AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Apple Warns ‘100-Year’ Memory Crunch is Far From Over
Apple reported a record June-quarter revenue of $109.4 billion, driven by a 22% jump in iPhone sales.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Luna Prices by 80%, Terra by 20%
The company also introduced a faster API processing mode while passing infrastructure efficiency gains on to developers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Sarvam AI Hires Former xAI Researcher Devendra Chaplot to Build Frontier AI Models
The AI startup is also opening a new office in San Francisco.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Cognizant Takes OpenAI Codex Training to 10,000 Employees in India in AI Skills Push
The company has launched its first global OpenAI Codex hackathon across six Indian cities, with plans to expand participation to over 50,000 employees as it deepens investments in AI engineering talent.
Ajay Rag ·
Marvell to Invest $250 Million in India, Double Workforce as AI & Semiconductor Demand Surges
Marvell also recently launched the Marvell Scholarship for Technical and Engineering Merit (MSTEM) programme, which aims to strengthen India’s future semiconductor and AI talent pipeline.
Shalini Mondal ·
Sarvam Takes Aim at Every Layer of the AI Stack
Alongside new AI models and products, Sarvam said it has built one of India’s largest Blackwell GPU deployments.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Chennai-Focused AI Startup Freehand Bags $75 Mn for Agentic Enterprise Supply Chains
Freehand, with a significant presence in Chennai, will scale its AI-powered supply chain platform as enterprises increasingly adopt autonomous software over traditional outsourcing.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Andhra Pradesh Launches Twin AI CoEs to Accelerate Deeptech Startups
The AI CoEs will offer specialised AI sandboxes, high-performance compute infrastructure, mentorship programmes, and structured industry linkages.
Shalini Mondal ·
AICTE Partners with Pega to Launch National AI Internship Programme for Engineering Students
The programme attracted more than 10,000 registrations, eventually expanding to nearly 75,000 students across over 1,500 colleges nationwide.
Shalini Mondal ·
Azure Hits $100 Bn Revenue in FY26 as Microsoft Pushes Multi-Model AI Strategy
Pushing full-year revenue past $331 billion, Microsoft is expanding data centre capacity and decoupling enterprise context to give customers model flexibility.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Cognizant Posts 4.5% Q2 Revenue Growth as AI-Led Deal Momentum Begins to Cool
Cognizant raised its full-year revenue guidance, but a 6% decline in quarterly bookings suggests the initial surge in AI-led deal activity may be settling into a more measured pace.
Ajay Rag ·
OpenAI Reveals Rogue AI Agent Accessed Four Accounts During Hugging Face Breach
OpenAI clarified that none of the models planned for public release were involved in the Hugging Face intrusion.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Mindgrove, AtumX Take Indian Semiconductor Education to Classrooms with AGNI
AGNI enables learners to progress from block-based programming to AI applications on Indian-built hardware.
Prachi Pradhan ·
JanAI Launches Community AI café in Rural Karnataka to Push Grassroots AI Adoption
The AI café in Mysuru’s HD Kote combines AI education, entrepreneurship and community-led innovation to help rural citizens build AI solutions for local challenges.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Google Launches Gemini Spark AI Agent for Pro Subscribers in India
Users can decide whether to enable the service and which applications it can access.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech Employees Demand Salary Hikes From CEO C Vijayakumar
A section of employees interrupted HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar's address at HCL Group's 50th anniversary celebrations in Chennai with chants demanding salary hikes.
Ajay Rag ·
Over 1,100 Developers, Leaders Call for Global Framework to Pace Frontier AI
Signatories say the world currently lacks the tools to manage rapid advances in frontier AI across competing labs.
Siddharth Jindal ·
SK Hynix Stock Crashes Even as Profit Jumps 557% YoY on AI Supply Deals
The South Korean memory chipmaker said it has signed multi-year supply agreements with 10 AI customers as it forecast stronger second-half earnings.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Andrew Ng Launches AI Education Startup With $100 Mn Investment From Coursera
The venture will build AI learning guides that adapt to each learner's progress instead of relying on conventional chatbots.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Freshworks Appoints Ex-ServiceNow exec Ryan Manning as Chief Product and Technology Officer
Manning will oversee Freshworks’ global product roadmap and engineering organisation across the company's software portfolio.
Siddharth Jindal ·