Technology

OpenAI has included Alphabet’s Google Cloud among its suppliers to meet escalating demands for computing capacity, according to an updated list published on the ChatGPT maker’s website. The artificial-intelligence giant also relies on services from Microsoft, Oracle, and CoreWeave. The deal with Google, finalized in May after months of discussions, was first reported by Reuters … Read more

Microsoft saved more than $500 million in its call centers alone last year by using artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The tech giant last week announced plans to lay off nearly 4% of its workforce as it looks to rein in costs amid hefty investments in AI infrastructure. In May, the company had … Read more

Nvidia briefly reached a market capitalization of $4 trillion on Wednesday, making it the first company in the world to reach the milestone and solidifying its position as one of Wall Street’s most-favored stocks. Shares of the leading chip designer rose as much as 2.8% to an all-time high of $164.42, benefiting from an ongoing … Read more

Months after the Indian government abolished the controversial ‘Google tax’ on online advertisements, the tech giant is stepping up its efforts to help businesses reach consumers in India through new AI-powered advertising tools on Search, YouTube, and connected TV. Google on Thursday, July 10, announced it will be rolling out ads in AI Overviews for … Read more

Perplexity AI, the NVIDIA-backed startup known for its popular AI-powered search engine of the same name, has launched Comet, its first AI-powered web browser. The company states that the new browser, which features Perplexity’s AI search engine at its core, is designed for users who rely on the internet for work, research, and other tasks. … Read more

Popular technology brand, Lenovo, on Wednesday, July 9, launched its brand’s first-ever AI-powered tablet. The tablet features the brand’s first personal on-device AI agent called ‘Lenovo AI Now’. With a sleek design, the Yoga Tab Plus is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and with 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256 GB … Read more

Elon Musk, on Thursday, July 10, unveiled xAI’s latest model, Grok 4. The Tesla chief claimed that the Grok4 surpassed standardised tests and showcased PhD-level responses to academic questions across subjects. Musk’s AI startup also introduced a new $300 per month AI subscription plan named SuperGrok Heavy.  The new Grok 4 is xAI’s answer to … Read more

Microsoft Outlook, the tech giant’s popular email, contacts and calendar service, was currently down for thousands of users around the world. In a post on X, previously Twitter, the company confirmed via its official Microsoft 365 Status handle that it was aware of the issue affecting the service and was deploying a fix. According to … Read more

ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot used by millions worldwide, is now fully functional once again. Developed by the Sam Altman AI startup – OpenAI, ChatGPT suffered a brief outage that started early in the morning at around 6 AM IST and lasted for around three hours. The outage impacted ChatGPT’s Record Mode, the popular text-to-video … Read more

Roblox launched a licensing feature on its videogame platform on Tuesday, allowing intellectual property holders to integrate their characters and worlds into its games. It has signed licensing partnerships with companies such as Netflix, which would allow developers to use characters and names from the streaming giant’s popular shows “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game” in … Read more