Vishwadeep Khatri

Google had planned to pay Scale AI about $200 million this year for the human-labeled training data that is crucial for developing technology, including the sophisticated AI models that power Gemini, its ChatGPT competitor. The search giant already held conversations with several of Scale AI's rivals this week as it seeks to shift away much of that workload. View the full article

Unlike an acquisition or a transaction that would give Meta a controlling stake, the deal does not require a review by US antitrust regulators. However, they could probe the deal if they believe it was structured to avoid those requirements or harm competition. View the full article

AMD CEO Lisa Su will unveil the MI400 AI chip series Thursday in San Jose, detailing plans to rival Nvidia with annual releases, improved software, and full AI systems. Recent acquisitions and hires underscore AMD's push for a stronger foothold in the AI chip market. View the full article

The move also signals Mattel’s broader ambitions in the AI and tech-enabled toy market, as it competes with other major players pivoting toward more intelligent, interactive consumer products. View the full article

Filed Tuesday in federal court, the complaint accuses the defendants of deliberately copying IYO’s brand name — registered since 2023 — to launch and market their new wearable AI hardware. View the full article

Telus plans to acquire remaining shares of Telus Digital for $3.40 each, valuing it at $946.8 million, aiming to enhance AI capabilities and control. The move supports its broader $70 billion Canadian investment and digital transformation strategy. View the full article

Cracking open the vaults to centuries-old tomes could be a data bonanza for tech companies battling lawsuits from living novelists, visual artists and others whose creative works have been scooped up without their consent to train AI chatbots. View the full article

Ola-owned Krutrim has unveiled Kruti, an indigenous agentic AI assistant designed to enhance user agency. This development comes on the heels of mixed reviews regarding Krutrim's previous products. View the full article

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TotalEnergies has partnered with French AI startup Mistral to develop digital tools aimed at boosting energy efficiency, reducing emissions, and improving operations. The collaboration includes creating an AI assistant for project development and customer support, reinforcing Europe’s technological ecosystem and Total’s ongoing AI integration efforts. View the full article

The company said it has developed a compression technology capable of reducing the size of large language models (LLMs) by up to 95% without hurting performance and reducing costs by up to 80%. View the full article

Kumar claimed that at Cognizant, junior developers, those in the bottom 50%, improved their productivity by 37%, way more than the 17% among the more experienced group. “Tech disruptions so far put information on your fingertips. This is a technology which is going to put expertise on your fingertips,” he said. View the full article

Oracle shares jumped nearly 8% after raising its annual revenue forecast, driven by strong demand for AI-powered cloud services. With fiscal 2026 revenue expected at $67 billion, the company’s transformation has boosted investor confidence, prompting multiple brokerages to raise their price targets. View the full article

Dubai-based 15-year-old autistic Indian-origin teen Zayne and his father have co-filed a US patent for an AI-powered invention aimed at neurodiverse and underserved communities. Integrating intelligent mobility and adaptive tech, the innovation promotes inclusion and sustainability. View the full article

Talen Energy will supply up to 1,920 MW of nuclear power to Amazon Web Services through 2042, ensuring clean energy for AWS's AI and cloud needs. The partnership may expand to new reactors, as U.S. electricity demand surges with data center and AI growth. View the full article

Nvidia will build its first AI cloud platform for industrial use in Germany, aiding firms like BMW and Mercedes. CEO Jensen Huang announced plans for 20 AI factories, expanded European partnerships, and breakthroughs in AI and quantum computing, signaling Europe’s growing focus on AI infrastructure. View the full article

US chip giant Nvidia on Wednesday announced a broad infrastructure push into Europe, partnering with local companies to help build the continent's "own ecosystem" for AI, chief executive Jensen Huang said in Paris. Singling out a local firm, Huang said Nvidia would partner with French AI startup Mistral to build a cloud platform powered by 18,000 of Nvidia's latest high-end Blackwell chips. View the full article

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Europe’s AI computing capacity will grow tenfold in two years. Speaking at VivaTech in Paris, he noted Europe has “awakened” to AI’s importance, with Nvidia building AI technology centers across seven European countries. View the full article

Trump rescinded Biden's executive order aimed at promoting competition, protecting consumers and ensuring AI was not used for misinformation. He also rescinded Biden's so-called AI diffusion rule, which capped the amount of American AI computing capacity that some countries were allowed to obtain via US AI chip imports. View the full article

At Cisco Live 2025, CEO Chuck Robbins said Cisco aims to help businesses build AI-ready data centres and secure workplaces. Partnering with Nvidia and OpenAI, Cisco is focusing on combining networking and security to support AI growth. It also plans to modernise infrastructure with solutions like AI Pods and Codex. View the full article

What was touted to be a marvel in software aesthetics quickly spiralled into a meme fest on social media. A user on microblogging platform X termed it “iOS for toddlers”, while another asked whether the new UI “was designed on Microsoft Paint”. The event itself generated mixed reactions owing to underwhelmed expectations. View the full article

French AI startup Mistral unveiled "Magistral," a new "reasoning" model designed to tackle complex problems with traceable logic, competing with models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. This launch follows Apple's recent research paper, "The Illusion of Thinking," which questions the true reasoning capabilities of current AI models, suggesting fundamental limitations beyond certain complexity thresholds. View the full article

The deal, which has been under discussion for a few months, was finalized in May, one of the sources added. It underscores how massive computing demands to train and deploy AI models are reshaping the competitive dynamics in AI, and marks OpenAI's latest move to diversify its compute sources beyond its major supporter Microsoft, including its high-profile Stargate data center project. View the full article

OpenAI's ChatGPT is currently experiencing a widespread outage, affecting thousands of users globally who are unable to access the chatbot or generate images with Sora. OpenAI has acknowledged the issues, and recovery efforts are underway as users report "Something went wrong" messages and persistent "searching for web" commands. View the full article

Snowflake plans to hire over 100 people in India, growing to over 700 employees by late 2025. This expansion includes a new R&D center and increased office presence in Mumbai and Bengaluru, leveraging India's significant growth potential in data and AI solutions, particularly in the BFSI sector. View the full article