AI Journal 195th Edition

AI Companions: Your Personal Ally in 5 Years

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman predicts that within 5 years, everyone will have a personal AI companion that sees, hears, understands preferences, and acts as an ever-present friend navigating life's challenges—building on his Pi chatbot vision for empathetic AI.

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OpenAI Backs Altman’s Brain–Computer Interface Bet

OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a brain–computer interface startup backed by CEO Sam Altman, contributing the largest check in its $250 million seed round. The company aims to develop noninvasive neural interfaces to enable seamless human–AI interaction, deepening OpenAI’s vision of merging human cognition with artificial intelligence.

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Shaping AI for Development: Asia–Pacific at a Turning Point

Asia and the Pacific will experience AI as a transformative force shaping jobs, productivity, and development. With young populations and labor-intensive economies, the region must deploy AI to augment work, empower MSMEs, and expand human capability—ensuring inclusive growth, climate resilience, and dignity in the age of intelligent machines.

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Microsoft Pledges AI Data Centres Won’t Raise Local Power Bills

Microsoft announced new investments in AI-focused data centres, pledging to cover their full electricity costs so local residents don’t face higher power bills. The company also committed to reducing water usage and supporting local jobs, aiming to ease growing political and community opposition to large-scale AI infrastructure

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Cloudflare Acquires Human Native to Power Fair AI Data Deals

Cloudflare is acquiring U.K.-based startup Human Native to expand its AI data marketplace and enable fair, transparent transactions between AI developers and content creators. The move supports Cloudflare’s push to give creators control and compensation for content used in AI training, reinforcing its vision for a sustainable open internet.

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McKinsey tests AI chatbot for initial graduate recruitment screening to handle high application volumes, aiding human recruiters while addressing bias risks through oversight.

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Google launched TranslateGemma, open-source AI models (4B-27B parameters) on Gemma 3, supporting 55+ languages. It rivals ChatGPT Translate with local deployment, lower errors, and multimodal text-in-image translation.

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Calsoft deployed a multi-agent AI system for supply chains using a human-on-the-loop interface, enabling transparent agent reasoning, real-time oversight, and approval checkpoints that improve trust, control, and resolution speed in enterprise operations.

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Tech Mahindra posted strong Q3 FY26 results, with 14% profit growth, expanding margins, $1.1 billion deal wins, and AI-led momentum driven by partnerships with Google and AWS, signalling recovery despite cautious demand.

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