Global Tech
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's Global Tech section.
OpenAI’s Stargate Is a Threat to IndiaAI Mission
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants the entire world to be on the US stack.
Siddharth Jindal ·
How Anthropic Is Snatching Top Talent from OpenAI and DeepMind
Anthropic is reportedly preparing to launch its first employee share buyback programme.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why Google May Have an Upper Hand in AI-Led Shopping?
‘E-commerce players who avoid AI altogether risk falling behind on critical experience metrics—search precision, recommendation accuracy, and fulfilment agility.’
Ankush Das ·
Google vs Google
Google stated that AI Mode is now the most powerful AI search, with more advanced reasoning and multimodality features.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Open Source LLMs Pave the Way for Responsible AI in India
“We are doing projects in healthcare, in agriculture, and in primary education that leverage LLMs, some of which are supported by Meta."
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google Goes After Apple, OpenAI and Meta With New AI Products
Google rebranded its AI subscriptions. The $20/month AI Premium plan is now AI Pro, while a new top-tier AI Ultra plan launches at $250/month, exceeding OpenAI’s $200 ChatGPT Pro offering.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google's Veo 3 Just Did to Video What ChatGPT Did to Text
Veo 3 can generate the sound of traffic in the background of a city street scene, birds singing in a park, and even dialogue between characters.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google Gemini was King. Now it Wants to Play God
“Every five minutes at the Google I/O event, I saw 10 startups getting killed right before my eyes.”
Supreeth Koundinya ·
How This Data Centre Giant Plans To Get Global Firms to Host GPUs In India
Sify announced a new pricing model that charges clients only based on GPU utilisation, not on power, space, or racks.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
NVIDIA is Betting Big on AI Agents for Enterprises
The newly released Tokkio and AI-Q AI Blueprints help developers build intelligent digital avatars that converse naturally, integrate with enterprise data, and adapt to emotional or contextual shifts.
Ankush Das ·
Microsoft Just Showed Us Why VS Code Still Rules
The company will integrate AI capabilities directly into the core of VS Code, bringing them into the same open source repo that powers the world’s most loved developer tool.
Siddharth Jindal ·
How AWS Overhauls Legacy Code for Good
AWS’s .NET modernisation tools reported four times faster conversion speeds from Windows to Linux.
Siddharth Jindal ·
“Wish I Were 25 Again,” Microsoft CTO on the Golden Age of Building
Microsoft announced an early preview of Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration in Windows 11, positioning it as a foundational layer for secure and interoperable agentic computing.
Siddharth Jindal ·
The Dark Side of o3
Research studies show OpenAI o3 model’s increased tendencies to achieve objectives through malpractice, and users are frustrated about the hallucinations.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Apple ‘Assures’ No Disruption After Trump Warns Tim Cook on India Expansion
About 16% of the iPhones made globally for Apple last year were assembled in India.
Amisha Arya ·
Genpact Moves Beyond Automation to Build Agentic Enterprises
“Agents are doing a lot of work; humans are monitoring, augmenting and governing.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
How Snowflake is Simplifying Data Engineering in 2025
The company supports a complete end-to-end data engineering lifecycle.
Siddharth Jindal ·
What Skills Do You Need to Be a Data Engineer in 2025?
'Although agents are taking on more repetitive coding tasks according to specifications, the demand for programming, requiring creativity and innovation, persists.’
Siddharth Jindal ·
Data Centres Take the Throne as the New Crown Prince of the Middle East
American giants like OpenAI, NVIDIA, AMD, AWS, Oracle are investing big on AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Big Tech Uses AI as an Excuse to Fire Thousands
While some say AI-driven efficiency is behind the layoffs, others cite the cost of building AI infrastructure that is making companies reduce headcount.
Siddharth Jindal ·