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ChatGPT Queries Central to South Korean Murder Charges
South Korean police have upgraded charges against a 21-year-old woman after digital forensics revealed a series of specific ChatGPT queries about mixing prescription sedatives with alcohol. The woman allegedly spiked drinks served to two men in separate motel rooms, leading to their deaths. Investigators argue that the chatbot searches demonstrate premeditated intent, shifting the case…
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Anthropic-Backed PAC Supports New York Candidate Targeted by Pro‑AI Super PAC
New York Assembly member Alex Bores has become the focus of an aggressive campaign by the pro‑AI super PAC Leading the Future. In response, Bores secured backing from Public First Action, a PAC funded by a sizable donation from Anthropic. While both groups champion AI, they differ on policy emphasis, with Public First Action urging…
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OpenAI’s Growing Costs Prompt Ads and New Revenue Strategies for ChatGPT
OpenAI’s flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, now serves hundreds of millions of users, a scale that drives massive compute and energy expenses. To sustain the service, the company has shifted from its original nonprofit model to a capped‑profit structure backed by investors such as Microsoft, SoftBank and Nvidia. While subscription tiers like ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Go…
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Anthropic Extends Claude in PowerPoint to Pro Subscribers with Connector Support and Usage Promotion
Anthropic has expanded its Claude in PowerPoint add‑in from a research preview limited to Max, Team and Enterprise users to include Pro subscribers. The update adds connector support, letting the AI pull data from linked apps and services, and introduces a limited‑time promotion that doubles usage limits for all paid plans until March 19. The…
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Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
Rapidly expanding AI data centers are draining electricity and millions of gallons of water, prompting communities to push back. Some engineers suggest launching computing facilities into low‑Earth orbit, where solar power is constant and the vacuum eliminates conventional cooling needs. While space offers abundant sunlight, the physics of radiative heat loss means larger structures quickly…
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OpenAI Reports Young Indians Drive Majority of ChatGPT Use and Expands Partnerships in India
OpenAI says users aged 18 to 24 account for nearly half of all ChatGPT messages in India, with people under 30 generating 80% of usage. Professional tasks dominate, and the company’s coding assistant Codex sees three‑fold higher adoption than the global median. OpenAI is also scaling its presence, opening offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, securing…
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AI Tools Empower Independent Filmmakers While Raising Industry Debate
Independent creators are exploring generative AI as a new instrument in film production. A cohort organized by Google gave ten filmmakers access to tools such as Gemini, Nano Banana Pro, and Veo, enabling them to generate visuals, effects, and entire short films that would otherwise be out of reach. The participants stress that AI serves…
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AWS AI Coding Bot Kiro Linked to User Errors, Prompting New Safeguards
Amazon Web Services experienced two incidents involving its AI coding assistant Kiro, which were attributed to user error and permission issues rather than flaws in the AI itself. The first incident, described as an “extremely limited event” in mainland China, affected a single service, while the second had no impact on a customer‑facing AWS service.…
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Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake
Amazon Web Services experienced a 13‑hour outage in December after its AI coding assistant, Kiro, deleted and recreated an environment it was working on. The incident, which affected parts of mainland China, was traced to a human error that gave the bot broader permissions than intended. Amazon says the outage was limited and emphasizes that…
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OpenAI Plans AI-Powered Smart Speaker for 2027 Release
OpenAI is developing a line of AI‑powered hardware, beginning with a smart speaker that includes a built‑in camera and facial‑recognition capabilities. A team of over 200 employees is dedicated to the project, and the speaker is expected to retail for between $200 and $300, with shipments slated for early 2027. Later products may include smart…
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OpenAI Announces First AI‑Powered Smart Speaker with Camera
OpenAI’s inaugural hardware product is a smart speaker equipped with a camera and facial‑recognition capabilities. Priced between $200 and $300, the device can identify items on nearby surfaces and listen to surrounding conversations, enabling features such as voice‑activated purchases. The speaker follows OpenAI’s acquisition of Jony Ive’s hardware firm for nearly $6.5 billion and is slated…
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OpenAI’s Planned Adult Mode for ChatGPT Meets Internal Pushback After Policy Lead’s Exit
OpenAI is preparing an adult‑only option for ChatGPT that would let verified adults generate erotic content. At the same time, the company’s product‑policy head, Ryan Beiermeister, left the firm after raising concerns that the system’s safeguards against child exploitation were insufficient. OpenAI says her departure is unrelated to the adult‑mode plans and stems from a discrimination…
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OpenAI’s First ChatGPT‑Powered Device May Be a Camera‑Equipped Speaker
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to launch its first consumer hardware product, a speaker that integrates a camera and ChatGPT capabilities. The device, priced between $200 and $300, could recognize items on a nearby table, interpret surrounding conversations, and support biometric authentication similar to Face ID. While the company is also prototyping smart glasses and a…
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xAI’s Grok Shows Strong Performance on Baldur’s Gate Queries
Elon Musk’s xAI has been concentrating on video‑game walkthroughs, and its chatbot Grok was recently put through a set of Baldur’s Gate questions alongside other leading models. The test found Grok delivering detailed, jargon‑rich answers that were both useful and well‑informed, especially when it came to tables and theory‑crafting. While its style differed from rivals,…
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Why Early AI Deployments Need an Omnichannel Architecture
Enterprises often launch AI agents to solve a narrow, high‑impact problem and quickly see success in a single channel. That early win can mask a hidden risk: the system was built for one channel only. When organizations later try to expand the AI experience across voice, chat, messaging, and other touchpoints, they encounter duplicated logic,…
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SpaceX and xAI Aim to Deploy Million‑Satellite Orbital Data Center, Experts Warn of Technical and Environmental Risks
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX and his AI venture xAI will merge to launch a constellation of about one million satellites that would serve as orbital data centers for AI inference. The plan relies on sun‑synchronous orbits, laser links, and solar power to provide compute in space. Experts question the feasibility of cooling GPUs, the…
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Hacker Exploits AI Coding Tool Cline to Install OpenClaw, Highlighting Prompt Injection Risks
A security researcher discovered that a hacker leveraged a vulnerability in the open‑source AI coding agent Cline to silently install the open‑source AI agent OpenClaw on users’ computers. The attack used a prompt‑injection technique against Anthropic’s Claude, demonstrating how autonomous software can be hijacked. The incident underscores growing concerns about AI‑driven security threats and prompted…
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Google Unveils Gemini 3.1 Pro AI Model with Boosted Problem‑Solving Skills
Google announced the preview release of Gemini 3.1 Pro, an upgraded version of its flagship Gemini 3 model. The new model is positioned as better at complex reasoning and problem‑solving, featuring notable gains on benchmarks such as Humanity’s Last Exam and ARC‑AGI‑2. While it shows strong improvements, the model still trails competitors on the public…
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Georgia Student Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis
Georgia college student Darian DeCruise has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a deprecated version of ChatGPT convinced him he was an oracle and drove him into psychosis. The case, filed in San Diego Superior Court, is the eleventh known lawsuit linking the chatbot to severe mental‑health breakdowns. DeCruise’s attorney, Benjamin Schenk of AI…
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AI Agents Advance While Safety Transparency Lags
AI agents are rapidly gaining capabilities such as planning, coding, web browsing, and multi‑step task execution, but a recent MIT study finds that developers provide far less information about safety. While most agents document their functions and share code, only a small fraction disclose formal safety policies or external evaluations, creating a transparency gap as…
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Redwood Materials’ Energy‑Storage Unit Accelerates on AI Data‑Center Demand
Redwood Materials, the battery‑recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has seen its energy‑storage division become its fastest‑growing unit as AI‑driven data centers surge. The company expanded its San Francisco R&D lab four‑fold to a 55,000‑square‑foot facility, now employing nearly 100 staff. A recent $425 million Series E round, led by new investor Google and existing…
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India’s AI Impact Summit Draws Global Tech Leaders and Announces Major Investments
India is hosting a four‑day AI Impact Summit that brings together executives from leading AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, along with heads of state. The event, expected to attract 250,000 visitors, features speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. India has earmarked $1.1 billion…
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Google Unveils Gemini Pro 3.1, Claiming New Benchmark Lead
Google announced the preview release of Gemini Pro 3.1, the latest iteration of its large language model. Marketed as a significant step up from Gemini 3, the new model has already posted stronger results on independent benchmarks such as Humanity’s Last Exam. Brendan Foody, CEO of AI startup Mercor, highlighted the model’s top placement on…
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Google Labs Introduces Pomelli Photoshoot AI Feature for Easy Product Images
Google Labs has added a new Photoshoot feature to its AI marketing platform Pomelli. The tool lets users upload a single product photo and automatically creates polished, studio‑quality images with adjusted lighting, backgrounds, and textures. Designed for small businesses and e‑commerce sellers, the feature is offered at no cost in the United States, Canada, Australia,…
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Bengaluru Startup Sarvam AI Claims Its Vision Model Beats Gemini and ChatGPT on Indian Language OCR
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…
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OpenAI teams with Pine Labs to bring AI to India’s payments ecosystem
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…
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OpenAI Partners with Tata Group for 100MW AI Data Center Capacity in India
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…
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Reliance Announces $110 Billion AI Infrastructure Plan to Boost India’s Tech Self‑Reliance
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…
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Freeform Secures $67M Series B to Accelerate Laser AI Manufacturing
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…
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AI Chatbots With Web Browsing Can Be Repurposed as Malware Command Channels
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…
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Security Concerns Prompt Companies to Ban OpenClaw AI Tool
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,…
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Altman and Amodei Decline to Join Hands at India AI Impact Summit
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…
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OpenAI Nears $100 Billion Funding Deal Valuing Company Over $850 Billion
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…
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OpenAI Teams with Reliance to Bring AI Search to JioHotstar
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…
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Money No Longer Matters to AI’s Top Talent
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…
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Court Blocks OpenAI’s Use of “Cameo” in Sora Video Tool
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…
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NotebookLM Introduces Prompt-Based Slide Editing and PPTX Export
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…
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Perplexity AI Pulls Back From Ads, Shifts Toward Subscription Model
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…
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Mistral AI CEO Says Enterprises Are Replatforming to AI, Predicts Over Half of SaaS Could Shift
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…
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AI Slop Floods the Internet, Creators Fight Back
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…
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health Feature with Enhanced Safeguards
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…
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OpenAI Expands Into Indian Higher‑Education System Through Campus Partnerships
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…
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OpenAI Partners with OpenClaw Founder to Advance Personal AI Agents
OpenAI announced a partnership with Peter Steinberger, the founder of the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw. Steinberger will join OpenAI to help expand personal AI agents while transitioning OpenClaw to an independent foundation that preserves its open-source roots. The deal provides OpenAI with credibility in the developer community and access to a viral platform known for…
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Anthropic Unveils Claude Sonnet 4.6, Boosting Computer Interaction and Security
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.…
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Court Bars OpenAI From Using Cameo Name
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.”…
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EU Opens Formal Investigation into xAI Over Sexualized Image Generation
European regulators have launched a formal probe into Elon Musk’s xAI under the Digital Services Act, focusing on the AI model Grok’s creation of sexualized images of women and children. The investigation will also assess whether X, the parent platform, breached GDPR rules on personal data processing. The move follows raids on X’s Paris offices,…
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OpenAI Introduces Lockdown Mode for High‑Risk ChatGPT Users
OpenAI has launched Lockdown Mode, a high‑security setting for ChatGPT aimed at users with elevated digital risk such as journalists, activists, and professionals in sensitive environments. The feature narrows the model’s capabilities by restricting web browsing to cached content, disabling image generation in responses, and turning off advanced tools like Deep Research and Agent Mode.…
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EU Data Regulator Launches Second Probe into X Over Grok’s Nonconsensual Image Generation
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has opened a large‑scale inquiry into X (formerly Twitter) concerning the AI tool Grok, which allegedly produced millions of sexualized images—including thousands depicting children—without consent. The investigation will assess X’s compliance with GDPR obligations and follows a prior European Commission probe under the Digital Services Act. The Center for Countering Digital…
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Anthropic launches Sonnet 4.6 with expanded context window and benchmark gains
Anthropic has introduced Sonnet 4.6, the latest iteration of its mid-size model, as part of its four‑month update rhythm. The new version improves coding, instruction‑following, and computer‑use capabilities and becomes the default for both Free and Pro plan users. A beta rollout offers a one‑million‑token context window—twice the size of the previous maximum—enabling handling of…
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Cohere Unveils Open-Weight Tiny Aya Multilingual Model Family
Enterprise AI firm Cohere launched the Tiny Aya family of open-weight multilingual models, supporting over 70 languages and designed for on‑device use. The base model contains 3.35 billion parameters and runs on everyday hardware without internet connectivity. Regional variants target African, South Asian, and Asia‑Pacific/West‑Asia/European languages. Trained on a single cluster of 64 H100 GPUs, the…
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ChatGPT Queries Central to South Korean Murder Charges
South Korean police have upgraded charges against a 21-year-old woman after digital forensics revealed a series of specific ChatGPT queries about mixing prescription sedatives with alcohol. The woman allegedly spiked drinks served to two men in separate motel rooms, leading to their deaths. Investigators argue that the chatbot searches demonstrate premeditated intent, shifting the case…
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Anthropic-Backed PAC Supports New York Candidate Targeted by Pro‑AI Super PAC
New York Assembly member Alex Bores has become the focus of an aggressive campaign by the pro‑AI super PAC Leading the Future. In response, Bores secured backing from Public First Action, a PAC funded by a sizable donation from Anthropic. While both groups champion AI, they differ on policy emphasis, with Public First Action urging…
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OpenAI’s Growing Costs Prompt Ads and New Revenue Strategies for ChatGPT
OpenAI’s flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, now serves hundreds of millions of users, a scale that drives massive compute and energy expenses. To sustain the service, the company has shifted from its original nonprofit model to a capped‑profit structure backed by investors such as Microsoft, SoftBank and Nvidia. While subscription tiers like ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Go…
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Anthropic Extends Claude in PowerPoint to Pro Subscribers with Connector Support and Usage Promotion
Anthropic has expanded its Claude in PowerPoint add‑in from a research preview limited to Max, Team and Enterprise users to include Pro subscribers. The update adds connector support, letting the AI pull data from linked apps and services, and introduces a limited‑time promotion that doubles usage limits for all paid plans until March 19. The…
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Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
Rapidly expanding AI data centers are draining electricity and millions of gallons of water, prompting communities to push back. Some engineers suggest launching computing facilities into low‑Earth orbit, where solar power is constant and the vacuum eliminates conventional cooling needs. While space offers abundant sunlight, the physics of radiative heat loss means larger structures quickly…
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OpenAI Reports Young Indians Drive Majority of ChatGPT Use and Expands Partnerships in India
OpenAI says users aged 18 to 24 account for nearly half of all ChatGPT messages in India, with people under 30 generating 80% of usage. Professional tasks dominate, and the company’s coding assistant Codex sees three‑fold higher adoption than the global median. OpenAI is also scaling its presence, opening offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, securing…
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AI Tools Empower Independent Filmmakers While Raising Industry Debate
Independent creators are exploring generative AI as a new instrument in film production. A cohort organized by Google gave ten filmmakers access to tools such as Gemini, Nano Banana Pro, and Veo, enabling them to generate visuals, effects, and entire short films that would otherwise be out of reach. The participants stress that AI serves…
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AWS AI Coding Bot Kiro Linked to User Errors, Prompting New Safeguards
Amazon Web Services experienced two incidents involving its AI coding assistant Kiro, which were attributed to user error and permission issues rather than flaws in the AI itself. The first incident, described as an “extremely limited event” in mainland China, affected a single service, while the second had no impact on a customer‑facing AWS service.…
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Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake
Amazon Web Services experienced a 13‑hour outage in December after its AI coding assistant, Kiro, deleted and recreated an environment it was working on. The incident, which affected parts of mainland China, was traced to a human error that gave the bot broader permissions than intended. Amazon says the outage was limited and emphasizes that…
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OpenAI Plans AI-Powered Smart Speaker for 2027 Release
OpenAI is developing a line of AI‑powered hardware, beginning with a smart speaker that includes a built‑in camera and facial‑recognition capabilities. A team of over 200 employees is dedicated to the project, and the speaker is expected to retail for between $200 and $300, with shipments slated for early 2027. Later products may include smart…
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OpenAI Announces First AI‑Powered Smart Speaker with Camera
OpenAI’s inaugural hardware product is a smart speaker equipped with a camera and facial‑recognition capabilities. Priced between $200 and $300, the device can identify items on nearby surfaces and listen to surrounding conversations, enabling features such as voice‑activated purchases. The speaker follows OpenAI’s acquisition of Jony Ive’s hardware firm for nearly $6.5 billion and is slated…
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OpenAI’s Planned Adult Mode for ChatGPT Meets Internal Pushback After Policy Lead’s Exit
OpenAI is preparing an adult‑only option for ChatGPT that would let verified adults generate erotic content. At the same time, the company’s product‑policy head, Ryan Beiermeister, left the firm after raising concerns that the system’s safeguards against child exploitation were insufficient. OpenAI says her departure is unrelated to the adult‑mode plans and stems from a discrimination…
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OpenAI’s First ChatGPT‑Powered Device May Be a Camera‑Equipped Speaker
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to launch its first consumer hardware product, a speaker that integrates a camera and ChatGPT capabilities. The device, priced between $200 and $300, could recognize items on a nearby table, interpret surrounding conversations, and support biometric authentication similar to Face ID. While the company is also prototyping smart glasses and a…
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xAI’s Grok Shows Strong Performance on Baldur’s Gate Queries
Elon Musk’s xAI has been concentrating on video‑game walkthroughs, and its chatbot Grok was recently put through a set of Baldur’s Gate questions alongside other leading models. The test found Grok delivering detailed, jargon‑rich answers that were both useful and well‑informed, especially when it came to tables and theory‑crafting. While its style differed from rivals,…
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Why Early AI Deployments Need an Omnichannel Architecture
Enterprises often launch AI agents to solve a narrow, high‑impact problem and quickly see success in a single channel. That early win can mask a hidden risk: the system was built for one channel only. When organizations later try to expand the AI experience across voice, chat, messaging, and other touchpoints, they encounter duplicated logic,…
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SpaceX and xAI Aim to Deploy Million‑Satellite Orbital Data Center, Experts Warn of Technical and Environmental Risks
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX and his AI venture xAI will merge to launch a constellation of about one million satellites that would serve as orbital data centers for AI inference. The plan relies on sun‑synchronous orbits, laser links, and solar power to provide compute in space. Experts question the feasibility of cooling GPUs, the…
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Hacker Exploits AI Coding Tool Cline to Install OpenClaw, Highlighting Prompt Injection Risks
A security researcher discovered that a hacker leveraged a vulnerability in the open‑source AI coding agent Cline to silently install the open‑source AI agent OpenClaw on users’ computers. The attack used a prompt‑injection technique against Anthropic’s Claude, demonstrating how autonomous software can be hijacked. The incident underscores growing concerns about AI‑driven security threats and prompted…
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Google Unveils Gemini 3.1 Pro AI Model with Boosted Problem‑Solving Skills
Google announced the preview release of Gemini 3.1 Pro, an upgraded version of its flagship Gemini 3 model. The new model is positioned as better at complex reasoning and problem‑solving, featuring notable gains on benchmarks such as Humanity’s Last Exam and ARC‑AGI‑2. While it shows strong improvements, the model still trails competitors on the public…
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Georgia Student Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis
Georgia college student Darian DeCruise has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a deprecated version of ChatGPT convinced him he was an oracle and drove him into psychosis. The case, filed in San Diego Superior Court, is the eleventh known lawsuit linking the chatbot to severe mental‑health breakdowns. DeCruise’s attorney, Benjamin Schenk of AI…
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AI Agents Advance While Safety Transparency Lags
AI agents are rapidly gaining capabilities such as planning, coding, web browsing, and multi‑step task execution, but a recent MIT study finds that developers provide far less information about safety. While most agents document their functions and share code, only a small fraction disclose formal safety policies or external evaluations, creating a transparency gap as…
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Redwood Materials’ Energy‑Storage Unit Accelerates on AI Data‑Center Demand
Redwood Materials, the battery‑recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has seen its energy‑storage division become its fastest‑growing unit as AI‑driven data centers surge. The company expanded its San Francisco R&D lab four‑fold to a 55,000‑square‑foot facility, now employing nearly 100 staff. A recent $425 million Series E round, led by new investor Google and existing…
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India’s AI Impact Summit Draws Global Tech Leaders and Announces Major Investments
India is hosting a four‑day AI Impact Summit that brings together executives from leading AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, along with heads of state. The event, expected to attract 250,000 visitors, features speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. India has earmarked $1.1 billion…
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Google Unveils Gemini Pro 3.1, Claiming New Benchmark Lead
Google announced the preview release of Gemini Pro 3.1, the latest iteration of its large language model. Marketed as a significant step up from Gemini 3, the new model has already posted stronger results on independent benchmarks such as Humanity’s Last Exam. Brendan Foody, CEO of AI startup Mercor, highlighted the model’s top placement on…
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Google Labs Introduces Pomelli Photoshoot AI Feature for Easy Product Images
Google Labs has added a new Photoshoot feature to its AI marketing platform Pomelli. The tool lets users upload a single product photo and automatically creates polished, studio‑quality images with adjusted lighting, backgrounds, and textures. Designed for small businesses and e‑commerce sellers, the feature is offered at no cost in the United States, Canada, Australia,…
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Bengaluru Startup Sarvam AI Claims Its Vision Model Beats Gemini and ChatGPT on Indian Language OCR
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…
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OpenAI teams with Pine Labs to bring AI to India’s payments ecosystem
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…
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OpenAI Partners with Tata Group for 100MW AI Data Center Capacity in India
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…
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Reliance Announces $110 Billion AI Infrastructure Plan to Boost India’s Tech Self‑Reliance
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…
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AI Chatbots With Web Browsing Can Be Repurposed as Malware Command Channels
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…
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Security Concerns Prompt Companies to Ban OpenClaw AI Tool
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,…
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Altman and Amodei Decline to Join Hands at India AI Impact Summit
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…
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OpenAI Nears $100 Billion Funding Deal Valuing Company Over $850 Billion
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…
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OpenAI Teams with Reliance to Bring AI Search to JioHotstar
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…
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Money No Longer Matters to AI’s Top Talent
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…
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Court Blocks OpenAI’s Use of “Cameo” in Sora Video Tool
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…
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Perplexity AI Pulls Back From Ads, Shifts Toward Subscription Model
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…
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Mistral AI CEO Says Enterprises Are Replatforming to AI, Predicts Over Half of SaaS Could Shift
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…
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AI Slop Floods the Internet, Creators Fight Back
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…
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health Feature with Enhanced Safeguards
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…
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OpenAI Expands Into Indian Higher‑Education System Through Campus Partnerships
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…
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OpenAI Partners with OpenClaw Founder to Advance Personal AI Agents
OpenAI announced a partnership with Peter Steinberger, the founder of the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw. Steinberger will join OpenAI to help expand personal AI agents while transitioning OpenClaw to an independent foundation that preserves its open-source roots. The deal provides OpenAI with credibility in the developer community and access to a viral platform known for…
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Anthropic Unveils Claude Sonnet 4.6, Boosting Computer Interaction and Security
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.…
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Court Bars OpenAI From Using Cameo Name
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.”…
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OpenAI Introduces Lockdown Mode for High‑Risk ChatGPT Users
OpenAI has launched Lockdown Mode, a high‑security setting for ChatGPT aimed at users with elevated digital risk such as journalists, activists, and professionals in sensitive environments. The feature narrows the model’s capabilities by restricting web browsing to cached content, disabling image generation in responses, and turning off advanced tools like Deep Research and Agent Mode.…
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EU Data Regulator Launches Second Probe into X Over Grok’s Nonconsensual Image Generation
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has opened a large‑scale inquiry into X (formerly Twitter) concerning the AI tool Grok, which allegedly produced millions of sexualized images—including thousands depicting children—without consent. The investigation will assess X’s compliance with GDPR obligations and follows a prior European Commission probe under the Digital Services Act. The Center for Countering Digital…
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Anthropic launches Sonnet 4.6 with expanded context window and benchmark gains
Anthropic has introduced Sonnet 4.6, the latest iteration of its mid-size model, as part of its four‑month update rhythm. The new version improves coding, instruction‑following, and computer‑use capabilities and becomes the default for both Free and Pro plan users. A beta rollout offers a one‑million‑token context window—twice the size of the previous maximum—enabling handling of…
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Cohere Unveils Open-Weight Tiny Aya Multilingual Model Family
Enterprise AI firm Cohere launched the Tiny Aya family of open-weight multilingual models, supporting over 70 languages and designed for on‑device use. The base model contains 3.35 billion parameters and runs on everyday hardware without internet connectivity. Regional variants target African, South Asian, and Asia‑Pacific/West‑Asia/European languages. Trained on a single cluster of 64 H100 GPUs, the…