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Microsoft’s AI Chief Mustafa Suleyman believes one of the biggest risks in artificial intelligence is not rogue machines but the way humans might start perceiving them. In a recent interview with WIRED, the DeepMind co-founder cautioned that building AI systems that appear to have feelings or self-awareness could dangerously mislead people into believing they are conscious beings.

Suleyman, who joined Microsoft earlier this year to lead its AI division, argued that anthropomorphising AI — treating it as if it has emotions, rights, or even…

Health, technology, and sustainability have emerged as the defining forces reshaping how Indians buy and consume food, according to PwC India’s latest Voice of the Consumer 2025: India perspective survey.

The study, which surveyed more than 21,000 consumers globally, including 1,031 in India, shows a decisive shift in consumer priorities — from the need for safer food and cost-consciousness to the embrace of wellness technology and eco-friendly practices.

Health and safety take the front seat

For Indian consumers, food safety is no longer…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI has reportedly laid off around 500 employees from its data annotation team, which helps train the company’s Grok chatbot, Business Insider reported on Friday.

According to the report, staff were informed by email late on Friday that the company was downsizing its group of generalist AI tutors. The data annotation team, xAI’s largest, is responsible for teaching Grok to interpret the world by contextualising and categorising raw data.

In response to queries, xAI pointed to a post on X stating it…

One of the highlights of Google’s Pixel 10 launch was Pixelsnap, a new line of MagSafe-style accessories designed to bring modularity to the Pixel ecosystem without the need for a special case. But just weeks after launch, early adopters say the company’s first attempt at magnetic add-ons may not be living up to expectations.

Reports across Reddit, Google’s support forums, and coverage from 9to5Google suggest that the Pixelsnap Ring Stand, in particular, is emerging as a trouble spot.

Several Pixel 10 owners report that the screws holding the…

OpenAI said it’s closer to converting into a more traditional for-profit company — nearing resolution of painful negotiations with top shareholder Microsoft Corp. and outlining terms of at least $100 billion in equity for its nonprofit arm.

Planned changes will give the existing OpenAI nonprofit control over a new public benefit corporation, Chairman Bret Taylor said in a statement Thursday. And it would give the nonprofit an equity stake that would make it “one of the most well-resourced philanthropic organisations in the world,” he…

This week, India’s tech scene came alive with new releases and a display of gadgets and innovation. Apple’s eagerly awaited “Awe-Dropping” event, which introduced the iPhone 17 series, updated Apple Watches, and improved AirPods, kicked off the week. Mid-range smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy F and M series, OPPO, Lava, and Motorola all offered robust specifications at more affordable costs, meeting the growing need for technology that strikes a balance between innovation and affordability.

iPhone 17 series

Apple has introduced the iPhone 17 series,…

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harm to children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions.

The FTC said Thursday it has sent letters to Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, Snap, Character Technologies, ChatGPT maker OpenAI and xAI.

The FTC said it wants to understand what steps, if any, companies have taken to evaluate the safety of their chatbots when acting as companions, to limit the products’ use…

The merger of two black holes is a momentous event, revealing the wildest and most extreme configurations of space, time and gravity known to science.

Researchers have now gotten their best look yet at such an event based on the detection of ripples in space-time called gravitational waves in an observation that lends strong support to hypotheses from eminent physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

The collision occurred 1.3 billion light-years from Earth in a galaxy beyond our Milky Way, and involved two black holes – one about 34 times the…

Tejasvi Manoj, an Indian American teenager from Frisco, Texas, has been named the 2025 Kid of the Year by TIME and TIME for Kids. The 17-year-old digital defender is recognised for her service work, teaching digital literacy to protect seniors from cybercrime.

She developed a website called Shield Seniors. It is designed to educate older adults about cybercrime. Manoj was inspired to create the initiative after her own grandfather was targeted by an online scam.

“I started volunteering in sixth grade…I think it’s really important; if you’re…

Bihar Congress has triggered a major controversy after posting an AI-generated video on X that depicts a dream-like exchange between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, Heeraben Modi.

The 36-second clip, marked “AI GENERATED,” has gone viral, drawing sharp condemnation from the BJP, which called it a personal attack ahead of state elections.

The video, captioned “Maa appears in sahab’s dreams,” comes weeks after another row over alleged abusive slogans directed at PM Modi and his mother during a Congress-RJD event in Darbhanga….