Sick of AI slop? So are tech giants
The worst of artificial intelligence slop has cluttered Google searches with recipes for glue-topped pizza, Amazon listings with sham biographies and Facebook feeds with images of Shrimp Jesus.The digital sewage…
Nvidia scales back funding guarantee for Ohio OpenAI data center: Report
2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 17, 2026 09:40 AM IST Nvidia has revised its plans to support a proposed OpenAI data center project in Ohio and is now expected to…
Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba’s support
4 min readNew DelhiAug 16, 2026 10:32 AM IST Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people familiar with the matter said, a departure…
DeepSeek launches V4 Pro at prices up to 14 times higher than V4 Flash
3 min readAug 15, 2026 10:58 AM IST Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek formally released its V4 Pro model on Thursday, pricing it several times higher than its V4 Flash…
Can an AI model’s ‘reasoning’ be extracted? New research fuels US-China distillation row
4 min readNew DelhiAug 14, 2026 11:21 AM IST A new research paper could fan the flames of a hotly contested debate over ‘distillation’, an AI training technique that has…
Elon Musk’s answer to Claude Cowork: What is Grok Bot and what makes it different?
SpaceXAI on Tuesday, August 11, introduced a new agentic AI product called Grok Bot that is designed to deploy a swarm of ‘always-on’ agents or ‘Bots’ to continuously carry out…
Nvidia building 1-trillion-parameter Nemotron 4 to rival open AI models: Report
2 min readNew DelhiAug 12, 2026 12:11 PM IST Nvidia is developing a new AI model family, Nemotron 4, with the goal of challenging top open-source models globally, The Information…
Microsoft plans to unveil next-generation AI chip in September: Report
2 min readUpdated: Aug 11, 2026 09:13 AM IST Microsoft is planning to unveil its new Maia 300 AI chip this fall, potentially as soon as next month, The Information…
North Korean hacking group builds AI tools for cyberattacks: Report
2 min readNew DelhiAug 10, 2026 09:25 AM IST A North Korean hacking group built large language model tools and collected software that could help automate cyberattacks, analyse stolen material…
Meta CTO says AI productivity gains should mean more work, not extra time off
5 min readNew DelhiAug 9, 2026 11:02 AM IST Tech industry leaders have long promised that AI will boost productivity, enabling workers to get more done in less time. But…