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Sridhar Vembu: The billionaire who gave up the CEO office to focus on R&D

Vembu's decision to step down as Zoho CEO comes at a critical moment, one when artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the computing landscape

Expand credit guarantee schemes in Budget to boost SME growth: Experts

Tax benefits to adopt emerging technologies like AI, announcement to set up dedicated manufacturing zones, and expanding credit guarantee schemes in the Budget will help boost the growth of SMEs, experts say. They also said that AI-based credit assessments and risk profiling can streamline loan approvals and widen credit access for SMEs (small and medium enterprises). Nitin Jain, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Business Group said that enterprises need to integrate AI, automation, and digital tools to enhance productivity and competitiveness. "The government should introduce tax benefits and subsidies to support this shift," Jain said adding establishing dedicated manufacturing zones with modern infrastructure, seamless supply chains, and shared resources will enable SMEs to scale efficiently. He added that SMEs, which contribute 30-35 per cent to GDP and employ over 110 million people, need robust policy support to scale manufacturing and access affordable credit and the

Use ChatGPT but don't give up critical thinking: Mukesh Ambani to students

Use your intelligence to move forward in life, said Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani while addressing students at the convocation event of Pandit Deendayal Energy University

Advent of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek shakes up US-based Silicon Valley

Some industry watchers initially reacted to DeepSeek's breakthrough with disbelief

Good or bad: DeepSeek's ripple effect set to impact Indian IT industry

While DeepSeek's achievement democratises AI with its open-source model, these are early days to gauge its impact on the enterprise IT ecosystem, say industry experts

Nvidia, energy stocks: DeepSeek AI triggers market sell-off; time to worry?

The emergence of an almost-as-good AI utility created at much lower cost that also uses much less energy has set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons.

Deep discount: DeepSeek can alter the rules of artificial intelligence game

In geopolitical terms, the United States will have to rethink its strategy of trying to maintain an edge in AI by denying access to computing resources outside the US and a few chosen allies

Meta Platforms, Microsoft show AI spending can be double-edged sword

Top performer among the Magnificent Seven this month, Meta shares are up 14% in 2025, building on last year's rally of more than 65%. Microsoft has risen 2.8% this year, and only rose 12% over 2024

Atomicwork raises $25 mn to transform enterprise IT with Agentic AI

The Series A funding will fuel the scaling of enterprise AI agents, expand go-to-market (GTM) efforts, and enhance platform integrations for seamless scalability

India's AI infrastructure falls short, needs more investments: VCs

Concerns over India's AI readiness come amid global developments, such as China's DeepSeek open-sourcing large language models (LLMs)

DeepSeek AI to fighter jets: How China is one-upping western dominance

With groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and cutting-edge military technology, the Asian giant is challenging long-standing Western dominance in innovation and defence

DeepSeek's new AI chatbot censors answers on sensitive Chinese topics

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek's new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the US in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI's ChatGPT. DeepSeek's AI assistant became the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple's iPhone store on Tuesday afternoon and its launch made Wall Street tech superstars' stocks tumble. Observers are eager to see whether the Chinese company has matched America's leading AI companies at a fraction of the cost. The chatbot's ultimate impact on the AI industry is still unclear, but it appears to censor answers on sensitive Chinese topics, a practice commonly seen on China's internet. In 2023, China issued regulations requiring companies to conduct a security review and obtain approvals before their products can be publicly launched. Here are some answers The Associated Press received from DeepSeek's new chatbot and ChatGPT: What does Winnie the Pooh mean in China? For many Chinese

Meta AI getting more personalised with memory and social media integration

The features are currently rolling out to Meta AI users in the US and Canada, while it is expected to be available in more regions in the coming months

Apple releases iOS 18.3 update for iPhones: What is new and how to download

With iOS 18.3, Apple has temporarily disabled its 'Notification Summaries' intelligence feature for news and entertainment apps

Chinese firm DeepSeek's advances prove need for more of its chips: Nvidia

The US microchip export controls were designed to freeze China's development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence systems

World's richest people lose $108 bn after tech startup DeepSeek selloff

Billionaires whose fortunes are linked to artificial intelligence were the biggest losers: Huang saw his fortune fall $20.1 billion, a 20 per cent drop

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek says hit with 'large-scale malicious attacks'

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users' ability to register on the site. The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech world into a frenzy, said that it had suffered large-scale malicious attacks on its services. Registered users could log in normally, DeepSeek said. DeepSeek began attracting more attention in the AI industry last month when it released a new AI model that it boasted was on par with similar models from US companies such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and was more cost-effective in its use of expensive Nvidia chips to train the system on huge troves of data. The chatbot became more widely accessible when it appeared on Apple and Google app stores early this year. By Monday, DeepSeek's AI assistant had become the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple's iPhone store. The jump in popularity fuelled debates over competition between the US and China in developing AI technology. But some US tech indust

DeepSeek sparks AI stock selloff; Nvidia loses record $593 bn in mcap

Nvidia's market-cap loss on Monday was more than double the previous one-day record, set by Nvidia last September

West Asian Energy again? Geostrategic shifts, reconstruction reshape region

Following the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines and suspension of supplies via the Yamal pipeline through Poland, Russia has to compete for access to European markets mainly through LNG exports

Yen, Swiss franc rise, dollar drops as DeepSeek fuels risk concerns

The benchmark S&P 500 was down 1.6 per cent to 6,003.04, dragged down by technology stocks. AI chipmaker Nvidia was down nearly 14 per cent to $123.02