AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Vertiv Opens Training Academy in Pune to Build Data Centre Talent
The academy features live setups of advanced CDUs, power switchgear systems and three-phase UPS modules.
Merin Susan John ·
Satya Nadella says Microsoft Holds Full Access to OpenAI’s AI chip IP
Nadella said this IP pipeline allows Microsoft to evolve Maia at a deliberate pace, even as competitors like Google push forward with custom chips.
Siddharth Jindal ·
ChatGPT Will Stop Using Em Dashes If Instructed So
“Small-but-happy win,” said Sam Altman.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Rust Brings 4x Fewer Rollbacks, 25% Faster Reviews Over C++ on Android
Google also reports a more than 1,000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density in Rust compared to C/C++.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Program a Robot Dog
Team Claude succeeded in about half the time it took the Claude-less team.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Zuppa Signs MoU with German Startup to Develop AI Swarm Intelligence
The companies plan to initiate joint R&D efforts across India and Germany, with early field demonstrations anticipated this year.
Sanjana Gupta ·
LAT Aerospace Readies its First uSTOL Demonstrator for Flight
This ultra-short take-off and landing has completed its ground roll tests, and the team is preparing for the first flight attempt in the coming weeks.
Sanjana Gupta ·
AI Coding Startup Cursor Raises $2.3 Bn, Reaches $29.3 Bn Valuation
The round includes participation from existing investors Accel, Thrive, Andreessen Horowitz, and DST, while Coatue, NVIDIA, and Google have joined as new backers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
PhonePe, OpenAI Partner to Bring ChatGPT to Millions of Indian Users
The partnership will allow PhonePe users to explore ChatGPT’s capabilities directly within the PhonePe app ecosystem, including the Indus Appstore.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.1 Upgrade, Adds Deeper Customisation to ChatGPT
Users can fine-tune traits such as warmth, conciseness, and emoji usage.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Launches Marble, a Multimodal 3D World Model for Public Use
Marble can create 3D worlds from text, images, video, or coarse 3D layouts.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Godrej Aerospace Delivers Vikas Engine to ISRO for Upcoming Gaganyaan Mission
The engine will be used in the LVM3 Gaganyaan Launch Vehicle, designed by ISRO to carry the crew module.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Andhra Signs ₹15,000-Cr MoU with Tillman Global Holdings for 300 MW Data Centre in Vizag
The 40-acre campus is expected to create 200–300 direct jobs and 800–1,000 indirect jobs by 2028 through allied services, logistics, cloud, network, and ancillary units
Shalini Mondal ·
Reverie Launches India-Focused STT Model, Reports 1.5x Faster Than Deepgram
The model can pick up numbers whether said in English (“twenty-three”), Hindi (“तेईस”), or a mix which is crucial for banks and call centres.
Mohit Pandey ·
AI Orders Hit 10% as Sonata’s Profit Rises Despite Revenue Slide
Revenue fell 2.3% year on year to ₹2,119.3 crore and dropped sharply from ₹2,965 crore in the June quarter.
Mohit Pandey ·
UiPath Opens New 25,000 sq. ft. Bengaluru Office to Strengthen India-Based Product Development
The new office, located at Embassy Tech Village – Onyx, brings together product, engineering, UX design, and site reliability engineering teams.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Okta to Invest in R&D to Expand AI Operations in its Bengaluru Campus
Okta aims to increase its Indian workforce by 50% by 2026, focusing on advanced engineering and product development to boost AI security.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Microsoft Names Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro as “Frontier Firms” for Copilot Deployment
Microsoft wants to deepen partnerships with India’s top IT firms as they embed Copilot and agentic AI across enterprise operations at scale.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Cognizant Bets Big on India with New AI Lab in Bengaluru
The Bengaluru hub will house PhD level scientists and AI engineers working on applied research in multi-agent systems.
Mohit Pandey ·
IAN Group Closes $100 Mn Fund, Backs Early-Stage Deep Tech Ventures
The fund will invest in early-stage companies and MSMEs across India, focusing on founders who use technology to solve well-defined problems.
Sanjana Gupta ·