ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India’s massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down.

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The round values the startup at $8.6 billion. Robotaxis using its tech go into service in London this year, and Nissan will use it for hands-free driving in personal vehicles.
AI services like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and others are becoming autonomous agents. Businesses must optimize for B2Ai commerce or risk becoming invisible to customers.
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing has released a new version of its HyperNova 60B model on Hugging Face that, it says, bests Mistral’s model.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s employees have gone all in on AI, going so far as to build a chatbot of him that they use to practice their pitches.

OpenAI won a victory Tuesday in one of its legal battles with xAI, which involved allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets. The former company’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted on Tuesday with leave to amend, meaning xAI has the option to refile with modified claims. In the ruling, US District Judge […]
The Pentagon is punishing AI safety while fast-tracking untested systems into classified ops. Are we throwing away our competitive advantage?
The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech.