AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Anthropic Appoints Sangeeta Bavi to Lead Startups, Growth in India
Sangeeta Bavi will work closely with founders, startups, and growth-stage companies adopting Anthropic’s AI technologies.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Gujarat Partners With Meta for AI-Powered Citizen Services, Digital Infra
The chatbot, which will be available in Gujarati and English, is designed to help citizens access 20 government services directly through WhatsApp
Shalini Mondal ·
Byju’s Founder Raveendran Sentenced for 6 Months in Singapore Contempt Case
The court found that Raveendran had disobeyed multiple court orders related to the disclosure of his assets.
Prachi Pradhan ·
GPT-5.5 Beats Claude and Gemini in New Long-Horizon Coding Benchmark
DeepSWE is a new benchmark for testing real-world AI coding capabilities.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
DeepSeek Slashes V4 Pro Prices by 75% Permanently
The company’s aggressive pricing strategy is expected to increase pressure on AI companies globally.
Siddharth Jindal ·
TCS launches Sovereign Cloud Offering in Europe to Focus on Data Localisation
TCS’ SovereignSecure Cloud platform targets governments and regulated sectors as enterprises across the EU step up focus on data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and secure AI adoption.
Ajay Rag ·
Shunya Labs Releases Open Standard for Stuttering Annotation
SAML is an XML-based specification that extends W3C SSML standards and includes schema validation to ensure interoperability across tools.
Merin Susan John ·
Rajasthan Partners With Wadhwani AI to Deploy AI Tools for Agriculture Services
The foundation will provide technical support to the state government for a period of three years without any financial burden on the government.
Shalini Mondal ·
OpenAI Offers $445,000 to Study Self-Improving AI
The researcher would work on areas such as defending AI systems against data poisoning attacks.
Siddharth Jindal ·
LTM Bags AI-Led IT Infra Modernisation Mandate from UK’s SSP Group
LTM has partnered with UK-based SSP Group to modernise its IT infrastructure and application support operations.
Ajay Rag ·
Persistent Systems Teams Up With Kong to Simplify Enterprise AI Governance
The collaboration will combine Persistent’s enterprise modernisation expertise with Kong’s API connectivity platform to help businesses govern, integrate and manage AI workloads at scale.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Microsoft Replaces Claude Code With GitHub Copilot CLI
The move is partly tied to cost-cutting efforts, with Microsoft’s financial year ending on June 30.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech, Pegasystems Expand AI Partnership to Modernise Legacy Enterprise Systems
HCLTech has expanded its partnership with Pegasystems to help enterprises modernise legacy technology systems using AI, as IT services firms sharpen their focus on AI-led transformation deals.
Ajay Rag ·
Bihar to Launch Dedicated AI Policy, Aims to Become India’s Next AI Hub
The state is preparing a new AI policy focused on digital infrastructure, innovation and employment generation to accelerate its transformation into an AI-driven economy.
Prachi Pradhan ·
OpenAI Beats Anthropic by Nearly $1 Bn in Quarterly Revenue
Both OpenAI and Anthropic are planning to go public this year.
Siddharth Jindal ·
ByteDance’s CapCut Teams Up With Google Gemini for Conversational AI Image Editing
Chinese app CapCut and Google are deepening their collaboration by integrating AI-powered creative editing workflows into the Gemini app.
Prachi Pradhan ·
BDIA Pushes for Sovereign Digital Infrastructure Framework to Power India’s AI & Data Economy
The event also marked the formal public launch of BDIA as a not-for-profit industry association focused on advancing sovereign digital infrastructure.
Shalini Mondal ·
EY, Microsoft Launch $1 Billion Enterprise AI Initiative
The joint services will initially target core business functions such as finance, tax, risk management, human resources, and supply chain logistics.
Novinston Lobo ·
Spotify, Universal Music to Launch Licensed AI Remixes and Covers
The partnership marks one of its first major licensing deals for mainstream AI-generated music creation.
Prachi Pradhan ·
LTM Wants to Acquire Randstad’s Tech and Consulting Business in Europe, Australia
The proposed acquisition, pegged at over $500 million in annual revenue, is part of a broader partnership between the two companies.
Ajay Rag ·