The Tamil Nadu government has initiated discussions on implementing its artificial intelligence-driven governance agenda, with the newly formed Ministry for Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Digital Services holding its first high-level review meeting to outline priorities for digital infrastructure and AI-led administration.

India is embracing artificial intelligence at the exact moment its employment engine is weakening. The outsourcing and IT sectors that built the urban middle class are now aggressively automating the very work that built them: coding, customer support, analytics, documentation, and testing

Founded by entrepreneur Abhinav Kukreja, Neocambrian AI has announced its launch with a focus on building large-scale human action datasets for robotics and embodied AI systems. Kukreja had earlier founded DataVantage, an AI powered marketing workflows for medium and large technology enterprises.

Artificial intelligence is often imagined as something that lives in the cloud. In reality, it lives on the ground, drawing vast amounts of electricity, occupying land, and reshaping industrial geography. As India embraces AI, the challenge is no longer just technological ambition, but how the country fits into the physical and economic systems that make AI possible.

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) said it will host India’s first and largest National AI and Digital Water Summit in Bengaluru on May 27 to discuss the use of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in urban water management with experts and policymakers. The discussions will focus on AI-driven water governance, smart utility systems, digital twins, IoT-enabled monitoring, predictive analytics, wastewater reuse and sustainable financing models for urban infrastructure.

Target is moving from “using AI to running on AI,” but a shift in the pricing of the technology by its providers is ‌prompting the U.S. retailer to reassess the way it is deployed, its India head told Reuters on Monday.It’s about the intentional use and integration of AI rather than deploying it everywhere…,” Target India President Andrea Zimmerman said.

The rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping not just how businesses operate, but also how consulting firms charge for their services. Clients are increasingly pushing global firms such as McKinsey & Company to move away from billing based on hours worked and instead adopt pricing models tied to measurable outcomes.