NEW DELHI: Government has started to assess potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, such as Anthropic’s Mythos, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw chairing a high-level meeting on Thursday with banks and regulators to review emerging threats from AI models.The meeting was attended by senior officials from the Reserve…
Global oil prices rose on Friday amid renewed fears of escalation in the Middle East after Iran released footage showing commandos boarding a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of heightened military activity in Tehran.Brent crude futures rose $1.23, or 1.17%, to $106.3 per barrel by early trading, while West Texas Intermediate…
MUMBAI: Amazon is betting a fresh $300 million (over Rs 2,800 crore) on India to widen its operations network and boost its quick commerce business, a space where the firm has been a late entrant, lagging in market share.The Seattle-based e-commerce company has set a target of more than doubling the footprint of its quick…
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 170,169 vehicles in the US due to loss of drive power, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday. The recall affects multiple models including Range Rover, Discovery, Range Rover Sport, Defender, etc., NHTSA said. A failure of the DC-DC converter will stop the vehicle’s 12-Volt system from…
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Meta Platforms plans to cut 10% of workers, or roughly 8,000 employees, in an effort to boost efficiency and offset its heavy spending on artificial intelligence. The company disclosed the move in a memo sent to employees Thursday, saying the layoffs will come on May 20. Meta also won’t hire workers for 6,000 open roles…
MUMBAI: Union Bank of India reported a net profit of Rs 5,316 crore for the quarter ended March 31, marking a 6.6% increase from Rs 4,985 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, supported by lower operating expenses and improved asset quality.For FY26, the net profit of Rs 18,697 crore was about 4% higher…
NEW DELHI: India and Qatar on Thursday held discussions on ways to boost bilateral trade and strengthen supply chain resilience, which has been disrupted due to the West Asia crisis. The meeting was held between commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and Qatari minister of state for foreign trade affairs Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed….
MUMBAI: The ceasefire in West Asia has provided “a breather to the global economy”, but RBI cautioned that “downside risks to the global outlook” have increased even as “upside risks have increased” on the inflation front, signalling a more fragile balance for the Indian economy in its latest State of the Economy assessment.The report adopts…
The United States has approved only one applicant so far under President Donald Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa programme. According to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the visa programme will offer US residency in exchange for a $1 million fee.Testifying before a US House committee on Thursday, Lutnick said that the identity of the approved applicant was…