AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
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 Caps Employee Spending on Claude at $29 Per Month: Report
Some Accenture employees reportedly spent between $500 and $1,000 a month on Claude.
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 ·
Meta Releases 816B-Parameter Open-Weight Model With 1M Context Window
The model has 42 billion active parameters and a context window of one million tokens.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Tech Mahindra Clocks $1 Bn in Q2 Deal Wins as Profit Rises 23.2%
The IT services company booked $1.023 billion in quarterly deals and expanded its EBIT margin to 14.8%, while retaining its 15% full-year target.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Before Approval, Not After: NITI-Frontier Tech Hub's Data-Centre Framework for States
The framework aims to shift competition among states from attracting investment announcements to demonstrating investment readiness, infrastructure quality and measurable economic benefits.
Mark Philip Jayan ·
Google Brings AI-Powered Crop Research & Business Tools To India
The company is expanding AI initiatives in India across agriculture, education and small-business development, including $15 million in funding for MSME solutions.
Kileuna Haralu ·
Wipro’s Large Deals Tumble 59% as IT Services Revenue Stays Flat
Wipro's operating margin widened sequentially, while operating cash flow rose 61.3% to $553.6 million from the June quarter.
Mukundan Sivaraj ·
Figma Research Finds AI Speeds up Product Building, Raises Quality Concerns
A survey of more than 500 Indian respondents found growing adoption of design AI, faster workflows, and rising concerns about generic AI output.
Sanjana Gupta ·
US-Based Reflect Orbital Books 2 Skyroot Launches for Its Spacecraft
The agreement expands Skyroot Aerospace’s commercial launch pipeline as Reflect Orbital develops satellite-based lighting services.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Gartner Warns $3.5 Trillion of AI Infra Spending Vulnerable to Diminishing by 2030-End
The research firm warns AI infrastructure spending could outpace revenue, which exposes trillions in assets to write-down risk and consolidates the neocloud market.
Mark Philip Jayan ·