India has proposed a mandatory royalty system for AI companies that train their models on copyrighted content – a move that could reshape how OpenAI and Google operate in what has already become one of their most important and fastest-growing markets globally.
On Tuesday, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released a proposed framework that would give AI…
Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button
December 10, 2025
After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch brand, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant…
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps
December 10, 2025
Shanea Leven says she learned two important lessons when building her first company, CodeSee. The first lesson was knowing the difference between what businesses need versus what sounds visionary; the second was that the fundamentals always apply, even with new technologies…
Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features
December 9, 2025
An increasing number of browsers are experimenting with agentic features that will take actions on your behalf, such as booking tickets or shopping for different items. However, these agentic capabilities also come with security risks that could lead to loss of data or money.
Google detailed its approach to handling user security on Chrome using observer models and consent for user action. The…
‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback
December 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to ink an executive order this week that would limit states from enacting their own regulation of AI technology.
“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You…
OpenAI released new data Monday showing enterprise usage of its AI tools has surged dramatically over the past year, with ChatGPT message volume growing 8x since November 2024 and workers reporting they’re saving up to an hour daily. The findings arrive a week after…
ChatGPT’s user growth has slowed, report finds
December 8, 2025
ChatGPT’s growth is starting to taper off, according to new data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Today, the OpenAI-owned AI chatbot remains the leader in the space, accounting for 50% of global downloads on mobile devices and 55% of the global monthly active users. However, Google’s Gemini has begun to outpace ChatGPT in terms of download growth, growth of monthly active…
If Amazon Web Services’ annual re:Invent tech conference proves anything, it’s that the cloud infrastructure player is going all in on AI.
AWS made dozens of announcements, from new AI agents and updated large language models, to products with LLM and…
The New York Times filed suit Friday against AI search startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, its second lawsuit against an AI company. The Times joins several media outlets suing Perplexity, including the Chicago Tribune, which also filed suit this week.
The…
Meta’s decision to serve only its AI chatbot, Meta AI, to WhatsApp users isn’t sitting well with the competition regulators in Europe. The European Commission on Thursday said it is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta’s move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users on the app.
WhatsApp in October…
