In 2026, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, intends to almost treble the company's investment in artificial intelligence (AI). According to Meta's Q4 earnings report, which was made public on January 28, the business would spend between $115 and $135 billion on AI in 2026. This
Google is expanding its AI subscription service worldwide. According to the firm, Google AI Plus will be available in 35 countries, including the US, and would automatically upgrade current Google One customers. As competition in consumer AI services heats up, the expansion seeks to provide customers with more access to
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Amazon is getting ready to make more layoffs. With this action, Amazon is continuing a multi-phase personnel reduction that has previously resulted in the elimination of thousands of corporate positions. The business is restructuring to make artificial intelligence more widely used. According to media reports, Amazon may lose up to
Swiggy has announced a significant update that lets customers place orders and book restaurants directly using popular AI chat tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Claude. With this launch, users can now use natural language prompts within conversational AI interfaces to order food, shop for groceries and even make
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If you've ever grabbed a bite from a local cafe, a cloud kitchen, or a bustling family-run restaurant in India, there's a decent chance Petpooja was running the show behind the counter. In a startup world that is often focused on scaling at all costs and
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The threat of unauthorized access to critical systems can be overwhelming for organizations today. If organizations fail to adequately monitor and manage the activities of privileged users, who have more functionality, they pose a significant threat. These accounts are too powerful and need more oversight than traditional security has to
- OpenAI announces that age protection systems in ChatGPT will likely launch in a few weeks. - The update will apply to ChatGPT users worldwide. - Additionally, parental controls will be added to the tool to give parents more control over the safety.
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Google has petitioned a magistrate to delay the requirement for the company to disclose data to competitors, including OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. According to court documents, Google is contesting a decision that it has an unlawful monopoly in online search. District Judge Amit Mehta of Washington declared in 2024
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The market for new AI coding tools is expanding rapidly, with many new platforms emerging that promise to accelerate app development. With numerous options available, it can be challenging to identify the most effective tools that fit a specific workflow without adding unnecessary complexity. To help navigate this landscape, we
Anthropic, a prominent artificial intelligence company, has appointed Irina Ghose, former managing director of Microsoft India, as managing director to spearhead its Indian operations, reflecting its strategic expansion initiatives. According to a release, the hiring coincides with Claude's parent company preparing to launch its first office in India
In honour of its 25th anniversary, the Wikimedia Foundation announced on January 15 that it has reached agreements with many AI firms. Wikipedia, a free online knowledge base and online crowdsourced encyclopaedia, is owned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Leading AI companies like Amazon, France's Mistral AI, Meta Platforms,
Following weeks of consumer and political outrage as well as regulatory probes, Elon Musk's xAI said late on 14 January that Grok will no longer be able to produce sexualised photos of actual people on its social network X based on user inputs. In a tweet released through
Moglix has introduced Cognilix, an AI-powered B2B procurement operating system designed to simplify how businesses buy products, handle inventory, collaborate with suppliers, and sell. The business said that it will spend $5 million to advance AI research and create corporate products tailored to particular industries using the Cognilix platform. AI
- Google announced its new AI shopping agent tools on January 11. - The new tech has major retailers such as Kroger, Lowe’s, and Papa John's on board. - Google's Agentic commerce tech is ready to compete with OpenAI and Microsoft (new shopping features in ChatGPT and Copilot).
- ChatGPT Traffic seems to have fallen to 158 million from 200 million Daily Visits in January 2026. - Google puts Gemini everywhere to bridge the gap with ChatGPT, say experts. - The AI tool competition is to blame for this.
The massive IT company Infosys revealed on 7 December that it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to hasten the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in businesses. The collaboration focuses on merging Amazon Q Developer, AWS's generative AI-powered assistant, and Infosys Topaz, an AI-first suite of
In an effort to maintain its position as the industry leader in infrastructure for massive AI systems, Nvidia has introduced its Rubin platform, a new generation of AI computing architecture based on six specially created chips. Rubin is intended to operate as a single, tightly integrated AI supercomputer, combining processing,
- Senior Google engineer Jaana Dogan says ‘not joking’ in a series of posts on 'X.' - She clarified why big techs like Google take longer to build systems. - Although Claude Code built the systems in an hour, they were not perfect.
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As Indian businesses increasingly move toward digital-first and mobile-led operations, the demand for unified platforms that combine CRM, collaboration, HR, and task management is growing rapidly. Bitrix24, a global digital workplace, has been steadily expanding its presence in India by addressing the unique operational and cultural needs of the market.
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