Share
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Whatsapp
Copy Link
OpenAI has partnered with Pine Labs to integrate AI-driven reasoning into the fintech firm's payments stack, automating settlement and invoicing workflows. The collaboration marks a significant push to accelerate AI-led commerce in India, with Pine Labs becoming OpenAI's first payments partner for ChatGPT in the country. The integration allows merchants to process transactions initiated through AI-led interfaces across Pine Labs' network of over 980,000 merchants.
OpenAI is finalizing a massive funding round targeting over $100 billion from major tech firms including Nvidia, Amazon, SoftBank, and Microsoft, potentially valuing the company above $850 billion. But the ChatGPT maker has dramatically cut its infrastructure spending commitments from $1.4 trillion to $600 billion by 2030, signaling a recalibration amid mounting investor concerns about the AI industry's path to profitability.
Cogent Security secured $42 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital to scale its AI agents that automate vulnerability remediation. The platform reduces high-risk bug resolution time by 97% on average, addressing a critical bottleneck as software vulnerabilities jumped 162% in five years. Dozens of Fortune 1000 companies already deploy the system.
OpenAI and crypto investment firm Paradigm unveiled EVMbench, a benchmark tool designed to evaluate how AI agents detect, patch, and exploit vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts. Drawing on 120 real flaws from 40 audits, the tool tests models like GPT-5.3-Codex, which scored 72.2% in exploit mode, as billions in crypto assets remain at risk.
Apple's iOS 26.4 beta introduces support for third-party AI chatbots in CarPlay, allowing drivers to access ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude through a new voice control screen. The update marks a significant expansion of CarPlay's capabilities, though apps won't replace Siri or control vehicle functions.
Figma reported 40% revenue growth to $303.8 million in Q4 2025 and forecast 2026 revenue of $1.37 billion, surpassing Wall Street estimates by $80 million. The design platform's AI-powered Figma Make tool saw weekly users surge 70% quarter-over-quarter, with more than half of customers spending over $100,000 in annual recurring revenue using it weekly. The results ease investor concerns about AI threatening the software design platform's business model.
OpenAI announced partnerships with six leading Indian higher education institutions including IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, and AIIMS New Delhi to integrate AI into academic workflows. The initiative will provide ChatGPT Edu access, faculty training, and responsible AI use frameworks to over 100,000 students and staff, marking a shift from consumer tools to institutional AI adoption in one of the world's largest education systems.
MakeMyTrip and Ixigo have both announced partnerships with OpenAI to deploy advanced AI capabilities across their travel platforms. MakeMyTrip's Myra assistant now handles over 50,000 conversations daily across multiple languages, with 45% of queries from Tier-2 cities. The collaborations mark a significant shift toward AI-led discovery in India's travel sector.
A California federal judge has ruled in favor of celebrity video platform Cameo, ordering OpenAI to stop using the 'Cameo' name for its Sora video generation feature. The preliminary injunction marks a significant win for Cameo in protecting its brand against potential user confusion, as OpenAI faces mounting intellectual property disputes across multiple fronts.
OpenAI confirms India has become its second-largest market with 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users. Young Indians aged 18-24 account for nearly 50% of usage, with students and professionals driving adoption through work-related tasks and coding assistance. The company is expanding offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru while partnering with Tata Group and major Indian firms.
India's AI Impact Summit brings tech billionaires like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai to Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is positioning the nation as an AI hub for the Global South. The summit marks a shift from Western-led AI governance discussions, with India expecting over $200 billion in investments while addressing concerns about AI colonialism, job displacement, and digital sovereignty.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a crackdown on AI chatbots, forcing providers to comply with the Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content. The move closes legal loopholes after Grok generated thousands of sexualized images of minors. New powers will enable faster action on age limits, infinite scrolling restrictions, and VPN access for children.
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the viral open-source AI assistant OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI to focus on building personal agents. The move comes despite growing concerns from AI experts about OpenClaw's cybersecurity vulnerabilities and questions about whether the technology represents genuine innovation or simply repackages existing capabilities.
Google and OpenAI revealed that competitors are using distillation attacks to clone their AI models through legitimate access. One campaign used over 100,000 prompts to extract Gemini's reasoning capabilities. Both companies warn this intellectual property theft poses risks to the AI industry, though critics note the irony given their own data scraping practices.
The viral ChatGPT caricature trend has millions sharing AI-generated images of themselves, but cybersecurity experts warn these uploads pose serious risks. Images and personal details shared with OpenAI could be retained indefinitely and potentially exploited by fraudsters for deepfakes, impersonation, and personalized scams.
Don’t drown in AI news. We cut through the noise - filtering, ranking and summarizing the most important AI news, breakthroughs and research daily. Follow topics that matter to you and stay ahead.