Technology

Opinion

Manu Joseph: Why artificial intelligence may be a better judge of what’s worthy than humans

Too few humans get to decide what’s deserves acclaim and what doesn’t in the world today—but AI can throw decisions open to wide evaluation. As a result, we may discover gems from the self-taught and geniuses from obscure nations.

6 min read02:36 PM IST
Companies

L&T Innovation Fund to step up deeptech bets in India

L&T Innovation Fund's interest in Indian deeptech comes as investor appetite for Indian deeptech has strengthened amid government efforts to promote indigenous technologies

2 min read06:24 AM IST
Opinion

Hairpin bend ahead: what India must watch out for as it prepares to make vehicles talk to each other

India’s proposed rollout of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connectivity to prevent traffic collisions marks a tech-enabled shift in the country’s road safety policy. As with driving, though, a slight slip-up could extract a heavy price. Proceed with caution.

3 min read5 Aug 2026
AI

Who pays when an AI agent goes rogue? Indian law has no clear answer

Recent AI safety disclosures by OpenAI and Anthropic have highlighted a legal blind spot for autonomous AI under Indian law.

4 min read5 Aug 2026
Opinion

Are open-weight AI models like Kimi available for anyone to use? Not quite. Here's why

While open-weight models allow users to freely download their weights, that doesn’t grant us the compute power needed for high inference tasks at the AI frontier. Users in India will benefit only once we serve intelligence on our own infrastructure.

4 min read4 Aug 2026
Technology

Pre-dawn emails and empty desks: inside the sudden layoffs at Visa India

The Visa layoffs show how AI is changing employment in multinational technology companies, with automation, tighter spending and workloads shifting months before thousands of roles were eliminated.

5 min read4 Aug 2026
AI

The sandbox trap: Getting AI to work is easy, but scaling it changes everything

Nearly half of Indian enterprises run live AI pilots, but only 15% manage to scale them. Beyond the hype lies a landscape of operational friction, messy data, and unproven return on investment. Here’s how industry leaders overcome the sandbox trap.

11 min read3 Aug 2026
Global

Big tech earnings are sending valuations in wildly different directions

Reports from tech giants drove big gains and losses, while the Fed-fueled bond selloff adds to market pressures.

4 min read3 Aug 2026
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Opinion

Screen addiction is a crisis that needs attention

Smartphones and laptops don’t make students sharper. They need to develop discipline and focus. The beautiful balance between the power of AI and human wisdom is the only way to create a meaningful world.

3 min read3 Aug 2026
News

HCLTech becomes latest Indian IT firm to face top client blues as Google consolidates vendors

The changes are part of a vendor consolidation drive undertaken by Marc Berson, who took over as the head of Google Internal Systems in February last year.

3 min read2 Aug 2026