Vishwadeep Khatri

As part of the mission, the government is incentivising the development of LLMs built by startups such as Sarvam, Gnani, Gan and Soket AI Labs with investment capital and other support. According to people familiar with the matter, the IndiaAI Mission will soon announce more LLM-developing applicants who will be given GPU access or grants. View the full article

Son said he plans to hold SoftBank’s reins another ten years, but added he has several candidates for its next chief in mind from within the technology group. The candidates work alongside the billionaire every day, although he hasn’t disclosed who they are to anyone, the 67-year-old said during a general shareholders’ meeting in Tokyo on Friday. View the full article

Meta Platforms is seeking $29 billion from private capital firms to fund US AI data centres, aiming to raise $3 billion in equity and $26 billion in debt. The move supports Meta's intensified AI push, amid rising competition with OpenAI and Google and growing demand for high-performance computing infrastructure. View the full article

OpenAI has begun renting Google’s TPUs via Google Cloud, marking its first major use of non-Nvidia chips. This move aims to cut inference costs and reduce reliance on Microsoft. However, Google, an OpenAI competitor in the AI race, is not renting its most powerful TPUs to its rival. View the full article

In April, Meta’s AI ambitions faltered as its new model underperformed rivals, prompting CEO Mark Zuckerberg to overhaul strategy. He demoted leaders, invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, aggressively recruited top talent—some with $100M offers—and expanded Meta’s AI team, aiming to reassert Meta’s place in the superintelligence race. View the full article

The Hangzhou-based company introduced Qwen VLo, part of a series of AI services under the company’s Qwen brand. The new model is an upgrade from Qwen2.5-VL and is now able to generate text-to-image and image-to-image results. It also has a technology called progressive generation, meaning users can see the process as an image is created. View the full article

Big tech firms like Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic face lawsuits over using copyrighted books to train AI without permission. Courts are examining "fair use" in AI training, with mixed rulings. Authors demand payment, while companies claim fair use, sparking ongoing legal battles over AI and copyright rights. View the full article

Q 781. Traditional Business Excellence metrics focus on quality, cost, delivery, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. But as AI begins to automate decisions, personalize experiences, and reshape workflows — what new metrics should emerge, and which old ones might lose relevance? Identify one or two existing metrics that may become outdated or misleading in an AI-enabled setup, and suggest one or two new metrics that should be introduced to track real performance and value. The best answer will be selected on the basis of: Clarity and insight in assessing traditional metrics Relevance and originality of proposed new metrics Linkage to Business Excellence and AI integration Note for website visitors - This platform hosts two weekly questions, one on Monday and the other on Thursday. All previous questions can be found here: https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/. To participate in the current question, please visit the forum homepage at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/. The question will be open until Monday or Thursday at 5 PM Indian Standard Time, depending on the launch day. Responses will not be visible until they are reviewed, and only non-plagiarised answers with less than 5-10% plagiarism will be considered for winner selection. If you are unsure about plagiarism, please check your answer using a plagiarism checker tool such as https://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ before submitting. All correct answers shall be published, and the top-rated answer will be displayed first. The author will receive an honourable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term. Some people seem to be using AI platforms to find forum answers. This is a risky approach as AI responses are error-prone because our questions are application-oriented (they are never straightforward). Have a look at this funny example - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/topic/39458-using-ai-to-respond-to-forum-questions/ We also use an AI content detector at https://quillbot.com/ai-content-detector. Only answers with less than 45-50% AI-generated content will be considered for winner selection.

AI-powered cybersecurity tool Xbow has topped HackerOne’s US leaderboard, marking the first time an AI, not a human, leads in reported software vulnerabilities. Founded in 2024 by GitHub veteran Oege de Moor, Xbow automates penetration testing, recently raised $75 million, and is reshaping defense strategies in the era of AI-driven hacking. View the full article

Musicians, book authors, visual artists and news publications have sued various AI companies that used their data without permission or payment. AI companies generally defend their practices by claiming fair use, arguing that training AI on large datasets fundamentally transforms the original content and is necessary for innovation. View the full article

Nvidia's latest gains reflect the US stock market's return to the "AI trade" that fueled massive gains in chip stocks and related technology companies in recent years on optimism about the emerging technology. Nvidia recently traded at about 30 times analysts' expected earnings for the next 12 months, below its average of about 40 over the past five years, according to LSEG data. View the full article

Meta hired Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai, who were all working in OpenAI's Zurich office, the report said. View the full article

Important provisions of the EU AI Act, including rules for general purpose AI (GPAI) models, were due to apply on August 2. But some parts of the GPAI, which were expected to be published on May 2, got delayed. View the full article

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised Donald Trump’s grasp of AI’s geopolitical and economic importance, highlighting their collaboration on a $100 billion AI project. In a podcast, Altman discussed AI’s impact on jobs, regulation challenges, competition for talent, and reassured on OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft amid reported tensions. View the full article

Under the current terms, when OpenAI achieves AGI, Microsoft's access to such a technology would be void. Microsoft wants OpenAI to remove that clause but so far OpenAI has refused, the report said. View the full article

The Wednesday ruling from US District Judge Vince Chhabria was the second in a week from San Francisco's federal court to dismiss major copyright claims from book authors against the rapidly developing AI industry. View the full article

Math teacher Ana Sepulveda used ChatGPT to create a geometry lesson connecting math to soccer, boosting student engagement. Educators nationwide increasingly use AI for planning, grading, and communication. While it saves time and improves teaching, experts urge balanced use to maintain educational quality and foster student independence and critical thinking. View the full article

Siding with tech companies on a pivotal question for the AI industry, US District Judge William Alsup said Anthropic made "fair use" of books by writers Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson to train its Claude large language model. View the full article

Pangram, startup founded by ex-Tesla and Google staff, has raised $4 million in seed funding to expand its AI-text detection tools. Backed by ScOp and others, Pangram serves clients like Quora and NewsGuard, using an active learning algorithm to compete with rivals such as Turnitin amid rising AI-generated content. View the full article

A former Chinese central bank official predicts a surge of AI innovation in China, potentially leading to over 100 DeepSeek-like breakthroughs within 18 months. This transformation, fueled by China's engineering talent, consumer base, and government support, intensifies the tech rivalry with the US. Despite trade tensions and economic challenges, China's high-tech sector is projected to significantly contribute to its GDP. View the full article

Google on Tuesday added an AI mode feature to India as an experiment in Labs in English. This feature will provide more advanced reasoning and multimodality, as well as the ability to go deeper through follow-up questions and helpful links to the web. View the full article

Some cloud service providers like Yotta and NextGen have made significant headways in installing and commissioning GPUs, while Jio Platforms and CtrlS Datacenters are facing delays. The mission aims to build a scalable cloud platform. It will help researchers and startups train AI models. The government incentivizes local LLM development. More GPU installations are expected soon. View the full article

SoftBank is considering acquiring Indian IT and BPO firms to integrate AI, moving beyond its traditional investment approach. It aims to enhance these firms with AI, driving efficiency and revenue growth. While a deal with AGS Health didn't materialize, SoftBank is exploring other opportunities, aligning with its global AI infrastructure initiatives like The Stargate Project and Cristal Intelligence. View the full article

AI adoption in healthcare is rapidly increasing across various sectors like diagnostics and drug discovery, attracting significant investment. While funding reached $7.5 billion, it remains below the $13.7 billion peak in 2021. Despite this, the potential of AI in healthcare is undeniable, with key trends continuing to shape the industry's future. View the full article

Shobhana Kamineni of Apollo Hospitals believes AI can deeply transform Indian healthcare by addressing doctor shortages and scaling care using smart devices. She stresses ethical AI use, India-specific data, and public-private collaboration. Apollo’s GenAI tools already boost doctor productivity, with AI-assisted diagnostics, consultations, and real-time alerts becoming everyday practice. View the full article