The India Story

In his new book, “Computing in the Age of Decolonization: India’s Lost Technological Revolution,” researcher Dwaipayan Banerjee argues that a focus on technical solutions has made the country dependent on big tech firms and failed to solve fundamental social problems.

There is growing demand for recreating dead and absent family members for events using AI.

As agentic AI automates the man-day billing model, the $300 billion outsourcing industry faces a brutal pivot.

Fatal accidents are mounting as cities add buses faster than they can train drivers.

A wave of suicides and widespread AI-fueled layoffs reveal a workforce under extreme pressure.

France and Malaysia have also launched probes into the viral Grok bikini trend.

Informal classes over WhatsApp and Facebook groups are helping freelancers and business owners learn basic AI skills.

The Bihar state election was awash with voice clones and synthetic videos that reached voters easily and spread misinformation.

India’s tech talent is increasingly opting for opportunities at home and in other countries, as the lure of the U.S. fades.

Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.

The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.

Google and Perplexity are offering free access to their AI-powered search in India, a key testing ground and source of training data for AI models.