In a few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) virtual assistants will be as common as the smart phone "
— Dave Waters
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Demis Hassabis’s AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs has raised $2.1 billion in a Thrive Capital-led Series B, joined by Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.
The IMF warned that AI is making cyberattacks faster and cheaper, threatening banks, payment networks and shared financial infrastructure worldwide. It called for stronger resilience standards and urgent coordination between governments and private institutions.
Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees — more than 20% of its workforce — citing a 600% surge in internal AI usage over three months. The cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure firm’s co-founders framed the cuts as restructuring for the “agentic AI era,” even as the company posted $2.17 billion in 2025 revenue.
Speaking at the 8th Dinkar Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said artificial intelligence is beginning to reflect deep social inequalities, with some countries showing an “inbuilt bias” against the poor.
Pixxel and Sarvam will launch Pathfinder, a 200-kg satellite carrying datacentre-class GPUs to run India-built AI models in orbit. Set for a Q4 2026 launch, the mission aims to process hyperspectral imagery in space — flagging wildfires, crop disease and pipeline leaks in real time, without foreign cloud dependence.
SEBI- the Indian market regulator has told every broker, exchange, fund house and intermediary to lock down systems against a new generation of AI tools capable of finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities at machine speed — and has set up a dedicated task force, cyber-suraksha.ai, to coordinate the response.
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it misled iPhone 15 and 16 buyers about Apple Intelligence and Siri capabilities. U.S. consumers who bought the devices between June 2024 and March 2025 stand to receive between $25 and $95. Apple denies wrongdoing.
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation has signed agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI for pre-deployment access to frontier AI models — in some cases with safety guardrails removed. The deals mark a shift toward embedding federal researchers inside the development cycle of commercial AI, rather than relying on regulation alone.
China’s latest five-year plan marks a shift toward AI-integrated robotics in industry, according to the International Federation of Robotics. China accounts for about 54% of global industrial robot installations, with around 2 million units in operation.
Anthropic is partnering with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs in a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture to build custom Claude-powered AI tools for mid-sized businesses — putting pressure on legacy IT services giants.
