John Xavier

5 days ago | thehindu.com | John Xavier

Artificial intelligence is experiencing a period of meteoric acceleration. Scarcely a week passes without fresh demonstrations of its expanding capabilities, as giants like OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic and Microsoft unveil deeper integrations of their AI models, each flaunting ever more advanced capabilities. These firms’ fortunes were built on data, both scraped from the internet and personal user details.

1 week ago | thehindu.com | John Xavier

Google’s annual I/O developer conference in 2025 was less a showcase of disparate product updates and more a systematic unveiling of an AI-centric future. The unspoken theme was that of a Matryoshka doll: at its core, a refined and potent artificial intelligence, with each successive layer representing a product or platform drawing life from this central intelligence. Google is not merely sprinkling AI across its offerings; it is fundamentally rearchitecting its vast ecosystem around it.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | John Xavier

Artificial Intelligence and tariffs have become the pivotal battlegrounds in the escalating rivalry between the United States and China, and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) redrew a significant line of engagement this week by formally rescinding the Biden administration’s “Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule”, mere days before its May 15th effective date. The rescission signals a strategic pivot in how America intends to wage this high-stakes tech war.

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | John Xavier

Apple is planning to raise prices for its upcoming iPhone lineup set to debut this September, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed sources. While the company has not publicly linked the increases to mounting U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, the report suggests Apple is working to present the price hikes as a result of new features and innovations rather than external economic pressures.

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | John Xavier

The AI arms race is in full swing, and every tech giant is manoeuvering for a dominant position. Microsoft, a heavyweight in this arena, has made a significant strategic move by bringing Mark D’Arcy, a marketing expert with over decade of experience at Meta and a prior stint at Time Warner, into its fold. His mission? To sprinkle some marketing magic on Microsoft Copilot, the company’s ambitious AI assistant, and help it not just compete, but truly connect with users.