What is AI model distillation and why is it becoming a US-China flashpoint?Long regarded as a standard tool of AI research, distillation is now at the centre of a growing dispute over whether advanced AI capabiliti...
31 Jul, 2026, 12.12 PM IST
What is model distillation? The AI technique at the centre of the US-China technology battleModel distillation, a technique that trains smaller AI models using outputs from more powerful systems, has become a key issue in the US-Ch...
31 Jul, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systemsChinese military researchers are using U.S. AI model outputs to advance defense capabilities. This technique allows them to train specializ...
31 Jul, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
OpenAI to offer 100,000 researchers free access to its frontier modelsOpenAI is providing free access to its advanced AI models for researchers. This initiative aims to significantly boost scientific discovery...
30 Jul, 2026, 08.56 PM IST
Sarvam appoints Thinking Machines Lab founding member Devendra Singh Chaplot as advisorSarvam AI has appointed Devendra Singh Chaplot as an advisor. Chaplot was a founding member of Mistral AI and Thinking Machines Lab. The ap...
30 Jul, 2026, 08.14 PM IST
Microsoft beats Wall Street expectations with $90 billion in revenueMicrosoft reported robust quarterly earnings, exceeding analyst expectations significantly. The company's cloud computing platform, Azure, ...
30 Jul, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Karnataka discusses Takeda GCC expansion, innovation partnershipsKarnataka held discussions with Takeda Pharmaceutical leaders regarding their global capability center expansion. The talks focused on digi...
29 Jul, 2026, 08.14 PM IST
US to award GlobalFoundries $300 million to develop faster AI chip linksThe award is part of President Donald Trump's effort to direct CHIPS Act research funding toward critical semiconductor technologies as W...
29 Jul, 2026, 06.28 PM IST
Anthropic says Claude uncovers cryptographic weaknesses, advances AI-assisted security researchThe company said Claude was able to identify novel attacks against cryptographic schemes submitted to international standardisation efforts...
29 Jul, 2026, 09.55 AM IST
Tech employees call for US-backed global effort to manage risks of advanced AIThe initiative, called Pacing the Frontier, includes employees from Meta Platforms, Anthropic, OpenAI and Alphabet's Google, with support f...
29 Jul, 2026, 07.39 AM IST
Amazon winds down most flagship AI models in strategy overhaul, Business Insider reportsAmazon is shifting its artificial intelligence strategy towards new frontier models. The company is deprecating many of its existing Nova A...
28 Jul, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Krutrim trims staff again, this time by another halfThe fresh job cuts come just months after ET reported on May 6 that the Bhavish Aggarwal-led startup had abandoned much of its original ful...
28 Jul, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
AI blows up IT playbook: Lines between AI labs and IT services firms start to blurThe enterprise services business they have dominated for decades is beginning to see a new breed of rival. OpenAI and Anthropic are no long...
28 Jul, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
No IIT, NIT. Hyderabad techie, grew up without a computer at home, was rejected by 27 universities. How did he land a job in Meta?Nothing can beat determination and perseverance when it comes to 'making it' in the professional field. Recently, a viral post on X, shared...
26 Jul, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
Govt identifies 20 indigenous AI foundation model proposals under IndiaAI Mission: ParliamentIndia's government is supporting twenty indigenous sovereign AI model proposals. These include twelve large and eight small language models...
22 Jul, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
US to spend $5 billion on health, construction research powered by AIThe United States will allocate five billion dollars for scientific research. This funding will address chronic diseases and accelerate dru...
22 Jul, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
The AI race isn't about bigger models—it's about IndiaIndia can become the world's AI deployment hub by leveraging its software engineering workforce and enterprise IT experience. Enterprises w...
21 Jul, 2026, 11.25 PM IST