Tag: artificial intelligence

AI data-centre boom puts India’s power grid under pressure, drives up upgrade costs

October 10, 2026 admin

In July, the North Eastern Regional Power Committee (NERPC) convened a special meeting with grid operators and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) to address an urgent issue: maintenance contracts for the region’s integrated electricity grid were nearing expiry, necessitating discussions on upgrading the systems. The financial implications were significant. PGCIL informed the meeting…

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Harness engineering is how AI developers are now trying to make agents work reliably | Explained

October 6, 2026 admin

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: For the past few years, improving AI largely meant improving what the model was told and what it could see. Prompt engineering emerged as a way of giving models better instructions. As tasks grew more complex, the focus expanded to…

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What is happening to the Indian IT bench? | Explained

October 2, 2026 admin

The story so far: Wipro recently changed how long some of its employees can remain without a billable project. Under its revised bench policy, effective October 1, employees in Band 2 and below can reportedly remain unallocated for up to 180 calendar days. For Band 3 and above, the standard period is 45 days, while…

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Trump, AI majors pledge AI safety; experts flag lack of enforcement

September 30, 2026 admin

Accord calls for internal controls, independent audits and board oversight, but experts flag weak enforcement, lack of common safety standards and concerns over auditor independence Source link

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OpenAI unveils GPT-6.1 Sol and ‘Dots’ AI agents at DevDay

September 30, 2026 admin

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) unveiled GPT-6.1 Sol at the company’s DevDay conference in San Francisco, positioning it as a lower-cost model that delivers “very near-Astra-level intelligence at a fifth of the price” for coding and building. File | Photo Credit: Reuters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) unveiled…

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OpenAI unveils GPT-6.1 Sol and ‘Dots’ AI agents at DevDay

September 29, 2026 admin

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MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence to be launched on Wednesday

September 29, 2026 admin

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images Minister for Industries, IT and AI P.K. Kunhalikutty will formally launch MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam (CAIK), on Wednesday (September 30). The centre is being established under the IndiaAI Mission of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the Department of Electronics…

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China outlines AI, smart manufacturing vision for BRICS

September 13, 2026 admin

The proposal from Beijing comes against the backdrop of China’s push to offer its AI platforms and smart manufacturing know-how to emerging countries and its trade and technology war with the U.S. | Photo Credit: AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday (September 13, 2026) called on the BRICS countries to “rally the Global South”…

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Anthropic says Yemen fighters used AI to seek guided weapons

September 11, 2026 admin

Anthropic said it had banned the relevant accounts as soon as it had detected the illegal activity. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A group in Yemen attempted to use Anthropic’s Claude chatbot to build guided rockets and missiles, the U.S. firm has revealed, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels are on the offensive in the country. In…

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U.S., China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

September 5, 2026 admin

The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities ‌reach a global tipping point. The talks, the first official bilateral discussions devoted exclusively to AI between the U.S. and China since U.S….

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