AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Gnani AI Launches Timbre v3.0 With AI Voices That Can Whisper, Laugh & Shout
The model can also generate non-verbal sounds such as coughs, sniffles, yawns and exhales.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Conversational AI Co Gupshup Launches Video-Based AI Agents for Businesses
Gupshup’s Avatar Agent enables businesses to customise digital avatars and deploy existing agents across channels.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Alibaba Unveils New Qwen AI Smart Glasses to Compete With Meta
Alibaba has launched its next-generation Qwen Glasses N1 series, featuring upgraded cameras, eye-tracking capabilities, and deeper integration with its AI assistant.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Google Makes Gemini 4 Argon Available Globally to Developers and Enterprises
Google said the model is built to handle complex, multi-step tasks and work across large codebases, documents and datasets.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Saudi OpenAI Engineer Arrested Over Hidden Recording Device in Conference Room
OpenAI employees discovered the device on September 30, concealed in toilet paper and connected to a USB port behind a television. Its contents were encrypted.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
CtrlS Announces ₹10,000 Crore Investment in Bihar for AI Data Centre
Its plans also include establishing more than 20 edge data centres across tier-2 and tier-3 cities in India over the coming years.
Siddharth Jindal ·
RevRag AI Raises $2.5 Mn to Build AI Relationship Managers for Banks
RevRag’s AI agents integrate into financial institutions’ mobile and web applications, guiding users through processes such as KYC verification, document uploads and account activation.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Applied Materials and Intel Join Forces to Advance AI Chipmaking
Applied Materials and Intel will combine research capabilities to speed up semiconductor development and manufacturing.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Persistent Systems Adds Hyderabad Facility for BFSI Clients
The company has more than 3,000 employees in Hyderabad, where the new office adds to its existing delivery operations at WaveRock and Sattva Knowledge City.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
NVIDIA Opens AI Factory Designs, Teams Up With Cisco on High-Speed Networking
The USFP optical module aims to increase network capacity, improve power efficiency and support larger AI infrastructure.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Mysuru-Based NuSynth Technologies Raises ₹36.5 Cr to Use AI in Chemical R&D
NuSynth AI engine redesigns and optimises chemical synthesis processes, shortening traditional R&D gestation cycles.
Mark Philip Jayan ·
TCS to Deploy Zoho’s ManageEngine ITOps in Sovereign Cloud Platform
The agreement adds enterprise IT management software to TCS's cloud offering, though the companies have not disclosed the products or deployment timeline.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
India’s ₹1 Lakh Crore RDI Fund Approves 19 Fund Managers
The first cohort comprises 14 Alternative Investment Funds and five Focused Research Organisations, with a total RDIF commitment of ₹7,131 crore.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Troubled AI Chatbot App Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy Amid Legal Scrutiny
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and expects the sale process to conclude by late November or early December.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Anthropic Warns ‘AI Worms’ Could Replicate Across Smart TVs, IoT Devices Without Data Centres
In a controlled experiment, Anthropic researchers demonstrated that the Gemma4-26B-A4B model could run inference across 15 inexpensive, off-brand Android TV boxes.
Shalini Mondal ·
China’s CXMT Claims Memory Breakthrough, Challenging Samsung and SK Hynix
The Chinese chipmaker plans to launch server memory based on the new architecture by year-end, following the mass production of its fifth-generation DRAM platform and LPDDR6 chips.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Meta Launches Muse Wonder AI Models for Personal and Professional Agents
Meta said Muse Wonder has the strongest safeguards to date against cyber misuse, but retains access to advanced cyber capabilities for defensive use.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Sarvam AI in Talks to Raise $300 Mn at $3 Bn Valuation: Report
The Bengaluru-based startup is looking to expand its AI research, enterprise deployments and presence in global markets.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech's Advanced AI Revenue Hits $219 Mn as FY27 Guidance Tightens
Deal wins rose 27% year-on-year to $3.3 billion, while HCLSoftware revenue fell 11.2% in constant currency during the quarter.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 With 40% More Tokens Per Megawatt
The company plans to make Maia its primary inference system for its products and services.
Siddharth Jindal ·