OpenAI is partnering with Reliance to embed AI‑powered conversational search into the JioHotstar streaming platform. The new feature, built on OpenAI’s API, lets users find movies, shows, and live sports using text or voice prompts in multiple languages and receive personalized recommendations. The collaboration was announced at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi and is part of OpenAI’s broader “OpenAI for India” initiative, which also includes data‑center and enterprise projects with other Indian firms. The integration aims to create a two‑way discovery layer that connects ChatGPT searches directly to JioHotstar content. Read more →

The AI field has become the planet’s hottest job market, drawing elite researchers to a handful of fast‑growing companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. While salaries are record‑high, many top engineers and scientists cite ideology, mission, and concerns about AI’s impact as stronger drivers of their career moves. Companies are shifting focus from fundraising to profitability, with potential public offerings adding new pressure for transparency and accountability. This evolving landscape fuels a revolving door of talent, sparking debates about the future of AI development and its societal implications. Read more →

OpenAI is reportedly close to securing a funding round that could exceed $100 billion, pushing its valuation past $850 billion. The effort comes as the ChatGPT maker explores new revenue streams, including ads for free users, to offset high cash burn. Major investors such as Amazon, SoftBank, Nvidia and Microsoft are said to be involved in early tranches, with additional capital expected from venture firms and sovereign wealth funds. The deal would mark one of the largest tech financings in recent history. Read more →

At the India AI Impact Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited speakers to join hands in a show of solidarity. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic founder Dario Amodei stood apart, highlighting the rivalry between their firms. The tension follows recent advertising disputes, with Anthropic criticizing OpenAI's plan to place ads in ChatGPT and OpenAI labeling Anthropic’s stance as dishonest. Both companies announced new Indian offices—OpenAI partnering with TCS and Anthropic with Infosys—signaling a deepening competition for AI market share in the region. Read more →

Two technology firms, Massive and Valere, have moved to restrict or ban the use of the AI-driven tool OpenClaw after internal security assessments revealed potential risks. Massive warned staff before any deployment, while Valere initially prohibited the tool, later permitting limited research under strict controls. Executives highlighted fears that the bot could access cloud services, credit‑card data, and code repositories, and noted its ability to conceal its actions. Researchers advised limiting command access and password‑protecting its control panel, emphasizing that users must accept the possibility of manipulation through malicious inputs. Read more →

Security researchers demonstrated that AI chatbots offering web browsing can be manipulated to act as covert command‑and‑control conduits for malware. By prompting the chatbot to fetch a malicious URL and parsing the returned text for instructions, attackers can hide malicious traffic behind legitimate AI service requests. The technique works without needing developer APIs or API keys, and can also be used to exfiltrate data. Experts recommend treating AI web‑enabled services like any other high‑trust cloud application, monitoring for abnormal automation patterns, and restricting access to managed devices. Read more →

Freeform, a metal‑3D‑printing startup, announced a $67 million Series B round led by a group of venture firms. The capital will fund upgrades to its GoldenEye laser‑fusion system and the development of a next‑generation platform called Skyfall, which will employ hundreds of lasers and AI‑driven simulations. The company aims to expand its workforce and facility to meet a growing backlog of mission‑critical parts, leveraging on‑site Nvidia H200 GPU clusters for real‑time physics modeling. Read more →

Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani unveiled a ₹10 trillion (about $110 billion) plan to build AI computing infrastructure across India over the next seven years. The initiative includes gigawatt‑scale data centers, a nationwide edge‑computing network, and AI services integrated with the Jio telecom platform. Powered by surplus green energy, the project aims to lower the cost of AI compute, partner with Indian enterprises and academia, and embed AI across sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, healthcare, and finance. Read more →

OpenAI has teamed up with India’s Tata Group to secure an initial 100 megawatts of AI‑ready data center capacity, with plans to expand toward 1 gigawatt. The partnership, part of OpenAI’s Stargate project, will make OpenAI the first customer of Tata Consultancy Services’ HyperVault business and will roll out ChatGPT Enterprise across Tata’s workforce. The collaboration aims to reduce latency for Indian users, meet data‑residency requirements, and accelerate enterprise AI adoption throughout the country. Read more →

OpenAI has partnered with Indian fintech firm Pine Labs to embed its application programming interfaces into the company’s payments and commerce platform. The collaboration aims to automate settlement, reconciliation and invoicing workflows, extending AI‑driven efficiencies from Pine Labs’ internal operations to merchants and corporate clients. The move reflects OpenAI’s broader push to deepen its presence in India beyond consumer‑facing tools, while Pine Labs seeks to boost B2B adoption of AI agents for high‑volume financial tasks. The partnership is non‑exclusive, does not involve revenue sharing, and includes new security and compliance measures. Read more →

Sarvam AI, a Bengaluru‑based startup, says its Sarvam Vision model outperforms global rivals Gemini and ChatGPT on key optical character recognition (OCR) benchmarks for Indian languages. The model supports all 22 scheduled Indian languages and can handle complex tables, charts, and real‑world scene text. Paired with the Bulbul V3 text‑to‑speech system, which offers 35 local‑accented voices, the company positions itself as a builder of "sovereign AI" tailored to India’s linguistic diversity. Sarvam hopes its technology will help small businesses and government agencies digitize records more accurately and spur broader AI innovation focused on regional needs. Read more →

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health‑focused tab within the ChatGPT app that offers users a safer way to ask medical questions, review lab results, and organize health information. The feature uses the same large language model as standard ChatGPT but adds stricter limits, physician‑reviewed responses, and extra encryption to protect sensitive data. It can sync with apps such as Apple Health and upload documents, yet it does not replace professional diagnosis or treatment. OpenAI stresses that the tool is for consumer wellness and is not HIPAA‑covered, while acknowledging ongoing risks like hallucinations and the need for user caution. Read more →

OpenAI announced a partnership with six public and private higher‑education institutions in India, aiming to provide campus‑wide access to its ChatGPT Edu tools, faculty training, and responsible‑use frameworks. The initiative targets more than 100,000 students, faculty, and staff and includes collaborations with Indian ed‑tech platforms to offer structured AI courses. By embedding AI into core academic workflows such as coding, research, and analytics, OpenAI seeks to accelerate AI skill development and shape how artificial intelligence is taught and governed within one of the world’s largest higher‑education systems. Read more →

Generative AI is producing a flood of low‑quality, repetitive content—dubbed “AI slop”—that now dominates social‑media feeds and academic publishing. Creators such as Rosanna Pansino are responding by recreating AI‑generated videos with real‑world skill, while platforms, researchers, and regulators explore labeling, watermarking, and new policies to curb the spread. The battle pits human creativity against automated content machines, highlighting concerns about misinformation, deepfakes, and the future of authentic online experiences. Read more →

Mistral AI chief executive Arthur Mensch says companies are "replatforming," moving from traditional software to AI-driven solutions. He warns that success depends on having the "right infrastructure"—including clean data, cloud and compute resources, security, and skilled staff. Mensch predicts that more than half of current enterprise SaaS applications could be replaced by AI tools, creating a gap between firms that adopt AI and those that do not. He sees the trend as a major growth opportunity for Mistral, noting that over 100 enterprise customers are already exploring the shift. Read more →

Google's NotebookLM tool now lets users revise individual slides with natural‑language prompts and export decks as PowerPoint‑ready PPTX files. The update aims to streamline the slide‑creation workflow by allowing targeted edits without regenerating whole decks, while also preparing for future Google Slides export support. Users are cautioned that extensive revisions may affect layout consistency, requiring manual cleanup. Read more →

Perplexity, an AI search startup, is phasing out advertising and focusing on paid subscriptions for business users and high‑end professionals. Executives say ads could erode user trust, so the company will prioritize accuracy and revenue from customers like finance experts, lawyers, doctors, and CEOs. While not ruling out future ads, Perplexity aligns itself with the anti‑ad camp in the generative‑AI industry, contrasting with rivals such as OpenAI, which is testing ads, and Anthropic, which remains ad‑free. Read more →

Cameo, the platform that lets celebrities sell short personalized videos, secured a preliminary victory in its trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge ruled that OpenAI’s Sora video‑generation feature cannot use the term “Cameo” or any confusingly similar variation. The decision includes a preliminary injunction that halts the use of the name, marking another notable intellectual‑property clash as AI companies expand video‑creation capabilities. Read more →

Anthropic announced the release of Claude Sonnet 4.6, an upgraded mid‑range AI model that can code at a level comparable to its larger Opus series and interact with computers much like a human user. The model demonstrated human‑baseline performance on the OSWorld benchmark, handling tasks such as form filling and tab switching without specialized connectors. Anthropic also highlighted improved resistance to prompt‑injection attacks and a beta‑tested 1 million‑token context window, signaling stronger safety and scalability. The launch coincides with a surge in Claude’s popularity and a high‑profile advertising campaign targeting rival OpenAI. Read more →

A federal district court in Northern California ruled in favor of the video‑message platform Cameo, ordering OpenAI to cease using the word “Cameo” for its AI‑powered video generation feature. The court found the name likely to cause user confusion and rejected OpenAI’s claim that the term was merely descriptive. OpenAI subsequently renamed the feature “Characters.” The decision marks a significant win for Cameo’s brand protection efforts amid a series of recent intellectual‑property disputes involving OpenAI. Read more →