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OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions

OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues. The lawsuits filed on Thursday in California state courts allege wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter and negligence. Filed on behalf of six adults and one teenager by the Social Media Victims Law Center and Tech Justice Law Project, the lawsuits claim that OpenAI knowingly released GPT-4o prematurely, despite internal warnings that it was dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative. Four of the victims died by suicide. The teenager, 17-year-old Amaurie Lacey, began using ChatGPT for help, according to the lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court. But instead of helping, the defective and inherently dangerous ChatGPT product caused addiction, depression, and, eventually, counselled him on the most effective way to tie a noose and how long he would be able to "live without breathing". Amaurie's death

Giga raises $61 million to scale AI-driven customer support platform

Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures will help expand the technical team and accelerate enterprise deployments of Giga's AI customer support agents

Lenskart opens smart-glasses platform to developers in AI wearables push

The eyewear firm aims to build an AI-driven wearable ecosystem with its 'B by Lenskart' smart-glasses platform, inviting Indian developers to innovate

Govt to prioritise AI innovation, regulate only when needed: IT secy

IT Secretary S. Krishnan says government's priority is to enable AI innovation, with regulation or legislation to follow only when clearly required

AI marketing firm MoEngage secures $100 mn funding for global growth

Customer engagement platform plans to expand its technology suite and teams

Amazon sues to stop Perplexity from using AI tool from purchasing stuff

The US online retailer filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding Perplexity stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users

AI unlikely to replace humans in fin services, says Shankar Sharma

While AI helps you narrow the list of opportunities, it has not reached a point where it can replace wealth managers, points out Shankar Sharma

BFSI Summit: India is built for the VUCA world, says Arundhati Bhattacharya

India's resilience makes it ready for a volatile and uncertain world, while urging caution on AI hype and valuations, says Bhattacharya

Reliance Jio users to receive ₹35,100 Google AI Pro boost, for free

Jio users to receive 18 months of free Google AI Pro access as telecom giant positions for AI infrastructure business

Grammarly is now 'Superhuman' with new AI tools, plans: Check pricing

Grammarly has rebranded to Superhuman, uniting Grammarly, Coda, Superhuman Mail, and the new AI assistant Superhuman Go under one integrated productivity suite

BS BFSI Insight Summit: 'AI's RoI may be slow, but governance can't wait'

The panelists said that re-skilling will be key to ensuring the workforce remains employable even as disruptive technologies continue to enter the sector

GitHub projects India to have over 57.5 million developers by 2030

India set to overtake the US as the world's largest developer base within five years, driven by AI adoption and rapid open source contribution growth

China leads global market as robot dogs become major AI testing ground

Beijing's support for so-called embodied artificial intelligence has boosted the domestic robotics sector, while vast tech and electric vehicles supply chains have driven down costs

AI and energy have symbiotic ties, says Chevron India's Akshay Sahni

The $1 billion facility uses artificial intelligence to automate workflows, improve drilling efficiency, & create digital twins of LNG plants, marking Chevron's largest tech investment outside the US

Agentic commerce: AI that shops and pays for you within set limits

As digital commerce shifts to agentic rails, enabling agentic payments closes the loop - creating a truly end-to-end, autonomous shopping experience

It's AI vs AI in the cyber-crime world amid rising digital threats

As AI threats increase, governments are also deploying AI to fight cyber crime

Deepfake rules gather steam: The challenge lies in implementation

The government has just published updated draft amendments to the IT Rules of 2021, with several measures to check deepfakes

Governments must exercise caution in these times of AI overinvestment

Within the sector, however, there are signs that reflect not just a classic boom-and-bust cycle building up, but also that significant systemic risks are being ignored

Canva eyes India as top market, driven by creators, AI growth: Country head

India is the fourth-largest and among the fastest-growing markets for Canva globally, and the popular graphic design platform hopes to make it number one market in the coming years, driven by strong traction from creators, students, and growing use of AI tools, according to Canva India head Chandrika Deb. The comment comes at a time when India has emerged as a powerhouse for global AI and tech firms, backed by digital-first, young population, attractive market size, and rapidly expanding internet and data infrastructure. India's AI market, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25-35 per cent is projected to reach USD 17 billion by 2027, as per a Nasscom-BCG report. "Canva is the world's largest design platform today and India is actually one of our top markets that is driving growth for Canva," Deb, country manager for Canva India, told PTI in an interview. Indians have created over 2.8 billion designs on Canva so far, with about 2.5 million new designs generated daily,

AI-generated historical images recycle colonial stereotype, finds research

These images circulate through social media in ways that make their artificial origins difficult to discern