AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Chennai to Host One of the World’s Largest AMD GPU Clusters
Vultr has announced a 20MW cluster of AMD MI355X GPUs in Chennai.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Hugging Face CEO Criticises Netflix Documentary on OpenAI Agent Cyberattack
The Netflix documentary examines a July 2026 incident in which OpenAI agents escaped their testing environment and accessed Hugging Face’s systems
Siddharth Jindal ·
Tesla and SpaceX Explore Merger as Elon Musk Backs Deal
Independent board committees will assess a potential combination, with shareholder approval and deal terms still unresolved.
Sanjana Gupta ·
OpenAI Seeks $30 Bn Funding at $1.4 Tn Valuation Ahead of Anthropic IPO: Report
Anthropic’s initial public offering (IPO) could value the company at as much as $2 trillion.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Salesforce to Acquire Braze for $5.66 Bn to Strengthen AI Customer Marketing
Braze enables marketers to coordinate customer interactions across mobile applications, websites, email, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Siddharth Jindal ·
ElevenLabs Launches Real-Time Voice AI Models With Up to 98.8% Speech Reasoning Accuracy
ElevenLabs’ new models combine speech recognition, turn-taking, and speech generation into a single system for building voice agents.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Browsers Block eMudhra Certificates After Key Flaw
Private keys were recoverable almost instantly, potentially enabling attackers to impersonate trusted websites.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
LTTS Secures $203 Million in Large Deals, More Than Half AI-Led
L&T Technology Services reported $120 million in annualised Engineering Intelligence revenue as EBIT margins rose to 16.3% in Q2 FY27.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Claude Code is 3x Faster, Thanks to a 34 Year Old Tool
"Claude Code now gzips the conversation it sends on every turn, so it reaches the model faster,” said Anthropic in a post on X
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Anthropic to Set Aside 5% Stock for New Public Benefit Fund
Anthropic plans to allocate 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, which could support initiatives addressing AI-driven job displacement and other societal challenges.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Utho Cloud Opens B300 GPU Bookings Ahead of February 2027 Rollout
Utho said its offering will include round-the-clock engineering support, rupee-based pricing, and local data hosting.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Birla AI Labs Launches Yug-1, a Time Series Foundation Model Built in India
Yug-1 is built to analyse such time-dependent data and generate forecasts across multiple variables.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Coursera Brings Project Helix to Bengaluru to Focus on Building Karnataka’s AI-Ready Workforce
The AI-native platform aims to connect employee training with measurable business outcomes, while a new IIMBx partnership will expand access to management education.
Ridhika Basnet ·
CERT-In Warns AI Agents Are Accessing Indian Systems Without Authorisation
The agency said it received multiple voluntary disclosures from AI model providers whose models had reached live systems of Indian organisations while conducting research and evaluation activities on the internet.
Siddharth Jindal ·
NVIDIA Expands Nemotron AI Models for Data Centres and Desktop Devices
The new open models target enterprise workflows and local AI agents, with one model claiming five times the speed of its closest competitor.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Accenture Sets $29 Monthly Allowance For Centrally Funded Claude Usage: Report
Some Accenture employees reportedly spent between $500 and $1,000 a month on Claude, prompting changes to how additional usage is funded.
Kileuna Haralu ·
CapitaLand to Invest ₹1,940 Cr in Chennai Data Centre With 53 MW Capacity
The facility, CapitaLand Data Centre Chennai 01, is located in Ambattur and is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
Siddharth Jindal ·
NetApp Selects Five AI Startups For Its 15th Excellerator Cohort
NetApp’s latest Excellerator cohort focuses on AI software engineering, cybersecurity, workflow automation and enterprise data intelligence.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Tesla Unveils Roadster With Flying Car Capabilities, Promises Production in 2028
Tesla demonstrated the vehicle’s ability to accelerate, perform aerial manoeuvres and use a suction system to remain attached to a ramp while inverted.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Persistent’s Software, Hi-Tech Revenue Grows 28.5% as It Expands AI Services
Nagarro-related expenses pushed Persistent’s reported profit down 25.4%, despite 20.8% constant-currency revenue growth in Q2 FY27.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·