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Vishal Sikka, the former chief executive of Infosys, is back with a new venture aimed squarely at disrupting the IT services industry. Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, the startup draws talent from SAP, Infosys, and Sikka's own VianAI — a signal that this isn't a quiet experiment but a serious swing at a multi-trillion dollar market.
Shifting to gaming, UK pre-orders for GTA six are now live, and Rockstar has finally revealed what British players will pay. The US pricing was announced earlier, but the UK figure was held back until now. With an Ultimate Edition also available, the rollout is being watched closely as a bellwether for premium game pricing in a cost-conscious market.
And from the world of AI research, a new paper on arXiv introduces the concept of code as an agent harness — essentially using structured code not just to instruct AI systems, but to wrap and control them as autonomous agents. It's an early-stage idea, but one that touches on some of the deepest questions about how we safely deploy AI in the real world.
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