Tag: national security
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
OpenAI Wins $200M US Military AI Contract
The US Department of Defense has awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to develop prototype AI capabilities for national security applications. This marks the...
India Launches ‘Cyber Suraksha’ to Test Cyber Readiness
India has launched a multi-phase national cyber defence exercise titled ‘Cyber Suraksha’, led by the Defence Cyber Agency under the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff....
Britain Urges Firms to Prioritize Cybersecurity After Attacks
The British government will issue a strong warning next week urging all UK companies to treat cybersecurity as an "absolute priority" following a series...
Meta Faces Whistleblower Heat Over AI Ethics
Former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams has accused the tech giant of undermining U.S. national security and compromising AI ethics by covertly aiding China’s artificial...
OpenAI May Aid U.S. Defense
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has left the door open to collaborating with the Pentagon on future weapons platforms, citing the unpredictability of...
