What'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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Reddit’s community‑driven format can quickly amplify brand criticism, forcing fashion houses to confront negative narratives in real time. The article outlines a step‑by‑step playbook: set up listening tools, engage authentically, avoid corporate jargon, and leverage AMAs or moderated threads to address concerns. It stresses the importance of a pre‑approved crisis response team and transparent communication to rebuild trust. Brands that treat Reddit as a dialogue partner rather than a marketing channel can turn backlash into an opportunity for brand rehabilitation.

Intel announced that by 2026 it expects one in two PCs to ship as AI‑enabled devices, anchored by its new Panther Lake platform. The chipset embeds a fifth‑generation NPU capable of up to 50 TOPS, aiming to bring on‑device inference for language...

However, as the AI narrative continues to unfold, from euphoria a few months ago to handwringing now (over the commodification of the SaaS stocks and the unknown ROI of hyperscaler capex), the Might Mag 7 is showing some strains. The...
In this episode, Kathleen Walch talks with Michael Hyzy, VP of AI Strategy at CGI, about why many AI initiatives falter when treated like traditional software projects. Hyzy explains that the CPMAI (Certified Professional in Machine Learning and AI) methodology...
Global Shop Solutions launched two AI‑driven modules—AI Accounts Payable Automation and AI Sales Order Entry—integrated into its ERP platform. The AP tool scans invoices, extracts key data and matches them to purchase orders, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors. The...
A recent Axiom survey shows that 96% of in‑house legal departments have tried AI, yet only 31% have moved past pilot projects to enterprise‑wide deployments. Two‑thirds remain in the testing phase, citing an overwhelming number of vendors, lengthy contracts, and...

Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai has launched its AI Router as a standalone product, turning the previously hidden routing layer into a strategic control point for enterprise AI. The move addresses growing complexity as firms run multiple large language models to balance cost,...
Infosys unveiled its AI‑first value framework, Topaz, aimed at capturing a $300‑$400 billion services opportunity by 2030. The platform is already embedded in 90 % of its top 200 clients, contributing 5.5 % of revenue, and supports new partnerships such as Infosys‑Cognition and...

In this episode, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau, and James Wilson dissect a week of cybersecurity headlines, from Palo Alto Networks’ decision to avoid publicly attributing a Chinese‑linked hacking campaign to geopolitical concerns, to the rise of data‑only extortion as ransomware...
The Tata Group launched the AI Sakhi Immersion Programme at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, training 1,553 women artisans and entrepreneurs from six states. Participants were divided into artisanal, basic digital, and advanced digital cohorts and received one‑on‑one mentorship...
Netweb Technologies India announced its ‘Make in India’ AI supercomputing portfolio, featuring the desktop‑sized Tyrone Camarero Spark and the larger GB200 system built on NVIDIA’s Blackwell‑Grace architecture. The Spark delivers 1 petaflop of AI performance with 128 GB unified memory, while the...
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 convened leaders from tech, finance, and creative sectors to showcase India’s push toward AI‑first commerce and culture. Cashfree, Mastercard and Swiggy announced AI‑native payment solutions that embed transactions directly into conversational interfaces. Thales highlighted...

Branch, a Columbus‑based insurer, has expanded its partnership with AI pricing firm Akur8 by adopting the company’s Discover tool. Discover converts unstructured U.S. regulatory documents into searchable data, giving Branch real‑time insight into pricing trends and compliance requirements. The new...

chetanarvindpatil #Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Energy The Semiconductor Energy Per Prompt: 1/ - Energy Per Prompt Defines How Much Electrical Energy Is Consumed To Deliver One Meaningful AI Response. - It Shifts Focus From Peak Power Or Total Datacenter Energy To The Cost Of...

SlowMist has uncovered a wave of supply‑chain attacks targeting ClawHub, the official plugin repository for the OpenClaw AI agent framework. Over 340 malicious plugins were identified among roughly 3,000 listings, many embedding Base64‑encoded commands in the SKILL.md documentation that download...
Leaders, telling people they need “AI skills” is vague. What specific skills are helpful? What specific processes are you replacing with AI automation? What specific problems will AI solve in your organization? There are a lot of tools out there, and no...
Varta unveils residential battery with AI-driven energy management #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/wUB2FFX3Ky

DigitalOcean’s February 2026 Currents report shows that more than half of organisations deploying AI agents have observed productivity and time savings, with 53% reporting gains. Around a third (32%) say agents reduce the need for additional hires, while 44% note...
Check out Noriaki's thread about a way to get VLAs to run in real time with a fast "edge adapter"!
What is AI-first design? @Tesla Cybercab is a fully autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel, no pedals, no side mirrors or a rear window - relying entirely on self-driving technology with a target cost of $30K USD by 2026-27. AI is...
White House CTO Ethan Klein outlined a federal AI agenda that links government, industry, academia, and philanthropy around three pillars: U.S. leadership in emerging tech, revitalizing the science enterprise, and broad societal benefit. The plan calls for a national AI...

Energy Vault secures 1.5 GWh sodium-ion supply for AI #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/GWREdYVRjt https://t.co/vzy2INY2hB
In this episode, Alex and guest Caspar Oesterheld explore the concept of program equilibrium—how game theory changes when agents are fully transparent computer programs that can read each other's source code. They discuss desiderata for robust program equilibria, compare proof‑based...
Tesla’s autonomous robotaxi fleet in Austin logged five additional crashes this month, pushing the crash rate to more than four times that of human drivers. In China, the company’s sales plunged over 45% amid negative media coverage. A viral video...
Warner Bros. Blasts ByteDance for AI Videos of Superman, Batman and ‘Game of Thrones’ https://t.co/f1uTztF2Ef
Fortanix, NTT DATA and NVIDIA have launched a joint service that lets Indian enterprises run AI Factories within hardware‑based secure enclaves. The offering combines Fortanix’s Confidential Computing platform, NVIDIA’s secure GPUs and NTT DATA’s full‑lifecycle managed services to protect data and models...

HR leaders are accelerating AI adoption, with 38% targeting administrative tasks and 35% focusing on employee self‑service, according to Conduent’s latest study. While AI promises efficiency, 86% of employees still view HR relationships as personal and crucial to loyalty. The...

Honda and DriveOhio completed a two‑year pilot of a Proactive Roadway Maintenance System in Ohio, using test vehicles equipped with vision and LiDAR sensors to scan roughly 5,000 km of roads. The system achieved 99% accuracy detecting damaged or obstructed signs,...
NTT Data and the University of Melbourne have signed a memorandum of understanding to create an innovation ecosystem that blends the university’s research strengths with NTT Data’s global technical expertise. The partnership will focus on three pillars: cultivating digital talent,...
The dumbest thing is that the data center companies are combining the need for training and inference and assuming that all it needs to be in 1,000MW increments. They don't. Here are some estimates...
INOVAIT announced the 2025/26 award winners at its Ottawa meeting, honoring Altis Labs with the Maple Leaf Award for AI imaging collaborations, Nova Scotia Health with the Aurora Borealis Award for industry‑academic synergy, and Profound Medical with the Mount Logan...
JFB Construction Holdings will merge with defense‑software firm XTEND in an all‑stock deal, creating a Nasdaq‑listed AI‑driven autonomous defense robotics company named XTEND AI Robotics. XTEND shareholders will own roughly 70% of the new entity while JFB shareholders retain about...

NXP announced the S32N79 “Super‑Integration” automotive processor, featuring up to eight Arm Cortex‑A78E application cores at 1.8 GHz and twelve Cortex‑R52 real‑time cores at 1.4 GHz, plus a RISC‑V accelerator and eIQ Neutron AI NPU. Built on a 5 nm TSMC process, it...
Red Hat and SoftBank have integrated the open‑source llm‑d framework into SoftBank’s AI‑RAN orchestrator, AITRAS, to dynamically distribute large language model inference across edge radio access network hardware. llm‑d extends vLLM’s single‑GPU performance to multi‑node Kubernetes clusters, enabling hardware‑aware routing...
Moody's Corp reported a record $7.7 billion total revenue for 2025, up 9% year‑over‑year, with equal growth in its Ratings and Analytics segments. Adjusted operating margin expanded to 51.1%, a 300‑basis‑point increase, while adjusted diluted EPS rose 20% to $14.94, marking...
Red Hat has rebranded its Insights service as Red Hat Lightspeed, keeping core advisor, vulnerability and compliance capabilities while emphasizing AI‑driven speed. New Image Builder integrations now auto‑register RHEL images to Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform, and allow compliance profiles...

CoStar Group launched Homes AI, a conversational search tool on Homes.com that uses Microsoft Azure AI to let users find listings via voice or text, integrating 3‑D tours, school data and market insights. SkySlope introduced Ayce, an iOS app that...

The article argues that the traditional notion of market language in technology contracts no longer applies to AI agreements, where terms are still evolving. Because regulatory, insurance, and liability frameworks remain unsettled, parties craft varied clauses focused on transparency, data...
Samsung unveiled a teaser for a new AI‑driven image editor that will debut on its forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup, consolidating photo capture and editing into a single app. The tool leverages Google Gemini, regarded as a leading generative‑AI photo engine,...

Hong Kong released its Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, revealing that nearly 30% of local firms lack dedicated security staff and only 26% of SMEs have such roles compared with 59% of large enterprises. To address the talent gap, the government, HKPC...
Australian firms are pouring money into AI, yet many projects stall in pilot mode, not because of the technology but due to weak experience design, unclear ownership, and poor integration into customer journeys. Cognizant’s AI‑native agency, Cognizant Moment, was launched...
Cadence Design Systems reported a fourth‑quarter revenue of $1.44 billion, up 6.2% year‑over‑year, and adjusted earnings of $1.99 per share, both beating analyst forecasts. Strong demand for AI‑linked processors drove higher sales of its chip‑design software, while a record $7.8 billion contract...

Meta announced a multi‑year commitment to purchase millions of Nvidia chips, including Grace CPUs, Blackwell GPUs and future Vera Rubin systems, for its expanding U.S. data‑center portfolio. The deal makes Meta the first major tech company to buy Nvidia’s standalone...
Most first-time founders don’t fail because of bad ideas. They fail juggling 6 AI tools and starting from scratch every time. Vora IQ is an AI-powered business OS with specialized agents that hold your full business context. Every answer is grounded...
Konkrd, a digital broker founded by former iSelect executives, completed Australia’s first fully autonomous health‑insurance sale using its agentic AI platform. The end‑to‑end process guided a real customer through a needs analysis, policy recommendation, and final purchase without manual intervention,...
Our robot has driven me and the family for two hours in driving rain across one of USA’s most dangerous roads. Without my hands touching the wheel once. It is how it handled pudddles, two brown streams crossing the road that most...

Are AI search citations affected by drops in organic search? I dug in a bit with some recent examples try to find the answer. Check it out at my Substack: https://t.co/JBgyIVp40w https://t.co/CLNUvu0mII
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If AI writes 100 per cent code at Anthropic, what will engineers do? https://t.co/QT4G0uv6Lt #Anthropic #vibecoding #vibecode #coder #Developpement #developer
Congrats to Onshore on their $31M Series B! Onshore is building an AI-native platform that replaces manual CPA workflows with continuous, automated tax intelligence. Instead of relying on spreadsheets and fragmented documentation, Onshore automates data collection and analysis while keeping expert...