Saturday

7 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Google’s Gemini AI assistant reaches 650 million monthly users

Gemini’s recent growth has been largely attributed to the success of Nano Banana, an AI-powered image generation feature launched in August.

Bill Gates warns AI boom resembles 1990s Dot-Com Bubble

Drawing comparisons to the internet boom that led to the 2000 crash, Gates said the parallels lie in overinvestment and inflated expectations. “In the end, something very profound happened....

Why AI tools avoid saying “I don’t know”

The research says this issue is not only about bad data or coding errors. It also comes from the way Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained and tested. During...

Meta takes 30% stake in Reliance’s new AI unit, Reliance holds 70%

The partnership will draw on Meta’s open-source Llama AI models, which are designed for flexible and scalable AI applications. These will be combined with Reliance’s domestic reach, cloud infrastructure,...

Meta’s smart eyewear success prompts Apple to shelve Vision Air project

The shift comes as Apple’s Vision Pro headset – launched February 2024 at a $3,499 price point – has reportedly struggled to gain broad market adoption. The device has...

Meet Vishal Shah: An Indian-origin executive who now takes charge of Meta’s AI product strategy

Meta Platforms has confirmed that Vishal Shah, an executive of Indian origin, will take on a new role heading product management for AI products at the company.

Mark Zuckerberg names Vishal Shah to oversee Meta’s AI products

According to Bloomberg, Shah’s new role will involve overseeing how Meta’s AI technologies, including its Meta AI chatbot, are integrated across its apps and devices, such as Instagram, Facebook,...

Schneider Electric and Nvidia team up to build AI-ready data centres across Europe

“These innovations enable the efficient deployment of next-generation AI factories at scale while aligning with the EU’s €200 billion AI investment strategy,”

JP Morgan: Stripe could unlock $350B market through AI and crypto expansion

Analysts Jon Hacunda, Lula Sheena, and Celal Sipahi said Stripe is well-positioned to lead what they described as “twin revolutions in intelligence and money movement.”

Palantir signs $200 million AI partnership with telecom firm Lumen

“Palantir demonstrated that its Foundry and AIP platforms could unlock Lumen’s data faster and cheaper than traditional data-lake migrations,” Goode said. “Together, we’re pursuing solutions to help large enterprises...