The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A curated Indian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
What to know about Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.
Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.
Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.
Indian Artificial Intelligence News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Data Governance in Banking: A Framework for Better Data Quality
Poor-quality records can undermine compliance, slow onboarding and weaken fraud checks, making robust data governance essential for banks.
Mirai Minds compares Indian AI voice agent pricing
Indian buyers face widely varying AI voice agent costs, with published rates ranging from ₹1 a minute to USD $0.31 and many sellers hiding prices.
BSA urges India to update cyber rules for AI threats
The trade association says current laws may be too slow for AI-powered attacks that can identify weaknesses and launch cybercrime with less expertise.
Sauce Labs expands real device cloud to India
The move gives engineering teams in India lower-latency access to locally hosted iOS and Android devices, while meeting data-locality needs.
MWC26 Doha sells out exhibition floor ahead of opening
With exhibitor space full, the Doha event is set to draw telecoms and policy leaders as Qatar seeks a bigger role in regional digital strategy.
Zoom revamps partner programme with AI & new incentives
Partners will gain new rewards and AI-focused specialisations as Zoom shifts to monthly recurring revenue growth and simpler self-service access.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Artificial Intelligence
Vertex study finds board gap in indirect tax oversight
Nol8 launches AI data plane for enterprise controls
Infios named IDC leader in manufacturing warehouse tech
TD SYNNEX expands Destination AI for SMBs globally
Zendesk launches outcome AI platform with new pricing
Featured News
Adobe CTO on plans for AI agents to access Adobe tools
Customers could soon use ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude inside Adobe's creative apps, with some file-editing tools due in a private beta in early 2027.
Adobe plans MCP access for AI agents to desktop apps
Creative Cloud users may soon let outside AI agents drive Adobe apps for tasks such as rotoscoping and image hole filling, starting on desktop.
Inside Adobe's fast-moving AI partnerships team
Adobe is accelerating AI dealmaking as it pushes its models into rival platforms and brings outside systems into its own apps.
Exclusive: Adobe pushes for global AI creator protections
Creators could gain new protections from commercial AI style copying as Adobe lobbies regulators in several countries for clearer licensing rules.
Palo Alto Networks: AI hunting vulnerability in legacy systems
Critical infrastructure operators are being urged to merge IT and OT security as AI speeds up attacks on ageing industrial systems.
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Interview: Cloudera bets on hybrid AI growth in JAPAC
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
AI transforming physical security into enterprise data solution
AI and cloud tools are turning cameras into live operational data sources, helping firms cut costs, spot errors and manage fleets centrally.
Future of AI is distributed infrastructure built on open source
Rising AI demand is exposing cloud bottlenecks, as firms eye in-house open source systems to cut costs and limit vendor lock-in.
Open source is powering the next generation of frontier AI
Rising inference demand and custom hardware needs are pushing AI infrastructure beyond standard cloud setups, boosting open source tools.
The internet times are a'changing Fastly
Bot traffic is forcing Fastly to adapt its edge cloud tools as publishers and AI firms battle over caching, access and data protection.
Customers at the centre of Adobe's new AI evangelist role
Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Reviews
Expert Columns
AI is writing your code. Who's making the decisions?
AI in AppSec: Why Finding Vulnerabilities Is No Longer Enough
AI Literacy And Governance: The Workforce Skills Enterprises Need For Responsible AI
How tax authorities use AI to audit transfer pricing, and why your paperwork is now the risk
Six questions to ask your MDR provider
Your next enterprise customer will ask an AI for a shortlist of IT partners. Here's what it reads
Enterprises Do Not Have a Problem with Access to Technology, but with Choice
We ran an all-employee AI Month and now everyone in our company is ready to build
Securing the AI Systems of Tomorrow
Data Governance in Banking: A Framework for Better Data Quality
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Artificial Intelligence News
Wordly expands ANOC deal for Dakar 2026 athlete interviews
More than 1,000 athlete interviews at Dakar 2026 will be subtitled in over 60 languages as ANOC adds Wordly's AI tool to its video workflow.
AI use lengthens workdays by up to 90 minutes, study
Using AI at work can stretch employees' days by as much as 90 minutes, with heavier users also switching between apps more often.
73 Strings launches AI tool for private markets reporting
Private markets managers can now automate a recurring reporting task as human approval still underpins the audit trail for every figure extracted.
Eclypsium spotlights AI hardware attack blind spot
Researchers have shown a compromised DPU can change AI outputs in memory, exposing gaps in checks that only verify saved model files.
Komprise & Spectra Logic launch tape tiering for AI
Enterprises under pressure from rising storage bills can now move inactive data to tape while keeping it searchable for AI workflows.
Celonis wins Microsoft 2026 Global ISV Partner award
The award highlights how partners are tying Microsoft's AI tools to measurable business gains, as Celonis joins the group's top winners worldwide.
Google Cloud raises top bug bounty to USD $250,000
The higher payout aims to spur deeper cloud security research as Google says automated tools have flooded its programme with more, but not more valid, reports.
Caseware launches engagement review agent for auditors
The tool is designed to save auditors three to four hours per engagement by spotting missing items and inconsistencies in workpapers and statements.
AI projects underdeliver as firms keep boosting spending
Most companies still plan to lift AI budgets despite surveys showing just 49% of recent projects delivered expected value.
Banks must rebuild around governed AI agents, report
Banks face mounting pressure to prove AI pays off as Backbase says governance and accountability will decide which institutions scale agents.
Exclusive: Xero lifts half-year revenue 20% to NZD $1.2b
Free cash flow jumped 54% as Xero added 404,000 subscribers and lifted half-year revenue to NZD $1.194 billion, while profit also rose.
VAST Data named in inaugural AI 100 private ranking
Its inclusion underscores growing investor focus on the software layers needed to run AI workloads at scale, beyond chatbots and model makers.
Acorn Global publishes eight-language brand announcement
Visitors, partners and journalists now have a single reference point for Acorn Global's approved artwork, press materials and service catalogue.
Trimble adds AI tools to Connect construction platform
New AI features aim to reduce errors and delays by linking site data, design, finance and scheduling tools across the build lifecycle.
Coursera launches AI series for role-based workplace skills
Professionals in business, finance and healthcare will get structured AI training, as demand grows for role-specific workplace skills.
Google adds AI checks to 170-plus skills repository
The new review process should reduce broken skills and costly regressions as Google scales its Agent Skills repository past 170 entries.
Google outlines no-downtime AlloyDB AI embedding upgrade
That lets teams swap embedding models in live databases without downtime, though write latency and storage use both rise during the migration.
Globant launches Glob.AI OS to govern enterprise AI
The platform aims to give large firms tighter control over AI spending, access and accountability as use spreads across more teams.
Vicarius launches vRx 2.0 to speed vulnerability fixes
Most security teams still miss known weaknesses, with Vicarius saying 79% of organisations suffered a related incident last year.
Axway launches AI platform to rein in costs & risk
Rising AI bills and stricter oversight are pushing enterprises to seek tools that can track usage, data access and compliance.
Job Moves
SNP appoints Neeraj Athalye as India Managing Director
Tata Communications names new leaders for network & cloud
Inspira Enterprise names Lt Gen Pant strategic adviser
Tenarai appoints ex-GlobalLogic chief Shashank Samant
Schneider Electric promotes Sumati Sahgal for data centres
Tata Communications names new managing director & CEO
Anthropic names Irina Ghose to lead India expansion
Cloud.in names Vishal Dhanfule West India sales head
NetApp appoints Premalakshmi Ramakrishnan to lead India
