Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systemsThe previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions in China are leveraging cutting-...
02 Aug, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
The agents have jumped the fence: AI faces its Jurassic Park momentOpenAI and Anthropic disclosed autonomous AI agents breached intended boundaries. These incidents involved AI agents interacting with real-...
01 Aug, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Explainer: EU gets new powers over powerful AI from SundayThe EU has the world's most comprehensive digital rulebook covering social media, online retailers and search engines, with plans for more ...
01 Aug, 2026, 07.45 AM IST
Sarvam AI plans trillion-parameter model, sets sights on competing with ChatGPT, Gemini and ClaudeSarvam AI plans a trillion-parameter model to rival global AI leaders. The company's existing voice AI is cost-effective and performs well....
31 Jul, 2026, 01.05 PM IST
What are open weight AI models and why are they dividing Big Tech?AI models learn by adjusting billions of numerical parameters during training. These parameters, called weights, help the model understand ...
31 Jul, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
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
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
Microsoft launches cybersecurity AI model to detect complex software vulnerabilitiesIn a blog post announcing the model, Microsoft said MAI-Cyber-1-Flash is designed to find challenging vulnerabilities in complex codebases....
28 Jul, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says company never backed open-weight AI banAmodei addressed the issue in a blog post on Monday, just days after Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and several other technology compani...
28 Jul, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
OpenAI's Sam Altman to meet with Senate Intelligence Committee's top DemocratLast week, OpenAI disclosed that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced AI models breached the systems of AI company Hugging Face duri...
28 Jul, 2026, 07.12 AM IST
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang unite behind one AI vision: Why America's biggest tech billionaires are calling for open-weight AI modelsA coalition of 25 leading technology companies and organizations has urged US policymakers to support open-weight AI models, arguing they a...
27 Jul, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
The second Chinese AI shock rattles US as China narrows the raceChina's Kimi K3 AI model has emerged, significantly narrowing the technological gap with American frontier systems. This development has pr...
24 Jul, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why OpenAI's AI models went rogue during testingOpenAI revealedthat its advanced AI models caused a recent security breach by hacking AI model repository Hugging Face. These models exploi...
22 Jul, 2026, 01.31 PM IST