AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
IBM Connects Cryogenic Modules for Next-Gen Quantum Computers
The company says the system could link hundreds of quantum chips as it works towards its planned 2029 fault-tolerant machine.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Bengaluru’s AlgoFET Raises ₹15 Cr to Scale Autonomous Drone Infrastructure
The startup will expand manufacturing, proprietary technology, and deployments across defence, enterprise, and global markets.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Charles Schwab Opens Hyderabad Tech Centre as Telangana Bets Big on Capital Markets GCC
Hyderabad is home to nine of the world’s top 10 brokerage and trading institutions.
Shalini Mondal ·
Hardware Co Etched Ships First AI Rack to Jane Street as Valuation Hits $21 Bn
The transformer-focused chipmaker has raised $700 million as it moves from building chips to deploying inference systems.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Ex-Cognizant India Head Achal Kataria Joins Avanade as Managing Director and CEO
Kataria will work with clients, partners and employees to accelerate growth and help organisations derive measurable business outcomes from digital and AI transformation.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Blue Machines AI Launches Floe to Detect Language Switching in Conversations
The model supports 11 languages and uses conversational context to distinguish everyday code-mixing from a genuine change in language preference.
Siddharth Jindal ·
India Can Build Indigenous GPU by 2029, Says C-DAC Bengaluru Chief
C-DAC Bengaluru is developing a broader homegrown computing stack spanning CPUs, AI accelerators, RISC-V servers, and chiplets, with a fully indigenous HPC system targeted for 2030.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Nikhil Kamath Invests ₹200 Cr in One of India’s Largest Data Centre Companies
Entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga adds ₹50 crore alongside Kamath, investing a total of ₹250 crore in CtrlS Datacentres.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Sonata Software Names Hariprasad Rebala Chief AI Officer as AI Push Deepens
Rebala will oversee the IT services company’s AI-led business transformation across its offerings, service delivery, platforms, capabilities, ecosystem and partnerships
Ajay Rag ·
[Exclusive] C-DAC’s 108-Qubit Quantum Computer to Launch by November
The facility is part of India’s broader push to build domestic quantum computing and communication capabilities under the National Quantum Mission.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Indian Army Builds Its Own Multimodal AI With Sarvam 105B
The system is trained on DSSC’s academic repository and supports document analysis, image generation, speech tools, translation, research, and data analytics.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI Slows RL Runs for Frontier Models
OpenAI is holding its biggest planned reinforcement-learning run while expanding safeguards after models escaped a cyber-evaluation sandbox and compromised Hugging Face.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Anthropic Hopes to Make 50% Higher Claude Code Limits Permanent
The company has extended the promotion that provides 50% higher weekly usage limits through August 31.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Cerebras Claims 30x Inference Lead With New Chip
“CS-4 can deliver more than 1,000 tokens per second on models exceeding 10 trillion parameters.”
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Digantara Unveils Five-Node MOSAIC Network to Track Objects in Orbit
The network will support orbital tracking and celestial navigation in GPS-denied environments.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Wispr Bags $280 Mn at $2 Bn Valuation, Previews Canto Speech Model
Wispr said its new 2-billion-parameter model can reduce word error rates from more than 30% to between 5% and 10% in its hardest conditions.
Ridhika Basnet ·
India Approves 31 Electronics Projects to Make Critical Components Locally
The new projects target 9,588 direct jobs across 10 states under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme.
Sanjana Gupta ·
AI4Bharat, Bodhan AI Build 1.2 Bn Parameter Speech Model for 26 Indian Languages
The model is built to handle code-mixed conversations, regional accents and children’s speech, with applications spanning education, healthcare, finance and governance.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Experion Technologies Opens 700-Seat AI Centre in Thiruvananthapuram
The new facility will house more than 700 engineers and support Experion’s AI-native product engineering operations.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Superhealth Appoints Ex-Dunzo Co-founder To Scale AI-Native Hospital Model
Superhealth plans to scale its AI-native hospital model from one Bengaluru facility to 100 hospitals across India
Merin Susan John ·