Google is bringing its AI-powered conversational search feature, Search Live, to India – launching in English and Hindi – and expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages, as the company strengthens its presence in one of its fastest-growing markets.
Introduced in the U.S. in July, Search Live builds on Google’s Project Astra technology and is available through the…
Otter.ai CEO Sam Liang isn’t satisfied with the company being viewed, and used, as just a meeting notetaker. Liang wants Otter.ai to become a go-to source for enterprises and a new batch of products released Tuesday is the first step in that evolution.
The Silicon…
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is in India this week, with plans to set up an office in Bengaluru and explore a partnership with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, TechCrunch has learned. The move signals the AI startup’s push to deepen its presence…
OpenAI and the race for AI-driven commerce
October 8, 2025
OpenAI held its annual dev day on Monday, where the company rolled out its plan to build apps into ChatGPT. The demo was impressive, showing how programs like Spotify and Figma can be called or discovered without leaving the ChatGPT window. With so much of the tech world barreling toward AI integration, OpenAI’s demo was the best picture yet of what an AI-first internet might actually look…
Context windows of AI models, which indicate the ability of a model to “remember” information, have increased over time. However, researchers have suggested new ways to increase long-term memory of AI models, as they often can’t hold context over several…
Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 US holiday season
October 7, 2025
The U.S. holiday shopping season is expected to bring in $253.4 billion in online sales this year, up 5.3% year-over-year, according to a new report from Adobe’s e-commerce connected division, Adobe Analytics.
Adobe Analytics develops its predictions by analyzing over…
AMD has signed a multi-year chip supply deal with OpenAI that could generate tens of billions in revenue for the chipmaker, helping accelerate its momentum in the AI industry.
AMD has agreed to supply 6 gigawatts of compute capacity to OpenAI – enough to power up to 4.5 million homes – across multiple generations of its Instinct GPUs, starting with the Instinct MI450 GPU. OpenAI will…
What to expect at OpenAI’s DevDay 2025, and how to watch it
October 6, 2025
OpenAI is gearing up to host its third annual developer conference, DevDay 2025, on Monday. The company says more than 1,500 people are scheduled to convene at Fort Mason in San Francisco for OpenAI’s “biggest event yet,” which features announcements…
OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 1 on Apple’s US App Store
October 6, 2025
OpenAI’s Sora app for AI videos is a viral hit, despite being invite-only for now and limited to users in the U.S. and Canada at launch. On its first day, Sora saw 56,000 downloads, and is now ranked as the No. 3 Top Overall app on Apple’s U.S. App Store…
Allan Brooks never set out to reinvent mathematics. But after weeks spent talking with ChatGPT, the 47-year-old Canadian came to believe he had discovered a new form of math powerful enough to take down the internet.
Brooks – who had no history of mental illness or mathematical genius – spent 21 days in May spiraling deeper into the chatbot’s reassurances, a descent later…
