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IT Voice reports that Andhra Pradesh approved a ₹730.7 crore NIELIT-led campus in Amaravati, with AI, quantum technology, semiconductor and advanced-computing programs scheduled to begin in September 2026.
TechGig reports that Bengaluru-based Gnani launched Artha, combining the open-weight Evon v3.3 language model with the Plexus agent platform for self-hosted enterprise AI in India.
The startup, founded by former Google DeepMind engineers, is developing robot arms and wheeled platforms that factory workers can teach and correct directly in the workplace, according to Business Insider.
Valon CEO Andrew Wang told Business Insider that most new employees must first learn their roles without AI, after the company found costly overuse of powerful models and concerns about weakened judgment.
Fortune reports that scientists are using AI to analyze satellite imagery for signs of permafrost thaw, including Arctic lakes that drain suddenly after frozen ground collapses.
Arise News reports that LawPavilion unveiled an AI platform for Nigerian legal work, using verified local legal materials and tools for research, document review and case verification.
A YouGov survey of 1,250 employed U.S. adults found that about 3% reported losing a job because of AI since 2023, while 6% reported gaining an AI-created job and 9% reported an AI-related promotion. Fortune notes that the study is still in progress and has not been peer reviewed.
Copenhagen-based Repodo raised €8.2 million in pre-seed funding to build an authorised audit firm that uses agentic AI for data collection, reconciliation, documentation and transaction analysis while qualified auditors retain responsibility for review and sign-off, according to QUASA.
The Star reports that OpenAI-backed legal technology company Harvey released Harvey Tenet, a legal model post-trained on Moonshot AI’s open-weight Kimi K3. Harvey claims the model improves performance and cost efficiency, but those claims have not been independently confirmed.
A University of the Philippines policy brief proposes machine-learning tools to identify inactive or vulnerable public libraries and direct funding toward places most in need.
Ha Jung-woo has officially taken office as standing vice chair of South Korea’s National AI Strategy Committee, which plans to focus on semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers.
BBC Future reports that researchers are developing AI systems that combine handwriting transcription and cryptanalysis to read historical documents, including a 400-year-old manuscript and letters from the Thirty Years’ War.
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