How do you know if an AI model is truly smart, or just good at passing tests? A sweeping new study from the University of Oxford  has revealed that many of the world’s most popular AI benchmarks may not accurately measure what they claim. The research, titled “Measuring What Matters: Construct Validity in Large Language Model Benchmarks,”  analyzed 445  benchmarking papers from top AI and machine learning conferences, and the findings are raising eyebrows across the industry.

Key Takeaways Google is investing $15 billion to build its largest AI hub outside the U.S. in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, aiming to power India’s AI-driven future and serve Asia and beyond. The project includes a gigawatt-scale data center, subsea cable infrastructure, and partnerships with Bharti Airtel and AdaniConneX, positioning Visakhapatnam as a critical global digital connectivity hub. This investment aligns with India’s Swadeshi push and AI mission, creating over 1

Key Takeaways UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in India with a 125-strong business delegation  to promote trade, investment, and...

Key Points AI adoption is growing,  Over half of UK adults have used generative AI in the past year, though nearly half have never used...

Key Points India will host the AI Impact Summit 2026  in New Delhi on Feb 19-20 with global leaders, researchers, and startups. The event...

Key Points Google has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), letting AI assistants securely shop, book, and pay on your behalf....

Key Takeaways Senator Ted Cruz has proposed an AI “sandbox” bill  allowing companies to apply for temporary regulatory exemptions. The...

Takeaways Google’s AI-generated Overviews are cutting referral traffic to publishers by up to 80–90%. Independent publishers have filed...

Takeaways Meta will block  its AI chatbots from discussing suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders with teens. Teens will instead be...

Takeaways OpenAI is planning a 1 GW AI data center in India , one of its biggest projects outside the US. The move aligns with India’s...

A ndhra Pradesh has signed a landmark MoU with NVIDIA to establish India’s inaugural AI University in Amaravati. NVIDIA—a pioneering...

A newly released paper from Barclays' Quantitative Analytics team— B eyond the Black Box: Interpretability of LLMs in Finance —offers one...

E arlier this year Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed that artificial intelligence is now capable of generating 95% of the...

Fractal , a Mumbai-based AI company, has launched Fathom-R1-14B , an open-source large language model with 14 billion parameters. This...

P ope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, has made artificial intelligence a priority in his new papacy. In recent speeches at the...