Updates

31 Oct 2025

Switzerland ranks among top countries for AI adoption

Countries with strong infrastructure, education, and policies see rapid AI adoption, even without leading in AI breakthroughs.

31 Oct 2025

Reliance and Google expand Gemini AI access across India

Jio customers across India will receive premium Gemini AI access, enhanced cloud storage and research tools under Google’s new collaboration with Reliance.

31 Oct 2025

Microsoft leaders envision AI as an invisible partner in work and play

Mustafa Suleyman, Phil Spencer and Ryan Roslansky outlined Microsoft’s plans for AI integration, cultural shifts in gaming and rapid changes in workforce skills.

31 Oct 2025

WhatsApp adds passkey encryption for safer chat backups

The new passkey feature allows WhatsApp users to safeguard chat backups effortlessly while maintaining full end-to-end encryption for private conversations.

31 Oct 2025

Kenya launches national AI skills alliance

Kenya has launched the Kenya Artificial Intelligence Skilling Alliance to coordinate AI-skills development, innovation and policy across sectors and boost inclusive adoption.

31 Oct 2025

UAE and Google launch ‘AI for All’ national skills initiative

The UAE and Google have launched ‘AI for All’, a nationwide training initiative designed to equip individuals of all ages and professions with artificial intelligence skills by 2026.

31 Oct 2025

A new capitalism for the intelligent age

We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how business creates value, as AI and digital platforms elevate ideas and learning above traditional scale.

31 Oct 2025

EU considers classifying ChatGPT as a search engine under the DSA. What are the implications?

The European Commission is assessing whether ChatGPT should be classified as a ‘Very Large Online Search Engine’ under the DSA, a move that could reshape AI oversight in Europe.

31 Oct 2025

Trainium2 power surges as AWS’s Project Rainier enters service for Anthropic

AWS built an EC2 UltraCluster of Trainium2 UltraServers so Anthropic can iterate frontier models faster at lower latency.

31 Oct 2025

NYPD sued over Microsoft-linked surveillance system

A civil rights group has sued the NYPD, claiming its Microsoft-built Domain Awareness System unlawfully tracks millions of New Yorkers through a vast, citywide web of surveillance technologies.