AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Google Brings AI Educator Series to India, Partners With UNICEF to Boost Learning Outcomes
Google’s initiatives, announced at the Education World Forum 2026 in London, will cover teacher training in six Indian languages and span four countries.
Novinston Lobo ·
Meta to Axe 10% of Workforce as It Shifts 7,000 Employees to AI Teams: Report
The changes are part of a broader overhaul at Meta as the company ramps up spending on AI infrastructure and products.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis Was Early Investor in Anthropic: Report
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly considers Demis Hassabis a role model.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Blackstone, Google Launch TPU Cloud Venture With $5 Bn Commitment
The new company will offer data centre capacity, networking, operations, and access to Google Cloud’s TPUs through a compute-as-a-service model.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Salesforce to Spend Nearly $300 Mn on Anthropic Tokens in 2026
Salesforce currently has around 15,000 engineers, many of whom now work with AI tools such as Anthropic Claude.
Siddharth Jindal ·
AI Isn’t the Problem, Adoption Is: Megha Sinha and Sreekanth Menon Launch New Book
The authors say enterprise AI adoption often breaks down due to low trust, unclear accountability, and workflows that were never redesigned for how employees actually work.
Merin Susan John ·
SAP Powers TCS’ Large-Scale Payroll Transformation in Cloud Migration
Cloud migration consolidates TCS’ multinational payroll operations onto a single SAP platform, delivering faster processing and improved resilience with no operational downtime.
Novinston Lobo ·
Uttar Pradesh Hosts Conclave to Explore AI Ambitions as Lucknow Emerges as Tech Innovation Hub
Uttar Pradesh, especially Lucknow, is emerging as a suitable centre for AI innovation in India.
Shalini Mondal ·
Karnataka Fast-Tracks Drone Testing Facility Near Bengaluru, Policy Framework
Representatives from ideaForge, Aereo, Asteria Aerospace, NewSpace Research & Technologies, and Vecros, among others, attended the meeting.
Shalini Mondal ·
Schaeffler India Launches Advanced Research Computing Facility at IISc Bengaluru
The enhanced infrastructure will support IISc faculty, FSID-incubated startups, external startups, MSMEs, and industry partners engaged in collaborative R&D projects.
Shalini Mondal ·
Telangana's Life Sciences Hub Hits $145 Bn, Draws ₹84,000 Cr in 2 Years
Hyderabad now hosts technology and innovation centres of nine of the world’s 10 ten life sciences companies.
Shalini Mondal ·
Rajasthan Enters Semiconductor Race With First Chip Packaging Plant in Bhiwadi
the facility currently has an annual packaging capacity of 60 million semiconductor units
Shalini Mondal ·
Karnataka, Chile Explore Deeptech, Startup Partnerships in Bengaluru
The engagement builds on the Letter of Intent signed between Karnataka and Chile during the Bengaluru Tech Summit.
Shalini Mondal ·
HCLTech Leads $300 Million Funding for Sarvam AI, Elevating Valuation to $1.5 Billion: Report
In addition to HCLTech’s $150 million, Sarvam will receive $50 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and another $100 million from a consortium of investors, including NVIDIA.
Smruthi Nadig ·
HCLTech, Red Hat Partner to Roll Out Enterprise AI Infrastructure Solutions
The collaboration will strengthen HCLTech’s AI Factory ecosystem as enterprises increasingly move from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment.
Ajay Rag ·
Amazon Continues Layoffs Amid Expanding AI Investments, India Push
The layoffs come even as Amazon continues to significantly expand its investments in AI and cloud infrastructure globally.
Merin Susan John ·
Ministry of Ayush Partners with BHASHINI to Expand Multilingual AI Healthcare Services
The collaboration aims to improve multilingual accessibility across Ayush portals and services using AI-based translation, speech and voice technologies.
Prachi Pradhan ·
OpenAI Brings Codex to ChatGPT Mobile App for Remote Coding Work
The feature allows users to monitor, approve, and manage coding tasks running across laptops and remote environments directly from their phones.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Cisco to Cut Nearly 4,000 Jobs in Q4 Amid AI Shift
The networking company plans workforce cuts while increasing investments in AI, silicon, optics, and security.
Sanjana Gupta ·
AI-Native Startup Exaforce Secures $125 Mn to Scale Agentic Security Operations
Beyond geographic expansion, the company intends to bolster its presence in research and development by enhancing multi-model AI capabilities and aiding enterprises in operationalising agentic workflows.
Novinston Lobo ·