Over one-third of entry-level tasks in India done by AI, finds Cognizant-Pearson studyAI is now performing nearly 37% of entry-level tasks in India, exceeding the global average. HR leaders anticipate entry-level roles will e...
18 Jun, 2026, 03.51 PM IST
Noam Shazeer hired by Google for $2.7 billion in 2024 leaves the tech giant in less than 18 months to join Sam Altman's Open AINoam Shazeer, a key figure in Google's Gemini AI development, is departing the company. He will now join rival OpenAI. Shazeer previously l...
18 Jun, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
Meta head of product for 'AI for work' transformation is leaving companyA key Meta executive overseeing AI tool improvements is departing. Emily Dalton Smith was leading efforts to centralise internal AI tools i...
18 Jun, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to join IPO-bound OpenAIIn 2024, Google appointed Shazeer to co-lead the development of its Gemini AI model, and he has been credited as key figure behind Gemini'...
18 Jun, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
Meta head of product for 'AI for work' transformation is leaving companyMeta is hitting a new chapter as Emily Dalton Smith, a key executive with a longstanding history at the company since 2015, exits. Her lead...
18 Jun, 2026, 07.36 AM IST
CNTXT AI acquires Actualize to strengthen Arabic voice AI for enterprise and government across the GCCUAE-based CNTXT AI has acquired Actualize, an enterprise AI company specializing in dialect-aware Arabic voice agents. This move significan...
17 Jun, 2026, 10.04 PM IST
AI startup Genspark valued at $2.6 billion in latest funding roundGenspark.ai secured $100 million in funding, valuing the company at $2.6 billion. This investment underscores strong investor confidence in...
17 Jun, 2026, 08.22 PM IST
Allbirds rebrands as Smartbird in AI pivot, hires former AWS executive as CEOAllbirds is now Smartbird. The company has a new president and CEO, Nadia Carlsten. Smartbird is shifting focus to AI infrastructure and cl...
17 Jun, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
India’s AI revolution has a leaderboard; and the best products are competing for the top spotThe ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026 recognises the startups, product teams, and enterprises building AI-powered solutions that ar...
17 Jun, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
Techie says firm fired 90% of staff, plans to hire back as developers are 'dime a dozen' in BangaloreA Bengaluru software architect reported his company laid off 90% of its tech staff, attributing the cuts to AI adoption and reduced custome...
17 Jun, 2026, 01.43 PM IST
India's Wipro opens AI centre for Anthropic's Claude in BengaluruWipro has launched a new AI hub in Bengaluru. This centre focuses on Anthropic's Claude models. It aims to help businesses adopt AI more wi...
17 Jun, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
Unilever partners with Accenture to build 40 AI-powered digital twins across manufacturing networkConsumer goods giant Unilever is teaming up with Accenture. They will use AI-powered digital twins in factories worldwide. This initiative ...
16 Jun, 2026, 05.18 PM IST
OpenAI Academy launches three enterprise AI courses to turn access into capabilityOpenAI Academy has launched three structured enterprise courses, AI Foundations, Applied AI Foundations, and Agents and Workflows, designed...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.53 PM IST
Varya AI video generator by Avataar AI: India’s breakthrough in text-to-video creation technologyVarya by Avataar AI is an AI video generation model that creates videos from simple prompts quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers local...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
Humans outperform AI at this highly rigorous mathematics testA new AI test called First Proof used unpublished math problems. AI systems were tested against human mathematicians. While AI showed some ...
14 Jun, 2026, 07.36 PM IST
Techies slept in office to meet deadlines. Then given 3 days of leave and sudden layoff of whole team. What happened on the last day?Junior ML engineers at an Indian tech company faced extreme burnout and excessive demands, including working around the clock. After a majo...
11 Jun, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Ernest AI: Lighthouse launches AI for hotel revenue teamsLighthouse has launched Ernest, an AI designed to support hotel commercial teams by connecting frontier AI with hospitality data and system...
10 Jun, 2026, 05.17 PM IST