Artificial intelligence

June 20, 2025 4:30 PM

OpenAI, Google, xAI battle for superstar AI talent, shelling out millions

The contest in Silicon Valley to dominate artificial intelligence is playing out on a new court: superstar researchers. While the scramble to attract top talent and keep them happy has always been a hallmark of the tech industry, since ChatGPT launched in late 2022, recruiting has escalated to professional athlete levels, a dozen people who have been involved in recruiting AI researchers told Reuters. “The AI labs approach hiring like a game of chess,” said Ariel Herbert-Voss, CEO of cyber...

June 19, 2025 1:25 PM

Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology executive says

Apple AAPL.O is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices, its top hardware technology executive said in private remarks last month. Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, made the remarks in a speech in Belgium, where he was receiving an award from Imec, an independent semiconductor research and development group that works closely with most of the world's biggest chipmaker...

June 16, 2025 12:54 PM

Nvidia’s pitch for sovereign AI resonates with EU leaders

Nvidia NVDA.O CEO Jensen Huang has been pitching the idea of "sovereign AI" since 2023. Europe is now starting to listen and act. The concept is based on the idea that the language, knowledge, history and culture of each region are different, and every nation needs to develop and own its AI. Last week, the CEO of the artificial-intelligence chipmaker toured Europe's major capitals - London, Paris and Berlin - announcing a slew of projects and partnerships, while highlighting the lack of AI inf...

June 10, 2025 9:36 AM

Apple opens its AI to developers but keeps its broader ambitions modest

Apple AAPL.O announced on Monday a slew of artificial intelligence features including opening up Apple Intelligence's underlying technology in a modest update of its software and services as it lays the groundwork for future advances. The presentations at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference focused more on incremental developments, including live translations for phone calls, that improve everyday life rather than the sweeping ambitions for AI that Apple's rivals are marketing. A year a...

May 28, 2025 1:27 PM

Microsoft joins India’s Yotta Data Services to boost AI innovation in country

Microsoft and Yotta Data Services, India’s leading sovereign cloud infrastructure and platform services provider, on Wednesday partnered to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in India. The partnership enables Microsoft and Yotta to engage with IndiaAI Mission participants, government agencies, IITs, startups, enterprises, and software development companies to leapfrog AI innovation. Microsoft said it would bring its AzureAI services to Shakti Cloud, Yotta’s AI cloud platform,...

May 21, 2025 3:44 PM

OpenAI, Google, xAI battle for superstar AI talent, shelling out millions

The contest in Silicon Valley to dominate artificial intelligence is playing out on a new court: superstar researchers. While the scramble to attract top talent and keep them happy has always been a hallmark of the tech industry, since ChatGPT launched in late 2022, recruiting has escalated to professional athlete levels, a dozen people who have been involved in recruiting AI researchers told reporter. “The AI labs approach hiring like a game of chess,” said Ariel Herbert-Voss, CEO of cybe...

May 6, 2025 3:43 PM

Indians show strong trust in AI, far ahead of global average: report

Nearly 76% of Indians trust and feel confident in using Artificial Intelligence (AI), significantly higher than the global average of 46%, according to a new report by KPMG. The report, titled "Trust, Attitudes and Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Global Study 2025", surveyed over 48,000 people across 47 countries, identifying India as a global frontrunner in public trust and adoption of AI technologies. According to the findings, 90% of Indian respondents believe AI has enhanced accessibilit...

May 6, 2025 2:43 PM

OpenAI dials back conversion plan, nonprofit to retain control

OpenAI has dialed back a significant restructuring plan, with its nonprofit parent retaining control in a move that is likely to limit CEO Sam Altman’s power over the pioneering maker of ChatGPT. The announcement follows a storm of criticism and legal challenges, including a high-profile lawsuit filed by rival and co-founder Elon Musk, who has accused OpenAI of straying from its founding mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. “OpenAI was founded as ...

April 23, 2025 3:36 PM

AI economic gains likely to outweigh emissions cost, says IMF

Economic gains from artificial intelligence will boost global output by around 0.5% a year between 2025 and 2030, outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centres needed to run AI models, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. An IMF report released at its annual spring meeting in Washington nonetheless noted that those output gains would not be shared equally across the world, and called on policymakers and businesses to minimise costs to broader society. "Despit...

April 14, 2025 5:42 PM

AICTE forms expert committee to integrate AI across all academic streams

In a significant step toward transforming technical education in India, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has constituted an expert committee to facilitate the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Applied AI across diverse academic programmes beyond traditional computer science degrees. The committee is chaired by Anand Deshpande, Managing Director of Persistent Systems, and includes AI experts from IITs, NITs, and other leading institutions. The move is aimed at ...