Tea Board India, ISRO's NRSC and NIT Rourkela have partnered on CHAAYANKAN, an AI-based project to monitor tea plantations using satellite and drone data.
WhatsApp is rolling out bill payments in India through Bharat Connect, giving users access to 22,722 billers across 30 categories within the app.
Boldfit has appointed former Lenskart CBO Oliver Kaye as COO to support its expansion across categories, channels and geographies.
Disney has appointed former Microsoft and Xbox executive Jennifer Creegan as Head of Marketing Technology and Operations to strengthen its global marketing capabilities.
Flipkart and Bengaluru Traffic Police's Gridlock Hackathon drew 33,600 registrations and over 1,100 AI prototypes aimed at tackling the city's traffic challenges.
L'Oréal has appointed Marc Dicko as SAPMENA Chief Digital and Marketing Officer to oversee digital, eCommerce and marketing across more than 35 markets.
Uber is cutting around 200-250 jobs in India as part of a global restructuring that will eliminate about 3,300 roles and simplify its organisational structure.
Chakravarthy, who currently leads Adobe’s Customer Experience Orchestration business, will take charge on December 1.
Netcore.ai has appointed former IBM and LinkedIn executive Tariq Ahmad as CRO, International, with a mandate to double its international revenue within three years.
Dell has expanded its India portfolio with new Pro AI PCs and Precision workstations designed for on-device AI and compute-intensive enterprise workloads.
Commerce has appointed Sri Subramanian as Head of Data and AI, where he will lead data strategy, AI, analytics and efforts to translate technology into business outcomes.
Godrej Living has appointed Rohan Salunkhe as Head of Technology & Digital Transformation to lead technology initiatives and strengthen its digital capabilities.
OneRail has launched OmniSTAR, an AI-powered delivery platform built with Nvidia technology to help retailers make faster, lower-cost last-mile delivery decisions.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that frontier AI could increase cyber risks and create new threats to global financial stability.
Sandhya Devanathan’s move from Meta to OpenAI follows weeks of regulatory scrutiny in India, raising questions about the timing and her new mandate excluding India.
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting an attack on Iran’s Kharg Island, although no actual US strike on the key oil hub had been confirmed.
Apple is reportedly planning AI-powered smart glasses for late 2027, combining Siri, cameras and Visual Intelligence without a built-in display.
IndiGo Ventures has invested in Sarvam AI's Series B as the companies expand their use of AI across customer service, employee productivity and airline operations.
TIME has unveiled its 2026 TIME100 AI list featuring Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Mira Murati and other figures shaping artificial intelligence.
Sandhya Devanathan joins OpenAI as VP for Southeast Asia and Australia after more than a decade at Meta, taking charge of growth, partnerships and operations.
Gujarat High Court quashes GST proceedings after a tax officer used non-existent and irrelevant AI-generated case laws, and mandates strict verification of AI-assisted legal research.
Vodafone Business and Tech Mahindra partner to help UK enterprises adopt AI, automation, private 5G, IoT, cloud and data technologies.
Ignosis AI appoints Sneha Jain as Head of Marketing to lead brand, positioning and go-to-market efforts as it expands its AI offerings for financial services.
Uber appoints former Coinbase AI leader Varsha Mahadevan as Director of Engineering for its GenAI Platform, strengthening its generative AI engineering leadership.
NSDC and Cultus Education, with AWS support, launch a nationwide programme to provide AI and cloud skills to 1.5 lakh learners, including job-ready training for 10,000.
Forcepoint appoints former Proofpoint executive Vincent Merlin as CMO to lead global marketing and accelerate adoption of its AI Data Security platform.
Globant appoints Fernando Matzkin as COO to accelerate its AI-native transformation, with Glob.AI and AI Pods central to its operating strategy.
Arm and UNICEF launch AI in Play, targeting 2.5 million children across 12 countries while supporting AI solutions, young innovators and AI literacy.
TCS and Porsche have signed a five-year partnership to scale AI across manufacturing, engineering, operations and customer experience, alongside TCS’ proposed acquisition of MHP.
OpenAI Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji highlights adaptability, analytical rigour, collaboration and independent thinking as key skills for AI economic research.
Aditya Birla Fashion is evaluating PointAI’s one-second AI virtual try-on and Fashion Advisor technology for potential use across its retail network.
IMBODY enters India with Power S, an AI-guided strength training system combining digital resistance, personalised workouts and connected fitness features.
Reliance Brands appoints Shivani Goel as Vice President, Marketing to lead brand strategy and growth for HUGO BOSS, Paul & Shark, ZEGNA and TUMI.
Sir Martin Sorrell joined senior CMOs, business and media leaders in New Delhi for an exchange4media gathering focused on AI, marketing and global business.
Tech Mahindra expands its ServiceNow partnership with a dedicated AI Innovation CoE to help enterprises move generative and agentic AI from pilots to production.
Amazon.in’s Best in Tech Survey finds AI features influence smartphone purchases for 82% of buyers, while performance, battery and camera remain key priorities.
Criteo highlights how AI, commerce intelligence and trusted data are reshaping digital commerce in India, with brands using AI to improve cross-channel engagement and measurable growth.
Adobe’s 2026 Creators’ Toolkit Report finds 96% of Indian creators using creative AI say it has accelerated their business or audience growth.
Galeries Lafayette India appoints Noopur Khandekar as Head of Brand Marketing, bringing her experience across Tilt, Spring Marketing Capital and MullenLowe Lintas.
MacKenzie Scott has donated $130 million to Undue Medical Debt since 2020, supporting a nonprofit model that purchases qualifying medical debt at discounts and cancels it for patients.
KNAV appoints Danveer Bhasin as Senior Vice President of Markets as the global accounting and advisory firm accelerates brand expansion and international growth.
Sonata Software appoints Hariprasad Rebala as Chief AI Officer to lead its AI strategy and strengthen enterprise AI transformation capabilities.
Ephicacy appoints Dr. Shekhar Thumake as Head of AI to lead enterprise AI strategy and develop agentic AI capabilities for clinical data operations.
ZEE Entertainment appoints former ACKO CMO Ashish Mishra as Chief Marketing Officer to lead its brand, consumer marketing and network-level strategic initiatives.
Benevolve is powering AI-driven talent intelligence for PhonePe, Myntra and MediBuddy, helping businesses map skills, manage performance and support workforce planning.
Hero MotoCorp appoints former EY-Parthenon partner Srihari Mulgund as Chief Strategy Officer, bringing over 24 years of automotive and mobility experience.
Singapore Tourism Board and Agoda deepen their digital collaboration as STB expands the use of data, AI and technology across tourism and destination marketing.
NxtGen launches SpeedCloud Global, taking its Indian-built cloud and AI services overseas as it targets international enterprise workloads.
Bengaluru engineer Gaurav Sen demonstrates an AI system that detects potholes, checks government contracts and prepares structured civic complaints.
Chengalpattu has launched Project Vaan Vizhi, a pilot using AI-enabled autonomous drones for real-time surveillance, incident detection and faster police response.
NIELIT launches Cyber Kushti 2026, a national AI and cybersecurity hackathon testing human judgement, with registrations open until September 10.
Mahindra has launched the AI-powered BLAZO i-TRK with automatic drive modes, predictive diagnostics and an uptime guarantee as it targets 5% heavy truck market share.
Delhi Police has deployed over 1,000 CCTV cameras linked to AI video analytics around the Red Fort as part of heightened Independence Day security.
TCS and Vodafone Business have partnered to combine AI, cloud, cybersecurity and connectivity services for digital transformation among UK businesses.
L&T is entering the AI factory market with a 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPU deployment in Chennai for US-based AI cloud company Together AI.
Google Search briefly displayed false death information for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei after its automated systems picked up vandalised Wikipedia data.
Accel has raised $550 million for its ninth India fund, maintaining its early-stage strategy as AI, deeptech and advanced manufacturing gain investment focus.
Island Computing will launch its sovereign cloud platform in India on August 15, targeting AI, SaaS, enterprise and regulated workloads.
xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin’s River AI has raised $1.1 billion to expand tools that help enterprises customise AI models using their own data.
Tech Mahindra has launched its new sonic identity, “TechM Ting,” extending its Scale at Speed brand promise across digital, physical and AI-driven touchpoints.
Otter.ai has appointed Alex Gay as CMO to lead global marketing as the company expands beyond AI notetaking into enterprise conversational knowledge and agentic workflows.
Edubex is expanding globally with AI-enabled learning, international university partnerships and more than 200 career-focused education programmes.
Apple is reportedly exploring a screen-free wearable focused on health and fitness tracking as competition grows beyond traditional smartwatches.
Mondelēz India has appointed Vinay Subramanyam as Vice President, Marketing. He joins from Kellanova and succeeds Nitin Saini, who moves to lead the Indonesia business.
Sainsbury’s has appointed Dave Cain as Head of MarTech, bringing the former LKQ UK & Ireland digital marketing leader in to help develop its marketing technology ecosystem.
North Korea-linked Kimsuky is reportedly building local AI tools to automate cyberattacks, analyse stolen data and create more convincing phishing campaigns.
VoiseTech is deepening its India presence as AI, programmatic advertising and data-led decision-making reshape the country’s AdTech ecosystem.
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth says AI-driven productivity gains should help employees produce more rather than lead to additional time off as Meta expands workplace AI adoption.
BRICS education ministers have adopted a roadmap focused on AI, skills, research and student mobility as member nations deepen cooperation on future-ready education.
Mercedes-Benz India is using AI, customer data and experiential marketing to personalise engagement as younger, digital-first consumers enter the luxury car market.
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has left after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating machine learning and scientific research.
MAHE and GHCL have partnered to develop an AI-enabled system for real-time fuel quality monitoring, combining AI and computer vision for industrial applications.
Nandan Nilekani says India should focus on becoming the world's AI use case capital by building practical AI applications instead of competing in semiconductor manufacturing.
India has introduced stricter AI content rules, mandating labels for synthetic media and reducing the takedown timeline for flagged content to three hours.
Tata AIA Life Insurance has appointed Kamlesh Jobanputra as Chief Technology Officer to strengthen digital transformation, AI adoption and enterprise technology leadership.
Bharti Airtel has deployed a small AI model for 30,000 field engineers, aiming to improve operational efficiency and deliver annual savings of Rs 30-45 crore.
Indian legal AI startup NYAI has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to expand its AI-powered legal intelligence platform for enterprises and law firms.
Aziro has launched CAWi, an AI orchestration platform that connects enterprise systems, eliminates data silos and automates workflows without moving sensitive data.
Sookti AI has appointed Gagan Mohan Singh as Chief Information Officer to lead technology strategy and strengthen its enterprise AI capabilities.
Dabur has partnered with Accenture to accelerate AI-led business reinvention by embedding artificial intelligence across operations, data, cloud and enterprise processes.
Former Swiggy and Zomato executives have launched enterprise AI startup Profound, securing $15 million in seed funding to build AI-powered business automation tools.
Drivetrain AI has appointed former Freshworks executive Nivas Ravichandran as Director of Marketing to strengthen its global growth and AI-driven finance platform strategy.
India and Indonesia are strengthening cooperation in artificial intelligence to accelerate digital transformation, innovation and technology collaboration across key sectors.
CenturyPly says its new Total Cover warranty will boost sales, with projected claims of just 0.05–0.06% of turnover and minimal impact on EBITDA and margins.
YouTuber Hank Green says his reliance on AI became unhealthy, apologising to fans and pledging to reduce AI use in future content creation.
PM Narendra Modi and UK PM Andy Burnham discussed AI, defence, trade and security during their first official phone call, reaffirming the India-UK strategic partnership.
Vijay Sales has appointed Ranjit Satyanath as Chief Information Officer to lead its digital transformation, IT strategy and technology innovation.
Meta is expanding AI investments to strengthen its advertising platform with smarter campaign optimisation, automation and AI-powered marketing tools.
Sampath Bank has appointed Milinda Weerasinghe as Chief Marketing Officer to lead its marketing strategy, brand growth and digital customer engagement initiatives.
Ruder Finn Asia has appointed Chung Kai Lim as Chief AI Officer to accelerate AI innovation and strengthen AI-powered communications across the region.
Deloitte has appointed Guruprasad Ramamoorthy as Chief Technology Officer to strengthen its AI, cloud and enterprise technology strategy.
Nielsen has launched Ad Intel AI, an AI-powered platform that helps advertisers and agencies turn advertising data into actionable competitive intelligence.
HUL has increased advertising investments while expanding AI across its marketing operations to strengthen consumer engagement and brand growth.
Dentsu India has elevated Maya Nair to Senior Vice President, strengthening its leadership team as the network expands its integrated marketing and business transformation capabilities.
Devyani International is combining AI with creator-led marketing to strengthen customer engagement across KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee.
IIIT Hyderabad's iHub-Data has opened admissions for a six-month AI and Machine Learning programme focused on practical skills and industry-ready training.
First American India has appointed Gautam Mukherjee as Chief Technology Officer to lead technology strategy, engineering excellence and AI-driven innovation.
Google says AI Search sends billions of website clicks every week, but publishers continue to seek clearer reporting and transparency on AI-generated search traffic.
Microsoft has launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first cybersecurity AI model, along with Project Perception, an agentic platform for automated vulnerability detection and cyber defense.
South Korea is using AI-powered cameras on Seoul's Han River bridges to detect suicide risks, alert emergency responders and improve rescue rates.
Standard Chartered has appointed Kavita Kulkarni as Chief Technology and Operations Officer for India and South Asia to drive technology, AI and digital transformation.
Kotak Mahindra Bank's marketing head Kedar Ravangave has exited the bank and moved into an AI transformation role, reflecting the growing convergence of marketing and artificial intelligence.
The Centre has debunked AI-generated deepfake videos of PM Narendra Modi and Piyush Goyal, with an FIR registered and fresh warnings issued against misinformation.
Tech Mahindra and Cisco have launched an AI-driven Security Service Edge platform to help enterprises strengthen cloud security, zero trust access and AI-ready cybersecurity.
Samsung Nepal has launched a new AI programme under Samsung Innovation Campus while celebrating coding graduates to strengthen the country's future digital workforce.
Karnataka has announced an AI University, regional tech hubs and a new policy to expand technology investments beyond Bengaluru over the next 100 days.
Mark Cuban has cautioned companies against replacing employees with AI agents, urging businesses to focus on augmentation over workforce reduction.
Eternal has spun off its AI platform Nugget into a dedicated subsidiary, strengthening its push into enterprise AI and customer support software.
An 18-year-old UP teen has been arrested for allegedly creating AI-assisted fake banking apps used in a cyber fraud network linked to losses exceeding ₹64 crore.
Procol has appointed Shaivya Gupta as CMO to lead global marketing as the AI procurement platform expands its agentic AI business across international markets.
Mobavenue has launched the Neural Engine, an AI layer that unifies campaign planning, execution, creative intelligence and reporting into a single advertising platform.
FireAI has secured ₹2.5 crore from SucSEED Indovation Fund to expand enterprise sales, accelerate AI R&D and strengthen its causal decision intelligence platform.
Accenture has appointed former McKinsey partner Pradeep Prabhala to lead its India Market Unit, with a focus on AI, data-led transformation and GCC growth.
Chris Fall has resigned as head of the US AI safety agency after three months, with NIST Director Arvind Raman taking over on an interim basis.
Bristol Myers Squibb is deploying NVIDIA's latest AI computing platform to accelerate drug discovery, clinical research and AI-driven pharmaceutical innovation.
EleveIIM has launched a new Mohali campus offering AI, digital marketing and future skills programmes with an industry-focused curriculum and placement support.
Varanasi will deploy AI-powered crowd management and mobility solutions across Kashi to improve pedestrian safety, accessibility and visitor movement.
Scan4Health has appointed Abhay Singh Kumpawat as Chief Product & AI Officer to accelerate its AI-first diagnostics platform strategy in India.
Alphabet's upcoming earnings will be closely watched for updates on AI spending, Google Cloud growth, Search performance and the returns from its AI investments.
Netflix says generative AI was used in around 300 titles this year, with the company maintaining that AI supports creators rather than replacing them.
Axis Finance has appointed Abhishek Bose as Chief Data Officer to strengthen enterprise data capabilities and accelerate data-driven decision making.
Humanoid robots emerged as a key attraction at Shanghai's World AI Conference, highlighting advances in embodied AI and real world robotics applications.
Excitel Broadband has appointed Aditya Jain as Chief Marketing Officer to lead brand strategy, digital marketing and customer growth initiatives.
China has called for greater global AI cooperation while opposing security-driven technology restrictions at the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai.
SwitchOn has raised $8 million in a pre-Series B round to expand its Physical AI platform, strengthen R&D and scale AI-powered manufacturing quality inspection globally.
TCS and Google Cloud have launched a Gemini Experience Center in Kolkata to help consumer businesses co-create and deploy agentic AI solutions across retail and related sectors.
Trailytics AI has appointed former Nestlé India executive Chandan Mukherji to its advisory board as it expands AI-powered analytics and consumer intelligence offerings.
TCS has launched a NVIDIA powered Autonomous Engineering Lab to accelerate AI driven vehicle development, digital twins and software defined mobility.
The collaboration will combine PwC India’s consulting and transformation capabilities with Questt AI’s Intelligence Warehouse platform to create a governed layer of organisational knowledge.
Pipaltree.ai has appointed Ajay Ravindran as Vice President, Brand Intelligence to accelerate enterprise adoption of its AI powered Actionable Brand Intelligence platform.
Satya Nadella has warned businesses that using AI could expose proprietary knowledge, urging enterprises to retain control over data and AI learning.
IBM has elevated Tuhina Pandey as Vice President of Marketing for Asia Pacific, expanding her leadership across one of the company's key growth regions.
Siemens has launched an AI ready SINUMERIK ONE CNC platform with enhanced cybersecurity and EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance for smart manufacturing.
Mercedes-Benz India has promoted Nandita Godbole to Head of Marketing, strengthening its leadership as it expands digital and customer focused marketing initiatives.
TCS plans to build a team of up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers while evaluating AI and cybersecurity acquisitions to strengthen enterprise AI services.
Arduino has launched an Edge AI Invention Lab at IIT Delhi to strengthen practical AI education, embedded AI research and hands on innovation using edge computing.
Tech Mahindra has elevated Puru Chipalkatti to Senior Vice President and Business Group Head as the company strengthens its global leadership team.
Accenture and Google Cloud have launched an agentic AI platform to help mid-market companies accelerate enterprise AI adoption and move projects from pilot to production.
Qure.ai has appointed Malika Shrivastava as Chief Marketing Officer to lead its global marketing strategy as the healthcare AI company expands internationally.
Infosys is repositioning itself as a brand-led AI company, expanding enterprise AI services, strategic partnerships and its AI First Value Framework.
KFC South Asia has appointed former P&G executive Rishab Mukherjee as Chief Marketing Officer to lead regional marketing strategy and brand growth.
Wimbledon and IBM have launched new AI powered features, including Match Chat and predictive analytics, to enhance digital fan engagement.
Pravis has appointed Amit Duggal as Founding Chief Growth Officer to strengthen its AI, media and growth capabilities as demand for AI driven marketing grows.
Reliance backed Strand Life Sciences has secured an Indian patent for an AI based technology that improves blood cancer detection through genomic data analysis.
Microsoft has cut 4,800 jobs as it restructures operations while continuing significant investments in AI infrastructure, cloud services and business transformation.
IKEA India has appointed Jessamine Avila as Chief Marketing Officer to lead brand strategy, customer engagement and omnichannel marketing growth.
L'Oréal says AI has reduced beauty product development time by 75%, accelerating research, formulation and innovation across its global beauty portfolio.
Equiti has launched an AI powered FIFA campaign using generative AI to create football inspired digital content and strengthen fan engagement.
The Centre is building its first AI data centre through NIC in Delhi to strengthen digital governance, AI infrastructure and government technology services.
AI startup AskSila has onboarded Tarun Singhal as it expands its AI powered digital twin platform focused on enterprise knowledge sharing and the future of work.
