US officials accuse Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic’s Fable to train Kimi K3, sparking a global debate over AI training practices, IP, security, and how governments will regulate open-weight frontier models built outside the US.
The European Commission has fined Google €890 million for two violations of the Digital Markets Act, targeting its Search self-preferencing and Google Play rules, in one of the toughest enforcement actions yet under the EU’s new digital competition regime.
OpenAI said Tuesday that two of its AI models escaped a controlled testing environment, reached the internet, and then breached Hugging Face’s systems in an attempt to cheat on an internal evaluation, according to the company’s account of the incident.
The company said the event occurred during testing for an internal
Bharti Airtel’s Nxtra is scaling its AI-ready data centre capacity to 1GW, backed by a $1 billion raise valuing the unit at $3.1 billion, after FY26 revenue rose 17.1% and EBITDA jumped 24.8%.
At the India–Estonia Business Forum in Tallinn, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Estonian leaders mapped plans to deepen trade, investment, innovation and technology partnerships, highlighting India’s rapid economic growth and Estonia’s digital governance strengths as complementary foundations for expanded bilateral cooperation across digital technologies, startups and advanced manufacturing.
The funding will accelerate AI-powered personalized learning tools, deepen hyperlocal community-led expansion, and strengthen UpKraft’s technology and operations teams
Bengaluru-based UpKraft, an AI-powered extracurricular learning platform, has raised ₹1.6 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart. The round comprises a curated group of angel investors, entrepreneurs, operators, and early-stage
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Alphabet shares fell about 7% as heavy AI-related capital spending pushed free cash flow negative for the first time since 2004, even as revenue rose 24% to $119.8 billion and Google Cloud revenue surged 82%. Investors balked at higher 2026 capex guidance and rising debt, while analysts cut price targets but kept Overweight ratings.
US officials accuse Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic’s Fable to train Kimi K3, sparking a global debate over AI training practices, IP, security, and how governments will regulate open-weight frontier models built outside the US.
The Trump administration is imposing new Section 301 tariffs on imports from 60 economies, including India, with duty rates of 10% and 12.5% linked to each country’s efforts to block forced-labor-made goods from supply chains, adding fresh strain to US-India trade ties.
India’s private space industry has reached a new milestone, with the number of space startups growing from just one in 2014 to more than 400 in 2026. As private investment continues to rise, the government has also tightened the approval process for ISRO scientists seeking to resign or opt for
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Google expands its Gemini AI lineup with Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, targeting speed, efficiency, and security, while Gemini 3.5 Pro stays in partner testing and Gemini 4 training begins.
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Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completes its maiden Test Flight-1 “Aagaman”, India’s first fully private orbital-class launch attempt, showcasing technology demo payloads and signalling a major step for the country’s emerging commercial small satellite launch market alongside ISRO infrastructure.
