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Inside AI: News and Innovations

Artificial Intelligence isn’t just the future—it’s happening now. From cutting-edge AI tools that make work and creativity easier, to breakthroughs that are transforming industries overnight, keeping up with AI can feel like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. This blog is your go-to source for the latest AI news, practical tool reviews, and insights that help you understand—and use—AI to its fullest potential. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a professional, or just AI-curious, we’ve got you covered. 

AI NEWS

1. 🤖 Google Debuts Gemini 2.5 "Computer Use" Model
Google unveiled its new specialized AI model, Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, which can navigate and surf the web like a human. Built on Gemini 2.5 Pro, the model is capable of interacting with user interfaces (UIs) to perform complex tasks such as clicking, typing, scrolling, and filling out forms, aiming to accelerate software testing and power agentic capabilities in Search.


2. 🤝 SoftBank Acquires ABB's Robotics Business for $5.375 Billion
SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) announced the acquisition of ABB's robotics business for $5.375 billion. This major deal aims to accelerate SBG's mission to realize Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) by combining ABB's robotics platform and industry expertise with SoftBank's state-of-the-art capabilities in AI and next-generation computing.

3. 🇪🇺 EU Launches "AI in Science" Strategy and RAISE Initiative
The European Commission announced a new "European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science" to accelerate the adoption of AI by European scientists. The strategy includes paving the way for the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE), a coordination effort for AI resources and talent, and establishing an AI Evaluation Hub to monitor and evaluate AI models in strategic scientific fields.

4. ⚖️ Relativity Makes Generative AI Solutions Standard in Cloud Offering
Legal technology company Relativity announced at Relativity Fest that its generative AI solutions, aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege, will be included as standard features in its RelativityOne cloud offering. This move aims to make advanced AI foundational to legal review, with some early customers reporting an 85% reduction in document review time.

5. 🧑‍💼 SAP Unveils New Role-Based AI Assistants in Joule
At its inaugural SAP Connect event, SAP showcased the next stage of its AI assistant, Joule. It introduced a new network of role-aware AI assistants designed to partner with humans in specific business roles (e.g., People Manager Assistant, Financial Planning Assistant). These assistants use specialized Joule Agents to orchestrate complex workflows across the SAP Business Suite.

6. 📞 Tata Communications Launches Agentic Voice AI Platform for BFSI
Tata Communications launched an industry-first comprehensive Voice AI platform powered by Agentic AI, engineered to transform customer journeys in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector. The solution offers speech-to-speech interaction with sub-$500 ms latency, supports over 40 Indian and global languages, and connects directly to enterprise APIs for instant task resolution.

7. 🔐 Gorilla Technology Launches Quantum-Safe SD-WAN for AI Infrastructure
Gorilla Technology Group announced the launch of an industry-first, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) Quantum-Safe Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) initiative. This new security layer uses NIST-approved PQC algorithms (CRYSTALS-Kyber and CRYSTALS-Dilithium) to provide quantum-resistant connectivity, future-proofing the network fabric that underpins national AI platforms and digital infrastructure.

8. 📊 Eventus Debuts "Frank AI" for Deterministic Financial Compliance
Eventus, a trade surveillance solutions provider, launched Frank AI, an artificial intelligence solution purpose-built for financial compliance teams. It utilizes deterministic AI to ensure secure, repeatable, and auditable results—addressing the regulatory challenge of "hallucination" in generic generative AI models—and allows users to query real-time market data using conversational English.

9. 💼 AI Reshaping South Asia's White-Collar Jobs
A World Bank report, the "South Asia Development Update," highlights a major shift in the region's labor market. It revealed a 20% decline in job listings for white-collar roles most vulnerable to generative AI. Conversely, the demand for AI-related skills is soaring, commanding a 30% wage premium, signifying AI's dual impact of displacement and the creation of higher-value, specialized jobs.

10. 📈 AlphaSense Integrates Financial Data into GenAI Market Intelligence Platform
AlphaSense, an AI platform for market intelligence, launched Financial Data, its newest innovation that provides a unified view of both quantitative and qualitative market intelligence. The feature blends structured financials and transactions data with proprietary qualitative content to enable new agentic workflows for deal sourcing, valuation modeling, and investment decisions.

11. 🏦 Aditya Birla Capital Unveils AI-Powered Features on ABCD Platform
Aditya Birla Capital announced the launch of a suite of AI-powered features and innovations on its flagship omnichannel D2C platform, ABCD, at the Global Fintech Fest 2025. This initiative highlights the financial institution's AI-first strategy aimed at reimagining customer journeys, automating underwriting, and enhancing service delivery to drive growth and efficiency.

12. 🎓 Jio Launches Free "AI Classroom" Foundation Course in India
Jio announced the launch of the 'AI Classroom - Foundation Course' powered by JioPC and designed by Jio Institute. The free, beginner-friendly program is structured to make every learner in India AI-ready, offering hands-on exposure to multiple AI tools and covering fundamentals, creativity, communication, and project-building.


📘 Book Summary: Deep Work — Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Author: Cal Newport

🧠 Main Idea:

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks. Mastering this skill leads to extraordinary productivity, creativity, and career success.

🔍 Key Concepts:

  1. Shallow vs. Deep Work

    • Shallow work (emails, meetings) is easy but low-value; deep work drives real progress.

  2. Embrace Boredom

    • Train your mind to focus even without constant stimulation.

  3. Work in Blocks

    • Schedule uninterrupted periods for high-value work.

  4. Quit Social Media

    • Limit tools that fragment attention and reduce mental bandwidth.

  5. Ritualize Work

    • Create routines and environments that support focus and minimize distractions.

🌱 Core Lessons:

  • Deep focus is a competitive advantage in any field.

  • Mastery and meaningful work come from extended periods of undistracted effort.

  • Protect your attention—it’s your most valuable resource.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         AI TOOLS

  • Goodie — Agentic Commerce Optimizer — Brand-facing agentic tool that gives real-time visibility and control over AI-driven shopping and checkout experiences.

  • Socotra — AI-driven Insurance Product Development — Automates insurance product design, pricing simulations, and go-to-market analytics for carriers.

  • Guideline — Guideline AI Agent — Conversational media-intelligence agent that surfaces advertising spend and pricing signals for media buyers and sellers.

  • Tata Communications — Voice AI Platform — Low-latency, multilingual voice AI platform for real-time customer engagement in enterprise verticals.

  • PumasAI — PumasAide — Embedded AI assistant for pharmacometrics that speeds modeling, simulations, and analysis inside the Pumas ecosystem.

  • TRUE + Candor — Instant Income Clarity — AI income-verification service delivering lender-ready income insights in minutes for mortgage workflows.

  • NETSOL — Check AI — AI-native credit decision engine automating document extraction, underwriting analysis, and credit checks.

  • EarthCam — AI Robotic Camera (Interior Construction) — On-device AI robotic camera that captures site images and produces rapid construction analytics.

  • Hahn Labs — Open Enrollment Call Automation — AI call-automation solution tailored to health-plan open-enrollment conversations and verification flows.

  • Radaris — AI People Search — AI-powered people-search platform designed for reconnecting and verifying contacts efficiently.



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