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Anthropic Appoints Microsoft Veteran Irina Ghose to Lead India Expansion With Bengaluru Office

Anthropic has named Irina Ghose, former Microsoft India managing director, to lead its India business as it prepares to open a Bengaluru office. With over 30 years of tech leadership experience, Ghose will drive enterprise AI adoption in India—Anthropic's second-largest market for Claude. The move signals how India is becoming a critical battleground for AI companies, with OpenAI also planning a New Delhi office.

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Anthropic Appoints Microsoft Veteran Irina Ghose to Lead India Expansion With Bengaluru Office

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News Corp Partners with AI Journalism Startup Symbolic.ai to Transform Newsroom Operations

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has signed a major deal with Symbolic.ai, an AI journalism startup founded by former eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes. The platform promises productivity gains of up to 90% for complex research tasks and will be deployed across News Corp's media properties, starting with Dow Jones Newswires.

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News Corp Partners with AI Journalism Startup Symbolic.ai to Transform Newsroom Operations

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Sadiq Khan warns AI could trigger mass unemployment in London without urgent action

London Mayor Sadiq Khan delivered a stark warning that AI could become a 'weapon of mass destruction of jobs' without proper controls. Speaking at Mansion House, he announced a new AI taskforce and free training for Londoners to address the technology's impact on white-collar sectors including finance, professional services, and creative industries.

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Sadiq Khan warns AI could trigger mass unemployment in London without urgent action

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McKinsey tests graduates on AI tool Lilli as firm deploys 20,000 agents alongside human staff

McKinsey is incorporating AI interviews into its graduate recruitment process, requiring candidates to demonstrate collaboration skills with its internal tool Lilli. The blue-chip consultancy now operates 20,000 AI agents alongside 40,000 employees, marking a 500% increase in just 18 months. CEO Bob Sternfels signals the firm is shifting toward liberal arts majors for creativity as AI handles problem-solving tasks.

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McKinsey tests graduates on AI tool Lilli as firm deploys 20,000 agents alongside human staff

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FDA and EMA establish regulatory principles for AI in drug development to accelerate innovation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency have jointly issued principles for Good AI Practice in drug development. These regulatory principles aim to guide the safe and responsible use of AI across the entire drug lifecycle while speeding up innovation and reducing animal testing.

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FDA and EMA establish regulatory principles for AI in drug development to accelerate innovation

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AI tools boost individual scientists 3x but shrink science's collective scope, major study reveals

A groundbreaking analysis of over 41 million academic papers reveals a stark paradox: while artificial intelligence tools help scientists publish three times more papers and gain nearly five times more citations, they're simultaneously narrowing the breadth of scientific inquiry. The study, published in Nature, shows AI-driven research clusters around popular, data-rich problems, creating a tension between individual career advancement and collective scientific progress.

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AI tools boost individual scientists 3x but shrink science's collective scope, major study reveals

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Skild AI triples valuation to $14 billion as SoftBank leads $1.4 billion robotics software bet

Pittsburgh-based Skild AI secured $1.4 billion in a Series C round led by SoftBank, with backing from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others. The robotics startup, which builds general-purpose AI software that can control any robot without extensive retraining, has tripled its valuation to over $14 billion in just seven months. The company grew from zero to $30 million in revenue within months in 2025.

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Skild AI triples valuation to $14 billion as SoftBank leads $1.4 billion robotics software bet

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AI productivity paradox: Workers lose 37% of time savings fixing AI mistakes and low-quality output

AI speeds up work but creates more of it. New research reveals 37% of time saved through AI is lost to correcting errors and rewriting content. Only 14% of employees consistently achieve positive outcomes from AI use, highlighting a growing productivity paradox that demands better training and job redesign.

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AI productivity paradox: Workers lose 37% of time savings fixing AI mistakes and low-quality output

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West Midlands Police Chief Resigns After Microsoft Copilot AI Hallucination Led to Fan Ban

Chief Constable Craig Guildford admitted West Midlands Police used Microsoft Copilot to create a faulty intelligence report that banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match. The AI hallucinated a non-existent game between West Ham and Maccabi Tel Aviv. After denying AI use for weeks, Guildford resigned following the revelation that sensitive security decisions relied on unverified generative AI output.

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West Midlands Police Chief Resigns After Microsoft Copilot AI Hallucination Led to Fan Ban

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AstraZeneca acquires Modella AI to accelerate oncology drug development with foundation models

AstraZeneca has completed the first acquisition of an AI company by a major pharmaceutical firm, buying Boston-based Modella AI. The deal integrates foundation models and AI agents into oncology research to enhance biomarker discovery and patient selection for drug trials, aiming to reduce development costs and accelerate the development of new cancer treatments.

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AstraZeneca acquires Modella AI to accelerate oncology drug development with foundation models

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Businesses double down on AI security as 64% now assess risks before deployment

Organizations are finally prioritizing AI security, with 64% now assessing AI security risks before deploying tools—a dramatic jump from just 37% last year. The World Economic Forum's latest cybersecurity outlook reveals that 94% of business leaders see AI as the most significant driver of cybersecurity change in 2026, while 87% report increased AI vulnerabilities.

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Businesses double down on AI security as 64% now assess risks before deployment

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Slackbot transforms into AI agent as Salesforce pushes enterprise automation forward

Salesforce has launched Slackbot as a full-fledged AI agent, available now to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers. The revamped assistant can find information across multiple platforms, schedule meetings, and draft emails—all while understanding conversational context. Powered by Anthropic's Claude model, it represents Salesforce's bid to maintain its enterprise software dominance in the AI era.

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Slackbot transforms into AI agent as Salesforce pushes enterprise automation forward

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Stellar Blade Director Says AI Essential for South Korea to Compete With China and US Studios

Shift Up CEO Hyung-tae Kim claims AI is necessary for South Korea's games industry to compete globally, stating one person could perform the work of 100 people with AI assistance. Speaking at a national economic strategy summit, Kim highlighted the resource gap between Korean studios deploying 150 developers versus Chinese teams of 1,000 to 2,000 people.

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Stellar Blade Director Says AI Essential for South Korea to Compete With China and US Studios

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AI and automation will eliminate 6% of US jobs by 2030, but the real story is more complex

Forrester projects AI's impact on jobs will claim 10.4 million US positions by 2030, representing 6% of the workforce. However, research reveals that many current layoffs blamed on AI are actually financially motivated, with companies using AI as a scapegoat. The forecast shows generative and agentic AI will drive 50% of automation-related job losses, while early-career workers and customer-service roles face the highest risk.

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AI and automation will eliminate 6% of US jobs by 2030, but the real story is more complex

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Pete Hegseth unveils Military AI strategy with Elon Musk's Grok at SpaceX headquarters

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will integrate Elon Musk's Grok AI platform into military networks during a visit to SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas. The move is part of an AI acceleration strategy to create an AI-first warfighting force without what Hegseth calls woke constraints, marking a significant shift in how the U.S. military approaches artificial intelligence and innovation.

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Pete Hegseth unveils Military AI strategy with Elon Musk's Grok at SpaceX headquarters

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