 years from now, in normal cases. It's even harder today, given how fast AI is changing, even week by week," Hassabis told the audience. "The only thing you can say for certain is that huge change is coming." The neuroscientist and former chess prodigy said artificial general intelligence a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can could arrive within a decade. This, he said, will bring dramatic advances and a possible ...

OpenAI set for major overhaul, nonprofit to get $100 billion stake

The current OpenAI nonprofit is poised to gain control of a newly established public benefit corporation. Adopting the model allows OpenAI to justify prioritising shareholder profits

Social media is teaching children how to use AI: How can teachers keep up?

These networks spread knowledge quickly but unevenly, and they rarely encourage reflection on deeper issues such as bias, surveillance or equity