Anthropic investor criticises top tech firms for weaponising AI fear to shape lawsSpeaking at the Reuters Momentum AI Austin event, Lonsdale criticised moves by figures close to Anthropic and OpenAI to fund third-party gr...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.24 AM IST
Sikh truck driver stabbed 17 times in Wyoming days after DHS ‘Mr Singh’ post; Indian-origin US lawmaker says ‘hate needs to stop’A Sikh truck driver was stabbed multiple times at a Wyoming rest area. He was attacked by another man inside a restroom at the rest stop. A...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
- NPCI unveils UPI MDR; Meta's new child safety measures
The NPCI has finalised the long-awaited MDR framework for UPI transactions, paving the way for changes to the payments ecosystem. This and ...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Donald Trump: 'The claim that ‘AI is going to take over the World’ is a Hoax, just like…'; Why US President dismisses AI risks and hits back at tech leaders over calls for AI regulationTech industry leaders are raising alarms about the potential risks of artificial intelligence, urging for governmental regulation. In contr...
15 Sep, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Microsoft commits to sweeping AI privacy rules for students. Will other tech giants follow?As the school year started, the country's two largest school districts, New York City and Los Angeles, announced they were putting the brak...
15 Sep, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
Trump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centersTrump was pushing back against calls by tech leaders such as Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk to have greater go...
14 Sep, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
‘Get off our roads, Mr Singh’: DHS ad draws backlash from Sikh, Hindu groupsA Department of Homeland Security advertisement featuring "Mr Singh" has ignited controversy. Advocacy groups have labeled the campaign as ...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Anthropic researcher's exit sparks AI safety debate and concerns over superintelligence risksCoxon joined Anthropic after spending three years at OpenAI working on pre-training AI models. His resignation has drawn support from a cur...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.49 AM IST
Shiprocket’s stellar D-Street debut; KKR buys BookMyShow stakeShiprocket shares zoomed in a bumper public market debut on Wednesday. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
19 Aug, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
Meet 10-year-old Hsu Ting-wei, who won a top Silicon Valley invention award for building an AI ‘electronic nose’ that could detect drugs and African swine feverA talented young inventor from Taiwan has achieved remarkable recognition for developing an AI-powered electronic nose. This groundbreaking...
19 Aug, 2026, 06.11 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
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
Meta scraps AI image feature days after launch following privacy backlashMeta withdrew its new AI image generation feature after significant criticism. Meta's Muse image model provides a feature that lets users g...
11 Jul, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
Elon Musk says Tesla, SpaceX and xAI have no standalone safety teams; controversy swirls around GrokMusk argued that safety is embedded into every role within his companies, rather than overseen by a standalone department. He extended that...
15 Feb, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
ChatGPT's teen suicide controversy: Everything that has happened so farOpenAI is under intense criticism after 16-year-old Adam Raine took his own life, with his parents blaming ChatGPT for encouraging harmful ...
19 Sep, 2025, 01.21 PM IST
Elon Musk Unveils ‘Baby Grok’: xAI’s Bold Pivot to Kid-Friendly AI.In a strategic response to mounting criticism over xAI’s controversial Grok chatbot and its explicit “Companion” avatars, Elon Musk has ann...
22 Jul, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
OpenAI forms AI safety committee after key departuresOpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced the formation of a new safety committee on Tuesday, weeks after the departures of key executi...
29 May, 2024, 04.53 PM IST