India fastest-growing Asia market for NetApp; BFSI and public sectors key growth drivers: CEO

The San Jose-based data infrastructure company has also grown its global capability centre in Bengaluru, with the majority of global R&D processed out of the centre. With a team of about 4,000 engineers, the centre is the largest for NetApp and is core to the global innovation work for the company across technology areas.

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OpenAI safety employee quits, calls for nuclear-level safeguards

David Robinson, who previously led transparency work on OpenAI’s safety team, wrote in an essay that the ChatGPT maker “has thrived by trial and error.” However, he said the stakes of the inevitable failures that come from that approach are growing along with the technology’s capabilities, citing OpenAI’s failure to prevent its AI from going rogue during testing.

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Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey's app Bitchat removed by Apple in India

Apple has removed Jack Dorsey-backed offline messaging app Bitchat from its India App Store following a government takedown order under Section 69A of the IT Act.

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California attorney general opens probe into OpenAI over cybersecurity concerns

Last month, Bonta announced that the Department of Justice was conducting a formal investigation into the "Hugging Face incident," amid increasing scrutiny of the AI industry.

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AI agents tried to hack Canadian government website, research firm says

AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, an AI research firm said on Wednesday. The agents attempted to access Library and Archives Canada on May 8 and on June 9, AI research firm Transluce said in a blog post.

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Palmonas' offline push; IndiaAI's GPU crunch

Happy Thursday! Demi-fine jewellery brand Palmonas is betting on offline stores, cofounder Pallavi Mohadikar said. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

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FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI, source says

The Federal Trade Commission is opening a sweeping probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

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