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TCS Extends Global Partnership with ALDI SOUTH to Strengthen IT Infrastructure and Automation

TCS Extends Global Partnership with ALDI SOUTH to Strengthen IT Infrastructure and Automation

As part of the expanded collaboration, TCS will implement its AI-enabled Cloud Operations Solution and advanced digital services to modernise and stabilise ALDI SOUTH’s IT landscape.

Character AI Launches “Stories” — A New Interactive Storytelling Format After Barring Minors from Converse with Chatbots

Character AI Launches “Stories” — A New Interactive Storytelling Format After Barring Minors from Converse with Chatbots

With Stories, users choose two or three characters, select a genre, and write or auto-generate a story premise.

Warner Music Group Reaches Settlement, Forms Major Partnership with AI Music Platform Suno

Warner Music Group Reaches Settlement, Forms Major Partnership with AI Music Platform Suno

WMG sued Suno and fellow AI startup Udio last year, accusing them of “widespread infringement” of copyrighted recordings on an “almost unimaginable scale.”

Snowflake Acquires Metadata Platform Select Star to Boost AI-Driven Data Discovery

Snowflake Acquires Metadata Platform Select Star to Boost AI-Driven Data Discovery

Select Star, founded by CEO Shinji Kim, brings tools that track where data comes from, how it's used, and by whom — turning raw data into rich, usable context.

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.5, Its Most Capable AI Model Yet

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.5, Its Most Capable AI Model Yet

The model also offers stronger support for long-running agentic workflows, making it well-suited for tasks such as multi-hour application rewriting.

Microsoft Unveils Fara-7B — A Compact AI Agent That Uses Your PC Like a Human

Microsoft Unveils Fara-7B — A Compact AI Agent That Uses Your PC Like a Human

Fara-7B visually perceives webpages through screenshots and uses a simulated mouse and keyboard to scroll, click, and type.