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BharatGPT creator explains: ‘Lack of Maths PhDs a genuine problem for India, but not key for building AI solutions’
February 17, 2026 14:26 IST
Ankush Sabharwal, creator of BharatGPT, which was selected under the Centre’s IndiaAI Mission to build sovereign AI models, discusses India’s AI capabilities.
Expert Explains | ‘For conversational AI, India an enormous focus market; we intend to keep aggressively building here’
February 17, 2026 13:17 IST
Alex Haskell, Head of Global Affairs at US-based conversational AI firm ElevenLabs spoke to The Indian Express about the uniqueness of the Indian market, and the need to scale language research to better cater to a variety of clients
Expert Explains | Why high-quality cameras matter for India’s Space ambitions
February 16, 2026 16:36 IST
Developing advanced technical capabilities in Space matters as it becomes a more congested and strategically contested domain, explains a senior official of an Indian private Space tech company.
Expert Explains: ‘AI debate has moved from use to accountability… that is progress’Subscriber Only
February 16, 2026 08:42 IST
Prof. Annie Hartley, a medical doctor and director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Global Health and Humanitarian Response Technologies (LiGHT) at the Lausanne-based Swiss public research university EPFL, speaks with The indian Express.
AI Impact Summit begins in New Delhi today: How India plans to shape the AI conversation
February 16, 2026 01:16 IST
Coming to the Global South for the first time, the summit represents the latest chapter in an evolving international conversation on AI. India will pitch for a focus on using AI to solve on-ground, local problems.
Why is an Indian satellite capturing photos of the ISS being seen as a technical milestone?
February 17, 2026 11:38 IST
There arise obvious difficulties in taking photos in Space. Overcoming them indicates sound technical capabilities, which can be transferable in monitoring and wider Space security-related tasks.
Expert Explains | ‘Using AI effectively for climate requires targeted systems, not just larger data centres’
February 14, 2026 11:46 IST
Priya Donti, named one of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2025, speaks to Devansh Mittal ahead of the India AI Impact Summit about AI’s energy footprint, grid reliability, and how targeted AI systems can support climate goals
Expert Explains | ‘For AI’s benefits, we need inclusivity, equitable access and sharing of capabilities’Subscriber Only
February 14, 2026 06:29 IST
Katharina Frey, Executive Director of the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN), which is based at ETH Zurich, offers a roadmap on how countries such as India could chart the path ahead
Experts Explain | India AI applications stack: What the country can bring to the tableSubscriber Only
February 13, 2026 12:11 IST
Applications in health, agriculture, education, urban management, and disaster preparedness have shown promise. With the right support, many of these can scale to a pan-India market and potentially be bundled into an India AI Applications Stack
Expert Explains | ‘75 per cent chance that current AI development pathways would not lead to Artificial General Intelligence’
February 12, 2026 04:45 IST
In the second part of the conversation with Amitabh Sinha, Stuart Russell, one of the world’s leading researchers on artificial intelligence, speaks about artificial general intelligence (AGI), and the state of AI research in India
‘AI was trained to imitate humans. It has learnt the survival instinct’: An Expert Explains dangers of new techSubscriber Only
February 11, 2026 17:08 IST
In the first part of the conversation with Amitabh Sinha, Stuart Russell, one of the world’s leading researchers on artificial intelligence, speaks about the need for safeguards during its ongoing development process
India is set to get two new telescopes and upgrade one in Ladakh. Here’s how it will be a game-changer for astronomy
February 11, 2026 10:37 IST
The new ones – National Large Solar Telescope and National Large Optical-Near Infrared Telescope – will offer Indian scientists a major advantage over existing global telescopes
Vadodara just conducted a census for crocodiles. Its findings will help understand their behaviour better
February 9, 2026 20:09 IST
The 2025 census had found how the section of the Vishwamitri river passing through the busier part of the city had the highest density of crocodiles
Scientists off Argentina film rare ‘phantom’ jellyfish the size of a school bus
February 9, 2026 19:49 IST
First collected in 1899, giant phantom jellies were not recognised as a species until 60 years later. During the last century, phantom jellies have been documented about 100 times
AI Impact Summit 2026: India aims for a larger share of the AI pie
February 8, 2026 12:27 IST
As concerns mount over AI’s impact on jobs and resources, the New Delhi summit is focusing on AI solutions for on-ground issues
In India’s first-ever Disaster Victim Identification guidelines, teeth hold the key
February 6, 2026 08:26 IST
The guidelines take lessons from the Ahmedabad plane crash last year and stress the need for a National Dental Data Registry
China has banned ‘hidden’ car door handles, but their safety risks are globalSubscriber Only
February 6, 2026 14:59 IST
Once seen as a sleek and stylish car feature, also found in several vehicles sold in India, the flush or hidden car door handle has come under scrutiny.
Why a new Anthropic AI workplace suite triggered a tech stock crash in US and IndiaSubscriber Only
February 5, 2026 13:55 IST
The announcement sent shockwaves through global technology markets, crystallising a fear that has been building for months: that AI might not just assist software companies, but potentially replace them altogether.
Expert Explains: Why Thorium-based nuclear power generation is key to securing India’s energy independenceSubscriber Only
January 30, 2026 08:23 IST
Now that we can access uranium from the international market, the thermal reactor capacity is on a growth path. This scale-up is an opportunity to enable a faster transition to thorium-based nuclear power generation in India.
Economic Survey calls for social media age limit: How this will this tackle digital addictionSubscriber Only
January 29, 2026 15:39 IST
If the government were to act on the Economic Survey’s recommendation, it would add India to a growing list of countries which are considering measures to tackle children’s exposure to social media content, which can be harmful for them
How Anthropic CEO Amodei’s warning about ‘AI destroying humanity in the future’ is a distractionSubscriber Only
January 28, 2026 13:54 IST
Whether AI models will become super-intelligent or not, the risks posed by them are already here, and not in the future, like Amodei and other CEOs have been saying
Can the right environment make animals ‘smarter’? Expert Explains the larger lessons from a brush-wielding bovineSubscriber Only
January 27, 2026 17:20 IST
Are some animals more intelligent than others? Are humans more likely to look for intelligence in certain species? Taking Veronika, the cow that hit headlines, as an example, the scientist who studied it answers key questions.
Why an Austrian cow scratching its back has scientists scratching their headsSubscriber Only
January 26, 2026 18:45 IST
While many other animals have been observed to use tools, this level of sophistication is rare outside of primates like chimpanzees. So is Veronika a super smart cow, or does the answer lie elsewhere?
Why ChatGPT is now looking to predict the age of its usersSubscriber Only
January 21, 2026 12:47 IST
AI chatbots are programmed to be agreeable companions that validate users’ feelings. But this unchecked validation can intensify suicidal behaviors and self-mutilation among vulnerable children confiding their deepest fears.
Our relationships with AI companions: An Expert Explains how tech can fray the social contractSubscriber Only
January 26, 2026 06:17 IST
What are the costs of giving up your deepest personal data to an AI chatbot? Can a technological solution address the social problem of loneliness? An expert explains.
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