Artificial intelligence

January 22, 2026 11:15 AM

Energy and chips anchor India’s five-layer AI mission: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday outlined the five-layer structure that underpins India’s artificial intelligence mission, saying global industry leaders are taking note of the country’s methodical approach. Speaking during an ongoing global summit, Vaishnaw said India is building AI capabilities across the entire value chain. He explained that the framework begins with the application layer, which focuses on real-world use cases, followed by the model layer that develops AI sys...

January 16, 2026 8:17 PM

Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training

Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems. The publishers said in their proposed complaint that the tech company "engaged in one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history" to build its AI capabilities, copying content from Hachette books and ...

January 15, 2026 9:55 PM

Human institutional knowledge key to accountable AI in Parliaments: Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh

Emphasising the primacy of human judgment in the age of artificial intelligence, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday said that institutional memory and contextual human knowledge must remain central to the development and use of AI in legislatures. Addressing a workshop on the adoption of artificial intelligence during the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in New Delhi, Harivansh said that if AI is to be integrated into parliamentary fu...

January 13, 2026 5:09 PM

YUVA AI for All marks major push to democratise AI knowledge among India’s youth

Marking National Youth Day on January 12, the Centre highlighted the launch of the National AI Literacy Program and its flagship course YUVA AI FOR ALL, positioning it as a key initiative to equip young Indians with the skills and awareness needed for an AI-driven future. The programme was formally launched earlier this month at the Rajasthan Regional AI Impact Summit in Jaipur on January 6, by Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology...

January 7, 2026 1:37 PM

Rajasthan hosts Regional AI Impact Conference, launches programme to train one million youth in AI skills

Rajasthan on Tuesday hosted the Regional AI Impact Conference, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, startups and academia to deliberate on the role of Artificial Intelligence in governance, infrastructure, innovation and workforce development. The conference, held as a precursor to the India AI Impact Summit scheduled from February 15 to 20, 2026, underscored Centre–State collaboration in advancing India’s vision for inclusive and responsible AI. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhaja...

December 18, 2025 5:30 PM

India’s AI potential high, value realisation remains key challenge: report

India has the potential to emerge as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI), but a gap in value realisation and innovation continues to limit its impact, according to a report released on Thursday. The report by Boston Consulting Group’s BCGX and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said that 44 per cent of Indian executives are still investing less than 10 per cent of their technology budgets in AI, while only 25 per cent are able to realise tangible va...

December 12, 2025 3:36 PM

Microsoft unveils next-gen AI platform to boost cybercrime investigations in Maharashtra

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Friday launched MahaCrimeOS AI, an AI- and Azure-powered platform aimed at accelerating cybercrime investigations in Maharashtra. The new system is designed to support police personnel with AI tools that help resolve cases faster and more efficiently by combining human expertise with responsible innovation. The launch comes at a time when India is witnessing a sharp rise in cybercrime, with over 3.6 million incidents reported in 2024, according to the...

December 12, 2025 1:04 PM

Architects of AI named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

Time magazine named the architects of artificial intelligence its "Person of the Year" on Thursday, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines with transformative technology. "Person of the Year is a powerful way to focus the world’s attention on the people that shape our lives. And this year, no one had a greater impact than the individuals who imagined, designed, and built AI," Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs wrote in a letter to readers. Jacobs described the architects a...

December 7, 2025 6:08 PM

AI, Machine Learning to drive power sector transformation: Manohar Lal

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications will play a central role in modernising India's power distribution systems, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal said on Sunday. Speaking at a two-day national conference on AI/ML in the power sector at Bharat Mandapam, he said such technologies will enable intelligent, consumer-centric and self-optimising electricity networks. The Minister highlighted the potential of AI-enabled solutions such as smart meter analytics, digital twi...

December 5, 2025 5:18 PM

Indian Railways expands AI-based intrusion detection to prevent elephant collisions across key routes

Indian Railways has scaled up the deployment of its artificial intelligence-enabled Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to curb elephant fatalities on rail tracks, with the technology now active across 141 route kilometres (RKms) of the Northeast Frontier Railway and tenders awarded for an additional 981 RKms nationwide. The IDS, which uses a Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system, generates real-time alerts for loco pilots, station masters and control rooms when elephant movement is detected n...