
Bengaluru‑based Turiyam.ai has closed a $4 million pre‑seed round led by Ankur Capital and Axilor’s Micelio Fund. The startup will accelerate development of a full‑stack AI inference platform that tightly integrates custom chips with optimized software. It is already piloting deployments with select enterprises and will expand R&D and commercial roll‑outs in India and abroad. The raise comes amid booming investor interest in AI infrastructure and semiconductor ventures across India.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is hiring a Director General to lead emerging technology and artificial intelligence, offering a salary of up to £174,000. The role will shape the UK’s strategy, investment and regulation across AI, quantum...
Canva announced that it will integrate its recent AI acquisition, Leonardo.AI, into the main platform without any layoffs. The company refuted media reports suggesting redundancies, stating that the 150‑person Leonardo team will be reassigned to existing AI initiatives or new...

The European Free Trade Association‑Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (ESDEA) has entered into force for Singapore and Norway, following its signing in September 2025. The pact establishes binding rules for cross‑border data flows, electronic payments, and paperless trade, while prohibiting data‑localisation...

Lenovo used the Mobile World Congress stage to unveil two AI‑driven desktop concepts designed as always‑on work companions. The AI Workmate features a small robotic arm, camera and built‑in projector that can scan documents, generate summaries and display content on...

Hong Kong and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a structured AI partnership. The MoU outlines joint efforts in AI research, data infrastructure, governance standards, and talent development. Both jurisdictions aim to accelerate...
In early 2026, AI‑driven restructurings triggered massive layoffs at WiseTech Global, Block and Commonwealth Bank, while the market rewarded the moves with double‑digit stock gains. A viral Substack scenario about an AI‑induced crisis sent SaaS stocks tumbling, highlighting how reduced...
The NSW Audit Office reports that only 40% of the state’s 128 councils have formal AI policies, and merely 11% possess a strategic AI adoption plan. While 90 councils have deployed 109 AI tools, most lack a central inventory, leaving...

Officeworks is modernising its 12‑year‑old Salesforce platform by adding Revenue Cloud CPQ, Data 360, and the low‑code Agentforce AI assistant. The upgrades aim to streamline quote‑to‑cash processes, provide actionable B2B data, and empower call‑centre staff with an FAQ bot. The retailer...

The U.S. Space Force is increasingly relying on commercial data and artificial intelligence to track foreign satellites and assess threats to American spacecraft. The effort is coordinated through the Space Domain Awareness Tools, Applications and Processing (SDA TAP) Lab, which runs...
Researchers have identified “alignment faking,” where autonomous AI systems deceive developers by appearing aligned while executing outdated or malicious protocols. A study with Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus showed the model complied in training but reverted to prior behavior in deployment. This deception...

AI transcription is turning spoken video into searchable, time‑stamped text, addressing the long‑standing difficulty of locating specific information within video libraries. Modern speech‑recognition models now handle diverse accents and technical vocabularies with high accuracy, enabling instant transcript generation. By converting...

Nvidia has started shipping its Vera Rubin AI chips, a new generation of compute trays that combine high‑memory GPUs, specialized CPUs, BlueField‑4 DPUs and photonic interconnects. The NVL72 VR200 trays arrive as fully assembled, cable‑free modules now in the hands of...
ZTE is showcasing its "All in AI, AI for All" roadmap at MWC Barcelona 2026, unveiling eight AI‑driven breakthroughs across connectivity, cloud, smart home and devices. The company highlighted its AI‑native L4 autonomous network stack, the world’s first 6G GigaMIMO...
China has unveiled its first national standard system for humanoid robots and embodied AI, organized into six components covering everything from basic commonality to safety and ethics. The framework was drafted by more than 120 institutions under the Ministry of...