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New Delhi, October 28: OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it will offer free access to ChatGPT Go for one year to all users in India who sign up during a special promotional period starting November 4. The offer comes as part of OpenAI's celebration of its first DevDay Exchange event in Bengaluru, which will also be held on the same day. ChatGPT Go is OpenAI's recently launched subscription plan that gives users access to many of the platform's advanced features, including higher message limits, more image generation, longer memory, and the ability to upload more files and images. All these features are powered by OpenAI's latest GPT-5 model. Threads 'Ghost Posts': Meta-Owned Platform Introduces Disappearing Posts To Share 'Unfiltered Thoughts' That Automatically Archive After 24 Hours. The plan was first launched in India in August this year after users requested a more affordable way to use ChatGPT's advanced tools. Within just a month of its launch, the number of paid ChatGPT users in India more than doubled. Following this strong response, OpenAI expanded ChatGPT Go to nearly 90 countries worldwide. India is currently ChatGPT's second-largest market and one of the fastest-growing. Millions of users across the country -- students, professionals, and developers -- are already using ChatGPT daily to learn new skills, boost creativity, and build innovative projects. The new offer reflects OpenAI's continued "India-first" approach and supports the government's IndiaAI Mission, which aims to expand access to artificial intelligence tools and encourage innovation across the country. OpenAI is also working with civil society groups, educational platforms, and government-led initiatives to make AI tools more accessible and inclusive. Existing ChatGPT Go subscribers in India will also be eligible for the free 12-month offer, with more details to be announced soon. Nick Turley, Vice President and Head of ChatGPT, said the company has been inspired by how Indian users are using ChatGPT Go. What Is Grokipedia? xAI Rolls Out AI-Powered Encyclopedia grokipedia.com, Elon Musk Says 'It's Better Than Wikipedia Imo'; Check Features and Other Details. "Ahead of our first DevDay Exchange event in India, we're making ChatGPT Go freely available for a year to help more people across India easily access and benefit from advanced AI. We're excited to see the amazing things our users will build, learn, and achieve with these tools," he said.
Business Wire India L&T Technology Services (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a leading global engineering and technology services company, has unveiled its state-of-the-art Engineering Design Center in Plano, Texas. This investment underscores LTTS' commitment to delivering advanced solutions in AI & Tech and establish more near shore centers tailored to the evolving needs of our clients. As an ITAR-compliant facility, the center is equipped to design, develop, and test defense-related products and systems. The new design hub will also focus on advanced cybersecurity solutions, including a Security ...Read More >
BENGALURU - Altimetrik, a pure-play AI, Data and Digital engineering solutions company, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire SLK Software ("SLK"), a global technology services firm focused on delivering AI, intelligence automation and analytics solutions. The acquisition will further strengthen Altimetrik's end-to-end enablement services and expand its customer reach, with a clear path to accelerate towards Altimetrik's goal of reaching $1billion in annual revenue. The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second ...Read More >
New Delhi: The United States has once again shown its willingness to muscle into the internal affairs of sovereign nations, with President Donald Trump imposing a sweeping 50% tariff on goods from Brazil. Not so surprisingly, the reason is a personal grudge and open interference in Brazil's ongoing legal proceedings against former President Jair Bolsonaro. Trump's letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dispensed with the usual diplomatic platitudes, making it clear that the tariff hike is retaliation for Bolsonaro's prosecution. "The way that Brazil has treated former Presi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) HCLTech on Monday reported a 9.7 per cent decline in consolidated net profit for the April-June quarter of this fiscal year at Rs 3,843 crore as the IT services firm and pegged the revenue growth guidance at 3-5 per cent for FY26. HCLTech had logged a net profit (attributable to owners of the company) of Rs 4,257 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Also Read | How To Check Lottery Sambad Results: A Comprehensive Guide for Indian Lottery Enthusiasts. Revenue from operations for the quarter under review was 8.1 per cent higher at Rs 30,349 c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will undertake an official visit to France, the European Union (EU), and Belgium from June 8 to 14, 2025, the Ministry of External Affairs announced in a press release on Sunday. The visit marks a significant step in further strengthening India's strategic partnerships with Europe. The EAM will first travel to Paris and Marseille, France, where he will hold bilateral discussions with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean Noel Barrot. Also Read | Indian Citizen Dies in UAE: Civil Engineer Issac Paul ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing from all angles, including sabotage, in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed 274 people on board and on the ground last month, Minister of State (MoS) For Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said. Mohol said the black box of the Air India flight AI 171 that has been recovered is in AAIB's custody and will not be outside the country for a thorough assessment. The MoS was speaking at the Pune chapter of the Emerging Business Conclave. "It (plane crash) was an unfortunate incident. The AAIB has begun a full investig ...Read More >
AMD sees India as a key market. Reliance Jio is using AMD's GPUs in its data centers. Both companies are working on future plans. AMD aims to support India's sovereign AI capabilities. The company is collaborating with various large players in India. AMD also emphasizes its open ecosystem and collaborative approach.India is a "super important" market for AMD and the largest telco Reliance Jio is among the customers using the graphic processing units (GPUs) in its data centres, a senior official has said. The company, which has around 8,000 employees here, considers India as a key hub from an ...Read More >
Mumbai: HCL Technologies on Monday announced that it has reported a 10 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of FY26 at Rs 3,843 crore, compared to Rs 4,257 crore in the same quarter the previous year (Q1 FY25). Despite the drop in profit, HCL Tech posted an 8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in its revenue from operations, which rose to Rs 30,349 crore from Rs 28,057 crore in Q1 FY25, according to its stock exchange filing. On a sequential basis, the topline saw a marginal increase of 0.3 per cent from Rs 30,246 crore in the previous quarter. The IT ma ...Read More >
Trial conducted over a 118 km Boston metro route with 10 network hops and nine ROADMs. US wireless carrier Verizon has successfully tested the transportation of 1.6 terabits per second of data across a single wavelength on its live metro fiber network. Utilising Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optical solution, the trial, conducted in Boston, demonstrated data travelling farther and faster across Verizon's fiber network. This upgrade enhances the network's ability to handle the workloads generated by artificial intelligence (AI) applications, particularly Generative AI, according ...Read More >
June 30 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq touched record highs on Monday, as optimism over U.S. trade negotiations with its key partners helped support upward momentum in markets. Shares of technology heavyweights rose premarket after Canada scrapped its digital services tax targeting U.S. tech firms, just hours before it was due to take effect, in a bid to advance stalled trade negotiations with the United States. Shares of Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab, Meta Platforms (META ...Read More >
New Delhi: HCLTech on Monday reported a 9.7 per cent decline in consolidated net profit for the April-June quarter of this fiscal year at Rs 3,843 crore as the IT services firm and pegged the revenue growth guidance at 3-5 per cent for FY26. HCLTech had logged a net profit (attributable to owners of the company) of Rs 4,257 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations for the quarter under review was 8.1 per cent higher at Rs 30,349 crore, as against Rs 28,057 crore in Q1FY25. Seen sequentially, profit fell 10.7 per cent, while revenue was marginal ...Read More >
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar suggests empowering rural youth to drive change in India's underutilized agricultural sector during his visit to Dr YS Parmar University. He advocates for direct subsidies to farmers, emphasizing the need for bridging the gap between production and market access and the use of AI for rural transformation. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has called for empowering rural youth to catalyze significant transformation in India's largely untapped agricultural sector. Dur ...Read More >
New Delhi: Linda Yaccarino has stepped down as CEO of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after completing two years at the top post. Yaccarino confirmed her resignation on Wednesday, posting a message highlighting her time at the company and signalling confidence in the company's next phase under Elon Musk's leadership. "The best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter with xAI," Yaccarino said, referring to Musk's artificial intelligence company that recently rolled out its chatbot Grok. Yaccarino, a veteran advertising executive, was hired by Musk in May 2023, months after he acqu ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 12: Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) has reduced its subscription plan costs in India. The Indian users are now offered up to 48% price cuts in the X subscription plans. The paid X plans offer more features and benefits than the free version. With the price cuts, the Indian X subscribers can benefit by paying less. The X platform has reduced the monthly and annual fees, offering an ad-free experience, Grok access, and the ability to post long-form messages and articles. The X Premium plan, which has been the ideal choice for many users, is now available at a starting price of INR ...Read More >
The Andhra Pradesh government inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google. The tech giant will launch its operations from Visakhapatnam in the State. Making the announcement at the district collectors' conference on Wednesday, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said HRD Minister Nara Lokesh's efforts have paved the way for this. The MoU was a significant development and would be a game changer. Visakhapatnam is poised for transformative growth, Mr. Naidu said. The chief minister, in ...Read More >
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Fresh snowfall on Thursday caused a sharp drop in temperature in the Dhauladhar mountain ranges in Himachal Pradesh. Snowfall on the higher reaches is very rare in June. The minimum temperature in Dharamshala was recorded at 16 degrees Celsius, whereas the maximum temperature was 21 degrees Celsius. Also Read | OpenAI Academy India: ChatGPT Developer Launches First International Initiative To Expand Education Platform Partnering With IndiaAI Mission in Country. It has been raining every day for a week in Dharamshala. Tourism industry peo ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
As businesses increasingly adopt AI, customizing large language models (LLMs) like GPT and Claude is key to meeting industry-specific needs. Techniques like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and in-context learning are gaining popularity. RAG enables real-time data retrieval, ideal for tasks requiring up-to-date information, while in-context learning provides guidance within the task prompt. Recent advancements in LLMs, such as larger context windows, offer new possibilities but also present challenges, including cost and efficiency. A hybrid approach combining RAG and long-context models m ...Read More >
Bengaluru, India (OTE) - Leveraging Infosys Topaz and Google Cloud technology, the center of excellence will foster co-innovation to deliver transformative AI-powered solutions Infosys (NSE: INFY), (BSE: INFY), (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced the launch of a Google Cloud center of excellence, powered by Infosys Topaz, to foster enterprise AI innovation. The center will serve as a catalyst for co-creation and help businesses harness the power of generative AI to achieve transformative growth. Infosys and Google Cloud share a s ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], February 3: SarkarSEO, a leading SEO agency, is introducing a new approach to digital rankings with its Search Everywhere Optimization strategy. As AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Bing AI change how people find information, SarkarSEO is helping businesses rank across all platforms, not just Google. Also Read | US Shocker: Woman Allegedly Beats 14-Year-Old Son to Death With Extension Cord Over Unfinished Chores, Waits 5 Minutes Before Calling 911; Arrested. Search Everywhere Optimisation takes advantage of the fractured nature of the search, optimisi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Google has announced the expansion of its newly released Veo 3 text-to-video generation platform, allowing users in 71 countries to access the updated AI model introduced at the Google I/O 2025. Currently, the AI video generator is only available to paid subscribers of Gemini. Developed by Google DeepMind, Veo 3 is the company's state-of-the-art video generation model that lets users add sound effects, ambient noise, and even dialogue. The demo showcases footage that looks too realistic and follows physics like never before. At the time of the launch, Veo 3 was made available only ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 7 (PTI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday emphasised the need to empower the rural youth to become instruments of change in India's enormous but "underutilised" agricultural economy. Interacting with students, faculty and researchers during his visit to Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Solan, he also called for giving direct subsidy to farmers and claimed it will increase their annual income by Rs 30,000. Dhankhar said that instead of giving indirect subsidies on fertilisers, seeds and other inputs, farmers should get monetary assistance directly ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday warned educational institutions that cases would be booked against them if drugs were found in their premises. The CM announced that the state's Anti-Narcotics Bureau would henceforth be known as Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and was tasked with curbing the menace of narcotics in the state. Speaking at an event marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2025 at Shilpakala Vedika here, Reddy placed an onus on educational institutions to ensure their campuses were free of drugs. "It is the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian IT majors are aggressively repositioning themselves as AI-native firms, focusing on high-margin applications and integration over high-risk, capital-intensive foundational research. A deep dive into the FY25 annual reports from the industry behemoths --- TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and Tech Mahindra -- indicates that in the global AI race, India's tech titans are not competing to invent foundational AI, they are positioning themselves to become premier integrators of it. The shift from general digital transformation to a specific AI focus is captured in the very title ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) HCLTech on Monday announced a multi-year deal with OpenAI to enable its customers to leverage the tech giant's AI offerings and drive enterprise-scale AI adoption. HCLTech, becoming one of the first strategic services partners to OpenAI, will roll out ChatGPT Enterprise and OpenAI APIs internally to provide its employees with secure, enterprise-grade generative AI tools, according to a company statement. Also Read | Gold Rate Today, June 30, 2025: As Gold Price Continues To Decline, Check Prices of Yellow Metal in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Other Metro Citi ...Read More >
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh IT and Human Resources Development Minister Nara Lokesh on Friday hailed the successful implementation of the state-wide 'Mega Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM) 2.0' programme. Expressing gratitude to all stakeholders, he credited the collective efforts of government and private schools, colleges, education officials, staff, headmasters, teachers, students, parents, donors, alumni, public representatives, and officers from various departments for making the event a success. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Stating that America relationship with Pakistan is complex, a leading security expert has said that he does not see the possibility of Islamabad getting US technology antime soon and that the United States administration has conveyed that it will not back those who back terrorism. In an interview with ANI, welfare scholar and chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute, John Spencer, said that India is not the same India of five years ago, and for him, studying the country from elements of economics, military, and politics is the same as studyi ...Read More >
Palo Alto Networks, released its 2025 cybersecurity predictions for the Asia Pacific region, outlining five key trends that cyber practitioners can expect to unfold in the coming twelve months and position their organisations for a more secure future. Organisations across the APAC region have emphasised embedding AI into business processes in 2024. This includes cybersecurity processes, where organisations and their adversaries are engaged in an AI arms race. But alarmingly, according to a recent PwC report, more than 40% of leaders say they do not understand the cyber risks posed by emerging ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) India has always led in developer talent and now has a strong opportunity to lead in AI talent, OpenAI Global Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Jason Kwon said on Thursday as the ChatGPT-maker launched OpenAI Academy in partnership with IndiaAI Mission. In an interview to PTI, Kwon said that India - which has the second largest number of ChatGPT users - is among the most important countries for OpenAI in terms of engagement. India has always had the "ingredients to succeed", he noted. OpenAI, he pointed out, is eyeing partnerships that will help build the future of AI infra ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: OpenAI, in partnership with IndiaAI Mission under the IT Ministry, on Thursday launched the OpenAI Academy India, marking the first international expansion of the ChatGPT-maker's education platform. The initiative seeks to broaden access to AI education and tools, tapping into India's fast-growing developer community, digital infrastructure, and network of startups and innovators, the company said. OpenAI and IndiaAI also inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU), outlining their partnership goals. OpenAI Academy India will support the IndiaAI Mission's FutureSkills pillar by exp ...Read More >