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Meta, NYU study finds video, not text, is better at teaching AI how the physical world works

The study has found that with the internet’s supply of high-quality text ‘approaching exhaustion’, the next significant leap in AI capability will come from video.

India has currently blocked at least 43,000 domains. New study shows scale for the first time

A comprehensive audit of Internet Service Provider-level blocking finds far wider filtering than previously known, and it flags inconsistencies across ISPs.

OpenAI to deploy AI in Pentagon’s classified network after Anthropic ouster

Sam Altman said OpenAI’s Pentagon deal bars mass surveillance and mandates human control over force. Hours earlier, the US declared Anthropic a ‘supply-chain risk’.

Trump directs US agencies to blacklist Anthropic’s AI as Pentagon says startup a supply risk

'We believe this designation would both be legally unsound and set a dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government,' the company has said.

OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on US Department of War classified network

‘In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome,’ CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X.

India is the AI world’s most valuable unpaid intern

More than building foundation models, setting equitable data policies is where India has the biggest opportunity to truly lead the Global South in the AI era.

Apple in talks with HDFC, ICICI, Axis to launch Apple Pay in India

Washington: Apple Inc. is in discussions with key Indian banks and global card networks in preparation to start Apple Pay in the world’s most...

Hacker uses Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude to steal Mexican tax & voter data

Washington: A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft...

Meta & WhatsApp step back, tell SC they’ll comply with take-it-or-leave-it NCLAT privacy order

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing both, told the court that pleas seeking a stay on the tribunal's order would not be pursued.

AI Summit ends with 88 nations adopting New Delhi Declaration, calls for cooperation, sovereignty

New Delhi: The AI Impact Summit 2026 concluded Saturday with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration endorsed by 88 countries, and guided by...

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.