Reliance announced new features for its Jio AI Cloud service on Friday. Users will soon be able to search saved photos using voice prompts in their native language, though the full list of supported languages has not yet been confirmed. The AI Create Hub will allow users to turn photos into reels, collages, or promo videos without requiring expertise. Jio AI Cloud will also auto-categorise uploads such as receipts or ID cards. These features are expected to roll out soon, but no specific timeline has been provided.

Grok Code Fast 1, a new lightweight coding-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model, was released by xAI on Thursday. The Elon Musk-owned AI startup highlighted that this model comes with agentic capabilities and is designed as a full-stack coding agent that can be used to build both the backend and the front-end of a software.

Anthropic announced an update to its privacy policy on Thursday, highlighting that it will now train its existing and future artificial intelligence (AI) models on users’ conversations. The San Francisco-based AI company highlighted that it is now giving users an option to either accept or deny this change. This revised policy only affects the end consumers and is not aimed at the enterprise customers of Anthropic.

At the 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced a partnership with Google to establish a Jamnagar Cloud region. Exclusively built for Reliance, it will provide “world-class” AI and compute capabilities powered by Google Cloud in a bid to accelerate AI adoption across RIL’s energy, retail, telecom, and financial services. The Jamnagar Cloud region will leverage clean energy supplied by Reliance and connectivity powered by Jio’s network.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) held its 48th annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday. Amid major announcements such as the announcement of the Jio IPO and Jio Frames smartglasses, the company also unveiled the creation of an unexpected joint venture (JV) with Meta. With this JV, RIL and Meta are collaborating on the artificial intelligence (AI) front, and will together develop enterprise solutions across a wide range of industries.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced JioFrames at the 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday. It is a pair of hands-free artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses that feature a built-in AI voice assistant. There is support for multiple Indian languages, enabling users to converse with the voice assistant in their native language. JioFrames comes with an HD camera, which can be used to take photos and record videos. There are various health and fitness-tracking features as well.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has announced that it is venturing into building data centres for artificial intelligence (AI) compute with a new dedicated wholly-owned subsidiary called Reliance Intelligence. The Indian conglomerate made the revelation during its 48th Annual General Meeting.

OpenAI, on Thursday, announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) speech generation model dubbed GPT-Realtime. This is an enterprise-focused model that is capable of native audio generation with low latency, enabling two-way real-time voice conversations. The San Francisco-based AI firm said that compared to its existing voice models, the Realtime model offers higher quality output.

Microsoft unveiled the company's first two homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday. The foundation models were developed by the Redmond-based tech giant’s AI division, and is said to be built entirely in-house. The first model is MAI-Voice-1, a speech generation model that natively generates expressive and natural sounding voice.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is all set to host its 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, August 29. RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani is expected to take the stage to provide annual updates on FMCG strategies, the long-awaited Jio IPO, and other projects undertaken by companies under the RIL Group. There are also expectations of announcements related to the expansion of Reliance’s tech stack, including artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives like JioBrain and Jio’s 5G and 6G infrastructure in the telecom sector.

Google has reportedly alerted 2.5 billion Gmail account holders after a password hacker group was able to carry out a “successful intrusion.” As per the report, the incident occurred between August 8 and 18 in a widespread attack via compromised Open Authorisation (OAuth) tokens. Apart from targeting individual accounts, the threat actors have also targeted Salesforce’s database containing information about its customers, the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has found.

Anthropic's findings, published in a report, highlight growing concerns that AI tools are increasingly exploited in cybercrime, intensifying calls for tech firms and regulators to strengthen safeguards as the technology spreads.

Google Translate is getting an artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade that adds two new utility features. The Mountain View-based tech giant’s translation app has so far allowed users to copy and paste text to type and get instant translation across a large selection of languages. Now, the tech giant is using its Gemini AI models to add two new features.

Meta is reportedly witnessing the departure of multiple employees just two months after creating its new artificial intelligence (AI) division, Superintelligence Labs. As per the report, both veteran employees and recent joiners working within the AI division have left the company to either return to their previous employers or pursue different ventures.

OpenAI partnered with Anthropic for a first-of-its-kind alignment evaluation exercise, with the aim of finding gaps in the other company's internal safety measures. The findings from this collaboration were shared publicly on Wednesday, highlighting interesting behavioural insights about their popular artificial intelligence (AI) models. OpenAI found Claude models to be more prone to jailbreaking attempts compared to its o3 and o4-mini models.

WhatsApp on Wednesday announced a new feature that leverages AI to rewrite text for different tones and clarity. As per the Meta-owned instant messaging platform, users can draft a basic text, and the AI-powered writing assistant will provide suggestions for improvement, including different tones and styles. WhatsApp said that its new Writing Help is built on top of Private Processing technology, and the chats or responses will not be read by anyone other than the user.

Beatoven.ai, a Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup focused on music generation, unveiled its first in-house AI Model on Wednesday. Dubbed Maestro, it is a music model that can generate instrumental tracks across various genres based on text prompts. The company claims that the large language model (LLM) was only trained on fully licensed datasets, and the rightsholders of the music are also eligible for revenue-sharing.

Anthropic announced a new limited experiment on Tuesday, where it will be providing 1,000 paid subscribers access to Claude’s Google Chrome extension. The extension will sit within the web browser, similar to other extensions, and allow users to ask questions about web pages. While it cannot handle agentic tasks at present, it can perform tasks such as summarising content and running an analysis of a given dataset on a web page.

Two Apple executives are reportedly in disagreement over each other’s strategy on how the company should proceed with artificial intelligence (AI). Apple’s foray into the AI space has been limited and marred by endless delays. While one of the reasons behind the delay is its late entry into the space, another is its reluctance to spend big when it comes to technology.

Google introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) image model on Tuesday, calling it the company’s best image generation and editing model to date. Dubbed Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, the model improves on both the generation speed and element-based editing. Interestingly, the model went viral on the crowdsourced AI model ranking platform LMArena weeks before its official announcement.

Rokid AI Glasses were announced as a Kickstarter project on Wednesday. The AI-powered wearable is expected to arrive as a competitor to the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses in the augmented reality space. It will be equipped with dual-eye displays, enabling users to see navigational directions and translations in real time. The Rokid AI Glasses come with a 12-megapixel camera and a built-in AI assistant. As per the company, it can also be fitted with prescription lenses.

Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement when the company first announced its revenue-sharing programme to pay publishers for surfacing their content on its AI answer engine platform.

CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, highlighted that artificial intelligence (AI) summarising tools can be tricked into carrying out commands of threat actors using benign CSS tricks. These tricks usually involve using hidden text in emails, messages, weblinks, and web pages. When a user asks an AI chatbot or an AI summarising tool to process the content and provide a summary, it also processes the invisible text, which are typically prompt injections aimed at overwhelming the AI system.

Nvidia, on Monday, announced the general availability of its Jetson AGX Thor development kit and production modules. Jetson Thor is the successor to the Jetson Orin chipset, which arrived in September 2022. The latest robotics platform significantly improves on both processing power as well as energy efficiency, and the company claims that it can enable physical artificial intelligence (AI) and robots — in particular, humanoid robots — to have real-time, intelligent interactions with people and the physical world.

Google’s NotebookLM introduced Video Overviews last month, which can generate narrative-based visual slides based on the selected sources. On Monday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced that the feature is now available in 80 languages globally. The expansion will now allow users to select sources that are not in the English language and then generate an AI-powered visual summary of the topic.

OpenAI Learning Accelerator, a new India-focused initiative, was introduced by the company on Monday. Through this initiative, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm aims to build advanced AI research, training, and deployment capabilities among the educators and learners of the country. The AI firm is also collaborating with various stakeholders and providing both funding and free ChatGPT licenses as part of the initiative.

Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Apple on Monday. The legal complaint has been registered in the US federal court in Texas, and alleges the two companies of anticompetitive conduct and conspiracy to monopolise the market for smartphones and generative AI chatbots.

YouTube might be using artificial intelligence (AI) to alter human-created Shorts videos, several content creators have claimed. The YouTubers have complained that the AI-generated effects on their videos were being added without their express consent, and added that the streaming giant did not inform them about adding the said effect.

Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone may feature four cameras, one on the cover display, one inside, and two on the back, including a high-resolution main lens and either a telephoto or an ultrawide shooter. The handset is expected to sport a 5–6-inch cover display and an 8-inch foldable screen. Gurman also notes Apple is in early talks with Google to use Gemini AI for an upgraded Siri.

Apple is reportedly planning to roll out tools that will let businesses decide if a device can connect to ChatGPT for Enterprise or not. As per the report, the new admin tools will be rolled out as part of the upcoming versions of software updates in September. With this, the Cupertino-based tech giant’s enterprise customers will have more control over whether ChatGPT can connect to their internal data or not.

Meta, on Saturday, announced a partnership with the artificial intelligence (AI) research lab Midjourney. As part of the collaboration, the research teams of both companies will work together to bring Midjourney’s expertise in AI-powered image and video generation to Meta’s models. The company also highlighted that it will be licensing the research lab’s technologies for its future AI models.

Elon Musk tried to enlist rival Mark Zuckerberg for the $97.4 billion bid that his consortium made for OpenAI earlier this year, but the CEO of Meta Platforms did not come on board, OpenAI said in a court filing on Thursday.

OpenAI will open its first office in India’s New Delhi by the end of this year, announced a company executive. The executive has also provided statistics to justify the company’s latest decision. With a single employee in the country at the moment, the AI first plans to hire more people for its upcoming New Delhi office.

Google next smart home speaker, teased at the Google Pixel 10 launch event, is expected to launch in four colours, including green, black Porcelain, and a red shade. It may debut by October or next spring with the Pixel 10a. The speaker reportedly resembles a bulkier HomePod Mini with a bottom light ring and fabric finish. Powered by Gemini, it will likely support Gemini Live, natural voices, media search, automations, and sound detection. It may also pair with Google TV for surround sound and act as a Matter hub.

Meta has reportedly frozen hiring in its newly created artificial intelligence (AI) division. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based tech giant is no longer pursuing AI researchers and engineers from rival companies or looking to reverse-acquihire staff from smaller startups working with the technology anymore. While the reason behind the move was not disclosed, the report coincides with claims of the company restructuring the Superintelligence Labs by dividing it into four specialised groups.

Google announced a new update for Gemini Live on Wednesday, adding new capabilities, broader app integration, and improved voice models for more natural speech. The Mountain View-based tech giant is also introducing visual guidance, allowing Gemini Live to highlight specific objects on the screen in response to user queries.

Microsoft has started testing the semantic file search feature in Windows 11 with a larger user base. On Wednesday, the Redmond-based tech giant announced that two new artificial intelligence (AI) features are now available to all Insiders using Copilot+ PCs. The feature, powered by Copilot, allows users to search for certain files and images using natural language queries.

The Google Photos app is getting new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that enable automatic image edits based on natural language commands from the user. Announced at the Made by Google event on Wednesday, it is rolling out beginning with the newly introduced Google Pixel 10 in the US. The tech giant is also implementing industry-standard C2PA Content Credentials within the native Camera app on Pixel to differentiate between images edited with and without AI.

Google unveiled several new products at its Made by Google event in New York on Wednesday. While the Pixel 10 series was the main highlight of the event, several other announcements also took place. Among them is a new health coach for the Pixel Watch, Fitbit trackers, and Fitbit smartwatches, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). As per the company, it can create custom routines, tailor workouts based on data, and provide sleep quality insights.

Halo X, a new artificial intelligence (AI) smart glasses with a display, was unveiled by the newly formed startup Halo on Wednesday. The company is pitching its glasses as a device that gives users “superhuman intelligence.” The core idea is that the smart glasses, equipped with a microphone, continuously record their surrounding.

Google introduced a feature called Daily Hub with the Pixel 10 series. On the Pixel 10 series, Daily Hub provides a quick-look feed featuring your upcoming calendar events, current weather, suggested YouTube videos and playlists, and topics tailored to your interests based on your Google activity.

Google Pixel 10 series was launched on Wednesday with much fanfare. Just like typical Made by Google events, the showcase focused equal parts on the hardware, software, and ecosystem features. One interesting software upgrade to the smartphone series is coming in the form of Gboard, which is now getting its first set of artificial intelligence (AI) features.

Perplexity has added a new finance tool to its artificial intelligence (AI) search platform. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature now shows price alerts for the movement of Indian stocks. The new feature allows users to set a target price or movement percentage for a particular stock, and then the AI system automatically tracks it.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could permanently displace jobs, expressed two-thirds of adult US individuals who participated in a recent survey. The survey results also highlight that participants are worried that the technology can be used to stir up political chaos, and could even risk the future of humans. After generative AI first arrived on the scene in late 2022, many raised concerns that ranged from the rise of misinformation to the complete collapse of human societies.

Meta is reportedly restructuring its artificial intelligence (AI) division again, after recently establishing the Superintelligence Labs. As per the report, the new reorganisation will divide the division into four specialised groups, with each tasked with developing a specific area. Alongside the restructuring, the Menlo Park-based tech giant is reportedly also planning to downsize the division, which is said to have grown to thousands of employees.

Meta is rolling out the voice translation feature to Facebook and Instagram users globally. The Meta AI Translations feature allows creators to translate content into other languages so a broader audience can view it. At launch, the Meta AI translations are limited to select languages. The feature uses generative AI to translate voice, with optional lip-syncing. Translated reels will be shown to viewers in their preferred language, and they will be able to see that your reel was translated with Meta AI.

Meta Platforms has been rumoured to be working on a new pair of smart glasses as the successor to the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses for some time now. While they were previously thought to carry an exorbitant price tag, the tech giant’s strategy seems to have changed. As per a report, Meta will price its purported smart glasses, dubbed Hypernova, beginning at $800 (roughly Rs. 70,000), following its decision to accept lower margins at launch.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly admitted last week that the ongoing excitement around the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology resembles the 1990s dot-com bubble. As per the report, Altman made the comments during an interview with a group of journalists, and highlighted that investors funding AI startups at high valuations could get “burned” in the future.

Adobe Acrobat Studio was introduced on Tuesday as a new platform for PDF tools and artificial intelligence (AI) features for content creation. The San Jose, California-based software giant stated that it is an upgraded platform aimed at offering the trifecta of AI-powered PDF tools, content creation features, and AI assistants that can analyse, summarise, and answer queries about files.

Grammarly, on Monday, announced a range of new artificial intelligence (AI) agents. These AI agents are aimed at solving specific writing-related challenges and can help users improve their writing, as well as offer tools to better check the content for plagiarism and AI-generated text. These agents are being integrated into the company’s new platform, dubbed Docs, which is an AI-native writing surface.