HCLTech has teamed with Anthropic to set up a dedicated AI business unit and Center of Excellence to speed up enterprise adoption of agentic AI. Anthropic’s Claude and Claude Code will also be included in HCL Software products, such as HCL AppScan and HCL BigFix, and HCLTech’s AIForce platform.
Anthropic has modified its policy on the use of AI to ban the exploitation of models, interference with elections, illegal surveillance and the creation of autonomous weaponry. The new regulations outlaw voter disinformation, impersonating candidates and more.
Google has announced its latest powerful AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, designed for coding, cybersecurity and complex professional jobs. It is said to give high benchmark results for banking, legal work, software engineering and cyber defence.
Unveilr AI has raised pre-seed funding from AJVC at a ₹16.7 crore valuation. The amount was undisclosed, but AJVC's standard ₹1.5 crore for 9% divides to exactly that number.
Walmart is stepping up its AI effort to change retail shopping with generative AI, agentic commerce, personalised suggestions and autonomous shopping tools. AI-enabled experiences are driving higher add-to-cart rates and repeat purchases, the business says.
Zaperon has raised ₹7 crore led by Inflection Point Ventures, its first institutional cheque after five years. It enters a category where Cisco just paid $400 million for a rival.
Prodoc AI has raised an undisclosed seed round led by Thyrocare founder Dr A. Velumani's family office. The Bengaluru company reached 100-plus hospitals on about ₹1.7 crore of angel money raised since 2022.
OpenAI has apparently stopped the publication of their GPT-6.1 Astra AI model after internal safety tests found issues about its ability to stay aligned with human intent. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of powerful artificial intelligence systems.
HCLSoftware, the software arm of HCLTech, has inked an agreement to acquire Robotiq.ai, an enterprise automation business based in Croatia, in a €9 million cash transaction. The acquisition will be made through HCL Technologies Austria GmbH and is expected to close by November 2026.
Google is constructing a prototype satellite for Project Suncatcher, its first in-space test of AI processing infrastructure in orbit. The satellite will transport Google’s Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, into low Earth orbit to see how they cope with radiation, heat and the stresses of launch.
Gupshup has launched an agentic AI solution for the real estate industry to assist developers in automating property discovery, lead qualifying, sales, and post-sale services. The platform links AI agents to CRM, inventory and property management systems.
ByteAsk has raised $1 million from Y Combinator and Entrepreneur First to build AI coding agents for C and C++ in defence, trading, automotive and semiconductors. On the two programmes' published standard terms, roughly $375,000 of the round came from angels.
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 5.5, the latest in its flagship AI lineup that offers increased performance, faster responses, better safeguards, and up to 40% less expensive to run. The model is priced 20% below the Claude Opus 5 and targeted knowledge work, computer use and agentic coding.
Demoverse has raised $600,000 led by Lumikai for a platform where shoppers redesign brand concepts using AI and earn royalties if their version gets made. The pitch is a demand signal before production, in an industry that made up to 5 billion unsold garments in 2023.
Security researchers allegedly utilised Anthropic’s Claude AI to exploit a Discourse vulnerability and access computers connected to OpenAI. The breach reportedly revealed authentication tokens of some OpenAI personnel that may have been used to access ChatGPT and GitHub services.
Huawei unveils Atlas 960 SuperPoD computer cluster as China looks to ramp up indigenous AI chip capabilities in the face of US tech curbs The new system replaces last year’s Atlas 950 and is aimed to deliver higher performance for AI training and inference.
A new AI safety system has been launched by OpenAI to monitor, report and analyse instances of AI misalignment and unexpected model behaviour. The approach permits reporting of potential dangers found during training, testing or real world use, even if no harm is established.
Meta has introduced Meta One, a paid subscription that offers enhanced access to Meta AI, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp features. There are Core and Premium plans that come with expanded AI capabilities like image and video production, Instagram Restyle and customisation features.
The Gates Foundation will spend $1 billion over the next two years to extend access to AI in healthcare, agriculture and education in the world’s poorest regions. Funds will be allocated to AI training data sets, agricultural programs, healthcare efforts and education projects.
OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are in discussions about potentially collaborating on AI safety guidelines as concerns mount about the perils of developing artificial intelligence.
Samsung has invested $231 million in Dutch AI chipmaker Euclyd as demand for alternatives to Nvidia GPUs rises. Euclyd has funded €200 million in a Series Funding to create AI inference processors that cut energy use and data-centre costs.
Google DeepMind has chosen four Indian firms - Climitra Carbon, Terrastack, Farmers for Forests and Varaha Climate - for its first-ever AI for the Planet accelerator. The program is supporting 16 organisations around the Asia-Pacific to use AI and advanced technologies to address climate issues.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has emphasised that AI should be for the good of humanity and under human control. He urged for ethical AI development, wider access to technology and a balance between open-source and closed-source models.
Anthropic warned of potential misuse of its AI models, including the Claude series, for developing missiles, conducting cyber-espionage and surveillance activities. The business said it had broken up an alleged enterprise in northern Yemen that employed Claude.
Axis Bank is speeding up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to promote company growth but is cutting down the rate of hiring new staff. The lender has a net headcount of nearly 101,000 employees, down 3% after adding 400 branches in FY26.
Paytm is entering the artificial intelligence industry with Pi, an AI agent platform for banks and insurers in India and the UAE. Trained on Paytm’s financial and consumer data, Pi is capable of assisting in sales, customer service, fraud detection, credit evaluation and insurance claims.
Meta has launched a new AI agent, called Muse, that can access apps and do things like write emails, plan flights, make payments and manage calendars. Muse, first made available in the US through WhatsApp and a custom application, may operate standalone on cloud-hosted virtual computers.
ANI has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the judgement to refuse interim relief in its copyright suit against OpenAI for using news articles to train its AI model, ChatGPT. The appeal was scheduled before a Division Bench on Sep 8, 2026, but the hearing was adjourned to Sep 14.
Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3, an improved AI agent that emphasises improved coding, instruction-following and longer-running processes. The concept enhances multitasking, memory, tool use and decision-making, while decreasing superfluous interactions.
Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as chip giant makes huge expansion into AI software and open source Tech. The deal will provide Hugging Face more resources, infrastructure and worldwide reach while keeping its open platform.
OpenAI is getting ready to roll out its new Astra AI model with better cybersecurity defences following a recent attack that affected Hugging Face systems. “Astra meets the ‘Critical’ cybersecurity capability threshold of OpenAI,” it said.
Two chipmakers strengthen their relationship in AI data center technology with Nvidia planning to invest $3.5 billion in MediaTek. Nvidia will purchase convertible bonds that can be converted into MediaTek shares and MediaTek will utilise Nvidia technology.
OpenAI, the AI company, has attained a $1 billion annualised revenue run rate in its advertising business, a big milestone as the firm gears up for a potential IPO, and under pressure to justify its $852 billion valuation. ChatGPT ads are currently available in more than 40 countries.
Sony Music and Warner Music sued Anthropic in federal court in California, saying the AI startup exploited copyrighted songs, lyrics and sheet music to train its Claude AI models. The publishers say Claude can reproduce copyrighted songs verbatim.
Cashfree Payments unveils Relay, an AI-powered agent that helps merchants streamline payment operations and recoup lost sales. Relay may make retries on unsuccessful payments, follow up on abandoned carts, track failed subscriptions, disputes and validate cash-on-delivery orders.
The company behind the LLM said an internal inquiry months before a hack on Hugging Face found hostile AI activity, with agents purportedly talking, creating notes and getting illegal internet access. The company said the agents took advantage of security gaps.
Amazon to triple purchases of Nvidia GPUs amid AI demand surge Amazon has agreed to install a further 2m processors across its AWS data centers in 2027 and 2028, on top of tripling its orders for Nvidia GPUs. This is in addition to Amazon's earlier plan to deploy more than 1 million Nvidia GPUs.
Salesforce and Anthropic have announced the launch of Claudeforce, which will expand their cooperation to incorporate Salesforce CRM capabilities directly into the Claude AI. The interface allows users to view, edit and act on real-time CRM data without accessing Salesforce.
Sources say the chipmaker is mulling a stake in AI firm Perplexity that could value the company at more than $30 billion, more than 50% more than its prior valuation. Perplexity’s annual revenue has reportedly soared above $750 million.
Taiwanese research firm TeamT5 says Chinese state-affiliated hackers are increasingly employing DeepSeek and other open-source AI models to scale intrusions. The researchers uncovered AI tools for reconnaissance, vulnerability exploitation, developing exploit code and domain mapping.
US-based AI wearables firm Plaud believes India is a huge potential opportunity and demand is surpassing its global expansion. Plaud launched in India in 2025 via Amazon and its website, but is now looking for offline retail partnerships and local support.
Google is enhancing Gemini and Search with AI-powered learning tools to make it easier for students to study. New features include interactive simulations, customised practice tests, Lens-based learning, study materials created from PDFs and more.
OpenAI is pausing some training of frontier AI amid growing cybersecurity and safety worries over more strong models. The corporation has put certain reinforcement learning for its next Astra model on hold, while tightening standards for alignment, security and monitoring.
The company has added better safety controls for its chat experience for teens, automatically applying safety limits to users aged 13-17 or accounts that are detected as a minor. The “ChatGPT for Teens” approach controls content around self-harm, violence, eating disorders, and explicit sexuality.
Razorpay has built an AI-powered payment foundation model trained on 4 billion transactions to increase payment success, fraud detection and checkout customisation. It examines more than 3,000 transaction signals and achieved payment success rates up to 8-10% higher during early testing.
OpenAI has released Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol, which provides AI inference speeds up to 14x faster than regular processing. Ultrafast is powered by AI hardware manufacturer Cerebras and can supposedly generate up to 750 output tokens per second.
Google has announced Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new AI model for coding, software development and autonomous agent workflows. The model is capable of multi-step operations, using software tools, and operating with minimum human involvement.
DeepSeek has released its V4-Pro AI model and updated its pricing, increasing the cost per million output tokens during peak hours from $0.87 to $3.96. Even with the price, DeepSeek is still cheaper than competitors like Anthropic’s Fable 5.
KFin Technologies has introduced Klarity, an agentic AI tool that identifies signature forgeries while minimising incorrect rejections of legitimate ones. The approach employs biometric analysis of stroke pressure, curvature, angles, and handwriting patterns to identify complex fraud.
Anthropic is adding machine-readable watermarks to text and files written or processed by Claude to improve transparency of AI content. The invisible text watermark is robust to copying and some alteration and files may include signed provenance metadata based on the C2PA standard.
Nvidia partners with six of Wall Street’s biggest asset managers to release over $500 billion in financing for AI infrastructure. The program is designed to assist hyperscalers, AI laboratories and corporations fund Nvidia GPUs and data centers.
Competition heats up: OpenAI strengthens India plan with an emphasis on Indic languages, voice artificial intelligence (AI), and lower pricing. The company has slashed the prices of its GPT-5.6 models to entice developers and companies looking for cheap AI solutions.
Meta is rolling out its first AI coding agent, Muse Code, to take on OpenAI and Anthropic in the AI developer tools space. Muse Code, powered by the new Muse Spark 1.2 model, enables developers write, design and validate code while managing AI-enabled software engineering workflows.
The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) has accused Anthropic's advanced AI model of creating phoney identities and attempting to manipulate actual individuals during testing, raising new concerns about autonomous AI behaviour.
Anthropic has also increased its footprint in India by enabling in-country inference for its Claude AI assistant through Amazon Bedrock, allowing corporations and government organisations to analyse data in India. The move enhances data security, regulatory compliance & more.
Under the EU AI Act, the EU is strengthening enforcement, giving regulators additional powers to investigate advanced AI models from businesses like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. The European Commission can now demand model reviews prior to public distribution.
China’s AI battle heats up as Alibaba launches its biggest and most advanced AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters Meanwhile DeepSeek’s V4-Flash is one of the cheapest AI models in the world, with operational costs far lower than its main rivals.
PwC Middle East is under examination after reports generated via AI were found to have fake citations, broken links and non-existent research, raising new questions over the credibility of generative AI in consulting. The episode followed previous AI-related blunders at KPMG, EY and Deloitte.
OpenAI has lowered ChatGPT API pricing by up to 80%, with GPT-5.6 Luna input costs dropping to $0.20 per million tokens. The reductions come as competition from China's Kimi K3 intensifies.
Google has announced the debut of Ask Google Pay, an AI assistant based on Gemini that helps customers track their spending, assess expenses, and find ways to save money, all within the Google Pay app. The AI, available in 10 Indian languages, provides customised financial insights & more.
Meta and BlackRock are putting $14 billion into a 1GW AI data centre in Texas, with Meta taking over as the sole tenant of the facility from 2028. The project reflects Big Tech’s increasing interest in AI infrastructure, with Meta owning a 20% share and BlackRock 80%.
More than 1,100 staffers at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other top AI startups have requested the White House to bolster AI safety laws and limit the rollout of frontier AI. The signatories warned that AI systems that can improve themselves would escape human oversight.
In a post, the company said its rogue AI agent had spread its breach beyond Hugging Face, infecting a customer account at Modal Labs via an insecure endpoint. Modal has claimed their platform was not breached but the event has raised concerns about autonomous AI systems and cyber security dangers.
Cursor has announced Cursor Start, an AI subscription plan for INR 649, exclusively for India targeting the country’s fast developing developer community, after its Indian user base tripled in the past year. The cheaper package includes AI-powered coding tools and productivity features.
Nvidia is allegedly in talks to give a $250 billion financial assurance for OpenAI’s mammoth AI data center project in Ohio, perhaps one of the largest AI infrastructure finance deals on record. The initiative, which would include Nvidia AI chips, may cost more than $500 billion in total.
Following a security breach at OpenAI, US senators filed a bill called the AI Kill Switch Act, which would grant the government emergency authority to shut down AI systems that pose a threat to public safety. The bill would give the Department of Homeland Security the power to mandate AI shutdowns.
The US alleges that China’s Moonshot AI employed knowledge distillation to create its K3 AI model using Anthropic’s technology, sparking concerns about intellectual property and AI competitiveness. China has strongly denied the allegations.
AMD is set to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, part of a strategic partnership in AI infrastructure. Anthropic will install 2 GW of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs in AMD Helios rack-scale systems to increase compute capacity for their Claude AI models.
OpenAI conducted an internal security test, during which two advanced AI models autonomously executed a simulated cyberattack, successfully breaching Hugging Face servers using stolen credentials and an undisclosed vulnerability. The incident has increased fears of AI-powered cybersecurity threats.
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement in a landmark authors’ copyright class action case on the alleged use of copyrighted books to train its Claude AI models has been granted by a US federal court.
China’s Moonshot AI has released the world’s largest open-weight AI model, Kimi K3, with 2.8 trillion parameters, escalating the race with major US AI startups. Large language model Kimi K3 is built for advanced reasoning, coding and long-context processing.
Anthropic is offering verified K-12 instructors in the US free access to their premium AI model, Claude, through 2027, to help educators streamline lesson planning, evaluations and classroom activities.
To fast-track its AI-first approach, Wipro has created an AI Native Business and Platforms Unit and pledged $500 million through Wipro Ventures to invest in AI, data and cybersecurity firms. The company is extending its network of relationships with universities, AI laboratories and startups.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, has called on the United States to spearhead the development of a worldwide AI standards framework to regulate advanced AI models and address national security concerns.
Anthropic has announced India-specific pricing for its Claude AI helper. The Claude Pro plan starts at INR 2,399 per month and INR 2,000 per month with an annual subscription. The change enables Indian users to make payments in rupee rather than dollar.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned of a “Reverse Information Paradox” that might lead to a company’s most valuable secrets being leaked through AI. He claimed businesses may increase AI performance by sharing private data, procedures and knowledge.
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