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US Customs and Border Protection halts IEEPA tariffs after Supreme Court ruling, as Trump imposes new 15% global tariff.
Sam Altman dismisses AI water consumption concerns, compares ChatGPT energy use to humans, sparking backlash at India summit.
Trump urges Netflix to fire Susan Rice amid Warner Bros. Discovery merger scrutiny and DOJ antitrust investigation.
Indian startups pause reverse-flip plans amid valuation concerns, IT sell-off, tax uncertainty, and SaaS investor hesitation.
Qumis raises $4.3 million fresh capital to expand attorney-powered AI for brokers, underwriters, and claims teams.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cautions against “AI washing,” as companies blame layoffs on artificial intelligence amid workforce disruption debates.
Volkswagen Chattanooga workers ratify first UAW contract with 20% wage increases and healthcare improvements.
Nvidia nears $30 billion investment in OpenAI funding round, alongside Softbank and Amazon participation talks.
Tata and OpenAI partner to boost AI adoption in India with infrastructure, training, and enterprise expansion initiatives.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI will surpass human cognition, transforming health, economy, and global innovation.
Microsoft denies ICE uses Azure for mass surveillance amid rising cloud spending and deportation enforcement scrutiny.
Google and Sea partner to build agentic AI tools for Shopee, Garena and Monee across Southeast Asia markets.
Mark Zuckerberg is set to be questioned in a U.S. court trial on Wednesday about Instagram’s effect on the mental health of young users
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says he believes “everything should be over the counter” unless a drug is unsafe, addictive or requires monitoring
Meta’s Project MYST study reveals parental controls fail to curb teen social media compulsion amid addiction trial testimony.
Federal court orders OpenAI to drop “Cameo” name from Sora feature, citing trademark confusion and marketplace harm concerns.
Tesla avoids California license suspension after removing “Autopilot” term amid DMV action over misleading marketing claims.
Indian student Sylendran Arunagiri overcomes U.S. job market challenges to secure dream AI role at Nvidia.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, close aide to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 84 after decades of activism.
Warner Bros rejects Paramount’s $30 bid, favors Netflix merger, seeks final offer before February 23 deadline.
American Express faces workplace bias allegations amid H-1B visa debate and rising hostility toward Indian professionals.
The Bengaluru office will be Anthropic’s second in Asia after Tokyo, and will be led by tech veteran managing director Irina Ghose
Indian AI-native transformation foundry Arinox AI and agentic AI company KOGO unveiled what they described as India’s first sovereign AI product
U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic’s Claude AI in Venezuela raid capturing Nicolás Maduro, raising ethical and AI deployment concerns.