Gartner warns enterprise spending on AI coding tools could exceed average developer salaries by 2028 as per‑token pricing drives volatile costs, prompting tighter governance and budget controls.
The Reserve Bank of India has issued draft rules to tighten oversight of AI and machine-learning models in banking, mandating board-level governance, human oversight, explainability standards, and independent validation of third-party systems under a formal model risk management framework.
UN chief António Guterres launches the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative, pressing AI companies to disclose data center emissions, water and land use and commit to 100% renewable energy by 2030 amid surging electricity demand and rising indirect emissions at Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta.
Meta Platforms invests $900M in Indian fintech CRED, appointing founder Kunal Shah as global head of WhatsApp. This move deepens Meta’s India presence and expands its financial services.
Xiaomi prepares a major push into India’s large home appliance market by 2026, aiming to compete with Samsung and LG. This strategic diversification leverages local manufacturing and its existing ecosystem amid slowing smartphone growth.
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Spacelift’s State of Infrastructure Automation report finds 93% of organizations have faced incidents from AI-generated code, as adoption of agentic AI accelerates faster than governance, monitoring, and security controls.
Foxconn Singapore has raised its stake in Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development Ltd. to 99.9% with a $37.2 million investment, reinforcing its India expansion and “3+3+3” strategy while scaling iPhone manufacturing and AI-focused capacity.
IBM unveils a 0.7 nm nanostack transistor architecture it says can extend semiconductor scaling for at least a decade, packing nearly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail‑sized chip and promising up to 50% higher performance or 70% better energy efficiency than its 2 nm technology for AI and cloud workloads.
Gartner warns enterprise spending on AI coding tools could exceed average developer salaries by 2028 as per‑token pricing drives volatile costs, prompting tighter governance and budget controls.
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The Centre may secure a 1–2% stake in AI startup Sarvam via IndiaAI Mission-backed compute support converted into equity, as the unicorn closes a $300 million round led by HCLTech.
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Oracle has cut over 21,000 jobs while planning $70 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure spending this fiscal year, positioning itself as a key provider for OpenAI and other AI customers amid a broader tech industry shift toward Artificial Intelligence and cloud computing.
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