Vishwadeep Khatri

India should aim to become the global use case capital for artificial intelligence (AI) if the adoption of the technology is to be spread widely, electronics and information technology secretary S Krishnan said on Monday. View the full article

As AI models grow more complex, a new white-collar gig workforce has emerged to review and guide systems. A new category of AI-related work is unravelling in India, where professionals are paid not just to label data, but to review, validate, and guide artificial intelligence systems. Who are these humans-in-the-loop? Puran Choudhary explores View the full article

Jeffrey Ullman, professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University and a Turing Award laureate, speaks to Puran Choudhary about the limits of large models, AI risk, and India’s research challenge View the full article

Morocco, whose current GDP comes to around $170 billion, plans to invest ‌in artificial intelligence centres linked to universities and the private sector, and to integrate AI solutions into public administration and industry, Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni told a conference in Rabat. View the full article

India is strategically positioning itself to build robust AI infrastructure across the value chain, mirroring the success it achieved in the digital space, according to Ashish Aggarwal, Vice President of Public Policy at Nasscom. View the full article

Lutke’s X post said he used Anthropic’s Claude AI to process DICOM files (the standard file format used in healthcare to store and transmit MRIs, CT scans, and X-rays) from an MRI scan. The AI-based system organised radiology reports and images and generated a browser-based tool, which ran on his computer. View the full article

Alphabet said on Monday that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Apple, under which Apple’s next generation of AI models will be built using Google’s Gemini technology. View the full article

Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over alleged misuse of its Grok AI chatbot to generate sexual deepfakes. The probe follows political pressure after Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the content as unlawful. Ofcom will assess whether X failed to protect UK users, particularly children, from illegal material. View the full article

The feature is being presented as a helper, not a medical expert. OpenAI says it is meant to assist users in understanding reports, preparing questions for doctors, and keeping track of overall wellbeing, rather than offering diagnoses or treatment. View the full article

Anthropic has announced “Claude for Healthcare and Life Sciences” for payers, providers and pharma companies via cloud and enterprise integrations. Meanwhile, OpenAI has launched 'ChatGPT Health', a set of tools that can input medical records and patient histories and generate summaries, answers and suggested actions for clinicians and consumers. View the full article

The moves reflect growing global concern over generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sound and text, while existing safeguards fail to prevent their abuse. The Grok chatbot, which is accessed through Musk's social media platform X, has been criticised for generating manipulated images, including depictions of women in bikinis or sexually explicit poses, as well as images involving children. View the full article

CES 2026, the most powerful tech event in the world, presented by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), was held across multiple sprawling venues in Las Vegas from January 6-9. The event saw global companies, startups, industry executives and government leaders to "experience the next-generation of tech that will solve global challenges." View the full article

An instant checkout function will allow customers to make purchases from some businesses and through a range of payment providers without leaving the Gemini chat they used to find products, according to Walmart and Google. View the full article

Social media feeds are filling with lifelike videos and images made entirely by AI, often mistaken for real events or people. Experts say platforms promote such content because it drives attention and revenue. However, poor detection, weak regulation and misuse risks, from fraud to misinformation, are raising serious trust and safety concerns. View the full article

Google is enhancing its Gemini AI chatbot with shopping features, partnering with Walmart, Shopify and Wayfair to enable instant purchases without leaving the app. Recommendations can be personalised based on past purchases, linking to existing carts. OpenAI and Walmart announced a similar deal in October, saying the partnership would allow ChatGPT members to use an instant checkout feature to shop for nearly everything available on Walmart's website except for fresh food. View the full article

Sushant Sachdeva urged India to focus on AI models for local languages rather than competing with the US and China on large foundation models. He said India can use existing public models to serve its linguistically diverse population. His remarks come as the government and startups boost efforts in homegrown AI development. View the full article

Anthropic has blocked xAI from using its Claude AI models after xAI accessed them through the Cursor coding tool, citing rules against aiding competitors. xAI cofounder Tony Wu said this will slow productivity but push them to build their own tools. This comes just as Elon Musk announced that X’s recommendation algorithm will be open-sourced soon. View the full article

Malaysia has blocked access to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot after it was widely misused to create pornographic and abusive images. Regulators said safeguards were weak, despite earlier warnings, and cited sexualised content involving women and children. Access will return only after changes are made, following similar action by Indonesia earlier. View the full article

Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics show, using cameras and microphones to watch and listen through the day like a vigilant personal assistant. Nonetheless, at the CES show in Las Vegas, gadget makers have pitched AI pendants as note-takers or ways to remember beautiful or important moments of each day. View the full article

Indian IT leaders are embracing agentic AI for business growth. This autonomous AI technology is a top priority, unlike in Western markets. Indian enterprises are preparing for AI-led business models. AI initiatives are enhancing skills and speed, augmenting talent. New roles are emerging from human-AI collaboration. Indian leaders expect significant revenue uplift from AI within five years. View the full article

Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show were adamant about being careful to ensure that their fun creations infused with generative artificial intelligence don't turn naughty. Toy giant Mattel, meanwhile, made no mention of the report in mid-December when it postponed the release of its first toy developed in partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. View the full article

China can narrow its technological gap with the US driven by growing risk-taking ‍and innovation, though the lack of ​advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the sector, the country's leading artificial intelligence ⁠researchers said. View the full article

Industry leaders and startup ecosystem enablers have hailed the Government of India's ambitious India AI Mission, calling it a transformative step toward making India a global hub for artificial intelligence by the end of this decade. View the full article

Per Zoho chief scientist Sridhar Vembu, AI is effective at writing “glue code” but still relies on experienced engineers to steer it through prompts, intervention, and domain knowledge. A recent review of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 showed that while the model is powerful, the generated code was fairly simple, with only a fraction being complex and unnecessarily verbose. View the full article

The PM held a closed-door meeting at his residence on January 8 with about a dozen founders from the IndiaAI Mission cohort. Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and senior officials of MeitY also attended the meeting. Modi told the founders to develop safe and authenticated AI, prioritising trust, transparency, and watermarking in their models to build user confidence and comply with evolving regulations. View the full article