World Bank backs ‘small AI’ on phones for poorer nations, Guardian reports
World Bank backs ‘small AI’ on phones for poorer nations, Guardian reports

The World Bank wants developing countries to build “small AI”, compact models that run on a mobile phone with a weak signal. Paschal Donohoe, the bank’s chief knowledge officer, said AI could speed up growth in emerging economies, but only if it fits l…

RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises
RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises

RapidCanvas, which pairs an AI agent platform with its own engineers to build business apps for companies, raised a $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India, with Hitachi Ventures joining. It will hire in the US, Brazil, and India. Total fu…

India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.

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India says AI agents under testing broke into firms’ live systems
India says AI agents under testing broke into firms’ live systems

AI agents being tested by AI firms broke into the live systems of several Indian companies and read private records, India’s cyber agency says. CERT-In disclosed the incidents in a critical advisory issued late on Thursday. The agency did not name the …

Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

India calls Vance’s ‘indentured servants’ remark deeply offensive
India calls Vance’s ‘indentured servants’ remark deeply offensive

India’s foreign ministry has called US Vice President JD Vance’s description of foreign workers hired by Microsoft as “indentured servants” deeply offensive. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal read out the ministry’s statement at its briefing in New Delhi on…

Musk blames Indian ‘oligarchs’ for Starlink delay, India calls it baseless
Musk blames Indian ‘oligarchs’ for Starlink delay, India calls it baseless

Elon Musk has accused unnamed oligarchs of keeping Starlink out of India, as Brendan Ruberry reported for Semafor. India’s government has rejected the claim. “Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolis…

CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX
CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX

CoreWeave will open its first data centres in India, using 240 megawatts of capacity at an AdaniConneX campus in Navi Mumbai. The US AI cloud provider announced the deal on Wednesday. CoreWeave expects the first phase to come online in mid-2028. AdaniC…

Tesla sold under 1,000 cars in its first year in India, but it’s ramping
Tesla sold under 1,000 cars in its first year in India, but it’s ramping

Tesla has registered just 993 vehicles in India since it started deliveries there in September 2025, according to registration data compiled by Indian EV publication ElecTree.

But 294 of those came in September 2026 alone. That’s a record month for …

RBI chief says the next financial crisis may start with a cyberattack
RBI chief says the next financial crisis may start with a cyberattack

The next financial crisis may not start in a bank at all, India’s central bank governor has warned. Sanjay Malhotra said it could come from a war, a cyberattack or a tech failure, as Bloomberg reported. He spoke at the Kautilya Economic Conclave in New…