Artificial intelligence

October 10, 2026 12:51 AM

Ethiopian PM and EAM Jaishankar explore opportunities to strengthen bilateral relations

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, met in Addis Ababa on Friday and explored opportunities to further strengthen bilateral relations through enhanced cooperation and strategic partnership. “Met with S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, and his distinguished delegation today. Our discussions reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between Ethiopia and India and explored opportunities further to strengthen bilateral relati...

October 9, 2026 10:17 PM

India partners as pilot country with ITU to bridge AI gap for Global South

Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said on Friday that ultimately, the true measure of artificial intelligence (AI) will not be the size of its models or the sophistication of its algorithms, but the number of human lives it improves. “The journey of the AI for Good Lab from Geneva to New Delhi mirrors the journey that artificial intelligence itself must make — from global conversations to local solutions, from technological possibility to human impact, and from strategy to sca...

October 8, 2026 7:46 PM

AI Is Changing Lives of Ordinary People, Says Vaishnaw at Launch of ‘World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence’

Artificial Intelligence is changing the lives of ordinary people by improving outcomes in areas such as agriculture and healthcare, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways, and Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday, citing examples of higher farm yields and improved TB detection through AI-enabled solutions. “AI is changing the lives of ordinary people. In Baramati, sugarcane yields rose by 40 per cent with 30 per cent less water and fertil...

October 8, 2026 7:10 PM

Private Participation in Space Sector Opens New Avenues for Young Talent, Helps Curb Brain Drain: Dr Jitendra Singh

The opening of India’s space sector to private players has helped reduce the need for young scientific and technical talent to look abroad for employment while creating new opportunities within the country, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, said on Thursday. The Minister said the emergence of private space startups, including Skyroot, h...

October 8, 2026 4:01 PM

AI regulations: Consultation paper in a month; safety, deepfakes among key focus areas, says Vaishnaw

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said the government will release a consultation paper on AI regulations within a month, focusing on key aspects such as AI safety, deepfakes, and a human-first approach. The consultation paper will form the base for AI regulations, he said, adding that the time has come for India to have such a framework. "I'll request the department to come out with a regulation-focused consultation paper, which focuses on safety. That's the most important point: safet...

October 6, 2026 6:22 PM

Switzerland Sees India as Emerging Global R&D Power, Earmarks CHF 45 Million for Science and Technology Partnership

Swiss President Guy Parmelin on Tuesday described India as a rapidly emerging global research and development power and reaffirmed Switzerland’s commitment to a long-term partnership with India in education, research and innovation. During a bilateral meeting with Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in New Delhi, Parmelin said Switzerland had earmarked an additional CHF 45 million for the science and technology partne...

October 6, 2026 6:10 PM

Vice President calls for discovery, preservation, publication of unpublished Sanskrit manuscripts

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday called upon teachers and students of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University to undertake the discovery, preservation, critical editing and publication of unpublished Sanskrit manuscripts. Participating in the University’s Second Convocation in New Delhi, he said the Gyan Bharatam Mission, backed by a foundational corpus of ₹500 crore for manuscript preservation and documentation, is bringing India’s vast manuscript heritage to th...

October 5, 2026 9:48 AM

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks and argued the technology should remain broadly accessible to the public "We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency," Altman said in an interview with Politico's technology-focused newsletter Decoded. Altman said there remained a fundamental difference in worldview between OpenAI and rival An...

October 4, 2026 5:15 PM

OpenAI safety employee quits, says ‘time for trial and error is over’

A former OpenAI safety employee who recently resigned criticized the company's approach to AI safety, arguing that a fast-paced culture focused on rapid development increases the risk of failures. Writing in "I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken," published by the Atlantic on Saturday, David Robinson said AI companies, including OpenAI, were not being "nearly careful enough" and should place greater emphasis on safety expertise and research before developing more capable systems. "The t...

October 4, 2026 2:25 PM

Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton as AI czar, to head task force, WSJ reports

US President Donald Trump has appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the administration's AI czar, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing an interview with Clayton. Clayton, who was appointed intelligence chief in August, will lead a new White House panel tasked with reporting within 120 days on the risks and opportunities posed by AI, the newspaper said. "The president asked that a group be put together," which the administration refers to as the "Super Intel...