New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) will strengthen rather than diminish the role of India’s technology services sector, creating new opportunities in enterprise modernisation, data, cybersecurity and AI governance, apex industry body Nasscom said on Friday.According to the industry body, AI should not be viewed only through the lens of automation.While it is expected to improve productivity and automate repetitive tasks, it will also drive demand for application modernisation…
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New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Agentic AI returns in India are expected to grow fivefold to $14.4 million, and AI return on investment is expected to rise from 22 per cent to about 40 per cent within two years, a report said on Friday.The report from enterprise application firm SAP said Indian organisations are rapidly moving from experimentation to value‑driven AI implementation, with 85 per cent of firms seeing agentic AI transforming business operations.India currently ranks second worldwide in …
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Public sector banks (PSBs) are increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and are keen to adopt next-generation technologies to improve customer service, operational efficiency and risk assessment, Arundhati Bhattacharya, President and CEO, Salesforce India and South Asia, said on Tuesday.In an interaction with IANS, the former State Bank of India (SBI) chairperson said public sector lenders have recognised the need to adapt to rapid technological changes and ar…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) US tech giant IBM and Indian company Yotta Data Services on Thursday announced plans to build an Agentic AI platform for enterprises and government organisations in India on a locally hosted cloud.The platform will be built using IBM watsonx Orchestrate and deployed on Yotta’s Shakti Cloud to help scale AI adoption for organisations while “meeting evolving requirements around data residency, security, and regulatory compliance, as per the official statement.The proposed…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Major tech giant Google on Tuesday opened applications for the 2026 cohort for ‘startups accelerator’ in India, a three-month, equity-free programme aimed at supporting AI-focused startups in the country.The accelerator is targeting Indian startups working in emerging areas such as Agentic AI, Multimodal AI, Physical AI, and Sovereign AI, as the ecosystem shifts from experimental use cases to large-scale, workflow-driven deployments, according to Google India.The tech …
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Agentic artificial intelligence can only succeed if it can operate seamlessly across applications and connected devices, but China’s fragmented mobile ecosystem and super app fragmentation prevent such interoperability, a report has said explaining the Doubao phone controversy.The report from Lawfare media said China’s “do everything” apps such as WeChat and Alipay create closed ecosystems that block agents from accessing calendars, emails, chat logs and payment…
Seoul, March 1 (IANS) Samsung Electronics said on Sunday it plans to transform its domestic and overseas production facilities into factories driven by artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 as part of its push for manufacturing innovation.The company will introduce digital twin-based simulations across the entire manufacturing process from materials warehousing to production and shipment while deploying AI agents dedicated to quality control, production and logistics to strengthen data-driven ana…
Gurugram, Feb 26 (IANS) Samsung on Thursday announced that its flagship Galaxy S26 series is now available for pre-order in India, with prices starting at Rs 87,999 for the base model and going up to Rs 1,89,999 for the top-end Galaxy S26 Ultra variant.The Galaxy S26 lineup includes the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 Ultra. The company said the new series brings its most advanced “Agentic AI” mobile experience yet, designed to make everyday tasks simpler and more intuitive.The phones…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India’s GCC office market transition from cost‑cutting centres or back offices to global growth engines marks a watershed moment in the country’s economic history, a report said on Monday.The report from The Hindu said nearly 58 per cent of Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India are investing heavily in Agentic AI, that can reason and execute complex tasks moving beyond experimentation to enterprise‑scale deployment.Indian GCCs now act as Centres of Excellence f…
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar has voiced concern over the threat posed by ‘Agentic AI’ and called for appropriate security measures, trust framework and governance to tackle it.The Police Commissioner, through a social media post on Friday, highlighted how autonomous, multi-agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems act independently across critical sectors. According to him, the risks arise from both malicious exploitation and unintended autonomous be…