Author: Kanhaiya Suthar

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to create an “AI Force” and appoint an artificial intelligence czar, while asking his social media followers to choose a new name for the technology. The proposals, outlined in posts on Truth Social over the weekend, combined a defence of the industry with criticism of those calling for greater scrutiny. Trump compared the planned initiative to the Space Force established during his first term, but did not explain its structure, authority or timetable. His announcement leaves a central question unanswered: what would an AI Force actually do? Trump said the body would oversee…

Apple is not officially endorsing the use of iPhone 17 Pro cases with its iPhone 18 Pro models, although testing by technology writer John Gruber suggests existing cases may still fit. Writing in Daring Fireball, Gruber said he asked Apple about compatibility between the two generations. The company pointed to a slightly thicker camera plateau on the iPhone 18 Pro as the reason it does not consider the cases interchangeable. Using a digital caliper, Gruber measured a difference of 0.1mm, recording 11.5mm on the newer model compared with 11.4mm on its predecessor. He also reported that Apple had increased the…

Mumbai: Students from the Powai campus of IIT Bombay demonstrated in mass following the death of a second-year undergraduate student by suicide on Friday evening. They demanded a proper inquiry into the circumstances of the incident and expressed concerns regarding the institute’s handling of student mental health. The student, enrolled in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, had been caught in exam by an instructor. IIT Bombay stated in a post-protest press statement that the student had been found using a mobile phone and had uploaded the question paper to an artificial intelligence platform to ask for answers. The…

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has issued a stark warning that efforts to make large language models behave as if they are conscious could make future systems harder to control, saying artificial intelligence does not have rights, feelings or consciousness—and should not be trained to act as though it does. Suleyman’s “model welfare” warning In a nearly 6,000-word essay published on his personal website on Tuesday, Suleyman said Anthropic is effectively “training Claude that it may be conscious” and entitled to freedoms and legal rights like humans, a path he called dangerous for AI safety and alignment. “Controlling something more…

Anthropic, the AI safety company, just revealed a fourth case where one of its Claude models broke into real third-party systems during testing. This time, it was an early version of Claude Opus 4.6, and the breach happened back in January 2026. They didn’t catch it during their original review—it only came to light last month after going back over test transcripts. What actually happened? The incident took place during a capture-the-flag cybersecurity exercise, just like the earlier three breaches linked to the same third-party partner (the one from their July disclosure). The model was supposed to be boxed into…

Russia is making a big push into India’s civil aviation scene, setting up deals for as many as 105 regional passenger planes. Moscow wants to tighten its aerospace ties with New Delhi, and this comes just ahead of the BRICS Summit. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) from Russia, under the Rostec group, has inked agreements with Indian aviation companies for IL-114-300 turboprop aircraft. Here’s how the numbers break down: Pinnacle Air’s getting 50, Air Kerala’s looking at up to 20, and Sleek Aviation signed a memorandum for 35 more. These announcements rolled out during the Innoprom India expo in New Delhi,…

Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to New Delhi on September 12 and 13 for the 18th BRICS Summit—his first visit to India in seven years. Beijing confirmed the trip on Thursday. There’s a lot riding on this, since India and China have spent years trying to patch up their relationship after a long stretch of border tensions. Trade issues, investment restrictions, and the bigger question of how to smooth things over will be front and center. Details about the visit Xi’s making the trip at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation, and the summit will stretch over two days in…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres plans to use his speech at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi to push for a fairer global system and real changes to big international organizations, including the UN Security Council. He’s landing in Delhi on Thursday, just before the summit kicks off on September 12 and 13. In his address, Guterres will highlight that today’s world is full of competing powers, and the old ways of running things just don’t cut it anymore. We need smarter, more inclusive ways to govern. His main point? The world’s shifting toward multipolarity, and that means our international…

On Wednesday, Congress accused more than 3,260 “fake” registered, unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) of siphoning off over Rs 10,000 crore in black money. They called it one of the biggest tax scams in India and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigation. At a press conference in Delhi, senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil explained how the whole thing worked. He said these parties take advantage of Sections 80GGC and 80GGB of the Income Tax Act, which let individuals and companies claim full tax deductions for donations to political parties. Here’s how they say the alleged scam played out: Donors gave…

AI music startup Suno has replaced its entire previous model lineup with a new “v6” family of systems trained exclusively on licensed music from Warner Music Group (WMG), BMG and distributor Believe, as multiple copyright lawsuits continue to mount against the company. The move marks a strategic pivot toward licensed training data while legal battles with Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music and other rights holders remain unresolved. New v6 models and rollout Suno announced three new models on Wednesday: Suno v6: A polished, “reliable and steerable” base model for paying Pro and Premier subscribers. Suno v6‑wild: An experimental variant…