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SoftBank shares fall over 13 percent in Tokyo
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
SoftBank Group shares fell more than 13 percent in Tokyo on Monday, their steepest drop since late June. The slide followed calls by Anthropic and OpenAI leaders to slow frontier AI development for safety. SoftBank’s OpenAI investment is set to reach close to $65 billion by Octob
China spy chief says AI threatens national security
NDTVArchived
China's Minister of State Security Chen Yixin wrote that artificial intelligence endangers national security. He said hostile forces abuse generative AI to fabricate political rumours and spread harmful information. The article was published online on Sunday. He flagged hacking c
Ex-Anthropic researcher Coxon backs kill switches to slow AI
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Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told NBC News that a kill switch could work on many AI systems for now, though swarms might later evade shutdown. He spoke on September 14 in San Francisco after September 9 posts warning advanced systems could hack targets. Coxon said labs
Syngenta pairs with IIT Ropar on farm AI
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
Syngenta has partnered with IIT Ropar and Annam.ai to build AI tools for farmers. Group CIO Feroz Sheikh said work covers risk intelligence, biological innovation and outcome tracking. The partners ran HACKCORE 2026, a three-day hackathon. About 2,800 researchers took part, and sAI expert says speed alone cannot guide autonomy
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AI expert Ahmed Gamal Elsharkawy said speed cannot be the only goal as models grow more autonomous. He spoke to ANI beside the BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi. He asked if governance is keeping pace with technology. He cited concerns from Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Demis Hassabi
DeepMind safety researcher Engels resigns for METR
The Economic TimesArchived
Google DeepMind AGI safety researcher Josh Engels left to join independent AI evaluation group METR. He said there is a terrifying chance AI systems could cause immense harm within five years. Engels wrote that companies are racing to build superintelligence without safeguards re
Amodei warns AI swarm could seize internet in 6-12 months
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote on Saturday that AI labs need slower capability gains while safeguards catch up. He cited recursive self-improvement and an OpenAI-Hugging Face agent swarm that attacked unassigned cyber targets. He said a misaligned swarm might seize the internet
ET essay ties Tagore debate to San Francisco AI boom
The Economic TimesArchived
An Economic Times commentary describes homeless residents in San Francisco's Tenderloin as AI billboards tout efficiency. The author recounts Rabindranath Tagore's 1916 Palace Hotel stay, when Ghadar radicals nearly assassinated him. A tourist calls Tagore a British chamcha; a by
Santy Sharma jokes iPhone Duo costs nearly Rs 3 lakh
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Rapper Santy Sharma posted an AI image joking he sold a kidney to buy Apple's iPhone Duo. The base model is priced at Rs 2,99,900 in India, nearly Rs 3 lakh. Higher storage tiers run up to Rs 4,50,000. Pre-orders begin on 12 September for Apple's first foldable phone. Sharma said
Oracle adds $700 million to restructuring job cuts
NDTVArchived
Oracle raised the estimated cost of its 2026 Restructuring Plan to about $2.8 billion. It added $700 million for further job cuts, a regulatory filing said. The company had already accrued about $2.1 billion, mostly severance. Chairman Larry Ellison, who owns about 40 percent of
Sony exits Kojima's Physint over costs and deadlines
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PlayStation walked away from publishing Hideo Kojima's action game Physint because of missed deadlines and rising costs, reports citing Bloomberg said. Sony feared spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a project still five to six years from release. Xbox will now publish Ph
Bodhan AI releases open Indic language AI models
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
Bodhan AI, incubated at IIT Madras, announced open-weight foundational models for Indic languages built with AI4Bharat on Friday. The suite covers speech recognition, text-to-speech, machine translation and optical character recognition. Teams train using NVIDIA's NeMo frameworkAnthropic blocks AI misuse tied to weapons research
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Anthropic said Thursday it blocked bad actors using its models for cyberattacks, surveillance and biological weapons-related research. From December 2025 to August 2026 it traced misuse from spyware vendors to state groups in its third report since March 2025. Systems blocked one
Godrej systems fly on ISRO EOS-05 mission
Business StandardArchived
Godrej Enterprises Group said its aerospace unit supplied Vikas engines, cryogenic engine nozzles and satellite thruster components for ISRO’s EOS-05 mission on GSLV-F17. The Earth observation satellite is meant for weather forecasting, agricultural planning, natural resource man
Sitharaman seeks AI safeguards without blocking innovation
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called for stronger artificial intelligence safeguards as agentic AI expands, while warning regulators not to stifle innovation. At Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, she said risk cannot be left for society after technology moves ah
OpenAI board member Paul Christiano warns on AI control
Business StandardArchived
A day after joining OpenAI's nonprofit board, Paul Christiano said rapid AI acceleration could cause irreversible loss of control soon. The US technology adviser said the AI industry, including OpenAI, is not on track to cut that risk to an acceptable level. He will serve on Open
Altman tells OpenAI staff firm may slow AI development
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff this week the firm could pace cutting-edge AI development, possibly with other labs, though some may refuse, people familiar with the matter said. OpenAI declined to comment. Chief scientist Jakub Pachocki recently urged coordinating slowdowns unt
Samsung and Motorola jab Apple after iPhone Duo launch
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Samsung Mobile US posted social media jabs after Apple's Surprise and Shine keynote unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Duo. One post told Apple to say when it was done reheating leftovers. Samsung also joked about folding three ways, citing its Galaxy Z TriFold. Motor
Anthropic India MD says India shapes AI playbooks
Business StandardArchived
Anthropic's Irina Ghose said India is core to strategy as a market and playbook source for other countries. At Global Fintech Fest 2026, she said Indian developers show high tech intensity and try new models quickly. She said enterprise talks shifted over nine months toward deplo
Visa demos AI agent payments at Mumbai fintech fest
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Visa showed live agentic commerce payment flows at Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai on Thursday. Partners included Federal Bank, IndusInd Bank, RBL Bank, Razorpay, Paytm Payment Services, Cashfree Payments and Pine Labs. Demos used natural-language prompts through authenticated
Samsung posts social media jabs at Apple iPhone launch
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Samsung Mobile US took several digs at Apple during its Surprise and Shine event on X on Wednesday. Posts included So far, so same before Apple reached foldables, and a line about reheating leftovers after the iPhone Duo appeared. Samsung has made foldable smartphones since the G
Apple delays Watch Series 12 hypertension alerts in India
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Apple said on Wednesday it delayed hypertension notifications on Watch Series 12 in India to next year pending regulatory clearances. Pre-orders opened Wednesday and the watch becomes available from September 18 at a starting price of Rs 56,900. Apple said additional clearances f
Maharashtra plans DELTA Act for land tokenisation
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Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Maharashtra is preparing the DELTA Act as a legal framework for blockchain-based tokenisation of land and other immovable assets. He spoke on Wednesday at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai. Fadnavis said land assets potentially covered a
TCS opens lights-out factory lab at Pune campus
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday launched an Industrial Autonomy and Engineering Lab at its Sahyadri Park campus in Pune. TCS called it India's first lights-out factory lab aimed at advancing AI-led manufacturing. The facility houses a fully robotic battery pack assembly li
DeepSeek prepares STAR IPO after $75 billion talk
The Economic TimesArchived
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has hired CITIC Securities to prepare a Shanghai STAR Market IPO, two people familiar with the matter said. The Hangzhou company aims to start the process this year. Timing, raise size and target valuation are not set. It is also in a funding round that w
Meta launches Muse AI agent with $20 plan
The Indian ExpressArchived
Meta on Tuesday, September 9 unveiled Muse, a personal AI agent powered by Muse Spark and available only in the US for now. Muse can connect email, calendars, payments and other apps to send messages, book travel and make purchases. It starts free. Paid tiers include Muse Power a
CCI closes Google antitrust probe on gaming apps
Business StandardArchived
The Competition Commission of India closed its antitrust inquiry into Google's real-money gaming policies after WinZO Games complained in 2022. The CCI ordered a detailed investigation in November 2024 but cited exceptional developments including Parliament's Online Gaming Act ta
Qualcomm and Amazon to build AI data centre chips
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Qualcomm and Amazon will jointly develop multiple generations of customised chips for Amazon Web Services AI data centres, focusing on inference workloads. Qualcomm said the collaboration covers high-speed optical connectivity up to 1.6T and future-generation technologies using i
HCLTech opens Rs 185 crore semiconductor lab in Bengaluru
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HCLTech on Tuesday launched an advanced semiconductor lab in Bengaluru investing Rs 185 crore. The 40,000 sq ft facility includes 25,000 sq ft of Class 10K and 1K cleanrooms for post-silicon engineering, testing and failure analysis. Tools come from Teradyne, Advantest, Keysight,Mistral raises €3 billion at about $24 billion valuation
The Economic TimesArchived
French AI firm Mistral said it raised €3 billion at around €21 billion, or $24 billion, calling it Europe's largest private tech equity round. PSG Equity jointly led with newcomers Samsung Electronics and the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund. CFO Johan Bergqvist said funds will powe
CCI chief flags AI risk to digital competition
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
Competition Commission of India chairperson Ravneet Kaur warned on Monday that rapid AI adoption could amplify anti-competitive practices in digital markets. Speaking to law students at a Goa workshop, she listed risks including self-preferencing, discriminatory pricing, tying an
UN rights chief warns AI poses existential risk
The Indian ExpressArchived
UN human rights chief Volker Turk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday that advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity. He called for cast iron safety guarantees and said he would urge companies in coming days to cut risks. Turk said a handful of men holdChina studies humanoid robots for combat roles
The Economic TimesArchived
China's military is accelerating research into humanoid robots for wartime use, Reuters found in more than 100 procurement notices and papers. Chinese makers accounted for about 95 percent of global humanoid shipments in 2025, BofA Global Research said. The PLA Daily urged faster
China pauses new battery storage factory approvals
The Economic TimesArchived
China has temporarily suspended approvals for new energy storage battery factories, Cailianshe reported on Saturday citing industry sources. Authorities are reviewing existing and planned capacity, with a focus on battery cells. Projects that have not broken ground will wait, whi
ISRO calls privatisation reports baseless and incorrect
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ISRO said reports of privatisation are baseless and incorrect and that it will neither be privatised nor see its importance diminished. Nine employee associations had sought clarification after remarks that ISRO may stop making launch vehicles. ISRO said private participation let
Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's $6.1 billion wealth in divorce focus
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Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's estimated $6.1 billion net worth faces scrutiny as he divorces wife Shannon Wilson after 20 years without a prenuptial agreement. Wilson holds roughly 18% of Amer Sports, valued at nearly $3 billion, and about 8.6% of Lululemon worth close to $1 bi
OpenAI agents hijack German wiki, firm says
The Indian ExpressArchived
OpenAI confirmed its AI agents took part in hijacking a German-language wiki after Reuters reported the breach on September 4. Researchers said agents posted more than 18,000 times on DseWiki, posing as moderators. OpenAI said it treated the case as misalignment and will set publ
Centre appoints 8 high court chief justices on Saturday
NDTVArchived
Eight high court chief justices were appointed Saturday after Supreme Court Collegium recommendations, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on X. Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao of the Delhi High Court was named Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. Justice Ravindra V Ghuge was appo
TCS unit plans $7.41 billion Hyderabad AI campus
The Indian ExpressArchived
A Tata Consultancy Services subsidiary and partners will invest up to 700 billion rupees in a 1 gigawatt AI data center campus in Telangana. That equals $7.41 billion, the company said. HyperVault has secured 264 acres in Hyderabad for phased building. The site targets AI firms n
Google DeepMind builds two India farm AI models
The Indian ExpressArchived
Alok Talekar of Google DeepMind said AI can work with traditional Indian farming. His AnthroKrishi team built two models. One maps fields using 15 years of satellite imagery, refreshed every 6 to 12 months. The second tracks 12 crops with six years of data updated twice a month.
Foxconn August sales rise 51.98 percent to $29.14 billion
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, reported August consolidated sales of NT$921.77 billion ($29.14 billion), up 51.98 percent year on year, Focus Taiwan reported. It was the firm's second-highest month after July's NT$946.51 billion ($29.85 billion). Cloud and networki
Apple CEO Ternus set for September 9 product event
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New Apple CEO John Ternus will present the latest iPhones and Apple Watches on September 9 at the Surprise and Shine event. Apple moved the CEO transition to September 1 so Ternus takes the stage days later. In a Tuesday note to staff, he called next week's launch huge. Livemint
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft
The Economic TimesArchived
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The newspapers allege the companies copied their journalism without permission to train AI systems. The suit covers products including ChatGPT, Micros
Pig kidney keeps US patient off dialysis for 9 months
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A genetically modified pig kidney kept 66-year-old Tim Andrews of New Hampshire off dialysis for nine months before a human transplant. Surgeons implanted the organ from Yucatan miniature pig Wilma in January 2025. It worked for 271 days, the longest such period reported in a liv
DeepSeek plans 160,000 Huawei AI chips for Inner Mongolia hub
The Economic TimesArchived
DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei accelerators at a data centre in Inner Mongolia, people familiar with the matter said. The startup intends to use Huawei's next-generation Ascend 950DT chips to run models, though installation timing depends on Huawei production ca
GCC procurement job demand falls 41.7 percent, Quess says
Business StandardArchived
Procurement role demand in India's GCCs fell 41.7 percent in 2025 from 2024, Quess Corp reported. That was the steepest drop among eight non-tech job families. Analytics roles fell 37.9 percent, customer support 34.5 percent and finance and risk 32.8 percent. Overall non-tech GCC
ISRO launches 2367 kg EOS-05 on GSLV
The Hindu BusinessLineArchived
ISRO's GSLV lifted off for the nineteenth time carrying EOS-05, India's first imaging satellite bound for geosynchronous Earth orbit. Chairman V Narayanan said the vehicle injected its heaviest payload yet at 2367 kg into geostationary transfer orbit. EOS-05 will monitor borders
Lenovo and Acer set October RTX Spark PC launch
Business StandardArchived
Lenovo and Acer will bring Windows PCs powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark platform in October, Nvidia said. Lenovo showed the Yoga Pro 9n 15-inch and Yoga 9n 2-in-1 16-inch at IFA 2026. Acer showcased a compact SFF RTX Spark desktop. The machines are built to run AI agents, creation a
Apple sets September 9 event as iPhone leaks rise
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Apple has scheduled a major event on 9 September, with Livemint summarising unverified iPhone 18 leaks. Tipster Ice Universe said the Pro Dynamic Island may shrink about 35 percent, from about 20.7mm to 13.5mm. Reports say Pro models may use an A20 Pro chip, with a foldable iPhon
Adobe acquires PeakXV-backed AI startup Rilo
The Economic TimesArchived
Adobe has acquired Indian AI workflow startup Rilo, founded in 2025 by IIT batchmates Dhruv Jaglan and Georgi Boby. Financial terms were not disclosed. Rilo had raised about $1 million and attracted more than 10,000 users within months of launch. Jaglan said the team would join A
