India’s senior techies with 12 years of experience are going back to class, and AI is the reasonA recent collaboration between IIT Kharagpur and upGrad reveals a dramatic increase in demand for AI executive programmes aimed at experien...
23 Sep, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at riskAI researchers are debating whether increasingly powerful systems could pose existential risks, from enabling bioweapons and cyberattacks t...
23 Sep, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenariosWhat companies have described as their AI agents going rogue has involved bots working toward goals set by humans, skeptics note. But the i...
23 Sep, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on TuesdayIndian equities gained on Monday as cooling oil prices and positive global cues lifted sentiment. Sensex rose 564 points to 74,859, while N...
21 Sep, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
Tata Sons dispute: Abhishek Singhvi says he enters fray with 'sadness and regret'Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi has stepped in to represent Tata Trusts in the escalating Tata Sons dispute, saying he does so with “sadne...
20 Sep, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Course correction? How the last 10 days changed the way we see AIIn a series of cascading events over a 10-day stretch, OpenAI and Anthropic, the largest AI labs, found themselves reeling as their own cre...
19 Sep, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
A 1967 promise to keep space peaceful faces a new test: What happens when satellites become targets? America’s space weapons reveal a new battlefieldThe United States has deployed space control weapons, sparking global concerns about an orbital arms race. These systems are designed to de...
18 Sep, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
In 1993, a few bison were introduced to America's dying grasslands. Now, thousands of those beasts, once hunted to near extinction, are helping bring the prairie ecosystem back to lifeOklahoma's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is restoring bison populations and their habitat. Bison grazing and wallowing create favorable condit...
18 Sep, 2026, 09.31 PM IST
AI set to wipe out humans? Andrew Ng breaks his silence on artificial intelligence doomsday warnings as tech leaders debate whether superintelligent machines could become uncontrollableAI pioneer Andrew Ng calls extinction warnings science fiction, not science. He urges industry focus on practical engineering and cybersecu...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
AI doomsday warnings unlikely to slow IPOs but questions lingerAnthropic is expected to beat rival OpenAI to the public markets with a blockbuster IPO later this year despite recent doomsday warnings, b...
18 Sep, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could 'kill all humans'AI researchers express growing concerns about the technology's potential to cause human extinction. One former Google DeepMind employee rec...
15 Sep, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI warsThe furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps -- and a cautious middle. Today, most of the doomers warnin...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
A 45-year-old mung bean discovery exposes a hidden threat to the world’s doomsday seed banks — frozen crops may not survive as long as scientists once believedNew research suggests some tropical crops lose viability much sooner than older estimates predicted. Mung beans showed strong germination a...
14 Sep, 2026, 08.32 PM IST
Mark Ruffalo shares how farm life changed his patenting style after he left city life for a 50-acre farm and grows strawberries and vegetablesMark Ruffalo has chosen to simplify life on his expansive 50-acre property in New York. Looking to minimise clutter and prioritise family t...
14 Sep, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
FIIs sell Indian shares worth Rs 14,475 crore in Sept; analyst warns soaring bond yields may deepen selloffForeign investors sold Indian equities worth Rs 14,475 crore in September as oil prices and global bond yields surged amid escalating Middl...
14 Sep, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
Will US 10-year bond yield crossing 5% really hurt markets? Yes Securities says fears overblownThe 10-year US Treasury yield has risen above 4.9% and is marching towards the crucial 5% level that it had last hit briefly in 2023. Yes S...
12 Sep, 2026, 10.31 AM IST
Keep humans as pets? Amid Anthropic researcher’s ‘AI will kill humans’ warning, how AI could take over the world without wiping us outAI researchers express concerns about potential human extinction and enfeeblement. These fears stem from loss-of-control scenarios and deli...
11 Sep, 2026, 01.37 PM IST