Disney agrees to hire most Character.AI employees following its bankruptcy filing, with annual compensation estimated at $60 million and a proposed $20 million asset deal.
As AI makes advertising more personalised, are brands crossing consumer boundaries? Industry research examines the balance between relevance, privacy and trust.
Bluesky expands its Attie AI platform, allowing users to build websites, games, quizzes and interactive experiences using AI, with integration into its decentralised social network.
OpenAI is adapting its AI product priorities to India's voice-first users, focusing on multilingual conversations, Hindi-English switching, Android compatibility and connectivity.
Apple and Meta announce an AI collaboration to run the 816-billion-parameter Muse Spark Open model locally on Mac Studio computers, supporting developers and AI agents.
Infosys plans to hire 20,000 graduates despite 80,000 employees using AI coding tools, as CEO Salil Parekh expects AI services to drive nearly half its work.
AI is changing school admissions and marketing through chatbots, personalised campaigns and automated enquiries, while raising questions about parent trust and human engagement.
Apple reportedly plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China in December through iOS 27.3, bringing AI writing tools and photo editing but excluding the new Siri.
IKEA is expanding AI use in marketing and content localisation while keeping brand strategy, creative decisions and messaging under human control.
YouTube Music introduces AI labels to identify fully and partly AI-generated songs, giving listeners greater transparency as AI music expands across streaming platforms.
Getty Images plans to go private under a $533 million restructuring agreement backed by the Getty family and Koch Equity Development, following its failed Shutterstock merger.
Sarvam AI is reportedly in talks to raise up to $300 million at a $3 billion valuation, potentially doubling its valuation four months after its previous funding round.
Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, as the company expands its AI infrastructure, custom chips and generative AI capabilities.
AI agents are transforming marketing by automating ad optimisation, personalisation, lead generation, campaign analytics and content creation, reducing manual workloads.
Google AI Overviews have been spotted responding to typos, random text and searches with no matching web pages, highlighting changes in AI-powered search behaviour.
TCS says nearly 80% of recent hires have AI and digital skills, while 25-30% possess specialised AI capabilities as the company expands its AI business.
Pollo AI integrates OpenAI's GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra and GPT-Image-2.5 to help brands create video ads, campaign visuals and marketing content from product photos.
Google launches AI Edge Foresight, an offline AI meeting assistant for Mac that transcribes conversations, generates notes and answers questions using on-device Gemma models.
OpenAI introduces Intelligent UI in GPT-6, enabling ChatGPT to generate interactive charts, diagrams, calculators and visual responses within conversations.
AI is making marketing faster, but is it delivering better results? Research reveals gaps in creativity, personalisation, customer experience and measurable ROI.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma offers Rs 1-2 crore from personal funds to Indian founders developing AI models, encouraging domestic AI innovation.
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI has unveiled Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight model built for reasoning, coding and AI agent workloads.
CurvetAI has raised Rs 6 crore led by Merak Ventures to expand its multi-model AI workspace and develop agent-based capabilities for complex workflows.
OpenAI will add invisible textGrain watermarks to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU, allowing AI-generated content to be identified by specialised detectors.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman says the AI data centre investment boom is supporting the US economy and helping keep it out of recession.
Google is changing Gemini access from October 9, limiting advanced models for free and AI Plus users while shifting everyday use towards Gemini 4 Flash.
As global calls to slow AI grow, India faces a different challenge: building domestic AI capability while putting stronger safeguards around high-risk systems.
YouTube has introduced AI workflow tools for news publishers alongside identity protection features aimed at detecting unauthorised AI-generated likenesses.
Google has updated its AI content guidance to require manual fact-checking of AI-generated copy and metadata, while Gemini links have been spotted carrying UTM tags.
A false AI-assisted intelligence report nearly led US forces to intercept a Chinese ship after its cargo was incorrectly linked to a nuclear weapons programme.
AWS has launched the Well-Architected Agent in preview to analyse cloud environments and recommend improvements across cost, security, performance and resilience.
Google DeepMind has named longtime researcher Koray Kavukcuoglu Chief AI Architect, expanding his role as Google scales Gemini and other AI systems.
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes and accessories using user photos, as OpenAI adds new AI shopping and product-saving features globally.
Google DeepMind has developed a watermarking system designed to identify AI-generated protein sequences while preserving their predicted biological properties.
ElevenLabs has doubled its valuation to $22 billion as enterprise demand for voice AI agents grows and its annual recurring revenue crosses $500 million.
Tencent has reportedly signed a $7 billion, five-year deal with Oracle to access around 100,000 advanced AI chips through Southeast Asian data centres.
Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model designed for complex coding, research, enterprise and cybersecurity tasks.
India’s influencer marketing is shifting beyond follower counts as brands prioritise relevance, commerce, performance and AI, while trust and transparency become more important.
OpenAI is reportedly seeking at least $30 billion in fresh funding at a valuation of around $1.4 trillion after pushing back its plans for a public listing.
The AI voice generator market is projected to reach $38.49 billion by 2033 as synthetic speech expands across media, marketing and enterprise applications.
Flipkart Ventures has backed AI startups Alive and Keploy with capital, mentorship and access to Flipkart's ecosystem to support their growth.
BCG finds LLM search reaches 22% of purchase journeys in India and influences final brand choice among 65% of consumers who use it.
WhatsApp is testing a redesigned floating navigation bar for Android that could place Meta AI directly within the app's main navigation.
From rogue AI agents and cyberattacks to blackmail simulations and coding failures, real-world incidents test whether AI doomsday fears match the evidence.
OpenAI's jobs framework identifies accountability, human relationships and physical presence as factors that can keep workers central as AI capabilities expand.
Sarvam AI launches Vision 2.1 with improved document intelligence, structured extraction and handwriting recognition across 22 Indian languages.
As AI automates routine marketing tasks, strategy, judgement, creativity and customer understanding are emerging as increasingly important skills for marketers.
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS for custom AI voices, dubbing, podcasts and voice agents across more than 100 languages.
DS Group, WPP Media and MICA have launched D’Code 2.0, an industry-academia initiative focused on AI-led marketing and real-world business challenges.
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna, promising lower API costs, improved reliability and models designed for complex and high-volume AI workloads.
