AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
OpenAI Weighs Sharp Price Cuts as Anthropic Rivalry Intensifies
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently acknowledged that the cost of using AI has become a major concern for customers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Microsoft Restricts Internal Use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 Over Data Retention Concerns
The company is reviewing Anthropic’s 30-day data retention policy and the extended storage of flagged content before approving broader employee access.
Siddharth Jindal ·
TCS Partners With Anthropic to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Sectors, Train 50,000 Employees
TCS has set up a dedicated Claude-focused business unit as it deepens its enterprise AI push amid rising demand for governance-led deployments.
Ajay Rag ·
LTTS Partners with Databricks to Develop Industrial AI Solutions for Global Enterprises
The collaboration combines LTTS’ engineering expertise with Databricks’ data and AI platform to unlock value from decades of industrial and operational data.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Reliance-Backed Addverb Seeks Over $100 Mn to Expand Robotics & AI Capabilities
The funding will support the development of humanoid robots and advanced AI systems, following Reliance’s previous $132 million investment in 2021.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Eros Brings Cultural AI Ecosystem to UK with $355 Mn Investment
The initiative will strengthen collaboration between India and the UK in artificial intelligence, storytelling, and creative industries.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Broadcom, Apollo, Blackstone Target 20 GW AI Expansion, Sign $35 Bn Deal
The platform will support compute capacity powered by Broadcom’s XPUs and networking systems for frontier AI labs, including Anthropic and OpenAI.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Bengaluru-Based HyperNorm AI Raises $2.2 Mn to Bring Explainable AI to Wealth Management
The startup plans to use the funding to enhance product development, grow its engineering and AI research teams, and expand in the US and other international markets.
Prachi Pradhan ·
LTM Unveils Outcome-Based Pricing Model as AI Agents Reshape IT Services Contracts
The BlueVerse Currency framework will link pricing to business outcomes rather than effort spent, reflecting a broader shift in how IT services firms are monetising AI-led transformation initiatives.
Ajay Rag ·
Shunya Labs Launches Voice AI Platform Supporting 216 Indian Languages and Dialects
The platform combines speech recognition, natural language understanding, and generative AI to enable human-like conversations in regional languages and dialects.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Haleon to Invest ₹2,000 Crore in First India Manufacturing Facility in Madhya Pradesh
The site is expected to generate up to 500 direct jobs, along with indirect employment opportunities.
Shalini Mondal ·
Krisp Launches Real-Time Voice Translation API for Developers
The platform supports 61 languages and is designed to handle accented speech, background noise and industry-specific terminology in real time.
Prachi Pradhan ·
OpenAI Researcher Says AI Benchmarks Fail to Measure Frontier Model Capabilities
Noam Brown argues benchmark scores increasingly depend on inference compute, obscuring the true capabilities of frontier models.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Cambridge Scientists Test World’s First AI-Designed Universal Vaccine in Human
Researchers at Cambridge University say the technology could help prepare for future pandemics by enabling vaccines to target entire virus families before new outbreaks emerge.
Prachi Pradhan ·
ClickHouse Hires Databricks Veteran Ed Lenta to Lead APAC Expansion
The company also named Takeshi Kaneko as Country Manager for Japan. Kaneko previously led Nutanix Japan and held senior roles at Red Hat and Microsoft in the country.
Mohit Pandey ·
Meta Chooses Reliance for Its First AI Data Centre in India
The social media giant will lease 168 MW of capacity at a Jamnagar facility while backing nearly 1 GW of renewable energy projects across India.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Zoho Launches India-Designed Server Nathu La, Claims 30% Lower Ownership Cost
Nathu La is based on Intel Xeon 6 processors and was built in collaboration with Intel’s engineering teams.
Mohit Pandey ·
Anthropic Releases Claude Fable 5, Its First Mythos-Class Model for General Users
Anthropic is also introducing Claude Mythos 5, a version of the model with some safeguards removed for select cybersecurity and life sciences researchers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu Calls Salesforce a ‘Garbage Bin’
Zoho’s Chief Scientist questioned Salesforce’s long-term pricing model and urged buyers to seek multi-year pricing commitments before switching.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Dell Expands Solar Community Hubs Across India to Boost AI-Enabled Skilling & Digital Inclusion
The Solar Community Hub programme has reached 18 districts across 14 states, directly impacting 2.67 million beneficiaries.
Shalini Mondal ·