AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Mindgrove, AtumX Take Indian Semiconductor Education to Classrooms with AGNI
AGNI enables learners to progress from block-based programming to AI applications on Indian-built hardware.
Prachi Pradhan ·
JanAI Launches Community AI café in Rural Karnataka to Push Grassroots AI Adoption
The AI café in Mysuru’s HD Kote combines AI education, entrepreneurship and community-led innovation to help rural citizens build AI solutions for local challenges.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Google Launches Gemini Spark AI Agent for Pro Subscribers in India
Users can decide whether to enable the service and which applications it can access.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech Employees Demand Salary Hikes From CEO C Vijayakumar
A section of employees interrupted HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar's address at HCL Group's 50th anniversary celebrations in Chennai with chants demanding salary hikes.
Ajay Rag ·
Over 1,100 Developers, Leaders Call for Global Framework to Pace Frontier AI
Signatories say the world currently lacks the tools to manage rapid advances in frontier AI across competing labs.
Siddharth Jindal ·
SK Hynix Stock Crashes Even as Profit Jumps 557% YoY on AI Supply Deals
The South Korean memory chipmaker said it has signed multi-year supply agreements with 10 AI customers as it forecast stronger second-half earnings.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Andrew Ng Launches AI Education Startup With $100 Mn Investment From Coursera
The venture will build AI learning guides that adapt to each learner's progress instead of relying on conventional chatbots.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Freshworks Appoints Ex-ServiceNow exec Ryan Manning as Chief Product and Technology Officer
Manning will oversee Freshworks’ global product roadmap and engineering organisation across the company's software portfolio.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Cognizant Expands Anthropic Partnership, Embeds Claude AI Across Enterprise Platforms
Cognizant will integrate Anthropic’s Claude models into its AI platforms, train more than 40,000 employees on frontier AI technologies and deepen deployments across manufacturing, life sciences and financial services.
Ajay Rag ·
Coforge Grows Q1 Profit Even as Encora Integration Continues; AI Engineering Dominates Quarter
One-off acquisition, integration, and legal expenses weighed on Coforge's June-quarter earnings, pulling profit down 15.3% from the previous quarter.
Ajay Rag ·
Cursor Launches ₹649 Monthly India Plan with UPI Payments
New Cursor ‘Start’ subscription targets India’s growing developer base with Grok 4.5, Composer, cloud agents and higher usage limits, positioned between the company’s Free and Pro tiers.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Anthropic Rejects Calls for a Ban on Open-Weight AI Models
The AI startup instead called for tighter chip export controls, action against large-scale distillation, and mandatory safety testing for advanced AI models.
Siddharth Jindal ·
NVIDIA Invests in Ilya Sutskever’s SSI to Scale Superintelligence AI
NVIDIA is reportedly investing $5 billion in SSI. The partnership gives the startup access to NVIDIA’s next-generation AI infrastructure.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Microsoft Unveils MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, Claims 50% Lower AI Security Costs
The launch marks Microsoft’s first in-house AI model built specifically for cybersecurity and software vulnerability detection.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Wipro Expands Databricks Partnership; Sets Up Dedicated AI and Data Business Practice
The new business unit will focus on building industry-specific AI offerings using Databricks' platform, as Wipro looks to help enterprises move beyond AI pilots to large-scale deployments.
Ajay Rag ·
France Fines Infosys €175,000 Over Employee Time-Recording System
French labour authorities imposed a €175,000 fine on Infosys after finding its working time recording system failed to meet local legal requirements for certain employee categories.
Ajay Rag ·
LTM, Cognition to Reduce Cyber Risk in Financial Services with Devin
LTM has partnered with AI startup Cognition to deploy autonomous software engineering agent Devin as part of its cybersecurity platform.
Ajay Rag ·
NVIDIA in Talks to Back $250 Bn OpenAI Data Centre Deal: Report
The proposed guarantee would support financing for a 10 GW Ohio AI campus that could cost more than $500 billion once NVIDIA chips are included.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Indian Govt Orders GitHub to Remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Amid CJP Protests
The directive reportedly asks GitHub to act against the repositories hosting the application’s source code.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Delhi High Court Rejects ANI’s Interim Plea in ChatGPT Copyright Dispute
The court found no evidence that ChatGPT had memorised and reproduced ANI’s content.
Siddharth Jindal ·