Speaking during the "Mann Ki Baat" radio programme, PM Narendra Modi urged citizens to stay alert against rising cases of digital fraud and online scams. "Do not share your OTP, Aadhaar number, or bank account details with anyone. Most importantly, change your passwords regularly," PM Modi said. He also highlighted the importance of keeping KYC information up to date.

Generative AI creates content based on prompts, while agentic AI plans and executes tasks autonomously toward goals. Generative models enhance creativity, but agentic systems enable workflow automation and decision loops. Understanding this distinction helps enterprises choose appropriate architectures for content generation versus operational automation use cases.

Incubators provide mentorship, infrastructure and network access during early stages. Structured guidance improves product validation, compliance readiness and investor preparation. Startups leveraging incubator ecosystems reduce execution errors and gain faster market access. The right incubator aligns with sector focus and growth ambition.

Scalable startups build repeatable processes, validated unit economics, and operational frameworks before aggressive expansion. Premature scaling strains cash flow and culture. Entrepreneurs who focus on automation, delegation, and measurable KPIs achieve durable growth. Scalability emerges from disciplined systems, not rapid hiring alone.

Google Global Startups Vice President Darren Mowry warned that two types of AI start-ups, LLM wrappers and AI aggregators, could struggle to survive. LLM wrappers use existing large language models (LLMs) with a product layer to solve specific problems while AI aggregators bring together multiple LLMs into one interface. "Industry doesn't have…patience for that anymore," Mowry said.

Three engineers, including two ex-Google employees, were arrested in San Jose for sharing sensitive data with Iran. The information was related to cryptography, mobile processor security and other technologies. "As alleged, the defendants exploited their positions to steal confidential trade secrets... to benefit countries that wish us ill," said United States Attorney Craig H Missakian.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold over ₹10,956 crore worth of IT stocks in the first half of February, extending their selling streak. Since January 20, TCS has declined 13.5%, Infosys 18.4%, HCL Technologies 15%, and Wipro 12.5%, amid increasing concerns about AI. According to a JP Morgan report, the sector is likely in the third year of below-par growth.

Apple is ramping up work on smart glasses, a pendant that can be pinned to a shirt or worn as a necklace, and camera-equipped AirPods with expanded AI capabilities, Bloomberg reported. The glasses, featuring a dual-camera system, are in an advanced prototype stage. All three devices will be linked to Apple's iPhone and built around the Siri digital assistant.

Bangladesh became the latest country to sign the Delhi Declaration, a day after it was signed by 86 countries at India AI Impact Summit. With this, 87 different countries, including US, Russia, China, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil and Maldives, have signed the document. This comes amid a likely thaw in India-Bangladesh relations after Tarique Rahman became Bangladesh's new PM.

Harveen Singh Chadha, who is a researcher at India's Sarvam AI, revealed that his parents were not happy when he quit his job at Microsoft around 10 months back. Revealing their reaction after Sarvam's success at India AI Impact Summit, Harveen wrote, "Today...they were smiling...Dad showed me all the news channel recordings...Mom told me how she promoted Sarvam on WhatsApp."