The latest investment would help accelerate Agnikul’s operational readiness, supporting the scaling of its aerospace manufacturing capabilities, advancing its stage recovery program, and strengthening the development of its integrated space campus on the 300 acres allocated by the Tamil Nadu…
Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia are cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok on X as well as sexually intimate deepfakes produced by Grok.
Amazon Prime Air said in a letter seen Thursday by Reuters that the alliance’s positions “on the most consequential safety questions facing the commercial drone industry are incompatible with Prime Air’s core safety tenets.”
Google announced the all-cash deal in 2025, as it seeks to strengthen its cloud computing business in the AI era. It is the largest ever transaction sought by Google or its parent Alphabet. As part of the deal, Wiz will…
The European Parliament on Tuesday called for new EU-wide rules to protect copyrighted content in the bloc from generative AI use. In a non-binding report adopted by a majority, lawmakers said European Union copyright law should apply to all systems…
This is the second investment by JM Financial Private Equity in Asquare Foods and Beverages, which owns Zoff Foods. The private equity firm had invested Rs 40 crore in August 2024.
Rather than just generating responses, Copilot Cowork focusses on executing tasks assigned by the user across Microsoft 365 apps.
The Pentagon on Thursday slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic, limiting use of a technology that a source said was being used for military operations in Iran.
The state’s IT/BT department, through the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS), has signed an agreement with the Krishi Kalpa Foundation to establish the centre. Per state IT/BT minister Priyank Kharge, the CoE will develop a strong platform for farmers,…
The Bengaluru-based firm posted a net profit of Rs 75.5 crore during the quarter, a 21.7% increase year-on-year (YoY), according to financial documents sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC).
If Anthropic did not allow the Pentagon to deploy these technologies for “all lawful uses,” Hegseth said, he would sever ties with the San Francisco startup.
A potential sale of CoolIT was in the preliminary stage and there were no guarantees that it would result in a transaction, the report said, adding that multiple buyers had been earmarked as potential bidders.
Social media platform X is investigating racist and offensive posts by xAI chatbot Grok, Sky News reported on Sunday.
While the industry has moved past the foundational struggles of basic representation, a consensus among leading women in the Indian tech and corporate ecosystem highlights a critical transition: the focus must now shift from mere participation to sustained leadership and…
Production across the global auto industry was disrupted in October when Beijing imposed export controls on Chinese-made Nexperia chips after The Hague seized the company from its Chinese parent Wingtech. Nexperia’s chips are widely used in cars’ electronic systems.
OpenAI faces rising competition from rival startup Anthropic. Led by former OpenAI researcher Dario Amodei, Anthropic is rapidly gaining enterprise customers, boosting revenue projections and challenging OpenAI’s dominance amid growing rivalry and shifting fortunes in the global AI race.
Two women in the 18-20 age group were found dead inside the bathroom of a temple in Gujarat’s Surat city, with police on Saturday stating they had recovered anaesthesia injections from the site and that the duo had searched AI-powered…
The CJI stated that AI would be utilised to achieve speedy, affordable, and true justice, adding that the apex court’s research centre had been rejuvenated to identify and address reasons behind the case backlog.
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Saturday said the world is at the cusp of a huge transformation where artificial intelligence and autonomous systems will influence future warfare.
Niti Aayog, the central government’s premier policy think tank, has signalled a strengthened commitment to transforming India into a global electronics powerhouse through strategic industry partnerships.
Marvell Technology rose nearly 11% in early trading on Friday, as its upbeat multi-year forecast underscored booming demand for custom AI chips from large technology companies.
The Pentagon on Friday named as chief data officer a computer scientist who aided billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to overhaul the government last year and who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
Microsoft said it will continue to deploy Anthropic’s AI models in its products. The need for the confirmation comes after the AI major’s dispute with the Pentagon on how its AI models could be used in defence settings.
As Karnataka announced a social media ban for children below 16 years, Meta on Friday cautioned that governments considering such restrictions should be careful not to push teens towards less safe, unregulated sites or logged-out experiences that lack key protection.
Startups raised around $157.3 million between February 28 and March 6, a decline of 32.2% compared to the $231.9 million secured during the same period last year, according to data intelligence platform Tracxn. The number of deals during the week…
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Altman said governments should ultimately hold more authority than private companies and warned against corporate decisions that undermine democratic processes.
The move comes after the European Commission last month told Meta it was considering temporary measures to prevent the company from enforcing a policy blocking third-party AI chatbot providers from operating through the WhatsApp Business API. Meta’s policy, which came…
The new labs will support product development and testing across semiconductor and optical technologies. The move will strengthen the company’s engineering capabilities from its Bengaluru GCC.
Amazon’s cloud unit, AWS, said on Thursday it had launched an artificial intelligence-enabled platform that aims to ease access to care for patients and cut administrative work for healthcare providers.
Netflix said on Thursday it has acquired InterPositive, a filmmaking technology company founded by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck that produces artificial intelligence-powered tools for movie production.
Google separately announced on Wednesday it would now enable mobile app developers to use their own billing systems alongside Google Play’s, and allow them to guide users to their own websites for purchases.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is now starting to recognize its 18A manufacturing technology as a potential offering for external clients after relegating it largely to internal use last year, Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner said on Wednesday during a tech…
India is actively seeking semiconductor investments from Dutch firms. New Delhi is offering substantial subsidies to attract chip manufacturing. Dutch companies are exploring new markets amid global trade tensions. A strategic partnership is anticipated during Prime Minister Modi’s upcoming visit.…
Apple has launched a range of new products. This includes the budget-friendly iPhone 17e and the entry-level MacBook Neo. Updated iPad Air models and refreshed Studio Display monitors are also part of the announcements. Higher-end chipsets for MacBook Pro laptops…
Anthropic and Pentagon continuing discussions.
In November 2025, the AI coding startup had raised $2.3 billion at a valuation of $29.3 billion. In the last three months, sales have doubled, with nearly 60% of revenue now coming from corporate customers.
The licence renewal under the 2016 aggregator rules, which comes after years of correspondence and uncertainty, brings regulatory certainty to Uber’s business in Karnataka. Per industry watchers, this will restore confidence in the app-based mobility ecosystem.
AI’s frontier has moved from beyond intelligence to orchestration. Autonomous agents, not just chatbots, are becoming the industry’s new power centre. Anthropic, Perplexity, and Moltbook are defining how autonomous systems will operate at scale.
An EU expert group is to begin work this week on whether to ban social media for children with the aim of coming up with recommendations by the summer, Brussels said Tuesday. Brussels is considering setting a minimum age to…
Ziff Davis is selling its Connectivity division, featuring Ookla’s Speedtest and Downdetector, to Accenture for $1.2 billion. This move allows Ziff Davis to concentrate on its popular enthusiast websites and health and auto platforms. The sale is expected to close…
The US Treasury Department said Monday it is ending use of all Anthropic products, following President Donald Trump’s government-wide ban on the AI start-up after it rejected the Pentagon’s demands.
The Warner Bros-Paramount Skydance merger will create a combined entity that would have a net debt of about $79 billion, Paramount said on Monday, as it ruled out any plan to divest or spinoff the cable assets.
UK fintech Revolut is preparing to launch its digital payment services in India. Indian users can now join a waitlist for the upcoming service. The platform will feature an INR-only prepaid wallet with UPI integration. Revolut plans to offer Visa…
The US Supreme Court has refused to consider a case about copyright for art created by artificial intelligence. A computer scientist sought copyright for AI-generated visual art, but lower courts ruled it ineligible due to lack of human authorship. This…
New AI chatbots like ChatGPT Health and Claude offer personalised health advice. These tools can explain test results and prepare for doctor visits. However, they are not a substitute for professional medical care. Users must be aware of privacy concerns…
The minister was speaking at the valedictory ceremony of GAFX, a three-day conference on animation, visual effects, gaming, comics (AVGC) and extended reality held in Bengaluru.
TCS has suspended all incoming and outgoing travel to and from the Middle East region, including transit routes, citing airspace closures across several countries. Infosys, meanwhile, has “strongly discouraged” employees from undertaking non-essential travel to the region until further notice.
The move comes as governments and regulators push platforms to get more serious about provenance and misinformation. India has directed platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to clearly label AI-generated content and ensure that they carry embedded identifiers.
President Donald Trump and Hegseth accused rising AI star Anthropic of endangering national security after its CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns the company’s products could be used for mass surveillance or autonomous armed drones.
Open AI firm said that the contract struck on Friday to deploy technology in the U.S. Defense Department’s classified network enforces three red lines: no use of OpenAI technology on mass domestic surveillance, no directing autonomous weapons systems and no…
The Payments Council of India (PCI), which represents digital payments companies, has written to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking urgent intervention and calling for greater proportionality in enforcement action. Several industry leaders, including Navin Surya, founder-chairman of the Fintech Convergence…
Speaking at the inauguration of the plant, Mehrotra emphasised that “this facility will convert advanced DRAM and NAND wafers from Micron’s global network into multiple hundreds of millions of chips per year that go into our finished products for our…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Semiconductor Assembly, Test and Packaging (ATMP) facility of Micron Semiconductor Technology India Private Limited in Sanand.
The robotic dog in question was recently displayed at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, where the university courted controversy after trying to pass off the Chinese robot as its own development. The university was asked to vacate the event…
Canada’s minister in charge of artificial intelligence said on Friday that he will meet with OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman next week to discuss how the ChatGPT maker plans to boost safety protocols in the wake of a recent school…
OpenAI locked in one of the largest private capital infusions in history. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Amazon’s $50 billion commitment is the largest in this round, surpassing the $30 billion each pledged by Nvidia and SoftBank. This round of funding gives OpenAI a pre-money valuation at $730 billion.
The ban, imposed last year and ostensibly linked to the death of a teenage boy after bullying online, saw Chinese-owned short video platform TikTok banned for all users. The government says TikTok has now tightened safety measures sufficiently.
The matter pertains to a direction issued by the central government in November that will ensure app-based communication services, the likes of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and others, are continuously linked to a user’s active SIM card.
Deepinder Goyal’s startup Temple, which is building a device to measure cerebral blood flow, raised $54 million (Rs 493 crore) in seed funding, valuing the company at $190 million. Investors include Peak XV Partners, Steadview Capital, Info Edge Ventures and…
Saha highlighted Tripura’s potential as a regional innovation hub, citing its third-strongest internet gateway and strategic location as a corridor to South East Asia.
The ET AI Conclave & Awards brings together over 250 CXOs, founders, policymakers, investors, and product leaders to shape the future of AI adoption.This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Indian Railways is introducing a new RailTech Policy to foster innovation and technology adoption. This policy simplifies engagement with startups and innovators. Additionally, the Railway Claims Tribunal is being fully digitised and AI-enabled.
HCLTech and IIT Kanpur signed an MoU to transform research into practical solutions for Global Capability Centres. The partnership focuses on advanced engineering and deep tech, including AI and robotics. It will help GCCs accelerate innovation and access specialized skills.…
Per additional chief secretary Gaurav Gupta, Karnataka is working on a state-level ethical AI framework, consisting of a regulatory sandbox and a Rs 1,000-crore IT push to boost AI-led growth.
Mumbai’s semiconductor design Global Capability Centres saw hiring slow in 2025. A cautious rebound occurred in the final quarter. This indicates a shift towards specialised roles. Companies are prioritising design impact and long-term value. Government support reinforces this transition. India…
Billdesk is set to acquire Worldline’s India business. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Nexus Venture Partners, AdvantEdge Founders, and Stride Ventures also participated in the round. With this, the company that positions itself as an alternative to the traditional multi-vendor manufacturing model by orchestrating execution across suppliers, geographies, and quality frameworks has now…
The Silicon Valley leadership map is expanding beyond Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. A powerful set of Indian-origin CXOs is shaping strategy, scaling AI infrastructure, and running global operations at some of the world’s most influential tech companies, including OpenAI,…
General Atlantic, which first invested in ByteDance in 2017 when the company was valued at about $20 billion, started the process to sell some of its shares in weeks and hopes to close the sale in March. Details of the…
The IT services sector faces a major change. Artificial intelligence will reshape how companies operate. This shift will increase business cycles and demand new talent strategies. Operating models will need significant updates. These changes introduce new risks for the industry.…
Meta and OpenAI are set to own a stake in one of their most significant suppliers at a time when rival chipmaker Nvidia is eyeing investments in some of its largest customers, including the ChatGPT parent.
Agent-led insurance distribution sourced Rs 13,800 crore in premiums in FY25 and is projected to reach Rs 60,000 crore in five years, says HSBC Global Investment Research. Motor insurance leads via POSPs. Key players include Turtlemint and PB Fintech’s PB…
Britain’s privacy watchdog has fined Reddit $19.52 million for failures linked to children’s privacy. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the platform did not properly check children’s ages. It also failed to complete a required risk assessment for under-13s in time.
Singapore-based optoML has secured $1.8 million in a round led by Bluehill.VC and A99, pending regulatory approval. The fabless semiconductor startup recently completed tapeout of its 12 nm wafers with TSMC. It will use the funds to expand hiring and…
Calling AI “probably the single biggest opportunity” for the industry and comparable to the discovery of electricity or the internet, he said current debates focus too narrowly on automation while missing a broader structural shift. Shetty argued that, much like…
The Supreme Court of India has issued notice to Meta over a proposed five-year advertising ban on WhatsApp, following a recommendation by the Competition Commission of India. Earlier this month, the court criticised data-sharing practices under the 2021 privacy policy…
Jefferies in its latest report has revised downward its earnings estimates for the IT sector, citing structural changes driven by artificial intelligence (AI), which may significantly alter the traditional business mix of IT companies.
Addressing a town hall interaction with cab and auto drivers from Delhi-NCR and Gujarat, Shah said the cooperative ride-hailing platform would return 80 per cent of profits to drivers based on kilometres driven, with the remaining 20 per cent retained…
Everyone at last week’s India AI Impact Summit was debating power, water, and capital. Those are necessary conversations. But India’s AI infrastructure story has two other protagonists that nobody is talking about and without them, the puzzle never gets finished.
In his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, Modi also asked people to remain vigilant against online financial fraud and digital arrest, and appealed to all to comply with requests from banks for doing KYC (know your customer) as it…
Erik Ekudden told PTI that the evolution of networks will be central to the AI journey. While AI is already being used to optimise 5G networks today, the future will see the rise of agentic AI or AI agents, and…
The artificial intelligence revolution sweeping through the entertainment sector was at first glance not evident at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, but the potential for widespread changes was still on people’s minds. The tools have the potential to help the…
Karnataka is boosting its global tech ties. Officials met with Austrian and Cuban delegations to discuss AI, digital public infrastructure, and skilling. Bengaluru was recognised as a leading centre for digitisation and AI innovation. Cuba expressed interest in learning from…
Social media use is a growing concern for many. Experts discuss the challenges of excessive scrolling and the impact on daily life. Companies design apps to keep users engaged for advertising revenue. Recognizing problematic use is key. Simple tips and…
The Andhra Pradesh government has signed seven agreements at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, with most of them directed towards higher education, advanced skilling and school transformation.
Microsoft has announced the launch of Microsoft Elevate for Educators in India, an initiative designed to skill two million teachers and reach 200,000 schools and educational institutions by 2030, as part of Microsoft’s broader commitment to equip 20 million people…
Electric vehicle (EV) charging startup Statiq has secured $18 million in fresh funding led by Tenacity Ventures. Existing backers Y Combinator, Shell Ventures, and RCD Holdings also participated in the round, which comprised a mix of equity and debt, the…
Silicon Valley touts AI as revolutionary, but public skepticism is high. Surveys show limited workplace impact, widespread fear, and strong support for regulation.
Shares of companies in the cyber security solutions space have nosedived after America-based AI company Anthropic PBC unveiled a tool that is capable of autonomously finding and patching possible software vulnerabilities.
Accenture has begun monitoring how employees use its artificial intelligence tools and will factor this into promotion decisions to boost adoption across its workforce. Senior managers have been told leadership roles require “regular adoption” of AI. The move follows 11,000…
When Covid-19 struck in 2020, Sashikumaar Ganeshan at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore built a model to predict the spread of the contagion, marking his deep immersion into AI technologies. He later founded ZenteiQ.ai to develop scientific foundational model…
A complete or full AI stack refers to an end-to-end collection of hardware, software, data, and services required to design, train, deploy, and manage artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit in the national capital, Chaudhary, minister…
Sunil Gupta, MD and CEO of Yotta Data Services, said AI sovereignty does not mean isolation or complete self-reliance but strategic control. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026, he noted global interdependence in technology is inevitable. Sovereignty means no…
Some of the biggest players from Meta to TikTok are facing federal and state trials that seek to hold them responsible for harming children’s mental health. The lawsuits have come from school districts, local, state and the federal government as…
Both leaders of artificial intelligence (AI) firms in India for the summit were invited on stage when union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the ‘New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments’, a set of voluntary pledges that reflect a shared vision for…
Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit at New Delhi on Thursday, Sweet drew lessons from 2013, when an Oxford University study warned that 47% of US jobs were automatable and robotic process automation (RPA) was expected to damage IT…
Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Sikka, former CEO of IT giant Infosys, highlighted astonishing productivity gains from AI, its limitations and responsible usage. He said that AI represents a historic opportunity, and India has previously transformed connectivity…
According to Nilekani, if AI investments are to create value for society at large rather than benefiting only a few individuals, there must be clear pathways to ensure the technology reaches everyone, adding that India is well placed to lead…
Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, told a global artificial intelligence conference on Thursday that the world “urgently” needs to regulate the fast-evolving technology. “This is not to suggest that we won’t need any regulation or safeguards,” Altman said.