IBM’s 1-nanometer chip, Google’s AI policy pitch, and Chinese AI

IBM’s 1-nanometer chip, Google’s AI policy pitch, and Chinese AI

Cognitive warmup. China’s Zhipu AI (Z.ai) has an open-weight GLM-5.2 model which some researchers insist matches Anthropic’s controversial Mythos in certain cybersecurity and vulnerability identification tasks. It must be noted that while GLM lags compared to other models from Anthropic and OpenAI in more general tasks, this is a representation that Chinese AI models have…

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Bank of Baroda partners Mizuho bank for M&A financing

Bank of Baroda partners Mizuho bank for M&A financing

MUMBAI: Bank of Baroda and Mizuho Bank have entered a strategic partnership to jointly pursue M&A financing, structured lending, and cross-border corporate banking, as deal activity and capital needs rise. The tie-up combines Mizuho’s global network and structured finance expertise with Bank of Baroda’s domestic franchise and corporate relationships. It comes after Mizuho acquired a…

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Reorient agriculture pricing policies, rain deficit a concern: Finance ministry

Reorient agriculture pricing policies, rain deficit a concern: Finance ministry

MUMBAI: Amid a prediction of below normal monsoon season, which has resulted in 22% decline in total area sown under kharif crop in June, finance ministry has called for the need to “reorient” agricultural pricing policies to incentivise the cultivation of climate-resilient crops and disincentivise water intensive ones, along with building water buffers. “The weak…

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