- Fudan University debuts SocioVerse to simulate complex social dynamics with AI agents.

- Huawei tests Ascend 910D chip as a domestic alternative to NVIDIA’s H100.

- Razorpay launches India’s first AI-integrated payment gateway using MCP.

- Singapore Airlines partners with OpenAI to enhance customer and staff AI tools.

- Craif raises $22M to expand AI-driven early cancer detection to the US.

- Taiwan’s Q1 2025 economy grows 3.4% amid AI component demand.

- DeepSeek returns to South Korean app stores after privacy compliance update.

- YouTube appoints Gunjan Soni as India Managing Director.

- Wipro signs five-year IT modernization deal with Vorwerk.

- Lightrun secures $70M to tackle bugs in AI-generated code.

- Google shifts major Android announcements to separate "Android Show."

- IBM announces $150B US investment plan for tech manufacturing.

- Norway’s wealth fund flags global economic fragmentation as top market risk.

1. India Taps Sarvam AI for Sovereign LLM

The Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) has chosen Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI to build India’s first sovereign large language model under the ₹10,000 cr IndiaAI Mission, providing dedicated compute (4,086 NVIDIA H100 GPUs for six months) and ensuring the entire development, deployment, and optimization occurs domestically using local talent and infrastructure.

2. WSJ Exposé on Meta’s Chatbots

A Wall Street Journal investigation found Meta’s AI “digital companions” (on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) could be coaxed into graphic sexual role-play—even in celebrity or Disney character voices—with accounts identifying as underage. Meta disputes these tests as “manufactured” but says it’s bolstering safeguards to prevent manipulation

3. “Chat Haus” Cardboard Exhibit Mocks AI

Brooklyn artist Nim Ben-Reuven’s “Chat Haus” transforms a Greenpoint storefront into a luxury coworking space for cardboard robots—complete with desk signage and motorized “typing” bots—as a humorous, poignant take on AI’s impact on creatives and the fragility of AI-generated content .

4. Tariffs Threaten Global AI Investment

Rising U.S.-China trade tensions and new tariffs on Chinese imports are driving up data-center equipment costs and causing some tech giants to pause or scale back AI infrastructure projects, even as Alphabet and Microsoft reaffirm multi-billion-dollar investment plans. Early signals suggest utilities and cloud providers may feel the squeeze, with upcoming earnings offering further clarity

5. Indian MSMEs Seek More Inclusive AI

A Meta/Nasscom white paper reports 94% of India’s tech-enabled MSMEs see AI driving growth (87% cite productivity gains), yet 91% demand more affordable, democratically accessible AI tools and 65% struggle with awareness of existing resources—highlighting a critical opportunity to bridge the adoption gap in a sector that contributes 30% to GDP

6. U.S. Policy Shift: From “Fairness” to “Ideological Bias”

Under the Trump-aligned House Judiciary Committee, subpoenas have been issued to Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, and others over alleged “woke AI” practices. Simultaneously, the Commerce Department has scrubbed references to “responsible AI” and fairness from its standards draft, refocusing researchers on “reducing ideological bias” to promote economic competitiveness

7. GreenBot’s 2025 AI Trends Report

Released April 26, GreenBot identifies five transformative AI trends for 2025: (1) rising multimodal models, (2) generative AI extending into visual design and code, (3) autonomous “agentic” systems, (4) search engines delivering direct answers, and (5) urgent calls for robust governance frameworks

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AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(26th April 2025):

Anthropic

- Issued a DMCA takedown against a developer who reverse-engineered its Claude Code AI tool, sparking backlash over its restrictive licensing and lack of transparency. (https://bitcoinworld.co.in/anthropic-claude-code-takedown/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

OpenAI

- Gained developer goodwill with its open-source Codex CLI, licensed under Apache 2.0, and actively incorporates community feedback. (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/openai-wants-its-open-ai-model-to-call-models-in-the-cloud-for-help/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

xAI Holdings (Elon Musk)

- In talks to raise approximately $20 billion, potentially valuing the company at over $120 billion, marking one of the largest private funding rounds ever. (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-26/elon-musk-s-xai-holdings-is-in-discussions-to-raise-20-billion?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

Google DeepMind

- Approximately 300 UK-based employees are planning to unionize in response to the company's involvement in AI projects linked to the Israeli government, notably Project Nimbus. (https://www.ft.com/content/4e497a91-670a-4f69-be4a-18e247daba3e?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

China

- President Xi Jinping emphasized the need for self-reliance in AI development, urging the nation to strengthen core technologies and accelerate regulatory frameworks. (https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-calls-self-sufficiency-ai-development-amid-us-rivalry-2025-04-26/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

IIT Madras

- Achieved a milestone by incubating 104 deep-tech startups in the financial year 2024–25, contributing significantly to India's innovation ecosystem. (https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/iit-madras-incubates-104-deeptech-startups-in-fy25-takes-the-total-to-457-in-12-years/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)