Startups
The invisible cost of AI drift in Indian enterprises
Your Story · India
As AI becomes more embedded into everyday workflows, drift goes from being a technical concern to an operational and business risk.
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Geopolitics
China’s AI crossroads: 3 divergent paths in the race for dominance
South China Morning Post – World · China
On a crisp January afternoon, the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, just a stone’s throw from Tencent Holdings’ headquarters, was packed with employees gathering for…
Geopolitics
‘Slow this thing down’: Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution
The Guardian – World · Europe
After meeting with unspecified tech leaders, senator calls for urgent policy action as companies race to build ever more powerful systemsBernie Sanders has war…
Startups
Sarvam targets AI beyond languages; General Catalyst’s $5B India bet
Your Story · India
Sarvam AI has set a roadmap to bring out AI innovations that go beyond languages. General Catalysts’ CEO Hemant Taneja believes Indian entrepreneurs will build…
Tech & Startups
India’s Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up
TechCrunch · US
Sarvam's Indus chat app is currently available in beta.
Tech & Startups
DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies
Wired · Global
Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits…
Tech & Startups
Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more
TechCrunch · US
Several updates are introduced in iOS 26.4, including an AI-powered playlist-generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the Podcasts app, …
AI / Deep Tech
Exclusive eBook: The great Al hype correction of 2025
MIT Technology Review · Global
2025 was a year of reckoning, including how the heads of the top AI companies made promises they couldn’t keep. In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you…
General
India's AI summit draws global leaders, big pledges and some chaos
NBC News – World · US
As the U.S. and China battle to dominate artificial intelligence, India has attempted to highlight that there are other pathways to navigate the silicon surge.
Tech & Startups
AI Safety Meets the War Machine
Wired · Global
Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.
Tech & Startups
Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality
TechCrunch · US
Meta said it's shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be "almost exclusively mobile" and that it will separate its Quest VR platform from the virtual world.
Tech & Startups
Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate
TechCrunch · US
A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed questions ab…
Startups
Razorpay’s Harshil Mathur bets on AI to make commerce conversational again
Your Story · India
This week, Razorpay launched Agentic Payments on Claude, enabling users to order from Zomato, Swiggy, and Zepto within a chat interface.
Startups
Why top performers use plain text files for note-taking
Your Story · India
Discover why high performers rely on plain text files for focus, speed and long-term ownership in a world of complex productivity tools.
Tech & Startups
OpenAI says 18 to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India
TechCrunch · US
The company said on Friday that users between 18 and 24 years of age account for nearly 50% of all messages sent by Indians to ChatGPT, and users under 30 acco…
Tech & Startups
AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: faster, cheaper, lonelier
TechCrunch · US
AI expands access to filmmaking for resource-constrained creators. But as efficiency becomes the industry’s north star, creativity risks being overwhelmed by a…
Geopolitics
AWS outage: Amazon claims it was 'coincidence' that AI tools were involved
Times of India – World · India
AWS experienced two recent outages reportedly linked to its AI coding tools, prompting an internal review. Amazon concluded these were user errors, not AI fail…
Startups
Sarvam AI sets roadmap to build models that look beyond languages
Your Story · India
Sarvam AI sees a vast scope to deploy AI models in the country, as both citizens and governments are keen to engage with this technology.
Startups
US-India partnership has critical role to play to make AI benefits available to everyone: Sundar Pichai
Your Story · India
Google CEO Sundar Pichai's address follows his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where the two discussed accelerating India’s AI ambitions and deepeni…
Startups
India is going to lead in AI through entrepreneurship: General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja
Your Story · India
Taneja delivered a keynote address at India AI Impact Summit 2026, a day after General Catalyst said it would invest $5 billion in the country over the next fi…
Startups
Adobe's mission is to empower everyone to create, says CEO Shantanu Narayen
Your Story · India
Speaking to Shraddha Sharma, CEO and Founder of YourStory, on the sidelines of India AI Impact Summit 2026, Shantanu Narayen positioned AI as a technology that…
Tech & Startups
Gmail Is Killing POP and Gmailify Access. Here's What It Means for You
Wired · Global
If you have multiple email accounts, your Gmail setup may soon need some reorganizing.
Tech & Startups
Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
Wired · Global
Massive data centers for generative AI are bad for the Earth. How about launching them into orbit?
Tech & Startups
Epilogue GB Operator Review: Play Your Game Boy Games on a Laptop
Wired · Global
Epilogue’s adorable GB Operator plug-in gizmo is a must-have for collectors of retro Nintendo Game Boy games.
Tech & Startups
UAE’s G42 teams up with Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of compute in India
TechCrunch · US
Abu Dhabi-based tech company G42 has partnered with U.S.-based chipmaker Cerebras to deploy eight exaflops of compute through a new system in India
Tech & Startups
The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni
TechCrunch · US
The OpenAI mafia: 15 of the most notable startups founded by alumni
Geopolitics
How Chinese artificial intelligence put a new spin on Winter Olympics action
South China Morning Post – World · China
As American figure skater Ilia Malinin launched into a quad – a jump with four airborne revolutions – at this month’s Winter Olympics, millions of television v…
Geopolitics
India's AI governance push takes center stage at summit
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
The summit's emphasis on responsible use of artificial intelligence comes as India is still working out how that responsibility will be enforced at home.
Geopolitics
Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss
BBC News – World · Europe
But the head of the US delegation at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi says: "We totally reject global governance of AI."
Geopolitics
We’re last generation to only work with humans: Salesforce's Arundhati Bhattacharya
Times of India – World · India
As the India AI Impact Summit 2026 brought the world's AI conversation to New Delhi, Salesforce's Arundhati Bhattacharya and Srini Tallapragada sat down with T…
Startups
AI application infra startup Portkey raises $15M in Series A round led by Elevation Capital
Your Story · India
The fresh capital will be directed toward strengthening its AI control plane and expanding its go-to-market efforts.
Geopolitics
The next interface race: how AI is bringing smart glasses into focus
South China Morning Post – World · China
The artificial intelligence boom has swept through consumer electronics – from smart wearables and AI-powered home devices to voice-interactive toys and roboti…
Geopolitics
The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic
BBC News – World · Europe
Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.
Geopolitics
Hack of the day: Speak to anyone in India in their own language
Times of India – World · India
India's Bhashini app breaks down language barriers. Travelers and businesses can now communicate seamlessly. The app offers real-time voice translation across …
Geopolitics
What is Pax Silica and why does India joining the US-led AI coalition matter
Times of India – World · India
India signed the Pax Silica declaration at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Friday, formally joining a US-led coalition aimed at securing global supply cha…
Tech & Startups
A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon
Wired · Global
The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amaz…
Tech & Startups
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
TechCrunch · US
Cellebrite, which makes phone unlocking and hacking tools, stopped sales to countries that allegedly abused its tools. But after new allegations in Jordan and …
Tech & Startups
Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem
TechCrunch · US
Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem.
Tech & Startups
Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again
TechCrunch · US
Gemini 3.1 Pro promises a Google LLM capable of handling more complex forms of work.
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