AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
TCS Headcount Falls by 11,151 Even as AI Workforce Crosses 2,17,000 in Q3
The decline in overall headcount highlights how TCS is reshaping its workforce as it moves toward AI-led delivery.
Mohit Pandey ·
India to Produce 3nm Chips by 2032: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw said India will have talent, design capability, and a manufacturing ecosystem for advanced chip production.
Sanjana Gupta ·
DeepSeek Finds Strong Usage Base in Russia, Belarus & Cuba
DeepSeek’s adoption has remained low in North America and Western Europe.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Zyoin Group, WeWork India to Support Scalable GCC Expansion Across India
Zyoin Group and WeWork Indiaplan to support organisations at different stages of their GCC journey.
Shalini Mondal ·
ISRO Launches EOS-N1, 15 More Satellites, Faces Anomaly During 3rd Stage
In the third stage, ISRO noted some disturbance in the PSLV rocket’s roll rates and a deviation in the flight path.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Google Introduces Universal Commerce Protocol, AI Tools to Power Agentic Shopping
Google also introduced Direct Offers, a new Google Ads pilot that allows retailers to show targeted discounts.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Reliance to Invest ₹7 Lakh Crore in Gujarat, Aims to Build India’s Largest AI Data Centre
The conglomerate has invested over ₹3.5 lakh crore in Gujarat over the last five years.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Indonesia and Malaysia Block Access to xAI’s Grok
While numerous countries around the world have voiced their concerns and sought a response from Musk’s xAI on the issue, the two countries are the first to enforce a ban.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
IndiaAI Mission Unveils 62 AI & Data Labs in Uttar Pradesh
The conference also saw the launch of the UP AI Mission, with a proposed outlay of around ₹2,000 crore.
Merin Susan John ·
GCCs Dominate India’s Office Market, Set to Cross 100 Mn Sq Ft by 2027: JLL Report
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, and Mumbai all recorded their highest annual leasing levels.
Shalini Mondal ·
Complex Reinforcement Learning Tasks Can Cost Up to $20,000 Each: EpochAI Report
A new report from EpochAI sheds light on the booming economics of building RL environments.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Tamil Nadu Teams Up With Sarvam AI to Build ₹10,000 Cr Sovereign AI Park
The project is expected to generate around 1,000 high skilled jobs across AI research, infrastructure engineering and governance focused technology roles.
Mohit Pandey ·
HCLTech Partners With Magnum Ice Cream to Build AI-Driven Autonomous IT Infrastructure
A key focus of the engagement is TMICC’s shift from traditional AIOps to a NoOps operating model
Shalini Mondal ·
Kaynes Semicon, SiMa.ai Partner to Manufacture Physical AI in India
The companies said the tie-up will support sectors such as industrial automation, robotics, automotive, aerospace and defence.
Sanjana Gupta ·
TCS Confirms Layoffs Will Continue Into Q4
TCS found that not everyone, especially at higher levels of seniority, is able to transition into new specialised AI roles.
Mohit Pandey ·
OpenAI Acquires Torch to Expand ChatGPT Health Capabilities
Reports suggest that OpenAI paid about $100 million in equity for the startup.
Siddharth Jindal ·
In Just 10 Days, Anthropic Built Cowork Enitrely Written by Claude Code
Cowork is positioned as “Claude Code for the rest of your work.”
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Zuckerberg Announces Meta Compute to Scale Long-Term AI Infrastructure
The company plans to build “tens of gigawatts” of computing capacity this decade.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech To Offer Up to ₹22 Lakh CTC For AI Ready Freshers
“We have to be competitive to be able to attract the best of talents that we want for our elite cadre," Ram Sundararajan, HCLTech’s chief people officer, said.
Mohit Pandey ·
Airbnb Names Meta Generative AI Head Ahmad Al-Dahle as CTO
Al-Dahle led the Generative AI group at Meta and oversaw development of the Llama family of open-source AI models.
Siddharth Jindal ·