AI In Business

Moody's warns that the financial sector's race to adopt AI is creating a dangerous overreliance on a few tech firms, exposing banks to systemic risks and potential price gouging.

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told employees that AI-driven efficiency should lead to more product output, not extra time off, in a blunt townhall exchange that highlights Silicon Valley's split over the future of work.

Vineet Nayar warns that the real AI risk is not smarter machines, but a quiet erosion of human ambition and belief, a lesson from his decades in tech and rural classrooms.

Apple’s new guide for Mac users in China enables integration of Alibaba’s Qwen AI with Siri and Writing Tools, aiming to regain ground in the competitive AI PC market.

Two-thirds of India's AI professionals foresee layoffs, with Salesforce and Oracle employees most concerned, while Indian SaaS firms show greater confidence.

Pakistan's tech job market is shifting as AI automates entry-level tasks, cutting junior developer hiring by 25% while boosting demand for advanced AI skills.

The Ai4 conference in Las Vegas highlighted the growing tension between massive AI investments and elusive corporate returns, with attendees questioning when theoretical benefits will materialize.

AI is reshaping wellness in 2026, with chatbots offering personalized health advice, but experts warn of generic results and marketing hype amid trends like parasite cleanses and proteinmaxxing.

AI-linked stocks across Asia plunged on Thursday, erasing prior gains, as renewed concerns about the profitability of massive AI spending and geopolitical tensions rattled investors.

DeepSeek is preparing to significantly raise its API prices, a move that could reshape the competitive landscape for AI inference services.

CAT 2026 registration fee rises to Rs 2,700 as IIM Indore plans AI-based monitoring and verification to enhance exam security.

A Panmure Liberum strategist warns that the economics of new AI data centers are so unfavorable they could trigger a sharp correction in U.S. corporate earnings, which are currently running nearly 60% above trend.

The World Bank's World Development Report 2026 identifies Pakistan as highly vulnerable to AI-driven job displacement, particularly threatening educated youth in a weak formal job market.

AI is eroding the experiential learning that builds professional judgment. A new analysis from Harvard Business Review argues for a radical overhaul of mentoring to focus on critical thinking, communication, and navigating ambiguity—skills machines can't replicate.

SpaceX's first public quarter saw revenue soar 92% to $7.8 billion, driven by Starlink and AI, but high AI costs and a looming share unlock pressured the stock.

TCS’s hiring rebound and prior layoffs highlight India’s inability to measure AI’s true impact on employment, as entry-level roles vanish without a trace.

Circles built an AI-native telco stack on OpenAI's platform, achieving a 22% ARPU increase and 9% churn reduction with a multi-agent concierge that resolves 65% of support issues autonomously.

Pathos AI acquires global rights to JSKN016, a promising TNBC drug, from Jiangsu Alphamab in a deal valued at up to $2.09 billion, aiming to use AI to compete with established therapies.

When a CEO found her AI-drafted speech too safe and generic, it exposed a critical flaw in using generative AI for leadership messaging: the technology's tendency to produce statistically average text that erases the human judgment and emotional candor essential for inspiring teams during challenging times.

A source close to Moonshot AI has denied a report that the Kimi chatbot maker will file for a Hong Kong IPO this month, though the company's long-term listing ambitions remain unclear.

IIM Calcutta's proposed AI-first Online MBA for working professionals integrates artificial intelligence across the curriculum, offering a full degree and alumni status without career breaks.

SpaceX's first earnings since its $86 billion IPO will show if Starlink's profits can support Musk's AI ambitions, with capex set to surge and shares under pressure.

The Guardian's Football Weekly panel unpacks how artificial intelligence is transforming player recruitment, fueling transfer gossip, and challenging the intuition of traditional scouts.

Google’s massive Visakhapatnam data centre could source clean energy from farmer-owned agrivoltaic systems, turning a power challenge into a rural prosperity engine.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman criticizes Google's AI Overviews for failing to deliver value to publishers, revealing tensions over a $60M deal and declining search traffic.

An IIT Hyderabad MTech student’s hybrid physics-ML tool helps small manufacturers slash cold-forging defects, winning a gold medal and a job in Japan.

India's Munich consulate deploys an AI avatar, Sarathi, to deliver video advisories on visas and passports, signaling a shift toward automated, visual-first diaspora communication.

Apple's worst single-day stock drop since 2020 hands the world's most valuable company title back to Nvidia, as AI-driven chip shortages cripple iPhone and Mac production.

IIT Kanpur unveils a six-month online certificate course in AI and machine learning for business analytics, starting October 3, 2026, aimed at bridging India's AI skills gap.

Silicon Valley VCs defend the AI funding frenzy as a necessary catalyst for building infrastructure and driving breakthroughs, even as valuations soar and warnings of a bubble grow louder.