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.
In a conversation with Brij Pahwa, Editorial Lead at BW Businessworld and exchange4media Group and Editor of MartechAI.com, Sabharwal said India could define its own measure of AI leadership.
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Santosh Bhat, Chief Data Scientist at Policybazaar, says India’s insurance activity continues to grow, but financial literacy and household security remain major challenges.
Bhartiya Converge has appointed Eric Pagdiwalla as COO to lead consulting, business services and customer success as it scales its GCC enablement business.
Anthropic has walked away from a reported $6 billion acquisition of AI startup Decart after conducting due diligence, although the companies could still collaborate.
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.
Tea Board India, ISRO's NRSC and NIT Rourkela have partnered on CHAAYANKAN, an AI-based project to monitor tea plantations using satellite and drone data.
Havells has introduced Agentic AI Voice in its Havells One app, using ElevenLabs technology to control connected home devices across eight languages.
Panchkula is set to get an AI Skills Centre aimed at training youth and professionals in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
WhatsApp is rolling out bill payments in India through Bharat Connect, giving users access to 22,722 billers across 30 categories within the app.
Boldfit has appointed former Lenskart CBO Oliver Kaye as COO to support its expansion across categories, channels and geographies.
AI Fiesta is expanding into Singapore and the Philippines through partnerships with giga! and Globe Telecom after crossing one million registered users.
IIT Madras-incubated Bodhan AI has launched four open AI models covering speech, translation and OCR to support multilingual education across Indian languages.
Disney has appointed former Microsoft and Xbox executive Jennifer Creegan as Head of Marketing Technology and Operations to strengthen its global marketing capabilities.
Flipkart and Bengaluru Traffic Police's Gridlock Hackathon drew 33,600 registrations and over 1,100 AI prototypes aimed at tackling the city's traffic challenges.
L'Oréal has appointed Marc Dicko as SAPMENA Chief Digital and Marketing Officer to oversee digital, eCommerce and marketing across more than 35 markets.
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.
Uber is cutting around 200-250 jobs in India as part of a global restructuring that will eliminate about 3,300 roles and simplify its organisational structure.
Mamaearth has entered ChatGPT advertising through a Criteo partnership as Honasa Consumer experiments with conversational AI as a new channel for brand discovery.
Chakravarthy, who currently leads Adobe’s Customer Experience Orchestration business, will take charge on December 1.
VerSe Innovation has launched SparkStation, a global AI content platform combining multiple AI models to help studios, brands, agencies and creators produce content.
Netcore.ai has appointed former IBM and LinkedIn executive Tariq Ahmad as CRO, International, with a mandate to double its international revenue within three years.
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.
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.
AI is becoming embedded in healthcare, but research on errors, overreliance and clinical reasoning is strengthening the case for human oversight in patient care.
Instagram will limit the recommendation reach of AI-generated profiles that fail to disclose their synthetic identity as it introduces a clearer profile label.
OneRail has launched OmniSTAR, an AI-powered delivery platform built with Nvidia technology to help retailers make faster, lower-cost last-mile delivery decisions.
Nokia has opened its first Saudi Arabia R&D centre in Riyadh to develop AI-powered network automation, orchestration and future 6G technologies.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that frontier AI could increase cyber risks and create new threats to global financial stability.
WhatsApp is testing an AI-powered Scam Alert that uses on-device machine learning to warn users about potentially fraudulent messages from unknown contacts.
Sandhya Devanathan’s move from Meta to OpenAI follows weeks of regulatory scrutiny in India, raising questions about the timing and her new mandate excluding India.
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting an attack on Iran’s Kharg Island, although no actual US strike on the key oil hub had been confirmed.
Apple is reportedly planning AI-powered smart glasses for late 2027, combining Siri, cameras and Visual Intelligence without a built-in display.
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.
IndiGo Ventures has invested in Sarvam AI's Series B as the companies expand their use of AI across customer service, employee productivity and airline operations.
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and other publishers have sued Anthropic, alleging copyrighted music was illegally obtained to train Claude AI.
TIME has unveiled its 2026 TIME100 AI list featuring Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Mira Murati and other figures shaping artificial intelligence.
AI is speeding up campaign creative, from ideation and storyboards to production and localisation, but human judgement remains critical as content volumes rise.
Prosyo has launched an AI-powered platform combining LinkedIn marketing, ABM, email outreach, personalisation and pipeline management.
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.
