WhatsApp removed hidden AI chatbot instructions from its help pages after researchers found guidance discouraging referrals to privacy regulators.
Ibexa launches its Agentic Marketing Platform in the Middle East, using AI agents to connect marketing tools, automate campaign workflows and support human-led approvals.
OpenAI CTO Vijaye Raji joins Amplitude's board as the company continues developing Statsig's analytics and experimentation platform under its existing brand.
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.
Wipro signs a deal to acquire a 20% stake in FLARRE.AI for $2,000, strengthening its agentic AI capabilities across insurance underwriting, claims and enterprise workflows.
Google launches Universal Cart in the US, bringing AI-powered shopping, price alerts, product tracking and payment suggestions to Search and Gemini.
Gartner warns that over $3.5 trillion in AI infrastructure spending could face impairment risks by 2030, with revenue unlikely to support planned investments.
A US judge orders OpenAI to share hiring records with Apple in an ongoing trade secrets lawsuit involving former employees and confidential hardware information.
Gloo awards $200,000 at its 2026 AI Hackathon, with Austin Christian University's Fosterly winning $100,000 for an AI agent supporting young adults leaving foster care.
Hark has launched Hark Pro, a privacy-focused AI assistant that can manage emails, schedules, payments and other digital tasks on behalf of users.
Soket AI has launched LOOP, an open-source Rust-based harness designed to let AI agents run for hours, days or weeks while retaining context and using multiple tools.
Mixpanel has launched Agent Intelligence to help businesses track AI agent behaviour, task completion and interactions alongside human user and product analytics.
Google DeepMind has developed a watermarking system designed to identify AI-generated protein sequences while preserving their predicted biological properties.
Customer loyalty is moving beyond points and discounts as brands focus on consistent experiences, personalisation, product quality, AI and easier customer journeys.
Reva.AI has appointed Promit Sanyal as Head of Marketing to strengthen its brand and product positioning as it expands its focus on enterprise AI security.
Google is testing direct Flipkart purchases through Gemini and AI Mode in India, allowing select users to move from AI-powered product discovery to checkout.
Costa Rica is targeting Indian companies for new GCC, AI, engineering and digital operations as it positions itself as a nearshore hub for the Americas.
Fuel Cycle is opening a GCC in Navi Mumbai focused on AI, engineering and product development, with an initial planned capacity of 50 employees.
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.
Lectra has launched Apogy, an AI-native platform connecting fashion design, patternmaking, digital prototyping and production workflows.
MediaTek has launched the 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro with dual NPUs, on-device agentic AI, LPDDR6 memory and upgrades across performance, gaming and imaging.
Estée Lauder has partnered with Profound to improve how its global beauty brands are discovered, represented and recommended across generative AI platforms.
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.
VerSe Innovation has launched SparkStation, a global AI content platform combining multiple AI models to help studios, brands, agencies and creators produce content.
Dell has expanded its India portfolio with new Pro AI PCs and Precision workstations designed for on-device AI and compute-intensive enterprise workloads.
TCS has reportedly secured a five-year Best Buy India GCC mandate worth around ₹2,000 crore, covering technology services, data, analytics and AI.
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.
Instagram will limit the recommendation reach of AI-generated profiles that fail to disclose their synthetic identity as it introduces a clearer profile label.
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.
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.
Meta is testing Project Hatch, a personal AI agent that can shop, book restaurants, manage emails and perform online tasks on behalf of users.
Octave Intelligence opens a 2 lakh sq ft technology centre in Hyderabad and plans to scale to 2,000 engineers across AI, software, data, cloud and product development.
Semrush launches an official Claude connector, giving marketers direct access to live keyword, backlink, competitor and market intelligence through AI conversations.
Wipro’s iSkill AI learning agent has crossed 7,500 employee conversations, using role, skills and certification data to personalise course recommendations.
Wipro has integrated iSkill, an AI conversational agent, into its AI Academy to personalise learning recommendations for more than 240,000 associates.
Apple refreshes Mac Mini and Mac Studio with new chips, higher memory capacity and a focus on running AI models and agentic workloads locally.
StackAdapt’s AI Delegation Gap report finds widespread AI adoption in advertising, but marketers remain cautious about autonomous decisions, citing brand risk, data quality and transparency.
Forcepoint appoints former Proofpoint executive Vincent Merlin as CMO to lead global marketing and accelerate adoption of its AI Data Security platform.
As AI accelerates marketing content production, automated review systems are emerging to check brand, factual and compliance risks, but human oversight remains critical.
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.
IIT Bombay's online ePGD in Computer Science and Engineering covers AI, generative AI, computer vision, cybersecurity and advanced computing systems.
Instabase becomes SuperApp and launches an AI collaboration workspace bringing GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and teams together in a shared environment.
NxtGen launches SpeedCloud Global, taking its Indian-built cloud and AI services overseas as it targets international enterprise workloads.
Chengalpattu has launched Project Vaan Vizhi, a pilot using AI-enabled autonomous drones for real-time surveillance, incident detection and faster police response.
Rezolve AI has launched Rezolve Provenance to mark, sign and verify AI-generated and AI-modified text, images, voice and video.
Firstsource has partnered with Cresta to combine AI agents, human-agent assistance and conversation intelligence with enterprise CX integration and operations.
Otter.ai has appointed Alex Gay as CMO to lead global marketing as the company expands beyond AI notetaking into enterprise conversational knowledge and agentic workflows.
Acumatica has opened a Global Capability Center in Hyderabad with more than 30 employees, initially focusing on engineering and global product development.
