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April 27, 2026 4:31 PM

Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI

The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down to a few pages in one executive's personal diary. "This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon," wrote Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and a co-founder, in the fall of 2017. “Is he the ‘glorious leader’ that I would pick?” Brockman's diary entry is part of the thousands of pages of internal documents revealed in court since Musk, one of the original...

April 17, 2026 10:11 AM

OpenAI to spend more than $20 billion on Cerebras chips, receive stake

OpenAI has agreed to pay chip startup Cerebras more than $20 billion over the next three years to use servers powered by the company's chips, under a deal that could also give the ChatGPT maker an equity stake in the firm, The Information reported on Thursday, citing sources. The development comes as OpenAI attempts to pull ahead in the AI race and meet growing demand. In January, the company agreed to buy up to 750 megawatts of computing capacity from Cerebras over three years in a deal valued...

March 20, 2026 1:21 PM

OpenAI plans desktop ‘superapp’ to streamline user experience

OpenAI on Thursday confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that it plans to fold its ChatGPT app, coding platform Codex and browser into a single desktop "superapp" to simplify user experience. OpenAI President Greg Brockman will temporarily oversee the product overhaul and associated organisational changes, while Chief of Applications Fidji Simo will lead the sales team as the company prepares to market the new app, an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement. "We realised we were spreading our...

February 27, 2026 3:26 PM

Google rolls out Nano Banana 2 after viral success of AI image generation tool

Google on Thursday unveiled a successor to its viral Nano Banana image generation model, touting faster performance as the search-engine behemoth pushes to attract more users to its AI tools. The model, called Nano Banana 2, is being rolled out across products, including the Gemini app, AI Mode and Lens features on Search, and Flow, its AI-powered video tool, the Alphabet-owned company said. The launch is Google's latest in a series of moves that have propelled the company to the forefront of ...

February 20, 2026 7:14 PM

Global leaders hail India to be global powerhouse in Artificial Intelligence adoption, innovation

Top executives from the world's leading technology firms reiterated that India was positioned to lead the global landscape in Artificial Intelligence due to its massive scale, talent pool, and digital infrastructure, during the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The industry heads emphasised that the country was transitioning from a software hub to a primary engine for AI development and deployment. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, noted that the nation possesses the necessary elements for significant gro...

February 20, 2026 1:45 PM

‘Outstanding’ Summit showcases India’s AI vision to the world: Tata Sons Chairman

The ‘outstanding’ ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ has showcased the energy, the broader AI vision and what India can do to take this vision forward, according to Tata Sons Chairman, N. Chandrasekaran. He told IANS on the sidelines of the ‘AI Impact Summit 2026’ here that the event provided a platform to showcase all of the country’s AI-related plans. The summit earlier saw OpenAI joining Tata Group to develop local, AI-ready data centre capacity designed for data residency, securit...

February 19, 2026 10:11 AM

Sam Altman announces ‘OpenAI for India’ initiative; Tata Group to build local AI infrastructure

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday announced the launch of the ‘OpenAI for India’ initiative, aimed at developing local infrastructure, skills and partnerships to build “AI with India, for India, and in India”. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Altman said the programme seeks to expand access to artificial intelligence and support its economic and social applications in the country. According to the company, India already has more than 100 million weekly ChatGPT users across ...

January 29, 2026 9:26 AM

Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI

Nvidia , Amazon and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reported on Wednesday. Nvidia, an existing investor whose chips power OpenAI's AI models, is in talks to invest up to $30 billion, The Information said, citing a person with knowledge of the situation. Microsoft, a longstanding backer, is in talks to invest less than $10 billion, the report said. It added that Amazon, which would be a new investor, is in discussions to invest significantly more th...

January 21, 2026 4:50 PM

Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50 million partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called Horizon1000, plans to work with African leaders to work out how best to use the technology, starting with Rwanda. "In poorer countries with enormous health worker shortages and lack of health systems infrastructure, AI can be a gamechanger in expanding access to quality care," said Gates in a blog post announcing...

January 18, 2026 2:55 PM

Elon Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft

Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, saying he deserves the "wrongful gains" that they received from his early support, according to a court filing on Friday. OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur's contributions when he was co-founding what was then a startup from 2015, while Microsoft gained between $13.3 billion and $25.1 billion, Musk said in the federal court filing ahead of his trial against the two companies...