Vishwadeep Khatri

Sovereign AI model developer Sarvam plans to launch its made-in-India smart eyewear by May this year, a senior company official said on Wednesday. View the full article

Early evidence suggests artificial intelligence is ​weakening employment opportunities in ​some parts of Ireland's technology-focused economy, particularly ​for young graduates, research by Ireland's finance department found. View the full article

Amid global fears of an AI bubble, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the massive spending around Artificial Intelligence, likening tech infrastructure being built to the historical expansion of railroads and highways, which became essential foundations for long-term economic value and growth. View the full article

Kharge also attended a US-India Business Council roundtable on tech and investment ties, met Finnish MP Timo Harakka to discuss AI and deeptech collaboration, and held talks with Cyprus’s research deputy minister Nicodemos Damianou on using Cyprus as a gateway to Europe for Bengaluru startups and boosting innovation partnerships. View the full article

Krishnan, the White House senior policy advisor on artificial intelligence, said the US is aiming to become an ‘easy haven’ to do business. However, his remarks stand in contrast to the current challenges faced by non-American businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to operate in the country. View the full article

Former Google DeepMind scientist David Silver's startup, Ineffable Intelligence, is reportedly nearing a $1 billion seed round led by Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $4 billion. The London-based firm aims to develop 'superhuman intelligence,' potentially drawing investment from Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft. View the full article

The United States regards India as a crucial potential partner in efforts to secure global supply chains for artificial intelligence and semiconductors. Underlining this facet, Sriram Krishnan, Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, stressed on partnerships with India to leverage US innovation to build tools for Indian citizens. View the full article

Vatican News, the Holy See's official news outlet, reported Wednesday that the pontiff had written to bishops inviting them to use the feed on parish, diocese and Catholic association websites. By embedding a widget, the websites will be able to carry a constantly updating feed of authorised videos of the US pope, as well as speeches, announcements, texts and stories from official Vatican outlets -- in 40 different languages. View the full article

India and France are joining forces to develop their own AI capabilities. French President Emmanuel Macron and Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the Indo-French Centre for AI in Health at AIIMS Delhi. This collaboration aims to build trusted AI systems and ensure AI benefits humanity responsibly. View the full article

IIT-Madras's Global Research Foundation is launching its first Applied AI Innovation Centre in Dubai. This centre will support six AI startups, aiming to boost economic growth. It will position Dubai as a key hub for AI solutions. The initiative strengthens the India-UAE technology corridor. This collaboration accelerates market access for startups and promotes sustainable innovation. View the full article

The nationwide AI Responsibility Pledge campaign, launched under the IndiaAI Mission in collaboration with Intel India on February 16, sought to mobilise citizens across the country to commit to the ethical, inclusive, and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence through the dedicated portal, aipledge.indiaai.gov.in. View the full article

Kenya is calling for stronger ties with India in artificial intelligence, chip making, and vital minerals. This push for South-South cooperation was highlighted at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. Kenya wants to partner with India to build manufacturing capabilities and secure supply chains. The summit aims to turn global AI discussions into real development outcomes. View the full article

Artificial intelligence (AI) could either narrow or dangerously widen the economic divide between the global north and the global south if access is not expanded urgently, warned Brad Smith, vice chair and president, Microsoft. View the full article

Kore.that India should prioritise "applied AI" over creating expensive models. He dismissed job-loss fears, asserting that people will adapt by learning new skills. Koneru emphasised that India's vast human potential makes it uniquely suited to lead the global AI revolution. View the full article

AI4Bharat, is a research lab at IIT Madras, dedicated to advancing AI technology for Indian languages through open-source contribution. View the full article

The President and Managing Director for India and South Asia at Airbus also said that AI should be seen as a bridge that helps to be more efficient and optimise resources on the way to the net-zero goals. View the full article

The company said the model is optimised for “efficient thinking”, delivering stronger responses while using fewer tokens — a key factor in reducing inference costs in production environments. View the full article

This comes after the AI startup introduced Claude Sonnet 4.5 in September last year, claiming it could handle longer coding sessions, and perform better on reasoning and mathematical tasks. View the full article

The California Attorney General's office ‌moved quickly last month ⁠to send ⁠a cease-and-desist letter to xAI, as regulators globally investigated the company over sexualized content that its AI chatbot Grok ​produced of adults and potentially minors, Rob Bonta said. View the full article

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make young users addicted. The trial will determine whether Google and Meta deliberately designed their platforms to encourage compulsive use among young people, damaging their mental health in the process. View the full article

India needs to start measuring how much artificial intelligence it creates, not just how many data centres it builds or how much AI it consumes, Raj Koneru, founder and CEO of Kore.ai, said on Tuesday. View the full article

Yotta Data Services is investing $2 billion to install Nvidia’s latest AI chips at its Noida hyperscale data centre, going live by August. This will be India’s first deployment of Blackwell B300 GPUs and one of Asia’s largest AI superclusters. Nvidia will also build Asia’s first DGX Cloud cluster. View the full article

There is a huge opportunity for countries like India to step forward and be champions in artificial intelligence by investing in open source and enabling the creation of a third way of AI that is different from Big Tech and China, Mozilla Foundation president Mark Surman said. View the full article

Mastercard demonstrated India’s first AI-driven agentic commerce transaction in a controlled sandbox, with real payments but simulated merchant environments. A full commercial rollout depends on regulatory clarity, expected in the coming months. The technology aims to automate purchases without human input while using existing secure payment systems like cards or UPI. View the full article

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company aims to be a partner to India across the AI stack during a rapidly advancing era for the technology. He outlined a $185 billion capex plan covering compute, models, infrastructure, energy, and research. Google is collaborating with local firms to build AI infrastructure and solutions. View the full article