AI to place India among NTT Data’s top five markets

NTT Data sees sustained demand for IT infrastructure growth, driven by AI workloads and it plans to invest heavily beyond its Rs 2,400-crore Bengaluru data centre project and an overall Rs 4,000-crore outlay in the city. The company will also scale less capital-heavy services around applications, cloud and business process transformation in the country.

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Meta partners with ElevenLabs to power AI audio across Instagram, Horizon

ElevenLabs said the collaboration will enable Meta to dub Reels in local languages, generate music, and create character voices in Horizon. The company added that its voice library now includes more than 11,000 voices across over 70 languages.

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OpenAI's latest model GPT 5.2 out with Instant, Thinking & Pro versions

Available within OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, the latest model can create spreadsheets and presentations, decode images, write code, and even understand long context, the company said.

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Karnataka govt tables bill empowering officials to order takedown of online hate crime content

The opposition BJP has strongly protested the bill. The bill, which has invoked provisions from the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Information Technology Act, 2000, seeks to prevent the dissemination, publication, or promotion of hate speech and crimes, prescribe punishment for such crimes, and provide compensation to victims.

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NTT Data taps Bratin Saha as CEO of new AI arm AIVista in Silicon Valley

Saha has a PhD in computer science from Yale University. He brings deep expertise in AI, infrastructure, platforms, and solutions and specialises in scaling new businesses and ecosystem relationships.

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Retail investors to drive India’s MF, equity assets past Rs 550 lakh crore by 2035; F&O losses prompt shift to long-term investing: Report

The report, ‘How India Invests 2025’, said a doubling of household penetration of mutual funds from the current 10% to around 20%, rising systematic investment plans (SIP) ticket sizes, and investor onboarding beyond the top 30 cities, will deliver much of this expansion.

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ICC on a sticky wicket as JioStar seeks to exit deal

In a surprising turn of events, JioStar has communicated to the ICC that it must retract from its media rights contract for cricket events, primarily due to major financial challenges. This development has prompted the ICC to scout for alternative partners to secure rights for future tournaments.

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ET in the Valley: AngelList rethinks India play as new rules impact investing

Despite operational complexities India remains an important market for AngelList, Kohli said, adding that with a surge of AI and deep-tech activity many Indian founders are now splitting time between India and the US to access customers and capital. Regulatory complexity aside, the talent pipeline from India is exceptional especially in technical and product leadership, Kohli told ET.

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Apple rocked by executive departures, with chip chief at risk of leaving next

In just the past week, Apple’s heads of artificial intelligence and interface design stepped down. Then the company announced that its general counsel and head of governmental affairs were leaving as well. All four executives have reported directly to chief executive officer Tim Cook, marking an exceptional level of turnover in Apple’s C-suite.

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After fine against X, Musk says EU 'should be abolished'

Following a high-profile probe seen as a test of EU resolve to police Big Tech, the social media platform owned by the world's richest person was slapped with a fine of 120 million euros ($140 million) on Friday for breaking the bloc's digital rules.

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SFO Tech mulling Rs 2,270 crore electronic components plant in Tamil Nadu

The electronics manufacturing services firm, the flagship company of the NeST Group, is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on the project with the Tamil Nadu government at the TN Rising Conclave in Madurai on Sunday.

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