AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Accenture Launches New Vertical to Streamline AI Data Centre Infra Projects
The new business builds on a capital projects unit that Accenture said has grown four times over three years and addresses a $260 billion market.
Ridhika Basnet ·
Windows Malware Uses 4 AI Models To Decide Its Next Move
CLOSEDQUORUM can query DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral and Google Gemini, using their responses to select its next action instead of relying entirely on instructions from an attacker-controlled command-and-control server.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Odisha Clears ₹1.45 Lakh Crore Tech Investments, Data Centres & AI Lead Pipeline
Data centres account for the bulk of the technology investment pipeline, with four major projects proposed across Khordha, Puri and Cuttack.
Shalini Mondal ·
Anthropic Makes Claude 3x Faster on Web & Desktop
In a two-week sprint last month, the company merged over 3,000 changes to improve the core user experience.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
[Exclusive] Govt Eyes ₹20,000 Cr Fund to Back India’s Frontier AI Race
The NFAICF is being structured as a SEBI-regulated Category I Alternative Investment Fund.
Mohit Pandey ·
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Urge UN To Set Global Safeguards For AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have called for global AI safeguards, warning that poorly managed AI could pose risks to humanity.
Kileuna Haralu ·
LTM Launches Sovereign AI Models to Help Enterprises Build on Proprietary Data
LTM’s new portfolio includes models for sales, contracts and finance, with the company targeting lower AI infrastructure costs and greater control.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Tech Mahindra Partners With Verato to Strengthen Healthcare AI Data Foundations
Tech Mahindra will integrate Verato’s identity data platform into US healthcare transformation programmes to unify patient and provider records.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Meta Unveils New Palm-Sized AI Device With Muse Agent
Charm has a roughly 2-inch OLED touchscreen, built-in 5G connectivity and speakers and microphones.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
US Biopharma Co Syneos Health Opens 137,000 Sq Ft Global Life Sciences and Technology Centre in Hyderabad
The centre is Syneos Health’s largest facility in Asia and third-largest globally.
Shalini Mondal ·
Claude Discovers CRISPR-Like Enzyme System as Anthropic Expands Into Wet-Lab Biology
The company says Claude identified a novel enzyme system in bacteriophages after analysing over 2,00,000 reverse transcriptases.
Merin Susan John ·
Navana.ai Launches Bodhi TTS at 60% Lower Price Than Sarvam
Bodhi TTS offers sub-100ms response times, instant voice cloning and fine-grained pronunciation control for enterprise voice applications.
Siddharth Jindal ·
MeitY Shortlists CoRover, Kyndryl for Agentic AI Platform: Report
MeitY has shortlisted CoRover and Kyndryl Solutions to develop a reusable agentic AI platform for government services, with DigiLocker set to become its first use case.
Kileuna Haralu ·
India’s GCCs Face AI Shift as Nearly 70% Remain Stuck at Pilot Stage: Report
By 2030, Indian GCCs are reportedly set to become engines of agentic transformation.
Merin Susan John ·
Brahma AI Raises $150 Mn in Preferred Share Funding Led by Multiples
Brahma AI, which counts Warner Bros, NBA, and Mayo Clinic among its customers, plans to use the capital to expand R&D, global operations, and AI-powered content applications.
Merin Susan John ·
Microsoft Offers Copilot Discounts of Up to 50% as It Prepares AI Super App: Report
The reported discounts target large enterprise customers as Microsoft shifts Copilot toward usage-based billing and prepares a unified application for coding and AI agents.
Ridhika Basnet ·
Sol Emerges From Stealth With $4 Mn Haul to Build AI Assistant for Email Management
The startup says its assistant proactively identifies email commitments and automates the process of researching, documenting, and drafting replies.
Ridhika Basnet ·
Meta Tests Human Contractors to Handle Calls for Muse AI Agent: Report
Meta rolled back a test that used human contractors to handle some calls placed through its personal AI agent Muse after facing internal criticism over privacy and disclosure concerns.
Ridhika Basnet ·
Qualcomm Unveils New Snapdragon Chips With On-Device AI at the Core
The chips can run AI models locally, with features including personalised AI agents, voice processing, advanced camera controls and support for 30-billion-parameter models.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Claude Opus 5.5 Performs On Par With Fable 5.1, 40% Cheaper than Opus 5
Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 are scheduled to be released in the coming weeks.
Supreeth Koundinya ·