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Tech Wrap Dec 17: Instagram for TV, ChatGPT Images, Meta AI glasses update

Instagram for TV. OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Images. Meta AI software update. Call of Duty Black Ops 7 free trial. Adobe Firefly update. EvoFox One X Tri-Mode Wireless Gamepad launched

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 8:03 PM IST

With freebies, OpenAI, Google vie for Indian users, training data

Five AI analysts, however, said the freebies strategy would help companies gain from India's linguistic diversity to secure crucial data for AI training

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 2:59 PM IST

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Images to rival Google's Nano Banana: What's new

The updated ChatGPT Images, powered by GPT Image 1.5, is said to bring faster image generation, improved subject consistency and a new dedicated Images space within ChatGPT

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 2:18 PM IST

Amazon in talks to invest in OpenAI as AI firm eyes $500 billion valuation

The potential deal comes at a time when OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 11:22 AM IST

OpenAI scraps six-month equity vesting requirement for employees: Report

The move comes after the company shortened the vesting period for new hires to six months from the industry standard of 12 months in April, the report said

Updated On: 15 Dec 2025 | 12:28 AM IST

Can OpenAI respond after Google closes artificial intelligence tech gap?

But for many industry experts, the real story was that the technical gap between OpenAI's so-called foundational AI model and everyone else had become practically nonexistent

Updated On: 12 Dec 2025 | 10:17 PM IST

Disney invests $1 bn in OpenAI, to license characters for Sora video tool

As part of the licensing deal, Sora and ChatGPT Images will start generating videos using licensed Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Mufasa, from early next year

Updated On: 12 Dec 2025 | 10:09 PM IST

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 AI model in ChatGPT: Check what's new, availability

OpenAI's new GPT-5.2 model brings major upgrades in reasoning, coding, vision and long-context performance, with Instant, Thinking and Pro versions now rolling out to ChatGPT users

Updated On: 12 Dec 2025 | 11:12 AM IST

OpenAI faces suit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son's paranoid delusions and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, a former tech industry worker, fatally beat and strangled his mother, Suzanne Adams, and killed himself in early August at the home where they both lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. The lawsuit filed by Adams' estate on Thursday in California Superior Court in San Francisco alleges OpenAI designed and distributed a defective product that validated a user's paranoid delusions about his own mother. It is one of a growing number of wrongful death legal actions against AI chatbot makers across the country. Throughout these conversations, ChatGPT reinforced a single, dangerous message: Stein-Erik could trust no one in his life except ChatGPT itself," the lawsuit says. It ...

Updated On: 11 Dec 2025 | 2:47 PM IST

OpenAI hires Slack CEO Dresser as 1st revenue chief to drive profitability

OpenAI on Tuesday said it has picked Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue, a message to wary investors that the ChatGPT maker is serious about making a profit from its artificial intelligence technology. OpenAI said Dresser will oversee global revenue strategy and "will help more businesses put AI to work in their day-to-day operations." Dresser had already spent more than a decade at Salesforce when the software pioneer announced in 2020 it was buying work-chatting service Slack for USD 27.7 billion. She helped integrate Slack into the software company before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff picked her as CEO in 2023. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman earlier this month set off a "code red" alert in an internal email to employees to improve its flagship product, ChatGPT, and delay other product developments. OpenAI first released ChatGPT just over three years ago, sparking global fascination and a commercial boom in generative AI technology and giving the San Francisco-based star

Updated On: 10 Dec 2025 | 7:04 AM IST

From Labubu madness to Nano Banana: Internet trends that defined 2025

The year 2025 delivered a whirlwind of digital creativity, from AI-driven photos to quirky collectibles, nostalgic throwbacks and DIY experiments that turned everyday moments into viral content

Updated On: 09 Dec 2025 | 3:22 PM IST

Is Apple facing a Tim Cook succession test as leadership churn accelerates?

Apple is seeing rare top-level churn as AI setbacks, design reshuffles and succession questions collide, raising doubts about whether it can reinvent itself for the post-iPhone era

Updated On: 08 Dec 2025 | 4:01 PM IST

OpenAI in talks with TCS to begin Stargate India chapter, expand footprint

The San Francisco-based company is said to be exploring a plan to lease at least 500 MW of data centre capacity from HyperVault, TCS's newly established data centre arm

Updated On: 04 Dec 2025 | 10:08 AM IST

India students get free AI: Is it data, lock-in, or adoption strategy?

From ChatGPT and Gemini to Copilot, Big Tech is handing students free premium AI in India. Firms call it adoption and feedback; critics warn of data capture and lock-in

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 6:42 PM IST

Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races towards listing ahead of OpenAI

Anthropic has held early, informal talks with major investment banks about a potential public listing, though it has not selected any banks yet

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 4:14 PM IST

ChatGPT on iOS may soon draw on Apple Health metrics for tailored replies

OpenAI is reportedly preparing deeper iOS integration by allowing ChatGPT to tap into Apple Health metrics, enabling more personalised answers to wellness, activity, sleep and fitness-related queries

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 1:55 PM IST

ChatGPT has won the right to self-rule but it might go badly; here's why

Rishi Sunak's shift from "AI safety" champion to regulation sceptic reflects a wider retreat by governments betting on AI-led growth, even as real-world harms mount and self-policing looks shaky

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 11:39 AM IST

Altman declares 'code red', urges staff to speed up improvements to ChatGPT

Altman on Monday sent an internal memo calling for a "surge" to improve ChatGPT, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information

Updated On: 03 Dec 2025 | 8:49 AM IST

DeepSeek unveils 2 new models, claims performance on par with GPT-5, Gemini

The latest launch comes as the Hangzhou-based company didn't deliver any powerful models while its rivals, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, gained a lot of traction with their latest models

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 11:05 AM IST

Apple's AI head John Giannandrea to leave in spring after chaotic stint

Under Giannandrea, Apple's AI team struggled to catch up with Silicon Valley peers. The company arrived late to generative AI - two years after OpenAI's ChatGPT became synonymous with the technology

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 7:22 AM IST