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AI is shrinking India's back office dominance
India's dominance as the world's back office is threatened by the rise of AI, which is poised to automate many white-collar jobs currently outsourced to the country. This shift forces India to rapidly
Burger King rolls out AI headsets in 500 US stores
Burger King is piloting OpenAI-powered headsets across 500 US restaurants that track employee "friendliness" and assist with operations, with a full chain-wide rollout planned by end of 2026.
Anthropic CEO rejects Pentagon AI safeguards demand
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company would rather lose its Pentagon contract than accept uses of its AI for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, escalating a standoff that be
Industry 5.0 AI Funds Target Efficiency: EY-MIT Survey
An EY and MIT Technology Review Insights survey of 250 industry leaders finds most companies are investing in Industry 5.0 AI for efficiency gains, even though human-centric and sustainable use cases
Block slashes workforce by half, cites AI
Jack Dorsey’s Block announced a 50% workforce cut, shrinking headcount to under 6,000, a move that follows 2024 layoffs, will cost up to $500 million in restructuring, and lifted its shares over 20 %
Mistral AI Partners With Accenture for Enterprise Push
French AI lab Mistral AI and global consulting giant Accenture announced a multiyear partnership to deploy Mistral's AI models to enterprise clients, with Accenture also rolling out the technology int
Lawmakers demand user data from tech companies on DHS
Lawmakers are demanding answers from tech giants like Meta regarding user data shared with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically concerning accounts monitoring or commenting on ICE a
Nvidia posts $215.9bn revenue, beating AI concerns
Nvidia posted a record $215.9 bn revenue, beating forecasts and showing a 73% surge in fourth‑quarter sales despite investor worries about AI spending, circular financing concerns, and geopolitical te
Anthropic Acquires Vercept, Shuts Down Product
Anthropic has acquired Seattle AI startup Vercept, bringing its team and technology into the Claude ecosystem while shutting down Vercept's cloud MacBook agent product.
Gemini adds Uber booking on Pixel 10, Galaxy S26
Google’s Gemini AI now lets users on Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S26 phones automatically book rides or order meals, marking the first rollout of its task‑automation feature in the US and South Korea.
Gushwork raises $9M to optimize businesses for AI search
India-founded Gushwork raised a $9 million seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed to help businesses get discovered on AI search platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, with 300+ paying customer
Riley Walz joins OpenAI to design new AI interfaces
OpenAI has hired Riley Walz, the software engineer behind viral web projects like Find My Parking Cops and Jmail, to develop new human-AI interfaces inside its OAI Labs team.
Hegseth gives Anthropic Friday deadline on military AI
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic until Friday evening to allow unrestricted military use of its AI, threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act and label the company a supply ch
Stripe: AI startups double $10M ARR in 3 months
AI‑powered startups are hitting $10 M annual recurring revenue in just three months, a trend confirmed by Stripe’s 2025 report, which shows record new‑business sign‑ups, faster growth, and a sharp ris
Pentagon Gives Anthropic Friday Deadline on AI Access
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic until Friday to grant the Pentagon unrestricted AI access or face a 'supply chain risk' designation or a Defense Production Act action, but the compa
India Drives 20% of AI Downloads but Just 1% of Revenue
AI companies are ending free India promotions after the country became the world's largest generative AI app download market in 2025, setting up a critical test of converting massive user growth into
MatX Raises $500M to Build AI Chips Faster Than Nvidia
AI chip startup MatX secured $500 million in Series B funding, led by Jane Street and a fund founded by former OpenAI researcher, to accelerate development of processors claimed to be ten times faster
Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber, three automakers
U.K. self-driving startup Wayve raised $1.2 billion from Nvidia, Uber, Microsoft, and three automakers, with an additional $300 million from Uber contingent on launching robotaxis in London, pushing i
Moonshine Open-Weights STT Outperforms Whisper Large V3
Moonshine has released its second-generation open-weights speech-to-text models, claiming higher accuracy than Whisper Large V3 at the top end and significantly lower latency through flexible input wi
Anthropic Sues 3 Chinese Firms Over 24K Fake Accounts
Anthropic is accusing three Chinese AI companies, DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, of large-scale data harvesting using approximately 24,000 fake accounts to train their own chatbot models. This highl
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