AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Devs Rejoice, Google’s New Firebase Studio Helps Build Agentic AI Apps
Google’s popular mobile app development platform finally adds Gemini-powered capabilities.
Ankush Das ·
Snowflake Extends Apache Iceberg Support to Strengthen Open Data and AI Capabilities
Companies like Illumina, Komodo Health, Medidata, and WHOOP use Snowflake to activate open-format data for AI and analytics use cases.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OMRON, Cognizant Partner to Integrate IT, OT in Manufacturing Industry
“Through this partnership, we will promote the integration of IT and OT to solve urgent issues faced by manufacturing sites.”
Shalini Mondal ·
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Looking to Back Relativity Space
Relativity Space is currently developing ‘Terran R’ rocket slated for its maiden flight in 2026.
Sanjana Gupta ·
TCS Begins Work on AI Agents, Drug Discovery for Clients
TCS reported a consolidated net profit of $1.46 billion for Q3 FY25, marking a 12% increase compared to $1.33 in the same period last year.
Mohit Pandey ·
AMD Introduces Agent Laboratory, Transforms LLMs into Research Assistants
“Agent Laboratory driven by o1-preview generates the best research outcomes.”
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Intel to Spin Off RealSense as a Standalone Company by Mid-2025
Tech giant’s depth-sensing division enters a new chapter, raising questions about its future.
Sanjana Gupta ·
CRIUS Becomes Leading AI-Driven Nutraceutical Contract Manufacturer
By tapping into a proprietary databank of over 3.6 million scientific data points, the platform accelerates go-to-market timelines by 200%.
Vidyashree Srinivas ·
‘Indian Startups Will Define the Future of Agentic AI,’ Says Salesforce India CEO
Salesforce Ventures, which has committed $1 billion globally to AI startups, sees immense potential in India as it embraces agentic AI for diverse use cases.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Chennai-based ePlane, TCS Partner to Transform Urban Air Mobility
The partnership leverages The ePlane Company’s innovations in compact eVTOL aircraft and TCS’s expertise in AI and data analytics.
vandana.nair ·
Eli Lilly to Launch GCC in Hyderabad, Plans to Employ Over 1,000 Professionals
This will be the pharmaceutical giant’s second capability centre in India, following the launch of LCCI Bengaluru in 2016.
Mohit Pandey ·
Microsoft Launches rStar-Math, Achieves Top-Level Math Reasoning
Smaller models are easier to use, require less powerful hardware, and make advanced AI tools available to more people and organisations
Aditi Suresh ·
NVIDIA Reveals Two Customers Accounted for 39% of Quarterly Revenue
xAI’s Colossus 2, which will host an additional 550,000 GB200 and GB300 GPUs, is scheduled to go online in the coming weeks.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Cognizant, Workfabric AI to Train 1,000 Context Engineers
The engineers will be equipped with the partnering company’s ContextFabric platform, enabling Cognizant to deliver enterprise-grade agentic solutions at scale to its clients.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
‘Reliance Intelligence’ is Here, In Partnership with Google and Meta
The new fully-owned subsidiary of Reliance would build data centres, strengthen India’s AI ecosystem, deliver AI services to consumers and MSMEs, and foster world-class AI talent.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Mastercard, Infosys Join Hands to Enhance Cross-Border Payments
The collaboration will give institutions quick access to Mastercard Move, a suite of money transfer services that works across 200 countries and 150 currencies.
Shalini Mondal ·
Garry Tan Calls Browserbase-Cloudflare Partnership an ‘Axis of Evil’
AI agents may soon carry ‘digital passports’, thanks to Browserbase and Cloudflare.
Ankush Das ·
xAI Unveils Grok Code Fast 1, Optimised for Agentic Coding
The model is now generally available through the xAI API.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Samsung Eyes R&D Hub in India to Lead its Voice AI Tool
As Samsung accelerates its AI efforts, the company aims to define the future of mobile technology in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Chennai Gets Another AI-Ready Data Centre With Techno Digital’s New 36MW Facility
The facility is supported by a $175 million committed investment, as part of its $1 billion commitment towards building infrastructure in India.
Supreeth Koundinya ·