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    Artificial Intelligence or AI as the name suggests refers to machines capable of thinking or demonstrating human-like intelligence as opposed to natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals. The scientific community refers to AI as any system that can account for its environment before taking any action, to maximise its chances of achieving its goals, whatever they may be. AI is a blanket term that is also used for describing artificial machines that can mimic learning capabilities found in humans, aka cognitive functions. AI is used in a variety of fields like web-search engines, recommendation systems that recommend content based on your interests, voice assistants that can react to and understand human language, self-driving cars or even automated decision-making in strategic games like chess. The academic study of artificial intelligence began in 1956 and has evolved over the years as the technology advanced. The traditional goals of any research in the field consider reasoning capabilities, the use of knowledge in making decisions, the ability to plan and execute an action, natural language processing, perception, and the ability to manipulate physical objects. The end goal is to create machines that can simulate general intelligence to solve a variety of problems, in the same capacity as humans. More

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    • Psychological safety drives enterprise AI results for 83% of business leaders: Infosys-MIT report

      The report says that nearly one in four leaders admitted they had held back from proposing or leading AI projects because of fear of failure or negative feedback.

    • Sona Valliappa Group’s Rs 150 cr SCALE campus near Bengaluru to train GCC-ready workforce

      The 105-year-old group said SCALE will focus on skilling students and professionals for emerging technologies, with a strong emphasis on AI, advanced manufacturing and GCC requirements.

    • Global technology giants account for over 60% of NTT’s India data centre demand

      Clients are facing ‘PoC fatigue’, as success rates of PoC to AI still remains 17-20 per cent, Avinash Joshi, MD, India, NTT DATA tells Moneycontrol

    • Microsoft-backed G42 scales up Nanda Hindi AI model to 87 billion parameters for India push

      The model has been released publicly on Hugging Face, allowing startups and enterprises to build applications without licensing restrictions

    • GCCs increasingly rely on BPM partners for transformation, says Genpact

      AI is about optimising business processes at an enterprise level. Without process and data maturity, GCCs cannot transition to AI-led operations, Dinesh Jain, who leads GCC engagements at Genpact, tells Moneycontrol

    • The four ‘O’s that shape a bubble

      And what this test tells us about the artificial intelligence wave

    • MeitY backs DPIIT’s AI copyright licensing model, calls for revenue sharing

      The IT ministry backs DPIIT’s hybrid AI copyright model, calling for broad training access with revenue-linked compensation and safeguards to limit disputes

    • Moore Threads plans to use most IPO proceeds to buy bank products

      The company plans to invest 7.5 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) of 'idled funds,' equal to about 90% of the proceeds from its initial public offering

    • Global funds view Indian stocks as a top hedge against AI risks

      With the AI frenzy fading and India’s stock valuations falling back near their five-year average after sharply trailing peers this year, the consumption-driven economy is back in favor

    • India now world's third-most competitive nation in AI, behind just US and China

      According to the University’s Global AI Vibrancy Tool’s Visual Capitalist chart, India came in at the third position with a score of 21.59, behind top two AI nations US (78.6) and China (36.95)

    • Satya Nadella's 2025 India AI Tour: A 3-City pitch amid India's AI ambitions

      It was carefully crafted as a response to India's digital ambitions, talent pool, and policy environment, amid fierce competition from rivals like Google and Amazon.

    • Broadcom shares tumble after investors seek bigger AI payoff

      The shares slid as much as 8.3% after markets opened in New York Friday, their biggest intraday drop since April 10

    • Mumbai’s AI hiring outpaces supply at 15% job posts vs 8% talent; Bengaluru tops with 29% share

      Beyond the two largest hubs, Delhi-NCR, which holds 18% of India’s AI talent and 12% of job postings, shows a relatively balanced market.

    • Major tech firms flag “market harm” in India’s AI copyright proposal

      A recent analysis prepared by a leading global technology company, reviewed by Moneycontrol, warns that the proposal risks slowing down innovation.

    • Oracle slides by most since January on mounting AI spending

      Oracle’s stock had already lost about a third of its value through Wednesday’s close since a record high on Sept. 10. Meanwhile, a measure of Oracle’s credit risk reached a fresh 16-year high.

    • India’s GCCs power 22.5% of AI demand, cement 1.26 lakh talent base

      India’s AI skill penetration is now 2.5 times the global average and talent concentration rising 252 percent between 2016-2024, a rate that outpaces the US, Germany, and the UK.

    • Satya Nadella puts Agentic AI front and centre with Microsoft's latest model

      IT giants Cognizant, Infosys,TCS and Wipro expand Microsoft Copilot rollout to above 2,00,000 lakh licences

    • Coforge banks on AI, cloud to hit $2 bn milestone by FY26

      Management has ruled out entering any new verticals, geographies, or service lines for the next three to five years.

    • Inside Meta’s pivot from open source to money-making AI model

      Meta’s strategy shifted dramatically earlier this year after the company released Llama 4, an open-source model that disappointed Silicon Valley and Zuckerberg

    • Amazon upstages Microsoft’s India bet with $35-billion pledge

      Microsoft's investment is aimed squarely at accelerating AI adoption, while Amazon's plans are broader, including business expansion and export-led growth

    • Amazon raises India investment pledge to $35 billion by 2030

      The US e-commerce giant will invest in areas such as artificial intelligence and logistics infrastructure, it said in a statement

    • How the AI boom could trigger an energy crisis

      AI's explosive growth is driving an unprecedented energy crisis, with data centres projected to consume up to 20% of global electricity by 2035 as tech giants scramble for nuclear solutions.

    • AI boom vs bubble? $37-billion enterprise surge shows decisive tilt, says Menlo Ventures

      The firm says enterprise AI spending has surged to $37 billion in 2025, making it the fastest-scaling software category in history

    • India’s tech workforce races ahead on AI as enterprises lag on maturity, governance

      Most professionals learn AI independently through YouTube, online communities, documentation or hands-on practice, with only a third receiving structured training from employers

    • Trump’s AI czar David Sacks insists recent layoffs aren’t driven by AI

      Fears that artificial intelligence is behind layoffs, as companies cut jobs around the world, are greatly exaggerated, says David Sacks. He argues human oversight remains essential and that AI isn’t the real culprit behind widespread job cuts.

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