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#FPTech&Trade: India Unveils Homegrown AI Models At Global Summit In New Delhi India hosted a major artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi, bringing together government leaders, technology firms and startups.

#FPTech | Indian-origin leaders now head more than 20 global tech giants, from Google to Microsoft, even as most firms remain headquartered abroad. As AI competition intensifies, India’s push to build homegrown innovation gains urgency amid debate over overseas success.

#FPTech | An eight-month study at a US technology company found that generative AI increased the pace, scope, and intensity of work, raising concerns about long-term sustainability and burnout.

#FPTech | Andhra Pradesh is planning a ‘data city’ in Visakhapatnam, aiming to anchor India’s artificial intelligence ambitions with multibillion-dollar investments, submarine cable links and six gigawatts of data centre capacity as New Delhi pushes to narrow the AI gap with the US and China.

#FPTech: India’s homegrown AI startup Sarvam AI has captured global attention after its model, Sarvam Vision, outperformed heavyweights like Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) benchmarks. But behind this remarkable success lies a story of innovation, ambition, and two visionary minds determined to build sovereign AI for India.

#FPTech | Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns white-collar jobs could be automated within 12 to 18 months as AI reaches human-level performance, says the company is building professional-grade AGI and expanding in-house models amid growing industry race and workforce disruption concerns.

#FPTech: From Meta to Amazon, tech giants are slashing thousands of jobs in 2026. With profits still strong, the cuts reflect a shift towards leaner, AI-powered operations.

#FPTech: Speaking at a press briefing on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, CTO Andrew Bosworth said the models developed by Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, formed last year, are already showing strong potential.

#FPTech US President Donald Trump has ordered all government agencies to immediately stop using Anthropic AI after the company’s CEO, Dario Amodei, refused to accede to the Pentagon’s demands to use its tech for mass surveillance

#FPTech: Anthropic launched a new AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, with refreshed features. While the AI models are getting better at the jobs, it re-sparks the debate on whether AI replace humans at workplace.

#FPTech: During the ongoing AI Impact Summit 2026, Sarvam AI teased its first smart glasses, Sarvam Kaze, a home-grown answer to global AI eyewear like Meta’s Ray-Ban.

#FPTech | Qualcomm has flagged that its Indian engineering team is designing its most advanced 2-nanometre silicon chips, marking a major milestone for India’s semiconductor ecosystem. IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the work places India among global leaders in advanced chip design.

#FPTech | India’s NavIC navigation system has suffered a setback after the IRNSS-1F satellite failed following the malfunction of its last atomic clock. With the satellite completing its 10-year mission life, only three satellites currently remain operational for positioning, navigation and timing services.

#FPTech: OpenAI is preparing to release its own web browser, aiming to disrupt a market long dominated by Alphabet’s Google Chrome.

#FPTech: Apple is reportedly working on its next big AI project — to launch an AI device. While the iPhone-maker is yet to announce the details, the report suggests that Apple is working on an AirTag-sized AI-powered wearable pin, equipped with cameras and microphones.

#FPTech: Telecom tower makers warn that a halt in LPG supplies could disrupt tower manufacturing and delay network expansion, potentially affecting mobile and internet services across India.

#FPTech The prime minister said that India has invested more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore in 10 semiconductor projects as it tries to top the chip market. This year, the government approved five more semiconductor projects in the country

#FPTech: OpenAI’s Zoe Hitzig has recently quit her job, warning of ethical drift as ChatGPT tests ads. This resignation comes just a day after Anthropic's Mrinank Sharma announced putting his papers down. The move is a worrying sign that even AI creators are losing trust in their own industry.

#FPTech: As India marks its 77th Republic Day, Firstpost takes a closer look at the nation’s progress in technology and artificial intelligence. No longer confined to research labs, AI in India is dedicated to address real-world challenges and drive meaningful change across industries.

#FPTech | Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with an estimated net worth of $850 billion, is edging closer to becoming the world’s first trillionaire in 2026. A $1.25 trillion SpaceX–xAI deal and his Tesla stake have boosted his fortune, even as regulatory scrutiny intensifies globally.