Qatar Airways partnered with Accenture to launch ‘AI Skyways’, an initiative aimed at using AI to improve customer experience, streamline operations, train employees, and support environmental goals. The program will also explore ways to apply these solutions…

Data science and AI solutions company Tredence has launched the Milky Way, a multi-agent, multi-turn decision system designed to help enterprises make faster, autonomous decisions using AI agents. The platform introduces more than 15 prebuilt agents for business…

Foxconn, Apple’s leading contract manufacturer, has begun production of the upcoming iPhone 17 at its new manufacturing plant in Devanahalli, Bengaluru, MB Patil, Karnataka minister of commerce and industries, announced on X.  Earlier, PTI, citing sources…

Enterprise AI startup Cohere announced last week that it has raised $500 million at a valuation of $6.8 billion, led by Radical Ventures, NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures and others.  Moreover, the company announced that Joelle Pineau, Meta’s former VP of AI research…

Anthropic has introduced a new safeguard in its consumer chatbots, giving Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 the ability to end conversations in extreme cases of persistent harm or abuse. The company said the feature is intended for “rare, edge scenarios” where repeated…

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Oracle on August 18 announced that it has deployed OpenAI GPT-5 across its database portfolio and suite of SaaS applications, including Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle NetSuite, and Oracle Industry Applications such as Oracle Health. The move allows…

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IIT Madras has licensed its silicon photonics-based Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) to Indrarka Quantum Technologies in a ₹1 crore deal. This agreement is a significant milestone in India’s quantum technology landscape. The deal was formalised in an…

Hexaware Technologies has launched the Agentic AI Academy in partnership with upGrad Enterprise to train its global workforce in the next phase of AI: agentic systems. These are autonomous, intelligent software agents that can plan, act and adapt in real…

The Karnataka government has opened the 22nd round of applications for its flagship startup grant programme, Elevate, offering entrepreneurs across the state a chance to secure funding and business support. Online applications opened on August 15. Elevate…

JetBrains has introduced a new feature in its AI Assistant called Next Edit Suggestions, now available in Beta for Java, Kotlin and Python across its IDEs. The update marks a shift from traditional line-by-line code completion to file-wide edit recommendations.…

Data streaming company Confluent has introduced Streaming Agents, a new capability on Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink that enables enterprises to build and scale real-time AI agents. Now in open preview, the feature unifies stream processing and AI reasoning…

The Q6V2 GEO can map varied terrains and offers more than 50 minutes of flight with LiDAR payloads.

ElevenLabs, the voice AI company known for its speech technology, has rolled out a new feature called Chat Mode, a text-only option for its conversational agents. Announced on August 19, the launch represents a significant shift for the company, which has…

Figure AI, the California-based robotics company, has begun testing a new Helix walking controller on its humanoid robot. Founder Brett Adcock announced on X that the trial focuses on improving the robot’s walking ability, which has been trained using reinforcement…

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab backed by High Flyer Capital, has announced a new AI model, called DeepSeek-V3.1. It is a hybrid model that supports both thinking (reasoning) and non-thinking modes. DeepSeek, in the announcement, also called it the first step…

Anthropic has announced enhancements to its enterprise solutions by integrating Claude Code into its premium Team and Enterprise plans. This expansion also includes the introduction of new administrative and compliance features. The update allows organisations…

Texas Instruments (TI) semiconductors announced that it is enabling the radar imaging and scientific exploration payloads for the NASA- ISRO synthetic aperture radar (NISAR) satellite, which was recently launched into orbit.  The mission aims to provide high…

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has partnered with Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Communication, allowing the company to utilise Aadhaar-based authentication for verifying customers. As per a release from the electronics and IT ministry…