Vishwadeep Khatri

Guangdong, China's economic powerhouse, is set to significantly boost artificial intelligence across its vast industries. This move aligns with Beijing's national strategy to integrate AI everywhere. The province aims for large-scale AI commercialization and infrastructure development. This expansion will impact global supply chains and China's technological self-sufficiency efforts. View the full article

A recent Anthropic study reveals that nearly 70% of tasks for programmers, customer service representatives, and data entry operators are already automated, placing these roles at high risk of displacement by large language models. The research highlights the growing real-world impact of AI on professions, with observed exposure metrics tracking actual AI integration in the workplace. View the full article

In an interview with ET, CEO Amit Jain explained that the industry's reliance on 'chaining’ separate models for text, image, and video has created a memory problem where AI loses the creative thread, forcing teams to rebuild context at every step. View the full article

The Indian IT services sector is poised for growth despite generative AI disruptions. Experts predict a stronger industry with an expanded market. While near-term volatility is expected, the long-term outlook remains positive. Large enterprises will depend on IT service providers for AI implementation. This transition will involve system upgrades and new AI-first projects. View the full article

AI's reach is still limited, a new study shows. While AI has not caused widespread job losses, younger workers in exposed jobs see hiring slow. White-collar roles involving coding and data analysis are most affected. Jobs needing manual skills are least susceptible. The study compares AI capability to actual use. View the full article

The number of international patents filed last year for digital communications technology and semiconductors grew strongly, reflecting the surge in artificial intelligence investments, the United Nations said Friday. Digital communication, the top category among international patent filings, grew by six percent last year, as did applications for semiconductor patents. View the full article

OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro, the newest upgrades to its GPT-5 AI models. The company says the model is more factual and token-efficient, with faster responses, improved research abilities, stronger context retention, better benchmark scores, and lower error rates, alongside new steerability and safety evaluation features. View the full article

🏆 Winner: Jinad PadiyathBest overall response. Very strong scenario selection, sharp distinction between what AI optimizes and what humans optimize, and the clearest governance logic: AI as risk escalator, humans as accountable decision-makers. The response also goes beyond “who decides” and explains how conflict should be resolved through explicit trade-off documentation, threshold rules, and outcome tracking. ✅ Tabrez ShaikhVery strong and highly practical. The insurance claims processing example is clear, relevant, and operationally realistic. The tiered decision framework, explainability layer, human override with justification, and continuous learning loop make this one of the strongest applied responses. ✅ iambpawanStrong IT production incident and bug triage example. The use of Cost of Delay and a formal override accountability log is practical and decision-oriented. Well grounded in how prioritization conflicts actually show up in technology environments. ✅ Himanshu LohaniGood insurance broker F&A scenario with a solid risk-based prioritization vs leadership-context balance. The “AI recommends → human validates → governance rules decide” approach is sensible and practical. Slightly less deep than the top responses, but clearly relevant and well structured. ✅ Arun GokulVery relevant contact center example with a good contrast between current dashboard noise and downstream churn risk. The ideas of unknown variable check and risk horizon comparison are sharp and useful. Concise, practical, and well aligned to the question. ✅ SivaPrakashRelevant vulnerability management scenario and a sensible answer overall. The logic of following AI unless the human has specific outside information is useful

The Pentagon has labelled Anthropic a supply-chain risk after its CEO Dario Amodei refused military use that could enable surveillance or autonomous weapons. Some contractors may stop using Claude. Critics call the action an overreach, while downloads surge and rivalry with OpenAI intensifies. View the full article

The company posted consolidated revenue of Rs 854.4 crore in the third quarter of FY26, a growth of 21% year-on-year (YoY), driven by strong demand from healthcare and banking clients, it said in a statement. View the full article

Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, said ​on Thursday it ​had launched an artificial intelligence-enabled platform that ​aims to ease access to care for patients and cut administrative work for healthcare providers. View the full article

Contract workers reviewing videos for data annotation reportedly encountered highly sensitive material, including bank information, nudity, sexual encounters, pornography, and even footage of people using the toilet, said a Swedish news investigation. The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has written to Meta requesting information to ensure that its practices comply with the country's data protection laws. View the full article

Our plant has completed 14 kaizen events over two years. Each event shows good results during the week. Within 60 days the process reverts. Leadership is asking whether kaizen is the right approach for us. We are not sure if the problem is with how we run the events or something deeper.

We closed a Green Belt project six months ago with a verified control plan, SOP updates, and process owner sign-off. During a recent audit we found that operators have reverted to the old method and the control plan has not been reviewed once since closure. The process owner says they are too busy. How do we make control plans stick without relying on goodwill?

CVS Health and Google Cloud are joining forces to launch Health100, an AI-powered health management platform. This integrated system will help customers manage their health in real time, regardless of their pharmacy or insurer. Health100 will offer personalized support and connect various healthcare entities. View the full article

CODELCO-Codelco, Microsoft sign AI deal for mining operations View the full article

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stated that India is leading global efforts to make artificial intelligence accessible to developing nations. Speaking at the Asia in 2050 Conference, Georgieva highlighted India's role in the global technology landscape. She noted that the country is not just advancing its own interests but is helping others. View the full article

Tata Consultancy Services, which just cut an agreement with OpenAI to build data centers for artificial intelligence in India, is nearing additional deals with other tech giants, signaling a commitment to reshaping its business model to capitalize on the emerging technology. View the full article

We are redesigning a customer onboarding process. Our Lean Six Sigma team wants to run a DMAIC project. Our innovation team insists on using Design Thinking with rapid prototyping. Leadership wants both approaches used. We are not sure if these methodologies are compatible or if forcing them together will create confusion and slow us down. Has anyone successfully combined these two approaches?

We ran a successful AI-powered demand forecasting pilot in one business unit. Forecast accuracy improved by 23% over three months. When we presented to the leadership team for scaling approval we were told to wait for the enterprise AI strategy to be finalised. That was eight months ago. The pilot team is losing motivation and two key members have left. How do we move forward without top-down approval?

Privacy concerns around generative AI are growing after cases involving Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Ring. Experts say chatbot conversations stored on company servers may be accessible to employees, courts or authorities. As AI becomes common in daily tools, users are sharing far more personal information than before. View the full article

China declared on Thursday that it was now the world leader in research and development for artificial intelligence as well as other key fields such as quantum technology, and vowed to accelerate efforts to achieve greater tech self-reliance. View the full article

Google will open an AI centre in Berlin on Thursday, the latest sign of Europe's deepening reliance on US firms in cutting edge technologies despite the continent's stated aim to catch up with its rivals. The firm said at the time it would renovate its Berlin office to add three floors equipped with meeting rooms, a new conference room and a demo space but made no mention of an AI centre in the capital. View the full article

Big Tech firms such as Alphabet, Microsoft , Amazon and Meta are expected to spend at least $630 ‌billion to build ⁠AI infrastructure ⁠this year, boosting demand for chips, servers, storage and networking equipment from companies like Broadcom. View the full article

​OpenAI topped $25 ​billion in annualised revenue ‌as ⁠of ⁠the ​end of ​last month, ​The ⁠Information reported on ‌Wednesday, ​citing ​a ⁠person familiar ​with the ​figure. View the full article