Google partners with Reliance to provide free AI Pro access including Gemini 2.5 Pro model, enhanced media generation tools, and 2TB cloud storage worth ₹35,100 to millions of Jio 5G users for 18 months, initially targeting ages 18-25 before nationwide expansion.
AI startup The Prompting Company secures $6.5 million in seed funding to help brands optimize their visibility in ChatGPT search results through specialized websites, as retailers brace for a 520% surge in AI chatbot traffic by 2025.
Grammarly transforms into Superhuman after acquiring major productivity companies, launching an AI assistant that works across 100+ apps to help users with tasks from writing to scheduling meetings, with current Pro subscribers getting free access until 2026.
Google dramatically enhances NotebookLM with an 8x larger context window, 6x longer conversation memory, and 50% better response quality, while introducing custom role settings that let users transform the AI into specialized advisors like research consultants or marketing strategists.
Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce the GUARD Act to ban AI chatbots for minors and impose $100,000 fines on companies, following tragic testimony from parents whose children died by suicide after using AI companions from OpenAI and Character.AI.
OpenAI launches free one-year ChatGPT Go promotion in India starting November 4, targeting its second-largest market with over 29 million app downloads in 90 days despite low monetization of just $3.6 million in purchases.
PayPal breaks new ground as the first digital wallet to integrate with ChatGPT's Instant Checkout feature launching in 2026, allowing users to access their complete payment methods and shipping information directly through the AI interface, expanding OpenAI's e-commerce reach beyond current partnerships with major retailers like Etsy, Shopify, and Walmart.
DeepSeek releases groundbreaking open-source AI model achieving 10x efficiency boost that could revolutionize how companies process massive datasets, while Meta cuts 600 AI jobs and Reddit launches lawsuits against data scraping operations.
OpenAI reveals over one million users weekly discuss suicide with ChatGPT as the company faces lawsuits over a teenager's death, while claiming its new GPT-5 model shows 65% improvement in mental health responses amid growing legal pressure from parents and state attorneys general.
AI startup Mercor rockets to $10 billion valuation after raising $350 million, pivoting from hiring assessments to training AI models with 30,000 contractors earning $1.5 million daily while benefiting from clients fleeing competitor Scale AI following Meta's controversial acquisition.