Google is upgrading Meridian with agentic AI, brand signals and GeoX to help marketers measure campaigns, audit data and improve marketing mix models.
Flam has raised $40 million in a QED Investors-led Series B to expand its AI-powered interactive content technology and scale enterprise sales globally.
Buildots has raised $130 million to expand its AI construction platform across data centres and major infrastructure projects, taking total funding to $297 million.
DialNexa analysed over one million AI-assisted calls in India, finding that latency, retries, Hinglish support and conversation design can influence voice AI performance.
OpenAI has acknowledged that its AI agents used a public German wiki to communicate during internal evaluations, prompting fresh scrutiny over autonomous AI behaviour.
PhonePe is expanding AI across consumer payments, merchant tools, fraud operations and internal workflows as it increases automation across its digital ecosystem.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slower AI development, independent monitoring and global coordination as concerns grow over increasingly capable systems.
Dialflo has raised ₹1.7 crore in its first funding round led by AJVC to expand its AI-first contact centre platform and grow its enterprise customer base.
TCS has opened a lights-out factory lab in Pune to help manufacturers test AI, robotics, digital twins and autonomous production systems.
DeepSeek has launched V4.1 Flash, a multimodal AI model designed for faster inference, lower infrastructure costs and a one-million-token context window.
Google has launched a dedicated Gemini app for Windows, giving PC users quick desktop access to AI-powered writing, summarisation, coding and image analysis.
Sam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries use roughly the water needed for one California almond, but independent analysis has questioned the comparison.
Harvey has raised $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation as the legal AI startup expands its models and tools for law firms and corporate legal teams.
Suno has launched new AI music models as it expands licensed music creation following agreements with Warner Music Group and BMG.
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent that can send emails, book travel, make purchases and complete tasks across connected apps and services.
OpenAI is expanding AI into chip design, life sciences and finance while cutting model prices as it looks to accelerate enterprise adoption.
Cathay Pacific is testing Google's AI-powered contrail forecasting technology to help pilots identify routes that could reduce the climate impact of persistent aircraft contrails.
Mistral AI has raised €3 billion at a valuation above €21 billion, with Samsung leading the round as the French company expands its sovereign AI strategy.
Anthropic has walked away from a reported $6 billion acquisition of AI startup Decart after conducting due diligence, although the companies could still collaborate.
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki has called for greater caution and possible slowdowns as increasingly capable AI systems raise new safety and control concerns.
Wondrlab has launched WondrAgents, a system of seven specialised AI agents designed to manage influencer campaigns across OPA and Opportune.
Navana.ai has raised ₹40 crore in Series A funding led by Ronnie Screwvala to expand its Voice AI platform across BFSI and strengthen Indian-language speech models.
ReBid has added ChatGPT Ads activation and analytics to its Agentic AI platform, enabling brands to manage and measure the channel alongside other digital media.
OpenAI, WAN-IFRA and AIRPPU have launched an AI programme offering training, implementation support and API credits to independent Ukrainian news publishers.
Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging their journalism was used without permission to train and operate generative AI products.
Havells has introduced Agentic AI Voice in its Havells One app, using ElevenLabs technology to control connected home devices across eight languages.
TCS' HyperVault plans a 1GW AI data centre campus in Hyderabad, with up to ₹70,000 crore investment and infrastructure for AI companies and hyperscalers.
Panchkula is set to get an AI Skills Centre aimed at training youth and professionals in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra with advanced computer-use, coding, research and cybersecurity capabilities as it expands AI into complex multi-step tasks.
AI Fiesta is expanding into Singapore and the Philippines through partnerships with giga! and Globe Telecom after crossing one million registered users.
OpenAI-linked AI agents made more than 15,000 edits to a German programming wiki, where researchers say they shared tactics to bypass restrictions and avoid detection.
IIT Madras-incubated Bodhan AI has launched four open AI models covering speech, translation and OCR to support multilingual education across Indian languages.
Meta has told managers not to use AI token counts or adoption dashboards to evaluate engineers, shifting performance reviews towards work quality, speed and impact.
OpenAI's upcoming Astra model is raising safety concerns over recurrent depth, a reasoning technique that could make parts of AI decision-making harder to monitor.
Adobe has acquired Indian AI startup Rilo, adding its six-member team and workflow automation technology as it expands its agentic AI capabilities for marketers.
Swiggy's CREW has entered the travel segment with an AI-backed concierge service offering trip planning, bookings, recommendations and on-trip assistance.
Mamaearth has entered ChatGPT advertising through a Criteo partnership as Honasa Consumer experiments with conversational AI as a new channel for brand discovery.
VerSe Innovation has launched SparkStation, a global AI content platform combining multiple AI models to help studios, brands, agencies and creators produce content.
Global AI infrastructure investment could reach $31.6 trillion by 2050 as spending on data centres, chips and computing capacity accelerates, PwC projects.
Sam Altman says OpenAI will launch its next AI model, Astra, soon as the company strengthens safeguards around increasingly advanced AI capabilities.
Gupshup has launched a self-serve Voice AI platform that lets enterprises build multilingual AI agents for support, sales, payments and operational calls.
Google and The One Club have launched a global AI Creative Challenge featuring 128 creators, 16 cities and $50,000 in prize money, with Mumbai hosting an event in October.
NPCI is reportedly developing a framework that could allow AI agents to make limited UPI payments under user-defined rules, spending limits and safeguards.
InsuranceDekho and RenewBuy have merged to create an AI-enabled insurance platform with a Rs 6,600 crore premium book and over six lakh digital partners.
Instagram will limit the recommendation reach of AI-generated profiles that fail to disclose their synthetic identity as it introduces a clearer profile label.
Nokia has opened its first Saudi Arabia R&D centre in Riyadh to develop AI-powered network automation, orchestration and future 6G technologies.
Mureka has launched V9.5, an AI music model designed to generate more natural vocals, coherent arrangements and songs that better follow creator prompts.
WhatsApp is testing an AI-powered Scam Alert that uses on-device machine learning to warn users about potentially fraudulent messages from unknown contacts.
ChatGPT has become the first AI chatbot designated for tougher oversight under the EU Digital Services Act after crossing the bloc’s 45 million-user threshold.
LinkedIn is expanding Premium All-in-One, combining AI-powered sales, marketing and hiring tools in a single subscription designed for small businesses.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity through a funding round that could value the AI search and agent startup at more than $30 billion.
A Mumbai marketing professional used Anthropic's Claude AI to build BharatRajya, an interactive history platform later highlighted by PM Narendra Modi.
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and other publishers have sued Anthropic, alleging copyrighted music was illegally obtained to train Claude AI.
Fireflies.ai is exploring acquisitions of Indian AI and voice AI startups while introducing a lower-priced plan to expand its presence in India.
Meta is testing Project Hatch, a personal AI agent that can shop, book restaurants, manage emails and perform online tasks on behalf of users.
More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic, are calling for stronger cyber defences as AI-enabled attack risks increase.
Karnataka is exploring ElevenLabs voice AI pilots across skilling, healthcare, investor assistance and citizen services, with a focus on responsible AI deployment.
Flipkart Ads launches Saarthi, combining AI-powered campaign intelligence with zero-cost agency support to help sellers manage and optimise advertising.
AWS will deploy two million additional Nvidia GPUs across its global infrastructure in 2027 and 2028 as demand for large-scale AI computing continues to grow.
OpenAI says around 1,200 AI agents communicated during cybersecurity tests, with roughly 700 participating in unauthorised activity targeting Hugging Face.
Google Cloud and boAt are bringing Gemini Live to upcoming Crest AI audio devices, enabling conversational AI, regional language support and hands-free productivity.
Semrush launches an official Claude connector, giving marketers direct access to live keyword, backlink, competitor and market intelligence through AI conversations.
Cashfree launches Relay, an AI agent platform that automates cart recovery, failed payments, COD confirmation, subscription dunning and disputes for SMBs.
Wipro’s iSkill AI learning agent has crossed 7,500 employee conversations, using role, skills and certification data to personalise course recommendations.
OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Ads in India for Free and Go users, starting with 50 brands and introducing an Ads Manager for marketers in September.
Auxia launches Agent Studio, an agentic marketing platform that uses AI agents to plan, build, execute and coordinate campaigns across existing marketing tools.
Stability AI raises $76 million from Sony Music, Universal Music, Warner Music, EA and other investors to expand its generative AI tools for creative production.
OpenAI data centre chief Chris Malone has left the company as it reorganises infrastructure leadership amid an expanding push to secure AI computing capacity.
Ringg AI raises $10 million led by Peak XV Partners to expand its voice, WhatsApp and browser AI agents and strengthen its enterprise AI platform.
Wipro has integrated iSkill, an AI conversational agent, into its AI Academy to personalise learning recommendations for more than 240,000 associates.
Huawei has proposed supplying over 2,000 Ascend AI chips for Egyptian government data centres as the US explores a rival offer involving Nvidia, AMD and Microsoft.
Hightouch appoints 20-year Google veteran Jitendra Kumar as Head of Commercial, Advertising to expand its agency relationships and agentic marketing business.
AI safety startup Alice raises $140 million to expand its model testing and security platform as its AI business grows more than 500% in two years.
Apple refreshes Mac Mini and Mac Studio with new chips, higher memory capacity and a focus on running AI models and agentic workloads locally.
OpenAI’s first Jalapeño benchmarks show up to 1.9x higher performance per watt and up to 3.6x lower latency across three AI models.
Bengaluru-based Murf AI has launched Falcon 2, a text-to-speech model built for real-time AI agents with under-100ms voice generation and support for 35+ languages.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity through a new funding round that could value Aravind Srinivas’ AI search startup at more than $30 billion.
Xiaomi has launched its 3nm Xring O3 mobile processor with enhanced AI capabilities as it looks to gain greater control over chips used in flagship devices.
Alibaba plans to raise about $10.2 billion through a Hong Kong share placement, with all net proceeds earmarked for AI capabilities and infrastructure.
Meta’s AI-first advertising push is shifting paid social teams away from manual campaign controls towards creative strategy, data quality and measurement.
Nvidia AI server prices are reportedly set to rise by more than 15% in many cases as soaring memory costs affect Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems.
Andhra Pradesh has approved a Rs 31,387 crore, 512 MW green AI data centre in Visakhapatnam, expected to create up to 1,000 jobs.
AWS expands OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna access through Amazon Bedrock for Indian enterprises, supporting AI reasoning and agentic workloads.
OpenAI adds an Apple Messages plug-in to ChatGPT on Mac, allowing users to search conversations, draft replies and send iMessage, SMS and RCS texts.
Meta has become one of Microsoft’s biggest AI customers, reportedly spending hundreds of millions annually and consuming trillions of tokens weekly through Azure.
Waymo has revealed a custom 5nm ASIC for its robotaxis, designed to process camera, lidar and radar data in real time as it scales its sixth-generation autonomous driving system.
Meta AI adds advertising analytics tools that can analyse campaigns, audiences and creatives while recommending changes to performance and budget allocation.
Xebia becomes an OpenAI Select Partner to help enterprises build and scale agentic AI across data, software and business workflows.
Bata India moves its creative marketing operations to an AI-led model with Zocket, targeting more than $1 million in annual agency and production cost savings.
Google is offering eligible Indian college students Google AI Plus free for one year, with expanded Gemini access, AI tools and 400 GB of cloud storage.
UNIVO Education launches an AI Readiness Initiative with free foundational courses as India moves to expand AI literacy and skill one crore youth.
Higgsfield raises $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation as the AI video startup expands enterprise tools for marketing and creative workflows.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI could help cure or prevent most diseases within five to 10 years, while biological data and clinical validation remain key hurdles.
NCW expands Yashoda AI to Jalandhar, bringing AI literacy, cybersecurity awareness and digital safety training to women as part of its national outreach.
Blue Machines AI launches FLOE, an evaluation framework designed to assess how voice AI systems detect and handle language switching in multilingual conversations.
Z.ai delays GLM-5.3’s open-weight release by two weeks after the Chinese AI model demonstrated advanced cybersecurity and vulnerability-discovery capabilities.
Liquid Death and Garage Beer team up with Jason Kelce for an unconventional campaign addressing the water consumption associated with AI data centres.
IIT Bombay's online ePGD in Computer Science and Engineering covers AI, generative AI, computer vision, cybersecurity and advanced computing systems.
PepsiCo launches a global marketing agency review as it looks to integrate AI, data and technology more deeply across creative, media and marketing operations.
Unilever used AI forecasting, content technology and digital infrastructure to coordinate its FIFA World Cup 2026 activation across more than 120 markets.
Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-27B, expanding its open-weight AI strategy with a smaller model aimed at local hardware, coding and professional workflows.
Alibaba launches HappyShrimp in beta, expanding its generative AI portfolio into music creation with tools for generating songs, lyrics and audio content.
Instabase becomes SuperApp and launches an AI collaboration workspace bringing GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and teams together in a shared environment.
TCS launches ADD AgentHub, an agentic AI platform designed to automate clinical development and pharmacovigilance workflows while retaining human oversight.
Kerala deploys AI-based PRISM at Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail to monitor inmate behaviour, contraband smuggling and potential escape attempts.
OpenAI appoints former Wiz executive Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser as the company expands its enterprise AI business.
A Goa-based cybersecurity professional used ChatGPT’s image-analysis capabilities to locate his lost clogs among rows of footwear outside Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple.
Anthropic appoints former Google Cloud executive Rajat Pandit to lead Applied AI for India, strengthening its focus on enterprise AI deployment.
Google is making visible watermarks optional for AI-generated images, videos and music while retaining SynthID and C2PA provenance signals.
Jasper has promoted Tom Newton to CMO and appointed Lauren Newman as CFO as the AI marketing company expands its enterprise and AI agent strategy.
L'Oréal is expanding AI across content creation, media investment and beauty discovery as it adapts its marketing strategy to changing consumer behaviour.
Rajasthan Royals is using AI across IPL auctions, match analytics, scouting, marketing and ticketing as it expands its data-led approach to cricket operations.
Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash with stronger coding, agentic workflow and web development capabilities, alongside lower introductory API pricing.
Indian scientists have developed ACCSeND, a deep learning tool designed to identify cancer stem-like cells that can be difficult to detect within tumours.
India is building multilingual, voice-first AI through platforms such as BHASHINI, BharatGen and Bharat-VISTAAR to broaden access beyond English-first users.
Lovable has raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation as the Swedish AI startup sees rapid growth in its vibe coding platform.
Rezolve AI has launched Rezolve Provenance to mark, sign and verify AI-generated and AI-modified text, images, voice and video.
Deloitte is expanding its AI controls and assurance capabilities as enterprises increase adoption of generative and agentic AI across business operations.
Apple is reportedly exploring multiyear licensing deals with news publishers to bring current information to its upcoming AI-powered Siri.
SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot in beta, allowing teams of persistent AI agents to coordinate and perform workplace tasks across apps and websites.
Anthropic is adding invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text and provenance metadata to files as EU AI transparency requirements take effect.
IBM and CHRIST University have launched an AI Innovation Center focused on GenAI, agentic AI, enterprise technologies, research and talent development.
Sophelio has launched a NeurIPS 2026 challenge asking AI researchers to reconstruct magnetic structures inside fusion systems without magnetic sensor data.
Former OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is leaving the AI company after eight years and plans to start a new venture following his move to special projects earlier in 2026.
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6 Cyber and expanded Daybreak into Blue and Red tiers as advanced AI capabilities reshape cybersecurity defence and vulnerability research.
Sophos is expanding its OpenAI partnership to bring frontier AI models to managed service providers through its AI-native Sophos Fusion cybersecurity platform.
Spotify will introduce AI Persona badges from mid-September and exclude labelled AI-generated artist identities from editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default.
NVIDIA has partnered with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to mobilise over $500 billion for AI infrastructure.
Zoom is using creator partnerships to build authority and test whether third-party content can strengthen its visibility across AI-generated search results.
SwitchBot has launched KATA AI Assistant, an LLM-powered tool that lets users control devices, build automations and troubleshoot smart home products conversationally.
Anthropic will make auto mode the default for Claude Code, allowing the AI coding agent to perform more actions without repeatedly asking users for permission.
Meta has launched Muse Glimmer, an open-weight AI model built for agentic tasks that can run locally on laptops and PCs as it expands its open AI strategy.
AI-powered weather forecasts helped some Telangana farmers record net savings of up to $560, as the World Bank highlights the potential of low-cost AI in agriculture.
Samsung is studying how consumers use AI in everyday life to shape future Galaxy experiences, with its India R&D teams also developing locally relevant AI features.
Warner Bros. has used an AI-generated dog podcast to promote “The End of Oak Street”, bringing generative AI into its marketing campaign ahead of the film’s release.
OpenAI is slowing work on its unreleased Astra AI model after tests flagged advanced cybersecurity capabilities, prompting tighter safeguards before deployment.
Maharashtra FDA’s AI-powered portal lets citizens report food and drug safety violations using voice in Marathi, Hindi and English, with automated routing and tracking.
India recorded 2.6 AI-linked hires for every role lost, but a widening skills mismatch could put freshers and entry-level workers under pressure, a Nomura report finds.
OpenAI’s first AI smart speaker could cost between $300 and $400, with the screen-free, Jony Ive-designed device reportedly targeting a 2027 launch.
Adobe has launched a unified ChatGPT plugin bringing over 70 tools from Photoshop, Acrobat, Premiere, Firefly and other apps into conversational workflows.
xAI has launched Grok Imagine Image 2.0 with region-level editing, multi-image references and improved creative control as competition with OpenAI intensifies.
AMD has agreed to acquire AI chip startup Taalas, adding specialised silicon technology designed to improve AI inference performance and efficiency.
Consint.AI has raised Rs 22 crore in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered fraud detection, claims processing and risk management technology globally.
Reliance Retail has acquired Furrl’s AI Styling Engine and commerce app to strengthen personalised fashion discovery across its digital and omni-channel platforms.
Smallest.ai raises $13 million in a Series A led by Seligman Ventures to scale its low-latency speech-to-speech AI platform for enterprise voice interactions.
Scientists have used AI to design functional bacteria-killing viruses, highlighting potential applications in phage therapy while prompting fresh biosecurity discussions.
Gartner predicts over 70% of global advertising spend will flow through AI-powered self-serve platforms by 2028, reshaping digital marketing and media buying.
Meta has launched Muse Code, an AI coding agent built on Muse Spark 1.2 to help developers manage large codebases and automate software engineering workflows.
Google Maps has introduced agentic AI features that let users order food, discover hotels and personalise travel planning through conversational AI.
Microsoft has opened its largest India data centre hub in Hyderabad, expanding cloud capacity to meet rising enterprise AI and digital transformation demand.
