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  • The Yellow line metro runs through Bommanahalli area in Bengaluru, India, May 11, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • A view on the city skyline in sunset light, in Bengaluru, India, May 4, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • A city skyline with apartment blocks and office buildings, in Bengaluru, India, May 10, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

From diapers to drugs: How India’s global corporate hubs are putting AI to work

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May 28 (Reuters) – Whether they are recruiting the ideal “momfluencer” to sell diapers or trawling through reams of data to fast-track drug launches, global centers of multinational firms in India are ​increasingly putting AI to work in creative ways. Heads of several Global Capability Centres (GCCs) told Reuters ‌they are deploying AI across a

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Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? (Photo: Getty Image)

How tarot readers using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support, advice

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London, May 14 (The Conversation) If you’ve ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure out how to handle a tricky situation with a friend or colleague, you’re far from alone. For many, AI has become a modern oracle – a source of guidance, emotional support or clarity in moments of uncertainty – though

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  • Hanna Petersson, a member of Andon Labs’ technical staff, uses a telephone handset to speak with Andon Café’s AI agent ‘Mona’ in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Barista Kajetan Grzelczak makes a coffee at Andon Café at the Vasastan neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (Photo: AP)

The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe

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STOCKHOLM, May 12, 2026 (AP) — The coffee might be poured by a human hand, but behind the counter something far less traditional is calling the shots at an experimental cafe in Stockholm. San Francisco-based startup Andon Labs has put an artificial intelligence agent nicknamed “Mona” in charge at the eponymous Andon Café in the

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  • People install RedClaw AI software on their laptops in Beijing on March 22, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • People play games at a RedClaw AI promotion booth set up outside a shopping mall in Beijing on March 28, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Staff members help their customers install the RedClaw AI software on their laptops in Beijing on March 22, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • A staff member, left, helps a woman to install the RedClaw AI software on her laptop at an office in Beijing on March 22, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Shoppers rest at a RedClaw AI promotion booth set up outside a shopping mall in Beijing on March 28, 2026. (Photo: AP)

The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally

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HONG KONG, May 6, 2026 (AP) — On a recent weekday, around 50 people gathered outside the headquarters of a Chinese mobile internet company, waiting to get help with installing an artificial intelligence assistant. The scene in Beijing, China’s capital, was repeated for days at several events and was also seen in the southern technology

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