AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
NVIDIA Opens AI Factory Designs, Teams Up With Cisco on High-Speed Networking
The USFP optical module aims to increase network capacity, improve power efficiency and support larger AI infrastructure.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Mysuru-Based NuSynth Technologies Raises ₹36.5 Cr to Use AI in Chemical R&D
NuSynth AI engine redesigns and optimises chemical synthesis processes, shortening traditional R&D gestation cycles.
Mark Philip Jayan ·
TCS to Deploy Zoho’s ManageEngine ITOps in Sovereign Cloud Platform
The agreement adds enterprise IT management software to TCS's cloud offering, though the companies have not disclosed the products or deployment timeline.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
India’s ₹1 Lakh Crore RDI Fund Approves 19 Fund Managers
The first cohort comprises 14 Alternative Investment Funds and five Focused Research Organisations, with a total RDIF commitment of ₹7,131 crore.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Troubled AI Chatbot App Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy Amid Legal Scrutiny
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and expects the sale process to conclude by late November or early December.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Anthropic Warns ‘AI Worms’ Could Replicate Across Smart TVs, IoT Devices Without Data Centres
In a controlled experiment, Anthropic researchers demonstrated that the Gemma4-26B-A4B model could run inference across 15 inexpensive, off-brand Android TV boxes.
Shalini Mondal ·
China’s CXMT Claims Memory Breakthrough, Challenging Samsung and SK Hynix
The Chinese chipmaker plans to launch server memory based on the new architecture by year-end, following the mass production of its fifth-generation DRAM platform and LPDDR6 chips.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Meta Launches Muse Wonder AI Models for Personal and Professional Agents
Meta said Muse Wonder has the strongest safeguards to date against cyber misuse, but retains access to advanced cyber capabilities for defensive use.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Sarvam AI in Talks to Raise $300 Mn at $3 Bn Valuation: Report
The Bengaluru-based startup is looking to expand its AI research, enterprise deployments and presence in global markets.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech's Advanced AI Revenue Hits $219 Mn as FY27 Guidance Tightens
Deal wins rose 27% year-on-year to $3.3 billion, while HCLSoftware revenue fell 11.2% in constant currency during the quarter.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 With 40% More Tokens Per Megawatt
The company plans to make Maia its primary inference system for its products and services.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Zoho Freezes Salary Hikes as Sridhar Vembu Warns of Grim Outlook for Software Jobs
The company is trying to control expenses while reinventing its business over the next three to five years.
Siddharth Jindal ·
SquadStack.ai Launches Arth V2 STT Model, Claims 67ms Transcription Latency
The company said its streaming speech-to-text model recorded an 8.85% semantic word error rate and 18% fewer meaning-changing errors than Sarvam Saaras v4.
Ridhika Basnet ·
HCLTech, Anthropic to Expand Enterprise Agentic AI Deployments
Claude and Claude Code will enter HCLTech's engineering workflows, while HCLSoftware plans to incorporate Claude into selected cybersecurity and enterprise products.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Vertiv Deploys Liquid Cooling System for 30 MW AI Data Centre in Navi Mumbai
Vertiv noted that the deployment at CapitaLand’s Mumbai facility marks India’s first direct-to-chip high-density liquid cooling installation.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Bengaluru’s Tessolve Semiconductor Secures $75 Mn From Vector Line Capital
The funding will support acquisitions as the Bengaluru-based company expands its semiconductor engineering capabilities and global presence.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Amazon in Talks to Acquire AI Chip Flexibility Startup to Compete With NVIDIA: Report
The proposed deal could give Amazon access to technology that helps developers run AI workloads across different chips, strengthening its push to compete with NVIDIA.
Siddharth Jindal ·
TCS’s Annualised AI Revenue Crosses $3.1 Billion, Tops 10% of Total Revenue
TCS saw stronger demand across BFSI, manufacturing and technology services, while AI work began commanding better pricing and margins.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Mistral AI Takes on OpenAI, Anthropic With Its 1 Tn Parameter Model
Mistral said that Large 4 is built for coding, cybersecurity, agentic workflows and multimodal tasks, with weights set to be released by the end of October.
Siddharth Jindal ·
AI Governance Cannot Be Solved by Blocking Models, Says Kimchi Core Contributor
Enterprises need to govern AI at the infrastructure layer by tracking spending, controlling access, managing risk, and matching tasks to the right models, says Kunal Das, core contributor to Kimchi.
Mark Philip Jayan ·