The ‌city-state, a longtime darling for its business-friendly stance and bilingual population, is increasingly being seen as a place to keep both ​China and the U.S. at bay Singapore is transforming from East-West gateway ​to neutral ground for the AI sector, with Chinese startups hoping to operate beyond government reach while U.S. firms seek foreign … Read more
Amazon announced on Monday that it will invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic. As part of the deal, the AI firm has also committed to spending more than $100 billion over the next decade on Amazon’s cloud technologies. The deal signals one of the largest long-term collaborations in the rapidly intensifying AI race and … Read more
Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral, Reddit-style forum for AI agents. Moltbook’s creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs. It comes after Peter Steinberger, the creator of Openclaw, joined OpenAI after also being courted by Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t score OpenClaw’s creator, but he has scooped up the guys behind … Read more
There has been a lot of concern around Indian IT majors in recent days that AI would significantly impact their business. Now Infosys has announced a strategic collaboration with Anthropic, to develop and deliver advanced enterprise AI solutions to companies across telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and software development. Collaboration launches in telecommunications with dedicated Anthropic Center … Read more
Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu has pushed back against fears of mass job losses, saying white-collar roles will not vanish anytime soon because of artificial intelligence, in contrast to warnings made earlier by Microsoft AI’s chief executive officer, Mustafa Suleyman. Responding to another post on X (formerly Twitter), Vembu wrote, “The quoted post makes a strong … Read more
An Indian-born executive is now at the centre of a market shock that wiped out billions of dollars from global software and IT services firms. Rahul Patil, the chief technology officer of AI startup Anthropic since October 2025, is being credited with driving the shift behind the company’s latest Claude release, which jolted investors and … Read more
A planned $600 billion artificial intelligence spending splurge by big tech firms in 2026 is adding to investor unease as they assess the implications for profitability as well as a potential existential threat to software firms. Shares of Amazon, which had announced a $200 billion capital expenditure outlay, slid 7% on Friday while Alphabet lost … Read more
India is entering a decisive phase of growth, driven by AI that has the potential to transform industry, infrastructure and energy systems. From advanced manufacturing to energy production, AI is already moving to the core of industrial operations. As it does so, the pressure is mounting to meet its significant power demands. For decades, geopolitics … Read more
South Korea became the first country to have a wide-ranging law regulating artificial intelligence take full effect on Thursday, including specific provisions targeting deepfakes. The country, home to memory chip powerhouses Samsung and SK hynix, has said it aims to join the United States and China as one of the top three AI powers. “The … Read more