AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
GrowthPal Announces $2.6 Mn Funding to Enhance its AI-Driven M&A
The investment will expand GrowthPal’s global presence as demand for faster inorganic growth strategies rises.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Vellore Institute of Technology Alumni is Thinking Machines Lab’s New CTO
Mira Murati’s startup is undergoing leadership changes with three co-founders leaving the company.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 Better Than Claude Opus 4.5 for Long Autonomous Tasks, Says Cursor
Claude Opus 4.5 tends to stop earlier and take shortcuts when convenient, said Cursor.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Claude Code Finally Fixes the Huge Issue With MCPs
Tool search enables Claude to work with ‘hundreds or thousands of tools’ by dynamically discovering and loading them on demand.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Gemini Introduces Personal Intelligence to Connect Gmail, Photos and Other Google Apps
The feature can be used for recommendations on travel, entertainment and shopping, based on users’ past activity.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech Elevates Sandeep Saxena to Drive India-led Growth Push
HCLTech is sharpening its focus on India and MEA as AI revenues surge.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Infosys Adds 5,000 Jobs in Q3 While TCS & HCLTech Keep Cutting
Infosys attrition dropped to 12.3%, while TCS reported 13.5% attrition and HCLTech at 12.4% over the same period.
Mohit Pandey ·
OpenAI to Test Ads on ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers in the US
OpenAI said it will not show ads to users under 18 and that ads will not appear near sensitive or regulated topics such as health, mental health or politics.
Siddharth Jindal ·
BSNL, Viasat to Support Indian Navy Satellite Communications Upgrade
Viasat said the installation of its equipment on Indian Navy platforms will begin this month.
Sanjana Gupta ·
AI Deals Drive Tech Mahindra Q3 Results, Profit Climbs 14%
Employee headcount stood at 1,49,616 at the end of the quarter, down 872 year-on-year.
Mohit Pandey ·
Wipro Adds 6,529 Employees in Q3 as Attrition Eases
TCS reported a decline of over 11,000 employees in Q3, while Infosys added 5,043 employees.
Mohit Pandey ·
Wipro Q3 Net Profit Falls 7% YoY Despite Margin Expansion
For Q3, Wipro’s peers, including TCS, Infosys and HCLTech, also reported a profit decline because of ongoing labour code impacts.
Mohit Pandey ·
AI Video Startup Higgsfield Raises $130 Mn in Series A, Reports $200 Mn ARR
The new funding aims to improve its API and support global expansion in the advertising and marketing sectors.
Smruthi Nadig ·
RCB to Collaborate with Staqu for AI-Enabled Crowd Management at Chinnaswamy Stadium
The ₹4.5 crore proposal includes installing 300–350 AI-enabled cameras at the Stadium.
Smruti S ·
Cloudflare Acquires Human Native to Help Creators Monetise Content for AI Models
Cloudflare plans to build tools that allow content to be discovered, priced, and purchased by AI developers through transparent channels.
Mohit Pandey ·
Google Launches TranslateGemma, Takes On ChatGPT Translate
The company trained the system on nearly 500 additional language pairs to allow researchers to fine-tune models for specific use cases.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Actor Arvind Swami Says ‘Old Models Will Collapse’ as Leaders Navigate Shackleton Moments
The actor-entrepreneur explains how AI collapses creation timelines, arguing that modern leadership requires unlearning ego and building resilience.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
OpenAI Bets on Brain-Computer Interfaces With Merge Labs Investment
OpenAI-backed Merge Labs is working to safely interface biology, hardware devices, and AI at higher bandwidth.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Irina Ghose Appointed Anthropic’s India MD Ahead of Bengaluru Office Opening
Ghose comes with more than 30 years of experience in building and scaling technology businesses.
Siddharth Jindal ·
LTIMindtree Q3 Profit Falls 12% to ₹960 Crore on Labour Code One-Off
Excluding this exceptional cost, net profit rose 29% YoY to ₹1,401.3 crore and increased 1.5% sequentially.
C P Balasubramanyam ·