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Updated 3h agoWhat's happening: India AI Summit sparks $240B investment pledge led by Reliance, Adani and Google
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 announced a historic $240 billion AI investment pledge. Reliance committed $110 billion for AI infrastructure over seven years, Adani pledged $100 billion through 2035, and Google disclosed a $15 billion AI hub in Visakhapatnam along with new subsea cable routes. The Indian government also added 20,000 GPUs to its AI arsenal.
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By the numbers: OpenAI raises $110B in corporate funding
News•Feb 25, 2026
PhonePe Launches AI‑Powered Voice & Text Payments with Microsoft Support
Indian fintech leader PhonePe has unveiled an AI‑powered payment suite that lets users send money using voice commands or text chat. The solution leverages Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI services to interpret natural language and execute transactions in real time. Initially available in major Indian metros, the feature supports multiple banks and digital wallets. PhonePe expects the new interface to drive higher engagement and capture a larger share of the mobile payments market.
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Feb 25, 2026
AI Agents to Enhance Candidate Experience in Oracle Recruiting Cloud
Oracle Recruiting Cloud is integrating AI‑driven agents to streamline the hiring journey. The agents automate tasks such as interview scheduling, resume parsing, and real‑time candidate communication. By delivering faster, personalized interactions, the platform aims to improve candidate engagement and brand...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 25, 2026
STFC News Release: Hartree Centre and Alder Hey to Tackle NHS Challenges with AI
The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre has partnered with Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to pilot an AI‑driven staff scheduling platform. The system automatically creates balanced on‑call rotas by factoring in leave, skills and working patterns, replacing...
By Health Tech Digital (UK)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Why ‘Buy vs Build’ Is the Wrong Question for AI Strategy
Artificial intelligence is now a strategic priority, yet many enterprises chase hype instead of defining clear use cases, driven by a 63% fear‑of‑missing‑out. The traditional buy‑vs‑build debate is less relevant than asking what problem AI should solve. A blended approach—combining...
By ITPro (UK)
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•30 min
Foundations Before Acceleration - a Planning Aces Episode
In this Planning Aces episode, three CFOs—Kevin Rubin (Zscaler), Bruce Schumann (Universal Technical Institute), and Rizak Jalloh (Flowcast)—share how disciplined, foundation‑first approaches to planning and AI adoption drive growth and decision speed. Rubin emphasizes a centralized AI governance function that...
By CFO THOUGHT LEADER
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•43 min
SaaStr 843: Software Stocks Have Massively Crashed. Here's What Founders Need to Know.
In this episode, SaaStr host Jason Lemkin discusses the recent crash in software stock valuations and what it means for SaaS founders, emphasizing that true AI companies must show accelerating growth. He critiques public SaaS companies for superficial AI hype...
By The Official SaaStr Podcast
News•Feb 25, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Could Reduce Drilling by a Factor of Five – Jef Caers, Stanford University Expert
Stanford geoscience professor Jef Caers announced that artificial‑intelligence‑driven "intelligent agents" could slash mineral‑exploration drilling by up to five‑fold. The system plans sequential drilling to test and falsify human geological hypotheses, targeting uncertainty reduction rather than exhaustive grid sampling. By focusing...
By Copperbelt Katanga Mining
News•Feb 25, 2026
University of Oxford Spinout Brainomix Takes Total Funding to £18.8 Million in Support of US Expansion
Oxford‑spun AI medical‑imaging firm Brainomix announced a £18.8 million total Series C raise, including a £4.8 million tranche aimed at accelerating its US rollout. The capital will fund enhancements to its Brainomix 360 Stroke platform and the e‑Lung CT‑biomarker system for pulmonary fibrosis. CEO...
By HTN – Health Tech Newspaper (UK)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Walk Through: Ayora – AI-Driven Matter Pricing
Ayora launched an AI‑driven matter pricing and tracking platform for law firms. Its proprietary data enrichment engine cleans historic matter and time records, addressing the “garbage in/garbage out” challenge. The solution offers agentic pricing, allowing lawyers to set rates and...
By Artificial Lawyer
News•Feb 25, 2026
The Machine in the Age of Collective Practice
The article argues that artificial intelligence and generative systems are turning architectural tools into semi‑autonomous agents, reshaping how designers conceive, create, and claim authorship. It traces the evolution from compass to computer, showing that each tool restructured decision‑making, but AI...
By ArchDaily
News•Feb 25, 2026
RocketReach Expands Signal Driven AI Prospecting Through Strategic Partnership with Autobound
RocketReach announced a strategic partnership with Autobound to embed the latter’s Signal Engine into its platform. The integration adds more than 400 real‑time company and contact signals—including job changes, SEC filings, and product launches—to RocketReach’s existing contact database. This signal‑driven...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 25, 2026
Milestone Systems Opens Asia Experience Centre in Singapore
Milestone Systems announced the launch of its Asia Experience Centre in Singapore, expanding its regional footprint and providing a live‑lab for AI‑enabled video solutions. The centre supports Singapore’s national AI agenda and offers governments, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators a...
By Vietnam Investment Review (VIR)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Luxury Unfiltered: The AI Reckoning Will Separate True Luxury Brands From Imitators
A viral Citrini Research report envisions AI‑driven white‑collar job loss, wealth concentration and a 38% S&P 500 decline. The analysis warns that luxury brands that rely only on heritage and price will falter as the aspirational middle disappears. The next generation...
By Luxury Daily
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•18 min
Turning Real World Data Into Safer Outcomes for Fleets and Physical Operations - with Hemant Banavar of Motive
In this episode, Matthew DeMello talks with Hemant Banavar, Chief Product Officer at Motive, about applying purpose‑built AI to the physical economy—industries like transportation, construction, and energy that make up about half of global GDP but have been under‑served by...
By The AI in Business Podcast
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
On AI Agents Speaking BGP
A recent proof‑of‑concept demonstrates an AI‑driven natural‑language interface that talks directly to a custom BGP daemon. The author argues that existing open‑source BGP suites like FRRouting already provide machine‑readable JSON and can be wrapped with simple REST APIs. Reinventing a...
By ipSpace.net
News•Feb 25, 2026
ENovate and Cobi Partner to Launch AI-Powered Digital Payment Infrastructure in Egypt
eNovate, a subsidiary of eFinance Investment Group, has teamed with UAE‑based AI platform Cobi under Mastercard’s Engage programme to embed artificial intelligence across Egypt’s digital payment landscape. The partnership will debut in Q1 2026 on eNovate’s Rize digital wallet, delivering real‑time...
By The Fintech Times
News•Feb 25, 2026
AI’s Priority Shift and Impact for ERP Systems
Artificial intelligence is moving from experimental pilots to a core, existential priority in enterprise resource planning, with Aptean positioning its AppCentral platform as the foundation for industry‑specific AI integration. The platform embeds AI agents, natural‑language queries and intelligent workflows directly...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 25, 2026
Muhammad Aqeel: Semantic Caching in PostgreSQL: A Hands-On Guide to Pg_semantic_cache
The article introduces pg_semantic_cache, a PostgreSQL extension that stores query results alongside vector embeddings to enable semantic caching. By matching on meaning rather than exact text, the extension can identify duplicate intents across varied phrasing, dramatically increasing cache hit rates....
By Planet PostgreSQL (aggregator)
News•Feb 25, 2026
How AI at the Edge Is Reinventing Manufacturing Quality
AI‑powered quality control, driven by edge computing and Arm‑based processors, is reshaping modern manufacturing. By embedding intelligence on the factory floor, manufacturers can detect anomalies in real time, cut waste, and continuously fine‑tune processes. Siemens’ partnership with Arm showcases the...
By Metrology News
News•Feb 25, 2026
What Is Physical AI, and How Can You Invest in It?
Tesla announced it will cease Model S and X production to convert the Fremont space into an Optimus robot factory, signaling a strategic shift toward physical artificial intelligence. Physical AI, defined as intelligence embedded in machines that operate in the...
By MoneyWeek – All
News•Feb 25, 2026
No Traffic, No Moat: How AI Breaks The Economics Of Destination Publishing
Google’s AI Overviews launched in May 2024 sharply cut referral traffic to publisher‑owned sites, exposing the fragility of the destination‑publishing model. Fixed costs—CMS, ad tech, analytics, compliance—remain while traffic‑dependent ad and subscription revenues collapse. Only publishers with strong brands, durable subscriptions,...
By AdExchanger
News•Feb 25, 2026
South Africa’s Draft AI Policy Headed to Cabinet
South Africa’s draft artificial intelligence policy is set to be discussed by the economic cluster ministerial council next month before moving to a cabinet committee, with a gazette for public comment slated for March. The framework, built on 14 pillars...
By TechCentral (South Africa)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
AMD Bets on Billion-Dollar Offensive in AI Infrastructure Market with Meta Mega Deal
AMD announced a multi‑year AI infrastructure partnership with Meta, delivering next‑generation Instinct GPUs, EPYC processors, and rack‑scale systems tailored for Meta’s data centers. The deal includes up to 6 GW of GPU capacity and a performance‑based warrant for up to 160 million...
By Igor’sLAB
News•Feb 25, 2026
Make Every Location Your Best Location: Drive More Revenue From Your Underperforming Stores
Fast Casual’s new white paper, sponsored by Momos Guest AI, reveals that multi‑location restaurant and retail brands can reclaim up to $28 million annually by revitalizing their lowest‑performing stores. The report highlights that 96 % of unhappy guests never complain, and that...
By Fast Casual
News•Feb 25, 2026
Majority of Gulf Region Companies Now Adopting Gen AI – Survey
A Deloitte survey of 649 tax, finance and legal professionals shows generative AI adoption in the Gulf Cooperation Council has accelerated, with non‑adoption dropping from 52% in 2024 to 29% in 2025. Quality improvement is the top priority (38%), followed...
By Global Legal Post (Technology)
News•Feb 25, 2026
RWS Global Deploys Box’s AI Tools to Streamline Contract Workflow
RWS Global partnered with Box to embed AI‑driven tools into its contract lifecycle, leveraging Box Enterprise Advanced, Box Doc Gen, and Box Sign. The new no‑code workflow automates document generation, legal approval, and e‑signature, cutting processing time from roughly 20 minutes to...
By ComputerWeekly
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•1h 6m
Risky Business #826 -- A Week of AI Mishaps and Skulduggery
In this episode of Risky Business, host Patrick Gray and panelists James Wilson and Adam Wallow dissect a wave of AI-driven cyber incidents, from a threat actor leveraging AI to mass‑compromise Fortinet devices to Chinese labs attempting large‑scale model distillation...
By Risky Business
News•Feb 25, 2026
AI-Driven Evolution: Reshaping India's Data Center Infrastructure for a High-Density Future
India is racing toward more than 2 GW of data‑center capacity by the end of 2026, spurred by AI‑intensive workloads and accelerated cloud adoption. Facilities in major metros are shifting from pure storage sites to high‑density compute hubs that require liquid‑cooling...
By ET CIO (India)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
How I Use ChatGPT to Create a CLE PowerPoint Deck
Jennifer Ellis details a step‑by‑step workflow for using ChatGPT to produce a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) PowerPoint on cybersecurity. She shares the exact prompts, citation handling, and design cues that let the AI generate a polished deck in minutes. The...
By beSpacific
News•Feb 25, 2026
Logistics Giant WiseTech Cuts 2000 Coding Jobs as AI Takes Over
WiseTech Global announced the elimination of roughly 2,000 coding positions, representing more than a quarter of its 7,000‑strong workforce, as it pivots toward artificial‑intelligence‑driven solutions. The company posted a 76% surge in first‑half revenue to US$672 million, while net profit slipped...
By Startup Daily (ANZ)
News•Feb 25, 2026
OpenAI Fends Off xAi’s Claims of Trade Secret Theft
A U.S. District Judge dismissed xAI's trade‑secret lawsuit against OpenAI, finding no evidence that OpenAI induced former employees to steal confidential information. The ruling emphasized that mere possession of trade secrets does not constitute misappropriation and that the plaintiff failed...
By Courthouse News Service
News•Feb 25, 2026
Voice AI in Hearing Care: Improving Access Without Losing the Human Touch
A HIMSS fireside chat highlighted how voice AI is transitioning from pilot projects to production in hearing‑care clinics. PolyAI’s Alex Brown and Audibel’s Brianna Warner discussed using conversational agents to expand patient access while preserving trust and empathy. The session...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 25, 2026
The Agentic AI Shift in Healthcare
The HIMSS‑hosted session introduced agentic AI as a transformative operating system for healthcare, capable of ingesting the 99% of hospital data that remains invisible to traditional predictive models. Speakers from Philips, AWS, MIT, and Mass General explained how continuous AI...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 25, 2026
National Crime Agency Calls for ‘Whole-System Approach’ to Tech-Enabled Abuse
The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) warns that generative AI image tools and end‑to‑end encryption are expanding opportunities for child sexual abuse online. It urges regulators, particularly Ofcom, to wield powers under the Online Safety Act to hold tech platforms...
By PublicTechnology.net (UK)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Signs of Psychosis Seen in Australian Users’ Interactions with AI Chatbots, Expert Warns
AI expert Toby Walsh warned that Australian users are exhibiting psychosis and mania symptoms during interactions with AI chatbots, citing OpenAI data showing 560,000 of its 800 million weekly users display such signs. He highlighted a legal case against OpenAI over...
By The Guardian AI
News•Feb 25, 2026
Meta AI Open Sources GCM for Better GPU Cluster Monitoring to Ensure High Performance AI Training and Hardware Reliability
Meta AI Research has open‑sourced GCM, a GPU Cluster Monitoring toolkit designed to catch silent hardware failures that can derail large‑scale AI training. The system integrates tightly with the Slurm workload manager, providing job‑level attribution of power, temperature, and error...
By MarkTechPost
News•Feb 25, 2026
Sektor Signs up Concentric AI to A/NZ Distie Portfolio
Sektor has entered a distribution agreement with AI and data‑security‑governance vendor Concentric AI to serve the Australian and New Zealand market. As an authorised distributor, Sektor will equip its channel partners with enablement, go‑to‑market support and local expertise, positioning Concentric AI’s platform for...
By ARN (Australia)
News•Feb 25, 2026
North York General Smooths ED Flow Using AI
North York General Hospital has become the first Ontario facility to launch SmartER Zones, an AI‑driven system that reallocates patients to less crowded emergency‑department zones. Developed with Signal 1, the algorithm monitors wait times, triage data and zone capacity, then pushes...
By Canadian Healthcare Technology
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
X-BAT Drone ‘Fighter’ Will Begin VTOL Flight Testing In Kansas This Year
Shield AI announced that its X‑BAT vertical‑take‑off‑and‑landing combat drone will begin flight testing near Newton, Kansas, later this year. The company highlighted VTOL capability as the program’s core differentiator during the AFA Warfare Symposium. X‑BAT is designed to combine stealth,...
By The War Zone (The Drive)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Lammy Backs LawtechUK for Next Three Years as He Sets Out AI Vision
Lord Chancellor David Lammy announced £4.5 million in funding for LawtechUK over the next three years, extending the programme’s total investment to £12 million since 2019. He outlined an AI‑focused vision for the courts, including a pilot AI listing assistant (J‑AI) for...
By Legal Futures (UK)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
The Stock Market and AI
Wall Street’s recent AI anxiety sparked a sharp selloff in software stocks, pushing many private tech firms to postpone IPOs as investors anticipate a handful of mega‑offerings to dominate the market. A viral Citrini Research report amplified fears, warning that...
By ProfessorBainbridge.com
News•Feb 25, 2026
Root Inc (ROOT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Root Inc. reported a record‑setting 2025, with revenue up 29% and net income rising 30% to $40 million, driven by a 1,619% jump in gross written premium and a doubling of policies‑in‑force. The company’s AI‑enhanced pricing lifted average customer lifetime value...
By Motley Fool – Earnings Transcripts
News•Feb 25, 2026
Middle Powers Must Win the AI Deployment Race
The article argues that middle powers such as the UK and Canada should abandon the race to build ever‑larger AI models and instead concentrate on a "deployment race"—embedding near‑state‑of‑the‑art AI into industry and defence. It proposes a UK‑Canada Partnership on...
By RUSI
News•Feb 25, 2026
MCP Security: The Current Situation
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes LLM integration with external tools, but recent flaws expose enterprises to serious threats. A prompt‑injection bug in GitHub's MCP client leaked private repository data, while Anthropic's Filesystem server suffered CVE‑2025‑53109 and CVE‑2025‑53110 sandbox‑escape vulnerabilities....
By Red Hat – DevOps (Category)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Manchester United PLC (MANU) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Microsoft reported Q2 FY2026 revenue of $81.3 billion, a 17% constant‑currency increase, driven by a record $51.5 billion cloud segment that grew 26% and topped $50 billion for the first time. Operating income rose 21% and EPS jumped 24% to $4.14, while operating...
By Motley Fool – Earnings Transcripts
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Microsoft Makes a Pitch for Telcos with Announcements Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2026
Microsoft announced a suite of telco‑focused services ahead of Mobile World Congress 2026. The company is rolling out Azure Local, Microsoft 365 Local, and Foundry Local to deliver sovereign‑cloud and edge capabilities for disconnected operations. In March, Databricks Lakebase will reach general availability,...
By MSDynamicsWorld
News•Feb 24, 2026
From Our Conversations with Xbox Leadership: A Firm Stand Against AI‑generated Junk — "We're Committed to Art Made by People"
Microsoft announced that longtime Xbox leader Phil Spencer is stepping down, with Asha Sharma—formerly head of Microsoft CoreAI—taking the helm. Sharma publicly pledged that Xbox will not tolerate AI‑generated junk, emphasizing human‑crafted art as the core of its games. She...
By Windows Central
News•Feb 24, 2026
Meyer Jabara Hotels to Address Agentic Hotel Distribution at Annual Executive Conference in March
At its March executive conference in Providence, Meyer Jabara Hotels will host Brad Brewer, Co‑Founder and Chief AI Officer of Agentic Hospitality, to discuss “Agentic Hotel Distribution.” Brewer will explain how AI‑powered agents are reshaping the way travelers discover and...
By Hotel News Resource
Blog•Feb 24, 2026
Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance
The U.S. Department of Defense has warned AI firm Anthropic that it could be labeled a “supply chain risk” unless the company lifts its self‑imposed bans on autonomous weapons and surveillance use. Anthropic, which was cleared for classified work in...
By Electronic Frontier Foundation — Deeplinks —
News•Feb 24, 2026
IProspect Indonesia’s Faheem Merchant: When AI Kills the Click, Brands Must Earn Inclusion
iProspect Indonesia’s Faheem Merchant warns that generative AI is ending the era of click‑centric digital advertising and ushering an intent‑driven economy. Brands must shift from demographic targeting to solving the user’s problem at the exact moment an AI model decides...
By Campaign Brief Asia