Vishwadeep Khatri

Jensen Huang will unveil Nvidia's AI innovations at its developer conference. The company faces increasing competition from rivals and customers developing their own chips. Nvidia is investing heavily to maintain its lead in the AI chip market. Analysts expect shifts in the AI landscape, with a focus on agentic AI and inference tasks. View the full article

The US Defense Department's CTO Emil Michael explained that it labelled Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk due to concerns about policy limits built into its Claude system. He said that such restrictions could affect military use of AI. The company disputes the move and has sued the administration of Donald Trump. View the full article

On technological interventions, Bharane pointed to the new 'MahaVISTAAR - AI' app, crop insurance reforms, mechanisation efforts and a first‑of‑its‑kind Maha Agri-AI policy aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to enhance farm productivity. View the full article

The tool has fascinated tech circles worldwide but particularly in China, gripping tech-savvy companies and individuals keen to keep up with the next big thing in AI. Hundreds of people queued at tech giant Baidu's Beijing headquarters this week for an OpenClaw event where engineers helped attendees set up their "little lobsters". View the full article

Q854 When AI predicts process failure accurately but cannot explain why, should the organisation act on the prediction or wait for understanding? AI-based predictive models are now capable of flagging process failures before they occur with high accuracy — but many operate as black boxes, offering no explanation of the underlying mechanism. This creates a genuine dilemma that experienced practitioners are divided on: View A — Act on the prediction. In high-stakes processes, a reliable early warning is valuable regardless of explainability. Waiting for understanding while failures occur is a luxury organisations cannot afford. Outcomes matter more than explanations. View B — Wait for understanding. Acting on unexplained predictions creates dependency on black-box systems and prevents organisations from building the process knowledge needed to sustain improvement independently of the AI. Without understanding, you cannot improve the system — you can only react to it. Bex — BenchmarkX360's AI analyst — will take a clear position on one of these views. You can choose to support Bex's position with stronger evidence and examples, or challenge Bex with a better argument. Either approach can win. Which view do you support — and why? Provide a specific process or industry example to support your position. ⚠️ Answers that do not take a clear position will not be approved. ⚠️ "It depends" answers will not be approved. 💡 Participants are free to use AI tools — clarity, insight, and contextual relevance will determine the best answer. 🏆 The best answer will be selected on the basis of: · Clarity of position taken · Quality of reasoning and argument · Relevance of process or industry example · Ability to go beyond or against Bex's analysis

Anthropic launched the Claude Partner Network to help enterprises adopt its Claude model. The AI lab plans an initial $100 million investment in 2026 for training, technical support and market development. Meanwhile, the firm faces a dispute with the United States Department of Defense over supply-chain risk concerns. View the full article

Meta has delayed the release of its AI model “Avocado” until at least May or June. The model’s performance sits between Gemini 2.5 and Gemini 3 from Google. The company continues heavy investment in AI and chips while aiming toward “superintelligence” development. View the full article

Ukraine is sharing its battlefield data with allies to develop advanced drone AI. This initiative aims to leverage Ukraine's extensive combat experience against Russia. A secure platform allows for training AI models using millions of annotated images and video footage. View the full article

Britain is strengthening its national security investment screening. New rules will bring water companies under mandatory scrutiny. Advanced artificial intelligence systems will be reviewed. Semiconductors and critical minerals will have separate categories. These changes aim to protect against evolving security risks. New legislation is expected later this year. View the full article

The Pentagon's Chief Technology Officer has shut down talks with AI firm Anthropic. This decision comes after the agency identified Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. The CTO stated there is no chance of an agreement. He cited leaking and bad-faith negotiation as reasons for the breakdown. The leadership has proven they do not want to reach a deal. View the full article

Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh invited tech giant Capgemini to set up an IT development centre and a Global Capability Centre in Visakhapatnam. This initiative could generate approximately 20,000 jobs. The minister also encouraged partnerships for emerging technology labs and a quantum vertical. Capgemini will examine these proposals. Visakhapatnam is becoming a significant IT hub with improved connectivity. View the full article

Razorpay is building AI-powered payment agents using Anthropic’s Claude chatbot to handle tasks like recovering abandoned carts, retrying failed subscriptions, resolving disputes, and forecasting cash flow. The fintech also launched an AI-native platform for businesses to create custom agents, integrate payments, and enable in-app commerce with platforms like Zomato and Shopify. View the full article

Anthropic launched the Anthropic Institute to study AI’s societal impact, led by cofounder Jack Clark. The institute will research economic, social, security and governance challenges, including job displacement and cybersecurity risks. It aims to share insights, partner with external groups, and expand public policy work as Anthropic develops powerful AI systems. View the full article

AI startup Sarvam AI partnered with EkStep Foundation and AI4Bharat to launch “Listen at Scale”, using multilingual voice agents for two-way conversations in local languages. The programme reached about 50 lakh users in 31 days across healthcare, agriculture and governance, helping verification, feedback, grievance redressal and policy insights. View the full article

A dispute erupted after Anthropic refused to loosen AI safety safeguards for the Pentagon. The U.S. Defense Department labelled the Claude maker a “supply-chain risk”, threatening government contracts. Anthropic plans a court challenge, warning the move could cut billions from 2026 revenue, while industry groups and companies urge de-escalation. View the full article

The recent conflict ​between the ​US government and Anthropic ⁠temporarily affected discussions over the joint venture, but talks are ongoing, according to The Information report. If finalised, the partnership would adopt a Palantir-style model to ​offer consulting services to help ⁠companies integrate Anthropic's ‌AI into their operations, the ​report said. View the full article

Netflix may pay up to $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive, though the cash price is lower with extra earnings tied to performance targets. The deal suggests Hollywood is warming to AI-created content. Founded in 2022, InterPositive uses AI to maintain cinematic logic and fix production issues like lighting errors. View the full article

Musk's xAI was previously building Macrohard as ​an AI ​project that would allow developers to simulate software ⁠creations by companies like Microsoft. Musk said the system would run on Tesla's in-house AI4 chip paired with xAI's Nvidia-based server hardware, describing the combination as cost-competitive. View the full article

With artificial intelligence maturing rapidly and demand from customers increasing significantly, AI startups need to move fast and stay on top of every layer of the technology stack from hardware to user experience, said Spiros Xanthos, founder and chief executive of Resolve AI, an agentic AI platform for software troubleshooting. View the full article

During the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, the minister said that the government has made provisions under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 to ensure children's safety. View the full article

Synopsys on Wednesday rolled out new ​software tools to handle ​the fast-increasing complexity of designing artificial intelligence chips, ​the first wave of new offerings after its $35 billion buyout of engineering software firm Ansys. View the full article

The system is developed by QpiAI Indus and is the company’s second deployment in Karnataka. The move is expected to expand access to quantum computing capabilities for academia and industry. State IT/BT minister Priyank Kharge said the centres of excellence spanning agritech to spacetech are key pillars of the state’s innovation ecosystem, with quantum computing emerging as the next frontier. View the full article

French startup Scintil Photonics is testing new laser chips for AI servers. These chips use light to move data, a significant upgrade for linking many chips together. Nvidia is investing heavily in this technology. Scintil aims to mass produce these chips, meeting future demand from AI data centers. Several companies are already discussing using Scintil's technology by 2028. View the full article

Microsoft is supporting AI firm Anthropic in a legal battle against the Trump administration. The government designated Anthropic's AI as a security risk, blocking it from military contracts. Microsoft argues this action is an overreach for a contract dispute. The company also backs Anthropic's ethical limits on AI use. This move aims to allow for further discussion on the matter. View the full article

Meta Platforms is launching four new custom-designed chips. These chips will boost the company's data centres and AI capabilities. The first chip, MTIA 300, is already in use. The remaining three will be released by 2027. Meta is focusing on inference chips to handle growing AI demands. This move aims for better energy efficiency and cost savings. View the full article