Close on the heels of Bengaluru, Hyderabad is emerging as the specialised hub for global capability centres (GCCs). Among the firms that have set up GCCs in the city this year are McDonald’s, Vanguard, Citizens Bank, Heineken, Barry Callebaut, DAZN and Dai…

Bengaluru-based robotics and AI company CynLr has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to bridge neuroscience and robotics in a bid to build machines that can perceive and adapt to the real world with human-like flexibility. The collaboration…

Whether applying for a passport, a PAN card, or paying your utility bills, Indian citizens can access most of these services through web or mobile applications.  While these digital platforms promise convenience, sparing trips to government offices, the time…

Visa has expanded its Intelligent Commerce program with the introduction of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and a Visa Acceptance Agent Toolkit, designed to help developers and business users connect AI agents directly to Visa’s network. The MCP Server…

Ethics and awareness of bias in algorithms need to be the focus of AI literacy curricula

The future of the Indian AI ecosystem looks promising with Reliance entering the scene. The company that reshaped the telecom landscape with Jio now aims to replicate its success in AI through Reliance Intelligence, launched in partnership with Meta and Google. …

Nearly six in 10 enterprises expect AI to function as a team member or supervisor for other AI systems within 12 months, according to the latest annual study from the Capgemini Research Institute. The report, titled ‘Harnessing the Value of AI: Unlocking…

At ACL 2025, a premier conference for natural language processing (NLP), a paper on AI safety vulnerabilities showcased a rigorous methodology and novel findings. The paper ranked among the top 8.2% of submissions. It introduced Tempest, a framework that…

Reveal HealthTech, a healthcare-focused AI  company, has raised $7.2 million in Series A funding led by Leo Capital, with participation from Sanos Capital. The round marks a major milestone for the two-year-old company, founded in 2023 and incubated by W…

Healthcare has always been a tricky ground for technology. Unlike retail or advertising, where speed matters more than certainty, in medicine, accuracy and safety are non-negotiable. Being cautious about such overreach in the MedTech ecosystem is indispensable…

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The surge of AI agents is not only reshaping industries but also redefining job titles. Much like cloud computing gave birth to DevOps, the age of agentic AI is giving rise to new specialisations such as agent architects, agent orchestrators, and forward…

Zoho has introduced an upgraded version of Zoho Scanner, its AI-powered scanning application designed to deliver an enhanced and connected document management experience for both individuals and enterprises. The Scanner goes beyond conventional scanning by…

Yotta Data Services has ordered 8,000 NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs, with the systems expected to be operational by December to January, CEO Sunil Gupta said in an exclusive interview with AIM.  The deployment will meet growing demand from India’s AI ecosystem…

Aays, a domain-led data and AI firm, has acquired Aidetic, an AI engineering company specialising in computer vision (CV), custom natural language processing (NLP), and embedded machine learning. While the acquisition value was not disclosed, Aays disclosed…

In India, phone calls remain the heartbeat of business communication. From customer support lines to recruitment screening, much of this interaction has traditionally depended on humans or clunky interactive voice response (IVR) systems. This tech space,…

Enterprises worldwide are still wrestling with the challenge of taking AI agents from polished demos to working production systems. Databricks thinks it has cracked the problem with two key innovations, Agent Bricks, a framework for domain-specific AI agents…