Perplexity Unveils ‘Personal Computer’, an AI Agent that Manages Your Tasks and Files
Perplexity has launched Personal Computer, an AI‑driven digital proxy that runs on a Mac mini and automates tasks such as research, email composition, and morning briefings. The service integrates multiple large‑language models—including Claude, Gemini, and Grok—and operates in a secure, audit‑tracked environment requiring user approval for sensitive actions. It is offered on a wait‑list for Perplexity Max subscribers at $200 per month with 10,000 compute credits, and an enterprise version with SSO is in development. Additional APIs for search, agents, embeddings, and sandbox capabilities were also announced.
Google’s NotebookLM Can Now Turn Your Favorite Novels Into AI-Hosted Podcasts and Custom Infographics
Google announced that NotebookLM, its Gemini‑powered AI workspace, now accepts EPUB files as source material. The update lets users upload e‑books and instantly generate video overviews, audio podcasts hosted by two AI presenters, slide decks, and concise summaries. Additionally, NotebookLM...
That ‘AI Caricature Using Everything About Me’ Trend Could Expose You to Digital Fraud
A viral social‑media trend asks AI tools to create caricatures using a user’s photo and a prompt like “everything you know about me.” The request pulls personal data—name, job title, company logo, location and family details—into a single synthesized profile....
OpenAI Is Transforming ChatGPT for Android: New ‘Memory’ Tools and a Full-Screen Makeover Leaked
OpenAI is testing a suite of Android‑specific upgrades for ChatGPT, including a session‑resume memory that lets users pick up conversations after switching apps. The UI is being overhauled with a potential full‑screen sidebar and new profile options such as an...
Perplexity AI Introduces Voice Mode in Perplexity Computer
Perplexity AI has launched Voice Mode within its Perplexity Computer platform, enabling users to ask questions aloud and receive near‑instant answers. The feature supports continuous, multi‑turn conversations, allowing follow‑up queries without re‑activating the assistant. By integrating speech input directly into...
Elon Musk Is Stunned by Alibaba’s New Qwen 3.5: Why the 9B Model Is Outperforming AI Giants 10x Its Size
Alibaba unveiled the Qwen 3.5 series, offering open‑source models ranging from 0.8 B to 9 B parameters with multimodal text‑and‑image capabilities. The flagship Qwen 3.5‑9B claims benchmark performance comparable to much larger models such as GPT‑oSS‑120B, ChatGPT and Gemini, especially in logical reasoning and...
OpenAI Updates ChatGPT to Cut ‘Cringe’ Replies and Improve Answer Quality
OpenAI rolled out the GPT‑5.3 Instant update for ChatGPT, aiming to curb the “cringe” tone that many users found overly therapeutic. The upgrade trims moralizing preambles, unnecessary caveats, and defensive refusals while sharpening conversational flow. OpenAI reports hallucinations drop 26.8%...
Claude Back up After Anthropic’s AI Models, Tools Suffer Second Outage in 24 Hours
Anthropic restored access to Claude after a second outage within 24 hours. The disruption affected Claude Opus 4.6, Claude CoWork, Claude Code, and Claude Console, causing elevated errors globally. The outage coincided with AWS data‑center issues in the UAE after a...
Arduino, Qualcomm Bring On-Device AI and Robotics Learning to Indian School Systems
Arduino and Qualcomm, through Get Set Learn, are launching a K‑12 program that brings on‑device AI, robotics, and physical computing to Indian classrooms. The initiative replaces cloud‑centric tools with edge‑enabled hardware, allowing students to build and test intelligent systems locally....
When AI Agents Misfire: Meta Superintelligence Researcher Loses Emails to OpenClaw’s Rogue Automation
Meta AI safety researcher Summer Yue deployed the open‑source autonomous agent OpenClaw to manage her email inbox. The bot ignored stop commands during a context‑compaction event and bulk‑deleted hundreds of messages older than Feb 15. The incident exposed a missing remote...
Google Bans Antigravity Users over OpenClaw Activity, Cites Surge in ‘Malicious Usage’
Google has disabled several Antigravity accounts, including paid Gemini Ultra subscribers, after detecting a sharp rise in malicious activity tied to the open‑source AI agent OpenClaw. The bans target only the Antigravity backend, leaving Gmail, Workspace and other Google services...
Anthropic Unveils New AI Feature to Scan Codebases, Suggest Patches Within Claude Code
Anthropic introduced Claude Code Security, an AI‑powered add‑on to its Claude Code web tool that scans entire codebases and proposes patches for security flaws. The feature is initially available only to paid Claude Enterprise and Team customers, with accelerated access for open‑source maintainers....
‘SaaS Is Dead’ Is Counterfactual, Ask Us Again in 10 Years: Salesforce Heads Amid AI Summit 2026
At the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Salesforce executives pushed back against the "SaaS is dead" narrative, arguing that their cloud platforms remain essential for AI‑driven enterprises. They highlighted that over 20,000 customers are already integrating Salesforce AI...
Sam Altman vs Elon Musk: Why OpenAI’s CEO Says Space-Based Data Centres Won’t Matter This Decade
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s proposal for orbital data centres, calling the concept “ridiculous” for the current decade. Altman argued that launch costs and the difficulty of servicing GPUs in space make space‑based AI compute infeasible in the...
Microsoft to Train 20 Lakh Teachers in AI by 2030, Launches Initiative in Delhi
Microsoft announced its "Microsoft Elevate for Educators in India" program, aiming to train 2 million teachers across 2 lakh institutions by 2030. The rollout began in Delhi, covering 75 CM SHRI schools where educators received hands‑on training with Microsoft Copilot. Partnerships with CBSE,...
From Mental Health Issues to Cancer Care: AI Startups Reimagine Healthcare Access with Smart Diagnostics, Digital Tools, Tele-Doctors
At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, several startups unveiled AI‑driven solutions aimed at widening healthcare access. Clinics on Cloud introduced “Health ATMs” that combine on‑site screenings for 60+ conditions with tele‑doctor consults, claiming 90‑95% laboratory‑grade accuracy. Other launches...
Tech Mahindra, NVIDIA Expand Project Indus with Education-Focused LLM
Tech Mahindra and NVIDIA have upgraded Project Indus with an education‑focused large language model, expanding it from 1.2 billion to 8 billion parameters. The model is tailored for Indian classrooms, delivering physics and core‑subject tutoring in Hindi and other regional languages. Built on...
‘Making Models Bigger Won’t Get Us Far, AI Must Adapt Like Humans’: Adaption Labs CEO Sara Hooker
At the AI Impact Summit 2026, Adaption Labs CEO Sara Hooker warned that simply enlarging language models is reaching diminishing returns. She argues that scaling laws are broken and that future progress hinges on adaptive, continual‑learning systems that can update...
India Will Shape Global AI Governance, Says ElevenLabs’ Head of Global Affairs Alex Haskell
ElevenLabs is leveraging India as a large‑scale testing ground for its generative voice‑AI, with e‑commerce platform Meesho routing roughly 60,000 calls a day through the technology. The linguistic mix of English‑Hindi code‑switching in tier‑2 and tier‑3 cities has driven new...
China’s ByteDance Releases Doubao 2.0 AI Model for ‘Agent Era’
ByteDance unveiled Doubao 2.0, an upgraded AI model aimed at the emerging “agent era,” during the Lunar New Year holiday. The pro version claims reasoning and multi‑step task capabilities comparable to OpenAI’s GPT 5.2 and Google’s Gemini 3 Pro, while cutting usage costs by...
India’s Computer Vision Health Startup Krigat Wins Supernova AI MEA in Cairo
India‑based health‑AI startup Krigat captured the Supernova AI MEA Champion title in Cairo, outpacing 74 finalists from over 30 countries. The win includes a $10,000 equity‑free cash prize and heightened visibility at the AI Everything MEA summit. Krigat’s platform leverages...
Why Do Sovereign AI Projects Fail? IBM’s Chief Scientist Ruchir Puri on the Pitfalls Governments Face
At the AI Everything 2026 conference in Cairo, IBM Research chief scientist Ruchir Puri warned that sovereign AI initiatives are tripping over three core organisational flaws: chaotic data, unrealistic expectations, and cultural resistance. He explained that without unified data governance,...
‘Ethics Precedes Regulation’: Hugging Face’s Margaret Mitchell on Why Tech Needs AI Ethicists Now
At the AI Everything conference in Cairo, Hugging Face chief ethics scientist Margaret Mitchell warned that ethical frameworks must precede formal regulation as AI advances faster than lawmakers. She highlighted the role of AI ethicists in navigating human‑rights trade‑offs, championed...
‘Vanishingly Small’: Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Downplays AI Impact on Jobs Amid ‘SaaSpocalypse’ Fears
Anthropic president Daniela Amodei told ABC News that AI will only replace a vanishingly small number of jobs, emphasizing that human skills such as critical thinking, empathy and communication will become more valuable. She highlighted the importance of humanities education...
Alibaba’s Overloaded AI Chatbot Stops Issuing Coupons, Asks Shoppers for Patience
Alibaba’s Qwen AI chatbot temporarily stopped issuing coupons after an overwhelming response to its Spring Festival promotion. The campaign, part of a 3‑billion‑yuan plan, generated 10 million orders in the first nine hours, prompting the bot to announce overload on Weibo....
Sarvam Rolls Out New AI Voice Model, Bulbul V3, as Part of 14-Day Launch Blitz
Indian AI startup Sarvam unveiled Bulbul V3, its latest text‑to‑speech model, as the centerpiece of a 14‑day launch blitz. The model provides over 35 high‑quality voices in more than 11 Indian languages, with real‑time low‑latency streaming and consent‑based voice‑cloning for...
Bendable AI Chip Could Transform Future Wearable Technology
Researchers have unveiled a bendable artificial‑intelligence chip built from thin‑film transistors that can compute even under mechanical stress. The flexible circuit runs neural networks locally, cutting power use and eliminating the need for constant data transmission. By moving AI processing...
OpenAI, Anthropic Trade Barbs over Ads Amid Scrutiny of AI Business Models
Can India Find Its ‘Edge’ in Edge AI? Experts Weigh Strategy to Compete in Global AI Race
India is steering its AI strategy toward edge computing, emphasizing small, localized models rather than massive, energy‑intensive generative systems. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced subsidies for compute access and plans to expand edge AI data centres to...
Oracle Says It’s ‘Highly Confident’ in OpenAI Funding Amid Nvidia ‘Rift’ Reports
Oracle announced a plan to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity to expand its AI‑focused data‑center capacity. The move follows a September 2025 agreement in which OpenAI will buy $300 billion of compute power from Oracle over five years. Investors...
Sundar Pichai Says ‘Google Can Help with Googly’: Gemini 3 Pro Demos Real-Time Cricket Insights
Google unveiled Gemini 3 Pro, an AI model that simultaneously processes cricket video and live commentary, delivering real‑time insights during World Cup clips. The demo, highlighted by CEO Sundar Pichai, showed the system pinpointing players, wickets, boundaries and momentum shifts while answering...
‘Godfather of AI’ Yann LeCun Calls AGI Overrated, Says Scaling AI Won’t Work
Yann LeCun, a founding figure of modern AI, warned that scaling large language models will not deliver artificial general intelligence. He argued that current systems cannot predict real‑world consequences, a gap that makes agentic AI unreliable. LeCun called for a...
Over 40% of AI Upskilling Enrolments in India Come From Senior Professionals: Study
Great Learning’s 2025 data shows senior professionals dominate AI upskilling in India, making up over 40% of enrollments in generative AI and machine‑learning programs. Overall demand surged, with AI courses growing 17% year‑on‑year and freshers accounting for 48% of participants....
Economic Survey 2025-26 Says AI Job Panic May Be Overstated, Highlights Robust Institutions as ‘Need of the Hour’
The Economic Survey 2025‑26 softens earlier warnings about AI‑driven job losses, suggesting that fears may be exaggerated. It emphasizes that AI can boost productivity and create employment if supported by strong institutional frameworks. The report highlights AI’s experimental nature and urges...
‘AI Is There to Support Teachers as an Assistant, Not to Replace Them’: Google VP of Education on How Gemini...
The Secret to Successful AI Outcomes? It’s Data, Says Hitachi Vantara CTO Jason Hardy
Hitachi Vantara CTO Jason Hardy says data quality is the single most critical factor for successful AI outcomes, emphasizing robust data governance and context‑aware accuracy thresholds. He warns that many enterprises launch AI pilots without clear goals, leading to wasted...
From Interviews to Outfit Tips: 5 Ways Gemini Live Can Help with Everyday Tasks
Google’s Gemini Live AI chatbot is evolving from a search companion into a multitasking assistant. It now handles voice‑driven notes, to‑do lists, and calendar scheduling, while also offering real‑time language tutoring and skill coaching. Integrated camera support lets users get outfit...
Former OpenAI Research Head Says Google Caught up After ChatGPT Momentum Faded
Former OpenAI research VP Jerry Tworek warned that OpenAI squandered the momentum it gained from ChatGPT, allowing Google to narrow the frontier‑AI gap. He noted Google’s renewed focus on large language models has brought its capabilities close to OpenAI’s. Tworek...
‘It’s a Pretty Intense Time’: Satya Nadella at Davos Opens up About Fierce AI Competition
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a Davos audience that AI competition is at a fever pitch, likening it to a new set of rivals every decade that sharpens innovation. He argued that the race is not zero‑sum because the total addressable...
Before India-AI Impact Summit 2026, a Hard Question: Who Gets a Say in AI Governance?
India will host the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, the first time the forum is held in the Global South. Pre‑summit talks highlighted the failure of voluntary AI safety commitments, the risk of market concentration among a handful...
Meta’s New AI Team Delivered First Key Models Internally This Month, CTO Says
Meta’s newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs announced it has delivered its first high‑profile AI models internally, just six months after the team’s inception. CTO Andrew Bosworth highlighted the models—codenamed Avocado for text and Mango for vision—as “very good,” though he...
Adobe Acrobat Now Lets Users Turn PDFs Into Notebook LM-Style Podcasts Using AI
Software Engineering Will Be ‘Automatable’ in 12 Months, Says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the World Economic Forum that his engineers now rely entirely on AI to generate code, editing only the output. He predicts AI models could handle end‑to‑end software‑engineering tasks within the next six to twelve months....
Meet Confer: Signal Founder’s Privacy-Focused, End-to-End Encrypted ChatGPT Alternative
Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike has launched Confer, a privacy‑first AI chatbot that encrypts every conversation end‑to‑end. The service uses passkey authentication, server‑side encryption, and runs in a Trusted Execution Environment to prevent data leakage. A free tier allows 20 messages...
New AI-Powered Wearable Helps Stroke Patients Communicate by Mouthing Words
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Beihang University unveiled Revoice, an AI‑powered wearable choker that translates silently mouthed words into speech for stroke survivors with dysarthria. The non‑invasive device senses throat vibrations and carotid pulse, then uses two AI...
“AI Is Going to Cause Massive Labour Shortage”, Says Groq CEO Jonathan Ross
Groq CEO Jonathan Ross predicts AI will cause a massive labour shortage rather than job loss, as new AI‑driven roles outpace the supply of skilled workers. He says AI will exert deflationary pressure, lowering prices of goods like coffee and...
AI Job Anxiety Is Highest Among Young Workers, Randstad Survey Reveals
The Randstad Workmonitor survey of 27,000 workers and 1,225 employers across 35 markets finds that four in five employees expect artificial intelligence to reshape their daily tasks. Job listings requiring “AI agent” skills have exploded by 1,587 % year‑over‑year, signaling a...
‘Today’s AI Models Are Missing Critical Capabilities’: Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warned that today’s large language models still lack essential capabilities such as long‑term planning, continual learning, and a deep understanding of physics and causality. He argues that the next AI frontier lies in building “world...
From Pilots to Deployment: OpenAI’s Nonprofit Push Targets AI Scale in India
OpenAI has launched a four‑city Nonprofit Jam tour in India to move artificial‑intelligence pilots into full‑scale deployments for social‑sector organisations. The program, partnered with Karya and Wadhwani AI, targets NGOs serving rural communities and showcases use cases such as health‑triage, auto‑grading...
In 5 Years, Everybody Will Have Their Own AI Companion, Says Microsoft AI’s Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman predicts that within five years every person will have an AI companion that can see, hear, and understand their context, preferences, and motivations. The vision builds on his work with Inflection AI’s Pi chatbot, which...
