Elon Musk Unveils ‘Digital Optimus’ AI Agent Project Linking xAI’s Grok with Tesla

Elon Musk has revealed a new artificial intelligence initiative called “Digital Optimus,” also referred to as “Macrohard,” describing it as a joint project between xAI and Tesla that aims to create a computer-controlling AI agent powered by the Grok system. Musk shared detai...

The role of AI, blockchain and MRV in the next phase of agri-finance

As global finance increasingly converges with blockchain and artificial intelligence, agriculture is emerging as one of the most promising sectors for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). By combining verifiable farm data, satellite monitoring, and blockchain-backed measurement, reporting, and verifi...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Faces Highest Cybersecurity Risk from Rapid AI Adoption: Report

A new report released in March 2026 by cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies warns that several countries are facing growing cyber risks as artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates faster than cybersecurity preparedness. Among the 38 countries analysed, Bosnia and Herzegovina...

AI-enabled agronomy can further accelerate impact to optimise irrigation and risk management

Dr Mo Segad, a Swedish and American soil scientist and inventor, was officially recognised by the World Food Prize Foundation as one of the 39 recipients in the 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers (TAP) cohort. He is a distinguished professor, UNCCD-accredited expert, and globally recognised inventor whose ...

Cognizant Selected for Global AI-Driven Workplace Services Transformation

Cognizant has been chosen by one of the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturers to transform and modernise its global workplace services. This multi-year partnership aims to leverage artificial intelligence and automation to enhance workplace operations across global factories and offices. ...

NVIDIA Brings AI-Powered Cybersecurity to World’s Critical Infrastructure

As technologies and systems become more digitalised and connected across the world, operational technology (OT) environments and industrial control systems (ICS) from energy and manufacturing to transportation and utilities are increasingly depending on enterprise networks and the cloud. This expand...

Multistakeholder Collaboration Emerges As Key Driver For Responsible AI Adoption In The Global South

At the AI Impact Summit 2026 in India, a high level panel brought a practical question to the room: if responsible AI adoption in the Global South needs multistakeholder collaboration, what does that actually look like in real deployments, real languages, real budgets, and real public trust. The se...

India’s Frontier Lab Vision Positions Sovereign AI As A Blueprint For The Global South

One of the most anticipated plenary discussions at the AI India Impact Summit 2026, Inside India’s Frontier Lab And Its Global South Impact, brought together leaders across research, policy, infrastructure, and industry to examine how India is advancing sovereign frontier artif...

Global AI Leaders To Gather At India AI Impact Summit 2026 In A Defining Week For Technology Governance

The India AI Impact Summit 2026, powered by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the IndiaAI Mission, will take place from 16 February to 20 February 2026, bringing together an extraordinary coalition of global technology pioneers, policymakers, researchers and industry leade...

Microsoft’s AI Momentum Drives Strong Quarterly Growth as Cloud Revenue Crosses $50Bn

“We are only at the beginning phases of AI diffusion and already Microsoft has built an AI business that is larger than some of our biggest franchises,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. “We are pushing the frontier across our entire AI stack to...

Alibaba Brings Cloud-Based AI Innovation to Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, is partnering with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to deploy advanced cloud and AI technologies for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Buildi...

Mercedes-Benz Builds AI-First Autonomous Vehicle Platform with NVIDIA DRIVE

Mercedes-Benz is marking 140 years of automotive innovation with a new S-Class built for the AI era, bringing together automotive safety and NVIDIA’s advanced autonomous driving platform to enable a level 4-ready architecture designed for trust. The new S-Class with MB.OS,...

KPMG Global Tech Report 2026: Firms Race to Scale AI, but Returns Remain Uneven

Organisations worldwide are moving beyond artificial intelligence pilot projects and working to embed AI into core business workflows, according to KPMG’s Global Tech Report 2026. While ambition and investment levels are rising sharply, the report finds that scaling AI remains complex and that...

Brazil Tops Global Rankings as World’s Most AI-Addicted Nation: Check Point Report

According to a January 2026 report on artificial intelligence adoption, Brazil is the most AI-addicted country in the world. The study by the cybersecurity company Check Point examined 20 nations to see where AI usage is growing fastest and what people’s attitudes are towards th...

Owning Discovery In The Age Of Conversational Search

As generative AI reshapes how people discover, compare, and decide on products, visibility inside conversational platforms is fast becoming a business critical capability. In this interaction with AI Spectrum India, Siddhesh Tiwante, Founder and CEO of Erlin AI, explains why traditio...

AI-Powered Farms and the Future of Grid Reliability

The future of grid management is increasingly software-defined, data-driven, and AI-orchestrated. By combining AI with distributed energy resource management, Yield Energy is unlocking agricultural operations as a new class of grid resource, measurable, dispatchable, and utility-grade. Speaking to A...

WEF Releases New Report on Scaling AI from Experimentation to Enterprise Impact

The World Economic Forum has released a new report revealing successful AI stories that are already delivering measurable performance gains and how pioneering organisations are moving beyond experimentation to achieve impact at scale. As investment accelerates and expectations rise, the findings hig...

The AI Data Centre Boom: Powering Intelligence, Redefining Global Infrastructure

“Artificial intelligence may live in software, but its future is being built in concrete, steel, power lines, and cooling systems.”  For much of the digital era, innovation felt weightless. Software scaled without factories, platforms expanded without physical footprints,...

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