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The world is becoming training data for AI, for which everyone is unprotectedPronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and rob...
From financial services to healthcare, enterprises driving AI adoption in India are all in Mumbai: TEAMOn the eve of Mumbai Tech Week, Sharad Sanghi of Neysa AI, Aakrit Vaish of Activate, and Naiyya Saggi of EDT spoke with ETtech editor Samid...
RSM US India plans to expand its office space in India; sees huge prospectsRSM US India is set to expand its office footprint across India. The consultancy firm sees significant market and talent potential in the c...
Indians are driving most intensive AI applications: Anthropic India MDIndia is a global AI powerhouse, with users driving advanced applications and Claude.ai seeing its second-largest user base here. This surg...
Startups, not the only game in townIndia faces a job creation challenge as millions enter the workforce. The nation needs to support entrepreneurship in key sectors like infr...
India's IT model worked, until AI. Disruption now haunts its sub-optimal equilibriumIndia's IT sector thrived for decades by providing skilled labour at lower costs. This model is now challenged by Artificial Intelligence. ...
Humyn Labs to deploy $20 million to scale human data layer for physical AI, roboticsThe physical AI startup is trying to solve a key constraint faced by robotics and physical AI companies — limited availability of high-qual...
How to fix skilling the competitionLegislation is needed to bring parity in working conditions among blue- and white-collar workers. Where this is not possible - for instance...
India home to cutting-edge work, not a labour arbitrage story: NetappBengaluru is the single-largest facility housing engineering talent anywhere in the world for Netapp globally, Bhela, who grew up in Mumbai...
Migrant workers, the tech versionThe longer trend of enterprises turning digital could be reinforced by a mild to severe recession in advanced economies. The Indian industr...
It's time to call it quits on old low-cost model: R Chandrasekaran, Cognizant“The Indian IT industry is on the cusp of change,” Chandrasekaran, said in an interview.
Offshored Information Technology jobs may not return homeThere is no doubt that India is still a highly attractive and viable option for low-cost labour, albeit not quite as good as it was 15 year...
China faces debt crisis, environment calamity; India should not emulate its engineering trade model: StudyIt says after three decades of rapid growth marked by industrial expansion and urbanization, China faces a calamitous environmental situati...
Why Indian IT firms want to shift outsourcing projects from offshore to onshore modelThe emergence of robotics automation, as has been widely reported, has the potential to disrupt the traditional “pyramid model” of Indian I...
Arduous task for NR Narayana Murthy in new IT landscapeThe global information technology landscape has changed significantly since he gave up executive responsibilities seven years ago.
Labour arbitrage runway to end soon for Indian IT, says David J Anderson, management consultantSome people I met told me that all their management cares about is utilisation and how much they get paid for an hour, says David J Anderso...
- Continue to hold on to TCS and Infosys among IT stocks: IV Subramanium, Quantum Advisors
As long as the cost arbitrage exists between labour cost in the US and the labour cost in India, hese companies would continue to do well.
- Rising wages feeding inflation, says Kaushik Basu
Chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu has said that part of the blame for the sustained high inflation in India must go to rising wages.
- India most mature spot for offshore IT services
India has emerged as the most matured location for offshored IT services, though this dominance might be chipping away given the rising cos...
- India tops AT Kearney's Services Index
India has topped AT Kearney’s Global Services Location Index, racing past arch IT rivals like China, the Philippines and Mexico.