Global Tech
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's Global Tech section.
Why Google Built Two TPUs Instead of One, and What it Signals for AI
Google has launched its eighth-generation TPUs, introducing two distinct chips—TPU 8t for large-scale model training and TPU 8i for real-time inference.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Anthropic is Making OpenAI Sweat, But the Fight is Far From Over
Turns out, Anthropic’s enterprise contracts beat ChatGPT’s nearly billion-user flex.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Emergent CEO Doesn’t See Lovable, Replit as Competition
Emergent is also building a new agent that will be able to run autonomously for hours without any instructions.
Siddharth Jindal ·
How Salesforce is Rethinking Its ‘Agentic Workforce’ to Deliver ROI
Salesforce’s approach moves development beyond writing static code to orchestrating dynamic, intelligent agents.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Inside GitHub’s Survival Kit for Developers
Microsoft EVP Jay Parikh believes developers need to become fluent in working with AI tools.
Siddharth Jindal ·
India’s AI Dream Falls Short of a Million GPUs
Without scaling GPUs and investment, India risks trailing in the frontier AI race.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Oracle Shatters the Biggest Myth About Tech Layoffs
AI may be changing how work gets done, but the layoffs sweeping the sector today are less about tech replacing humans.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google, OpenAI Take The Fight to the Cricket Field, and Between Overs
Sponsoring cricket tournaments allows AI companies like Google and OpenAI to tap into younger audiences.
Siddharth Jindal ·
The Death of OpenAI’s Sora Gives Birth to a New Hope
The shutdown makes it clear that even OpenAI can’t focus on everything. But does this ease the anxiety of startup founders?
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Why Nandan Nilekani’s EkStep Foundation is Building an AI-Ready Data Passport
A data passport certifies that a dataset is AI-ready, standardised, structured, and safe to share.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Are Databases Ready for Agentic AI?
As agents gain more autonomy, the risk of unintended actions grows.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why Adobe’s Future Depends on Dismantling Its Past
The company faces its toughest transition yet as leadership change collides with AI disruption, reshaping how creativity is produced, priced, and controlled.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Agentic AI Could Change Software Engineering Forever
Instead of developers writing every line of code, they now provide high-level specifications. AI agents take over from there.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI’s Sora Collapse Exposes a Bigger Problem
With Sora’s collapse, OpenAI’s deal with Disney also fell through as the AI giant is determined to move over ‘side quests’.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Developers are Burning Tokens to Look More Productive
A status game known as “tokenmaxxing” has emerged, where productivity is increasingly judged by the extent of AI usage.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Microsoft Has Three Problems: Copilot, OpenAI, and Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft Copilot usage numbers remain relatively modest, especially compared to consumer AI chatbots.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Razorpay Plans to Put AI Agents in Charge of Money
“If we create the infrastructure of building these agents and expose the context they need, anyone can build solutions.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
Anthropic: The Making of an AI Giant’s Moral Compass
Anthropic’s rise from research lab to $380 billion AI giant tests whether principled guardrails can survive Silicon Valley’s fierce innovation race.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Who Will Win in the OpenAI vs Anthropic Battle? Hint: Neither
The rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic now reflects deeper tensions about scale, safety, and the commercial future of AI.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
The ‘Cancel ChatGPT’ Movement May be More Than a Blip
A boycott over defence deals has jolted OpenAI, but the real question is whether the outrage will translate into lasting damage.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·