AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Mercedes-Benz, IIT Delhi Partner for Joint Research in Quantum Tech, Future Mobility
Mercedes-Benz and IIT Delhi will launch a research project on quantum sensors and advanced battery systems.
Shalini Mondal ·
Tech Mahindra, Microsoft to Launch Ontology-Driven Agentic AI Platform for Telecom
Built on Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI, the platform accelerates data mesh adoption and AI-led decisions.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks After Standoff Over AI Safeguards
Anthropic has resumed talks with the Pentagon after resisting demands over AI surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
IBM Launches its First India Infrastructure Innovation Centre in Bengaluru
Located at the new IBM India Systems Development Lab campus, the centre is expected to drive co-creation and innovation in India and the world.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.2 Score Only ~30% in New SWE-Atlas Benchmark
Scale AI’s new benchmark evaluates AI coding agents across a spectrum of professional software engineering tasks.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Pocket FM, Open AI Join Hands to Build AI-Native Entertainment Ecosystem
The Pocket FM-OpenAI partnership will enhance storytelling, localisation and production speed for thousands of creators worldwide.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Big Tech Firms Pledge to Pay for AI Data Centre Power Costs
America’s biggest tech firms have signed the ratepayer protection pledge to fund AI data centre power costs amid rising household energy bills.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
NVIDIA Signals Investment Exit in OpenAI and Anthropic
Jensen Huang says NVIDIA’s latest stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last before anticipated IPOs.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Google Research Finds ‘Bayesian Teaching’ Improves How LLMs Update Beliefs
Most LLMs plateau after one interaction when inferring user preferences, but training them on Bayesian model outputs improves accuracy and adaptation.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
MAHE Sets Up Quantum Hub in Bengaluru to Support Indigenous Quantum Hardware Development
The physical facility is slated to be inaugurated in September.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Meta Launches Applied AI Engineering Unit to Accelerate Superintelligence Push
According to a WSJ report, Meta is forming a lean applied AI engineering unit to speed model improvement and sharpen its superintelligence ambitions.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Apple’s New MacBooks Promise AI Gains at a $400 Price Hike
The new M5 MacBook Pro and Air models come with powerful M5 chips, and a higher price tag due to mounting AI-driven hardware pressures.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
OpenAI Plans GitHub Rival, Signalling Strategic Shift in Ties With Microsoft
ChatGPT creator is quietly building a code-hosting platform that could challenge its biggest backer and partner, Microsoft.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Anthropic CEO Says 2026 Will Have a Radical Acceleration That Will Surprise Everyone
“We do not see hitting the wall. I think this year is going to have a radical acceleration that surprises everyone,” Dario Amodei said.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Cursor AI Agents Solve a Research-Level Math Challenge After Running Autonomously for 4 Days
The company says the system tackled problem Six of the First Proof challenge, a research-level mathematics benchmark.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Claude Opus 4.6 Surprises Turing Award Winner, Solves Problem He’d Been Working on for Weeks
“It seems that I’ll have to revise my opinions about ‘generative AI’ one of these days,” said Donald Knuth, widely regarded as the father of algorithm analysis.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Anthropic’s Annual Revenue Run Rate Climbs Towards $20 Billion, Bloomberg Reports
Anthropic’s revenue surge coincides with its growing dispute with the US Department of Defense.
Siddharth Jindal ·
SK Telecom, Supermicro & Schneider Electric Partner to Build Solutions for AI Data Centres
SK Telecom will provide operational expertise, Supermicro will supply GPU servers, while Schneider Electric will handle infrastructure design and construction.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Qwen’s Core Team Shaken as Technical Lead, Researchers Exit
Developers and users on social media expressed surprise at the departures from the Qwen project.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Accenture to Acquire Ookla to Strengthen Network Intelligence and Experience for Enterprises
With this acquisition, Accenture seeks to optimise Wi-Fi and 5G networks, improve fraud prevention, and enable better analytics across sectors.
Smruthi Nadig ·