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Calls to Canonisation for Sam Altman Stir Tech Debate

A petition invoking the Sam Altman for living sainthood as “Patron Saint of Subsidised Layoffs” has gained traction across social-media networks, framing his stewardship of OpenAI as a kind of moral crusade against job displacement. The campaign draws on claims that OpenAI is enduring heavy financial losses—allegedly burning $2.25 for every dollar earned—while investors such as Microsoft underwrite costs that critics say pave the way for companies […]

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OpenAI Flags Analytics Breach Affecting API User Records

OpenAI disclosed a data breach involving its analytics provider Mixpanel, confirming that a security lapse allowed unauthorised access to certain API user details but did not compromise ChatGPT message data or model-generated content. The company informed affected developers that the incident, traced to November 2025, exposed names, email addresses and limited account-related metadata, prompting a broader review of third-party integrations across its platform. OpenAI stated that the […]

Fueling the Future: Alessio Vinassa on How Venture Capital Shapes Tomorrow’s Industries

As billion dollar private companies OpenAI and Stripe rapidly rise in prominence, venture capital has once again become a central topic of discussion in business and finance. That is why thought it would be timely to have a conversation with Alessio Vinassa, an entrepreneur, venture builder, thought leader, and philanthropist firmly entrenched in the venture capital space. Alessio speaks like a builder who has seen ideas become […]

Google Sets New Compute Growth Target

Google’s top infrastructure executive has informed staff that the company must double its artificial-intelligence compute capacity every six months to keep pace with escalating demand. Amin Vahdat, vice-president of AI infrastructure at Google Cloud, stated that this rapid expansion is critical if the company is to achieve the next “1,000×” increase in compute over the next four to five years. Vahdat delivered the message during an all-hands […]

U.S. Opens High-End AI Chip Access to Gulf Firms

The U. S. Commerce Department has authorised the export of advanced artificial-intelligence semiconductors to two Middle Eastern firms, granting licences for each to procure up to 35,000 units of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips. The approvals apply to G42 of the United Arab Emirates and Humain of Saudi Arabia, representing a significant shift in America’s technology-export policy. The licences impose stringent conditions: both companies must adhere to rigorous security […]

Google Unveils Gemini 3 Pro in AI Leap

Google has introduced Gemini 3 Pro, its next-generation multimodal artificial-intelligence model, marking a significant escalation in the company’s ambitions for large-language models. The new system, which expands multimodal integration across text, image and audio inputs, is being rolled out initially to enterprise and developer channels before wider availability. The model appears underpinned by a “1 million-token” context window—according to leak reports—enabling it to process extensive documents and […]

Alphabet’s Upgrade Signals Full AI Confidence

A substantial shift in sentiment around Alphabet Inc. has taken shape following the firm’s elevation to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ by Loop Capital, with the brokerage raising its price target to $320 from $260. The upgrade underscores a decisive move by Wall Street away from doubts about Alphabet’s core search business toward bullish conviction in its AI-driven future. Loop Capital’s managing director, Rob Sanderson, observed that earlier concerns […]

Reveries on Amazon’s triple golden geese in 2026!

Matein Khalid Amazon (AMZN) shares were a doggy of the Mag-7 for most of 2025, falling as low as 161 in late April during the post Liberation Day temper tantrum by Mr. Market and trading in a narrow 200-225 range since late summer on concerns that AWS was losing ground to Microsoft’s Azure and Google Cloud in the cloud computing league tables. Even now, at 244 it […]

OpenAI Faces Backlash Over Deepfake Risks from AI Video Tool

AI video tool Sora 2, developed by OpenAI, has drawn sharp criticism from privacy advocates, Hollywood, and creators over the potential risks it poses in generating deepfake content. Advocacy group Public Citizen is among those calling for the tool’s immediate withdrawal, citing concerns that the app could be misused to produce non-consensual imagery and undermine democracy. The tool, which uses AI to generate videos from text-based prompts, […]

SoftBank’s Full Exit from Nvidia Fuels OpenAI Focus

SoftBank Group has completed the sale of its entire stake in Nvidia, raising $5.83 billion as part of a broader strategy to shift its investments towards artificial intelligence, particularly in its backing of OpenAI. This decision, marking the end of SoftBank’s position in the semiconductor giant, is a bold pivot as the Japanese conglomerate seeks to maximise its involvement in the rapidly growing AI sector. The sale […]

Elon Musk Responds to Sam Altman’s Critique of Office Tools

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has strongly responded to remarks made by Sam Altman, the founder and CEO of OpenAI, regarding the limitations of traditional office productivity tools. Altman’s comments, which gained widespread attention, included criticism of popular platforms like Slack, Google Docs, email, and PowerPoint. He suggested that these tools often contribute to what he termed “fake work,” while also claiming that the future of workplace productivity […]

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Free Year of ChatGPT Go Launched in India

OpenAI has announced that its mid-tier subscription plan, ChatGPT Go, will be available free for a 12-month period to eligible users in India starting 4 November 2025. The offer applies to new sign-ups, users on the free tier, and existing ChatGPT Go subscribers in good standing.

The Go plan typically costs around ₹399 per month and includes access to the latest model, GPT‑5, higher message limits, image generation, file uploads and enhanced memory for conversations. OpenAI says the promotion reflects its strategy to deepen engagement in India, identified as its second-largest market globally.

The promotional offer is being timed with the company’s first DevDay Exchange event in Bengaluru. The aim is to accelerate user adoption, familiarise a large user base with advanced AI workflows and potentially convert trial users into longer-term subscribers. Users in India eligible for the offer must add a valid payment method—such as a credit/debit card or UPI—and once the 12-month period ends, the subscription will auto-renew at the prevailing monthly fee unless cancelled.

Big Tech’s Rally Leaves Market Breadth Behind

Wall Street’s surge in equity valuations, largely driven by a small group of technology giants, has raised concerns about the shallow nature of the rally and the potential risks that may follow. Leading the pack are companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon. com, whose combined market capitalisations and dominant positions in artificial-intelligence-driven sectors are exerting an outsized influence on the broader market. Analysts note that the […]

AWS and OpenAI Forge $38 Billion Cloud Infrastructure Pact

A sweeping seven-year agreement valued at some US$38 billion has been struck between OpenAI and Amazon. com Inc.’s cloud arm Amazon Web Services, granting OpenAI access to hundreds of thousands of next-generation GPUs to fuel its artificial-intelligence models. The deal marks a significant shift in the cloud-computing landscape as OpenAI broadens its infrastructure base beyond longstanding relationships. OpenAI said it will begin deploying AWS’ compute capacity immediately, […]

Qtum Unveils Ally Desktop AI Agent

The blockchain platform admittedly known as Qtum has rolled out a new desktop artificial-intelligence agent called “Ally”, aiming to shift the landscape of AI productivity from cloud-only assistants to desktop-native, multi-model orchestration. The launch positions Qtum as a player in both blockchain and artificial-intelligence domains as users increasingly demand local control, privacy and advanced automation beyond chat-based tools. Ally can run on both Windows and macOS platforms […]

Microsoft Unveils Mico, AI Avatar for Copilot

Microsoft has introduced a new avatar named Mico to lead its latest update of the Copilot assistant, marking a strategic move in how the company presents AI interactions. The Mico character joins an array of twelve new enhancements in the Copilot Fall Release, positioning the assistant as more expressive, collaborative and user-friendly. The visual identity of Mico is intentionally playful—an abstract, floating shape capable of changing colour […]

AI Infrastructure Surge Powers Crusoe’s Big Leap

US-based data-centre specialist Crusoe Energy Systems LLC has secured approximately $1.38 billion in a Series E funding round, raising its valuation to more than $10 billion underlining the intensity of demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The equity fundraising was co-led by Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, and attracted backing from major investors including Nvidia Corporation, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Founders Fund. Crusoe, founded in 2018, […]

AI News Assistants Fall Short on Accuracy and Sourcing

A study by the European Broadcasting Union in collaboration with the BBC has found that leading artificial-intelligence news assistants deliver flawed responses in nearly half of the cases evaluated. The analysis assessed over 3,000 replies from major tools including ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity, across 14 languages and involving 22 public-service media organisations from 18 countries. According to the report, 45 per cent of all answers contained […]

Broadcom Sets New AI Network Benchmark with 800G “Thor Ultra” NIC

Semiconductor giant Broadcom Inc. on 14 October 2025 launched its first 800 gigabit-per-second AI Ethernet Network Interface Card named the “Thor Ultra”, a product the company says enables interconnection of hundreds of thousands of XPUs and supports trillion-parameter artificial-intelligence workloads. Broadcom describes Thor Ultra as the “industry’s first 800G AI Ethernet NIC” that adheres fully to the open standard of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium. The card supports […]

Unconventional Approaches to AI Prompt Engineering Boost Accuracy

Artificial intelligence has witnessed significant breakthroughs over the past few years, particularly in natural language processing tasks. Models such as GPT have revolutionized everything from content generation to complex problem-solving. However, the process of fine-tuning these systems to produce accurate, contextually relevant results remains an ongoing challenge. A particular area of focus has been prompt engineering—the art and science of crafting the inputs given to AI models […]

Stargate UAE’s First Phase Accelerating On-Site in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s Stargate UAE project is advancing swiftly, with G42 and its affiliate Khazna Data Centers confirming that construction has moved past preliminary stages and that the design-to-build effort is now in full execution. The first 200 MW of capacity is slated to go live in 2026, forming part of a 1 GW AI cluster within the broader 5 GW UAE–U. S. AI Campus. Civil, structural and […]

ASML’s breakout shows where the next trillion in AI investment could be heading

ASML’s blowout third-quarter orders tell the real story of the global economy right now. The world is not slowing down — it’s retooling itself for the AI age. The Dutch company, which makes the advanced lithography machines needed to produce the most powerful AI chips, reported €5.4 billion in new bookings for the quarter, well above forecasts. This figure matters far beyond Europe’s borders. It signals that […]