- Zhipu’s new AI model takes aim at OpenAI, Anthropic in China’s race to close the gap
Chinese AI firm Z.ai has launched its new GLM-5.3 model. This release intensifies competition with OpenAI and Anthropic. The model offers i...
14 Aug, 2026, 02.03 PM IST
AI M&As are through the roof this year with deals nearing $1-billion markThere have been 25 deals worth $980 million this year until August 6, according to data from Venture Intelligence. The deal value so far th...
14 Aug, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's supportThe AI model was developed in partnership with Alibaba Group and trained with the Chinese tech giant's support, the people said, declining ...
14 Aug, 2026, 10.04 AM IST
For decades, weather prediction has relied on numerical models running on supercomputers, now AI can produce forecasts in a fraction of the time. Will it be accurate? Here's what experts are sayingWhile AI systems are becoming an increasingly important complement to conventional forecasting because of their speed and lower computing c...
14 Aug, 2026, 05.54 AM IST
Why every business owner in India needs to understand AI, even without a tech backgroundAI is no longer just for tech teams; it's a business imperative for Indian entrepreneurs. Understand where AI creates value, not how it's b...
13 Aug, 2026, 06.04 PM IST
Anthropic to beat SpaceX? Investors bet on $2 trillion valuation in record IPOAnthropic is heading towards a potential record-breaking IPO, with investors reportedly expecting a valuation of more than $2 trillion as t...
13 Aug, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
Inside the Google executive moves that led to its big AI reshuffleOn August 5, the Mountain View, California, tech giant announced a sweeping leadership overhaul of its Google DeepMind AI division in which...
12 Aug, 2026, 11.19 PM IST
Nebius shares soar 22% as AI demand powers revenue beatNebius shares jumped nearly 22% after the AI cloud provider beat revenue estimates, driven by surging infrastructure demand, larger contrac...
12 Aug, 2026, 10.00 PM IST
ET AI Hackathon 2.0 Phase-2 results are out: Shortlisted teams now head to the grand finaleThe Phase-2 results of ET AI Hackathon 2.0 are now live, bringing the competition into its final stage. After evaluating working AI prototy...
12 Aug, 2026, 02.06 PM IST
90% of India’s GCC leaders confident through 2030, but AI literacy stuck at 27%India's Global Capability Centres are becoming AI hubs, but leadership AI literacy remains low. Most leaders are confident India will lead ...
12 Aug, 2026, 01.43 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg manifesto sketches out Meta's ambitions for world-changing AI technologyIn a document derided by critics as fantastical, Zuckerberg said his company is working toward an era where everyone will have the tools to...
11 Aug, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
High AI stakes push Indian VCs to rejig funding playbooksAverage investments in AI startups have increased to $3-5 million at the seed level and upwards of $10 million in Series A rounds, said inv...
11 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Nerds in cafes take frontier AI to the grassrootsInside the high-stakes, volunteer-driven race to build global user loyalty, unite borderless coding communities and turn everyday developer...
11 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Meta's stop-start strategy for its open source AI modelsGlimmer, a 30-billion-parameter model, is much smaller than leading AI models from rivals and is designed for agentic tasks. It can run on ...
10 Aug, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
Meta launches new AI model as Zuckerberg champions open-weight pushThe new model, Muse Glimmer, is much smaller than leading AI models from rivals and is instead designed for agentic tasks and can run on a ...
10 Aug, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
Chinese AI drives price competition among US labsA new generation of cost-efficient, high-performance Chinese AI is putting pressure on Silicon Valley's leading labs to lower prices to gra...
10 Aug, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
The AI competition paradoxChina's open-source AI models are challenging US dominance, driving intense competition. Chinese firms are gaining market share through low...
05 Aug, 2026, 12.47 PM IST