VerSe Innovation has launched SparkStation, a global AI content platform combining multiple AI models to help studios, brands, agencies and creators produce content.
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.
Godrej Living has appointed Rohan Salunkhe as Head of Technology & Digital Transformation to lead technology initiatives and strengthen its digital capabilities.
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.
More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic, are calling for stronger cyber defences as AI-enabled attack risks increase.
Gujarat High Court quashes GST proceedings after a tax officer used non-existent and irrelevant AI-generated case laws, and mandates strict verification of AI-assisted legal research.
Google Cloud and boAt are bringing Gemini Live to upcoming Crest AI audio devices, enabling conversational AI, regional language support and hands-free productivity.
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.
Reliance Brands appoints Shivani Goel as Vice President, Marketing to lead brand strategy and growth for HUGO BOSS, Paul & Shark, ZEGNA and TUMI.
Meta AI adds advertising analytics tools that can analyse campaigns, audiences and creatives while recommending changes to performance and budget allocation.
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.
PepsiCo launches a global marketing agency review as it looks to integrate AI, data and technology more deeply across creative, media and marketing operations.
ZEE Entertainment appoints former ACKO CMO Ashish Mishra as Chief Marketing Officer to lead its brand, consumer marketing and network-level strategic initiatives.
Instabase becomes SuperApp and launches an AI collaboration workspace bringing GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and teams together in a shared environment.
Singapore Tourism Board and Agoda deepen their digital collaboration as STB expands the use of data, AI and technology across tourism and destination marketing.
Kerala deploys AI-based PRISM at Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail to monitor inmate behaviour, contraband smuggling and potential escape attempts.
Bengaluru engineer Gaurav Sen demonstrates an AI system that detects potholes, checks government contracts and prepares structured civic complaints.
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.
Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash with stronger coding, agentic workflow and web development capabilities, alongside lower introductory API pricing.
Deloitte is expanding its AI controls and assurance capabilities as enterprises increase adoption of generative and agentic AI across business operations.
Google Search briefly displayed false death information for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei after its automated systems picked up vandalised Wikipedia data.
Accel has raised $550 million for its ninth India fund, maintaining its early-stage strategy as AI, deeptech and advanced manufacturing gain investment focus.
Google is expanding AI across Ads and Analytics with Ask Advisor, AI Overviews, personalised insights and prompt-based dashboards for marketers.
xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin’s River AI has raised $1.1 billion to expand tools that help enterprises customise AI models using their own data.
NVIDIA has partnered with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to mobilise over $500 billion for AI infrastructure.
Apple is reportedly exploring a screen-free wearable focused on health and fitness tracking as competition grows beyond traditional smartwatches.
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.
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.
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has left after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating machine learning and scientific research.
Google Maps has introduced agentic AI features that let users order food, discover hotels and personalise travel planning through conversational AI.
India has introduced stricter AI content rules, mandating labels for synthetic media and reducing the takedown timeline for flagged content to three hours.
Tamil Nadu has announced Arivagam, India's first AI and Innovation City, to strengthen AI research, startups, digital infrastructure and deep-tech investment.
Apple is revamping Siri into a conversational AI chatbot, expanding Apple Intelligence to compete with ChatGPT, Gemini and other leading AI assistants.
Dabur has partnered with Accenture to accelerate AI-led business reinvention by embedding artificial intelligence across operations, data, cloud and enterprise processes.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called for a slower pace of AI development, arguing that society needs time to strengthen governance and safety frameworks.
India and Indonesia are strengthening cooperation in artificial intelligence to accelerate digital transformation, innovation and technology collaboration across key sectors.
Google has reduced its HCLTech contract by $50 million annually as AI and automation reshape IT outsourcing, with around 1,000 employees set to be redeployed.
Hyderabad has deployed an AI-powered crowd management system during Bonalu to monitor crowd density, improve safety and strengthen real-time emergency response.
Indian embassies are using AI-generated videos to simplify passport, visa and consular services, making information more accessible for the global Indian diaspora.
AI is making streaming TV advertising more accessible by simplifying planning, creative production, targeting and measurement, helping connected TV reach marketers of every size.
Google has rolled back its AI-powered Google Earth image generation feature within 24 hours after concerns over fake satellite imagery and misinformation.
Okta is acquiring AI security startup Permiso to strengthen identity threat detection and protect human, machine and AI agent identities.
Qualcomm has acquired AI software company Modular and secured a BMW partnership to strengthen its automotive AI platform for next-generation software-defined vehicles.
Some Claude AI conversations became searchable on Google after users shared public chat links, prompting Anthropic to update its sharing feature and reinforce privacy protections.
Snowflake has launched an AI governance layer that helps enterprises monitor AI agents, enforce security policies and manage AI costs at scale.
More than 1,100 AI experts from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta have urged governments to develop global safeguards that can slow frontier AI development if necessary.
