L’Oréal has appointed Aman Gandhi as Head of Cybersecurity for its Global Tech Hub in India as the company expands its AI, data and digital capabilities.
Anthropic says seven China-based AI labs used unauthorised distillation campaigns to extract Claude capabilities, with some activity exposing sensitive user and corporate data.
Gates Foundation will invest at least $1 billion over two years to expand AI access across healthcare, education, agriculture and digital infrastructure.
Amazon has launched Alexa+ in India with Hindi and Hinglish support, bringing generative AI conversations and task automation to Echo, Fire TV and mobile users.
IBM and NASA have released an open-source AI foundation model designed to analyse lunar data, map craters and volcanic features, and identify potential water ice.
Xiaomi has launched a 14kg three-drum Mijia washing machine in China with MiMo-powered AI that creates personalised wash recommendations from voice or text.
Elon Musk says Grok 4.8 is being trained on an internally developed C/C++ stack written by humans, as the 2.5-trillion-parameter model prepares to enter RL.
Flam has raised $40 million in a QED Investors-led Series B to expand its AI-powered interactive content technology and scale enterprise sales globally.
Mahindra Manulife has appointed Ruchika Malhan Varma as CMCO to lead marketing, customer experience, digital growth, partnerships and AI enablement.
Baroda Global Shared Services has appointed Prakash Patel as CISO and Privacy Officer to strengthen cybersecurity, privacy and digital resilience.
Hyderabad is gaining ground as a GCC hub, with rising office leasing and premium rentals narrowing its gap with Bengaluru in India's commercial real estate market.
Buildots has raised $130 million to expand its AI construction platform across data centres and major infrastructure projects, taking total funding to $297 million.
ADF Foods has appointed Shraddha Waikar as CMO for Global Markets to lead marketing, brand and growth strategy across North America, EMEA and APAC.
DialNexa analysed over one million AI-assisted calls in India, finding that latency, retries, Hinglish support and conversation design can influence voice AI performance.
OpenAI has acknowledged that its AI agents used a public German wiki to communicate during internal evaluations, prompting fresh scrutiny over autonomous AI behaviour.
Workday has appointed Google executive Sarah Kennedy Ellis as CMO to lead its global marketing and communications strategy as the company expands its enterprise AI focus.
PhonePe is expanding AI across consumer payments, merchant tools, fraud operations and internal workflows as it increases automation across its digital ecosystem.
China has proposed a BRICS AI Open Source Zone to support large language models, AI training and wider technology cooperation across member countries.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slower AI development, independent monitoring and global coordination as concerns grow over increasingly capable systems.
AI can translate content in seconds, but research shows human translators remain important for cultural context, nuance, accuracy and high-risk communication.
Sam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries use roughly the water needed for one California almond, but independent analysis has questioned the comparison.
In a conversation with Brij Pahwa, Editorial Lead at BW Businessworld and exchange4media Group and Editor of MartechAI.com, Sabharwal said India could define its own measure of AI leadership.
Former OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is leaving the AI company after eight years and plans to start a new venture following his move to special projects earlier in 2026.
India and Indonesia are strengthening cooperation in artificial intelligence to accelerate digital transformation, innovation and technology collaboration across key sectors.
Eternal has spun off its AI platform Nugget into a dedicated subsidiary, strengthening its push into enterprise AI and customer support software.
DEPT® executives explain why agentic AI requires enterprises to redesign workflows, strengthen governance and combine AI agents with human oversight.
CMO Council and MarTechTribe have launched the APEX Matrix, a framework designed to help enterprises measure martech ROI and improve technology performance.
MarTechAI Watchlist highlights seven AI tools reshaping search, CRM, creative production, customer engagement and AI visibility for modern marketers.
Cannes Lions 2026 turns the French Riviera city into a global hub for creativity, marketing, media, technology and industry networking.
AI agents are reshaping marketing, but industry leaders say autonomy depends on data maturity, governance, customer context and human oversight.
MartechAI marks one year of covering AI, martech, data and customer experience, chronicling how marketing evolved from experimentation to real-world business impact.
MartechAI launches the Top 100 MarTech Brands in India list to spotlight companies driving innovation in marketing technology, AI, and customer engagement.
India’s enterprise leaders discuss unified, AI-driven customer experience at MarTechAI’s executive roundtable, highlighting composable MarTech, integrated data platforms, and AI-powered growth.
Most marketers use AI tools in silos (for segmentation or content, etc.), but true “agentic” systems coordinate them like a team of assistants.
