The UK CMA has proposed adding rival AI assistants to choice screens on Google Android and Chrome as regulators examine competition in AI services.
S Jaishankar’s UNGA meetings covered AI, space, energy and UN reform, including technology cooperation between India, France and the UAE.
Tencent has launched Hy Image 3.5 Preview, expanding its AI image generation and editing capabilities as competition with ByteDance and Alibaba grows.
Sarvam has appointed Disha Sanghvi to lead brand and communications as the Indian AI company expands its products, enterprise presence and market visibility.
Zig.ai has integrated its revenue execution platform with ChatGPT and Claude, allowing sales teams to run prospecting, outreach and other workflows through AI conversations.
Dentsu India has launched Dentsu Performance Studio, combining creative strategy, AI-enabled production, media and measurement in Bengaluru.
boAt has introduced Crest AI-powered smart audio devices built with Google Gemini, bringing conversational AI, translation and voice assistance to earbuds.
Sanjay Trehan explores how AI, first-party data, hyper-personalisation and MarTech-AdTech convergence are reshaping modern customer experiences.
AI-generated videos are getting harder to spot. Here are five practical ways to verify suspicious videos, from reverse search and watermarks to AI detectors.
India added over 100 greenfield GCCs in the first eight months of 2026 as multinational companies expand AI, engineering and technology operations.
Kerala-based Dartle has raised $100,000 to expand in the US and strengthen AI capabilities across its SaaS platform for youth sports academies.
Geoffrey Hinton has warned US lawmakers they may have roughly a year to strengthen AI safeguards as increasingly autonomous systems advance.
The UN and Google have launched the UN System Data Commons, giving AI agents direct access to authoritative global statistics through an AI-ready platform.
Semicon 2.0 has attracted around ₹1 lakh crore in investment commitments as India expands its semiconductor ecosystem across design, manufacturing and materials.
Anthropic says seven China-based AI labs used unauthorised distillation campaigns to extract Claude capabilities, with some activity exposing sensitive user and corporate data.
Gates Foundation will invest at least $1 billion over two years to expand AI access across healthcare, education, agriculture and digital infrastructure.
How algorithms are reshaping retail curation, personalisation and discovery, and why human taste and judgement remain critical in an AI-driven shopping ecosystem.
Lectra has launched Apogy, an AI-native platform connecting fashion design, patternmaking, digital prototyping and production workflows.
Infosys has expanded its Indore Development Center with a 330,000-square-foot block focused on AI, cloud, cybersecurity and digital services.
Jio Haptik's Solo AI is bringing AI-led marketing, advertising and customer engagement tools to small businesses, with the company reporting ROAS of up to 45x.
Estée Lauder has partnered with Profound to improve how its global beauty brands are discovered, represented and recommended across generative AI platforms.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for global cooperation and stronger safeguards as increasingly powerful AI systems raise new safety concerns.
HubSpot has expanded AI across its CRM, marketing and sales tools with a new intelligence layer, self-updating records and AI-powered campaign capabilities.
Blue Cloud Softech has been confirmed as an Industry Partner for Odisha's IndiaAI Centre of Excellence, committing ₹4 crore and support for AI startups.
AWS has introduced a workflow pattern that lets AI agents propose airline rebookings while deterministic code validates reservations, payments and other high-impact actions.
AI assistants are reshaping how consumers research, compare and discover products, pushing marketers to think beyond search rankings and optimise for AI-generated answers.
IBM and NASA have released an open-source AI foundation model designed to analyse lunar data, map craters and volcanic features, and identify potential water ice.
JioStar and Google India are integrating AI-powered Google Search into Anupama and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai through a multi-platform campaign.
Royal Air Maroc has appointed Merkle MENA to lead its SEO, content and GEO strategy across traditional search engines and AI-powered discovery platforms.
yuu and dentsu Hong Kong have launched yuu-moji, an AI-powered campaign that turns members' interests and everyday moments into personalised digital identities.
OpenAI has reportedly acquired AI camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300 million, adding computational photography expertise to its growing hardware business.
Workaholic has unified its AI tools for content, SEO, email, PPC and analytics into one platform aimed at digital businesses, agencies and e-commerce operators.
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.
Adobe is expanding AI across its marketing technology portfolio as brands increase adoption of generative and agentic AI for content, data and customer experience.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slower AI development, independent monitoring and global coordination as concerns grow over increasingly capable systems.
AI can translate content in seconds, but research shows human translators remain important for cultural context, nuance, accuracy and high-risk communication.
BRICS is pushing for a greater Global South role in AI governance, calling for wider AI access, sovereign regulation, copyright protections and international cooperation.
GMR Airports has appointed Anushree Bose as General Manager, Marketing, bringing her extensive consumer and brand marketing experience from Coca-Cola India.
Indexly has launched an AI marketing stack for agencies, combining AI search visibility, GEO, content creation, reporting and traffic attribution in one platform.
Amazon Ads has partnered with OpenAI to let select US advertisers extend campaigns into ChatGPT through Amazon DSP as part of a new pilot.
Sam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries use roughly the water needed for one California almond, but independent analysis has questioned the comparison.
Ghana has launched a five-day AI and robotics bootcamp for 100 students from 19 schools, offering hands-on training in coding and emerging technologies.
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.
Jaipur Robotics has raised €4.3 million to expand its AI-powered waste plant technology, develop crane automation and establish an Indian entity by the end of 2026.
Deloitte is expanding its Egypt Innovation Hub across AI, engineering and cybersecurity, with another $80 million in investment planned over the next three years.
Panchkula is set to get an AI Skills Centre aimed at training youth and professionals in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
IIT Madras-incubated Bodhan AI has launched four open AI models covering speech, translation and OCR to support multilingual education across Indian languages.
Quickplay has launched Live Operations, an AI-powered platform that brings scheduling, signal control, advertising, content clipping and monitoring into one console.
Swiggy's CREW has entered the travel segment with an AI-backed concierge service offering trip planning, bookings, recommendations and on-trip assistance.
