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AI firm Perplexity eyes $14 billion in valuation in fresh funding round

Venture capital firm Accel is set to lead the round, the report said. Perplexity did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment

OpenAI to store ChatGPT Enterprise and API user data locally in India

ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu, and API user data will now be stored in India as OpenAI launches local data residency to meet the country's sovereignty and compliance norms

Apple defends $20 bn Google search deal by claiming it's unnecessary

Apple plans to reshape its Safari web browser around artificial intelligence services such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Perplexity AI Inc. and Anthropic PBC's Claude

Elon Musk's lawyer says OpenAI's reform proposal 'changes nothing'

Earlier in the day, the ChatGPT maker said it would move forward with an effort to restructure its for-profit division as a public benefit corporation

Mideast titans step back from AI model race as US, China dominate

In the Middle East, as in other markets, companies are rethinking whether the cost of building a cutting-edge AI model from scratch is worthwhile

Here's why Microsoft is key holdout for OpenAI's restructuring plan

Microsoft, which has invested $13.75 billion in the startup, remains the biggest holdout among investors as the ChatGPT maker tries to restructure, according to several people familiar with the matter

OpenAI rolls back GPT-4o update as AI goes 'sycophantic': What it means

Sycophancy in AI refers to a model's tendency to align with the user's views rather than sticking to factual accuracy

ChatGPT adds shopping: Search, compare, buy with personalised picks

OpenAI adds curated picks and direct links to product searches

From SEO keywords to chatbots, brands pivot to capture AI-driven traffic

Tech companies are launching software to monitor how frequently brands appear in AI-driven services like OpenAI's ChatGPT, among others

DeepSeek demand shrinking: Baidu founder notes shift away from text-only AI

Chinese tech major Baidu launched Ernie 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo, which feature multimodal capabilities including text, image, audio and video

Elon Musk's xAI releases Grok AI with vision and multilingual capabilities

Grok Vision allows real-time interaction through a device's camera; multilingual and voice search features introduced for paid users

Saying 'please', 'thank you' adds millions in OpenAI's costs: Sam Altman

While seemingly trivial, polite phrases require ChatGPT to interpret and generate full responses, thus increasing the computational load

US House panel calls China's DeepSeek AI a 'profound threat' to security

DeepSeek, which is the latest AI offering, grabbed the global attention for its low-cost model. Also, DeepSeek overtook ChatGPT as the top-ranked free app on Apple's Appstore

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot is getting ChatGPT-like memory feature: Details

xAI said that Grok's memory feature is designed to enhance its ability to understand and respond to individual users based on past conversations

Tech Wrap April 16: Google pixel 9a, HP OMEN MAX 16, Gemini gets Veo 2

Google Pixel 9a on sale in India. HP launches OMEN MAX 16 gaming laptop. Google's Gemini gets Veo 2 integration. Lenovo debuts Legion Tower 5i desktop. ChatGPT gets a photo Library

ChatGPT gets new image library to manage, share and edit generated images

Reportedly, OpenAI is also working on a new social media platform similar to X, which will focus on ChatGPT's image generation abilities, integrated into a social-style feed.

AI won't need to take orders from humans soon: Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt

Despite AI being in the news everyday, Eric Schmidt maintains most people still do not understand the scale at which artificial intelligence is growing

OpenAI's GPT-4.1 models boost coding skills, enhance long-context analysis

Improvements in instruction following and long context comprehension make the GPT-4.1 models more effective at powering AI agents

India surge drives ChatGPT to top of global app downloads in March: Report

ChatGPT overtakes Instagram and TikTok to become the world's most downloaded app in March 2025, likely driven by the trend of generating and sharing Ghibli-style images

Tech Wrap April 11: ChatGPT Memory, Motorola tablet, iQOO Z10 series phone

OpenAI enables memory access. Motorola launches Tablets. iQOO Z10 smartphone series launched. OPPO launches X8 Ultra. Motorola Razr 60 preview is out. Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE series on sale.