Vishwadeep Khatri

Longgang district in Shenzhen is fostering an OpenClaw AI ecosystem. This initiative supports 'one-person companies' with subsidies and resources. OpenClaw, a popular AI agent, is being integrated across industries. This move aligns with national priorities for high-tech development. Regulators are also addressing security risks associated with the tool's data access. View the full article

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday announced the launch of a new Gemini Experience Centre in Troy, Michigan in the United States aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence-driven solutions in the manufacturing sector. View the full article

Narendra Modi called for faster efforts to connect India’s education system with the real-world economy. He urged greater focus on AI, automation and the digital economy. He also highlighted stronger health infrastructure, the expansion of medical colleges, and wider healthcare access through Ayushman Bharat. View the full article

As the US-Israeli war against Iran rages, Tehran Times, a state-aligned English daily, posted on X a "before vs. after" image it claimed showed "completely destroyed" US radar equipment at a base in Qatar. The manipulated photo garnered millions of views as it spread across social media in multiple languages, illustrating how users are increasingly failing to distinguish reality from fiction on platforms saturated with AI-generated visuals. View the full article

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. View the full article

Open-sourcing a model allows researchers, developers, and companies to access and use the model’s weights and architecture, enabling greater transparency and collaboration, while lowering the barrier to entry for building AI applications. It speeds up innovation by allowing developers and researchers to experiment with, improve, and build new tools and applications on top of the model. View the full article

With AI expected to contribute $1.7 trillion to the overall economy by 2035, the investment required for AI infrastructure is estimated at $500 billion. View the full article

Kerala has launched the Cyber Safety Protocol 2026. This initiative aims to ensure a secure digital learning environment for students. The protocol addresses AI-driven challenges and cybercrimes. It provides directives for schools, teachers, parents, and students. Key objectives include fostering awareness and critical thinking. The framework integrates legal standards and offers specific guidelines for all stakeholders. View the full article

OpenAI's top robotics executive said Saturday she had resigned over the artificial intelligence giant's deal with the US government to allow its technology's deployment for war and domestic surveillance. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman later posted to X saying the startup would be modifying a contract so its models would not be used for "domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals," after criticism it was giving too much power to military officials without oversight. View the full article

Gulf nations like the UAE and Bahrain attracted US tech firms and capital for AI infrastructure. These investments, crucial for diversifying economies away from oil, now face severe risks. Attacks on data centres and undersea cables highlight the new dangers. The conflict has shaken investor confidence and raised concerns about the future of trillions of dollars in the region. View the full article

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could disproportionately undermine Indian women's workforce participation because it strikes at two structural realities of the domestic labour market, women's concentration in automatable service roles and their overwhelming presence in informal employment, according to research conducted by talent strategy firm Avtar Career Creators. View the full article

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. View the full article

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 conversational tool ChatGPT about "how to commit suicide". View the full article

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. View the full article

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. View the full article

The central government's language-AI platform 'Bhashini' has been integrated with Kerala police' iCoPS system enabling officers to prepare reports and documents without having to type them out. The language AI has been merged with the Integrated Core Policing System (iCoPS) used by the Kerala police to carry out its daily operations and office work, a state police release said. View the full article

Speaking at the 11th Raisina Dialogue here, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said artificial intelligence (AI) would soon change the daily lives of people. Naidu also stressed the importance of the demographic dividend to defend Andhra Pradesh's decision to incentivise having more children. View the full article

The Department of War has demanded that Anthropic’s AI models be made available to it for "any lawful use." Anthropic has, however, refused to cross its strict ethical red lines — no fully autonomous weapons and no mass domestic surveillance. View the full article

You are right Bex, but Response Optimizer can do whatever Contour Plot does. With more precision. I prefer Response Optimizer. I agree that Contour Plot can be a good supporting graph.

While using Minitab during a Full Factorial DOE, I notice that Contour Plot as well as the Reponse Optimizer show the influence of Factor Values on the Output (Response). Which one is more useful in practice?

I have completed a full factorial DOE. I found the R sq to be very good (above 90%) but the residuals are not normally distributed. Should I worry about this?

The comments came after the Pentagon formally designated San Francisco-based Anthropic a supply chain risk, cutting off its defense work using a rule designed to prevent foreign adversaries from harming national security systems. Anthropic has vowed to sue over the designation, which affects its business partnerships with other military contractors. View the full article

A draft ‌of the guidelines reviewed by the ​FT says ​AI groups seeking business with the government ⁠must grant the US an irrevocable license to ​use their systems for all legal purposes. The draft ⁠from the GSA also mandates that contractors "must not intentionally encode partisan or ideological judgments into the AI systems data outputs," the ​FT reported. View the full article

The newly listed firm crossed Rs 100 crore in net profit for the first time in the December quarter, on the back of year-on-year 21% revenue growth to Rs 854.4 crore. View the full article

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. View the full article