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Mutual funds' IT exposure at eight-year low amid AI, growth worries

IT stocks now account for just 6.7% of MF equity holdings, the lowest in eight years: Report

OpenAI celebrates court win against Musk, but more challenges lie ahead

A US court victory against Elon Musk has removed one obstacle for OpenAI's IPO ambitions, but rising competition, copyright cases and safety concerns continue to mount

Tata Realty & Infra, Salesforce tie up for AI-led customer experience

Tata Realty has partnered with Salesforce to deploy AI-powered customer engagement tools aimed at improving responsiveness and lead conversion rates

Ed-tech firm Stemrobo Technologies aims tie-up with 1,000 schools in Gulf

Stemrobo Technologies plans to expand its AI, robotics, and STEM education footprint across GCC countries through large-scale school partnerships

StanChart planning to lay off thousands of support staff amid AI push

London-headquartered bank said it would cut corporate functions roles by more than 15 per cent by 2030 and scale practical uses of AI to streamline processes

Salesforce burns 12 trillion AI tokens, says won't displace humans

Not every process needs to be agentified, says Vala Afshar

AI For Good: Can artificial intelligence become a force for humanity?

AI for Good is structured like a travelogue and the author's prose is breezy, concise and well observed. But travellers don't always come home with a nuanced understanding of what they've seen

L&T Technology Services aims to double AI patent filings in three years

LTTS plans to expand its AI and GenAI patent portfolio to 500 filings over three years as it sharpens focus on engineering innovation and enterprise AI adoption

ICAI to embed AI, data analytics in CA curriculum to match industry changes

Chartered accountants' apex body ICAI will embed artificial intelligence, data analytics, and other subjects in its curriculum as it works to keep pace with the evolving technological and professional changes. Lakhs of students are pursuing chartered accountant programme at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which has more than five lakh members. ICAI President Prasanna Kumar D in an interview to PTI said as technology is taking the front seat now, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics need to be embedded into the subjects. The institute has recently formed the Committee for Review of Education and Training (CRET), which is expected to finalise its recommendations, including updates for the curriculum, in the coming months. "We have formed the CRET. It is working to review the entire curriculum like what syllabus and subject need to be changed and training (articleship)," Kumar said. Currently, various subjects, including AI, data analytics, ESG, and

India missed out on AI and now its run as 'market darling' may be over

In a stark shift, the country's stock market is on the verge of dropping out of the world's five biggest for the first time in three years

Technology only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time: CJI

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said here on Saturday that technology is the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time. He was speaking at a programme of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 'Fragmentation to fusion empowering justice via united digital platform integration' here. "We should think of deepening technology and AI-based judicial architecture," the CJI said. "Technology is the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time," he added. State Chief Minister Mohan Yadav was also present for the event.

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.