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India’s AI research institute Sarvam on Tuesday unveiled a new generation of large-scale language models. The company is betting that its smaller, more efficient open-source AI models can capture some market share from more expensive systems offered by much larger American and Chinese rivals. The announcement, made at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, is in line with New Delhi’s efforts to reduce dependence on foreign AI platforms and tailor models to local languages and use cases. Sarvam said the new lineup includes 30 billion and 105 billion parameter models. Text-to-speech model. Speech-to-text model. and a vision model…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Wednesday. Ever since I read about Mike’s Red Taco’s new franchise plans, I’ve been craving birria.Stock futures are rising this morning. All three major indexes ended yesterday’s trading little changed.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Delivery troubleOnline retailer Amazon’s logo and lettering can be seen on the facade of Amazon’s German headquarters. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesAmazon Yesterday we ended a huge losing streak, but the damage was done. The e-commerce giant has lost…
Real Madrid’s 1-0 victory over Benfica in the UEFA Champions League was marred by further abuse allegations against Brazil international Vinicius Junior at the Spanish club.The 25-year-old forward, who has 45 caps and will lead Brazil’s attack at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, has been the victim of a series of racist abuses, with 18 legal charges filed against him since 2022.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe latest incident, which followed an exchange with Benfica’s Argentine winger Gianluca Prestianni and a subsequent altercation with home team manager Jose Mourinho, forced Real to leave the field for 10 minutes…
Democratic Texas Congressman James Talarico speaks at the U.S. Senate campaign launch rally in Round Rock, Texas, on September 9, 2025.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesStephen Colbert has accused CBS of banning him from airing an interview with Texas Congressman James Talarico, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, on his late-night TV show.”You know who’s not my guest tonight? That’s Texas Congressman James Talarico,” Colbert told the show’s studio audience on Monday night’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.””He was supposed to be here, but our network’s attorney called us directly and told us in no uncertain terms that…
Indian AI company Sarvam plans to bring newly released AI models to users by bringing them to Nokia feature phones, cars, and its own smart glasses. The company, backed by Lightspeed, PeakXV, Khosla Ventures and others, said at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi that it uses an edge model that takes up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline. The company is partnering with HMD to bring its conversational AI assistant to Nokia and HMD phones. A video demo showed users clicking a dedicated AI button on…
Palmerston, the black-and-white feline that appeared from the streets of London to the hallowed halls of the British Foreign Office, has died on the island of Bermuda, the Foreign Office announced Monday. The former Foreign Office “mouse catcher in chief” left Whitehall in 2020, but returned to the spotlight in 2025 when he joined Bermuda’s new governor, Andrew Murdoch, in the overseas territory, according to an Instagram post. According to Cat X’s account, the “diplomat extraordinaire” passed away peacefully on February 12th. The cat, affectionately known as “Palmy”, was “a special member of the Bermuda Governor’s Office team and a…
South Africa continue their bid to win their first ICC title by defeating the UAE by six wickets in the 2026 T20 World Cup.listen to this article | 2 minutesinformationPublished February 18, 2026February 18, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareSouth Africa beat the United Arab Emirates by six wickets in New Delhi, chasing down the winning target of 123 with 40 balls remaining, to finish the group stage of cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup unbeaten.South Africa opted to bat first on Wednesday, with veteran pace bowler Corbin Bosch taking 3-12 from his four overs and Henrich Nortje taking 2-28…
Andreipov | iStock | Getty ImagesA recent court filing revealed that the Trump administration identified more than 40,000 borrowers eligible for federal student loan forgiveness in January.More than 10,800 borrowers eligible for debt forgiveness were enrolled in the U.S. Department of Education’s income-based repayment plans. More than 10,700 people were also enrolled in income-contingent repayment plans. and 820 borrowers enrolled in the Pay as You Earn Repayment Plan. All three of these programs are known as income-driven repayment plans. IDR limits a borrower’s monthly bills to a portion of their discretionary income and erases the remaining debt after a set…
ARM Replica is an electronic chipboard at a joint ceremony to launch the partnership between Malaysia and ARM Holdings on March 5, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hari Angara | Nuru Photo | Getty ImagesBritish semiconductor company’s New York-listed stock arm It rose 1.4% in premarket trading Wednesday after the document showed. Nvidia I sold the stock of a company that I had once wanted to buy. At the end of the third quarter, Nvidia held 1.1 million shares of Arm stock, valued at $155.8 million. The semiconductor giant’s filing with the SEC on Tuesday showed it sold the stock.…
melbourne, australia AP — It was an unexpected sight to see the ungainly body of a shark languidly running across the barren ocean floor, too deep for sunlight to reach. Researcher Alan Jamieson said this week that many experts thought there were no sharks in Antarctica’s frigid waters until the sleeper shark waddled gingerly into the spotlight of a video camera. The shark, photographed in January 2025, was a sizeable specimen with an estimated length of 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet). “We went there not expecting to see sharks, because there’s a general rule of thumb that…