BRICS Summit: Modi warns against weaponisation of tech, critical minerals; Xi announces open-source AIBRICS Summit 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged BRICS nations to unite in the face of rising global tensions and emphasised the need ...
13 Sep, 2026, 09.53 PM IST
US House Speaker warns curbing AI too sharply could leave China aheadHouse Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday warned that moving too quickly to curb AI development could cost the United States the tech race to Ch...
13 Sep, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Xi Jinping’s five-point BRICS plan puts China’s tech ambitions in spotlightChina's President Xi Jinping proposed five initiatives for BRICS cooperation next year. These proposals focus on artificial intelligence an...
13 Sep, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
Anthropic CEO seeks AI slowdown, tighter safety checks and global cooperationAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI model development. He proposed a three-step plan involving independent evaluators an...
13 Sep, 2026, 06.28 AM IST
The repeat challenge: India’s historic bid to defend its crown at 2026 Chess Olympiad in SamarkandIndia seeks to replicate its historic 2024 Chess Olympiad success in Samarkand. The nation's chess players are defending champions with imm...
12 Sep, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
Meet Henry Xie, the 17-year-old Portland student who found a way to make smaller AI models more empathetic using ChatGPT and Gemini without massive computing powerHenry Xie, a 17-year-old Portland student developed a way to transfer empathy from large AI models to smaller models for his Regeneron Scie...
11 Sep, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
Why Chinese AI firms are suddenly at the centre of US AI crackdownChinese AI companies including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI face fresh scrutiny after US agencies accused them...
10 Sep, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
ET AI Hackathon: Agentic Edition - Accenture joins The Economic Times to champion the next generation of AI innovatorsAs AI systems move from generating responses to taking action, the skills required to build them are changing. With Accenture joining The E...
10 Sep, 2026, 01.19 PM IST
China's DeepSeek launches V4.1-Flash modelDeepSeek said the new model is designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput and scaling to larger models.
10 Sep, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
China's DeepSeek taps CITIC Securities for domestic IPODeepSeek's engagement of CITIC, which has not been reported so far, is an indication that the startup is moving along in its IPO plan. Comp...
09 Sep, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
US accuses Chinese AI firms of 'malicious' copying of AI technologyThe Chinese companies copied U.S. AI labs' intellectual property through a technique known as distillation, according to a statement from...
09 Sep, 2026, 08.04 AM IST
US-China AI race takes a dangerous turn: former White House official says Washington must prepare for extreme measures if China reaches AGI firstA US official proposed extreme options to counter China's potential artificial general intelligence breakthrough. These options include int...
08 Sep, 2026, 09.52 PM IST
AI may accelerate anti-competitive practices in digital markets: CCI chiefCompetition Commission of India chairperson Ravneet Kaur warned about artificial intelligence risks. AI adoption could accelerate anti-comp...
07 Sep, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
China's top court posts guidelines on deepfakes, AI disputesIn a significant move, China's leading court has released new guidelines aimed at mitigating risks linked to artificial intelligence. This ...
07 Sep, 2026, 04.40 PM IST
DeepSeek plans big Huawei AI chip order to power new data centreThe startup doesn’t currently plan to use the 950DT chips for training, one of the people said, even though Huawei designed and marketed th...
05 Sep, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
- US to urge hands-off AI regulation at G-20, official says
Leaders are convening at a key moment in the AI sector's development and the global debate over how to govern it, and as the US faces an in...
01 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
India AI policy: Pragmatism before sovereigntyNavigating the road to AI sovereignty, India confronts numerous hurdles amid fierce global rivalry. A pragmatic approach suggests that some...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.46 AM IST