Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei opens a Bengaluru office as India becomes the AI company's second-largest market, with Claude app downloads jumping 48% and consumer spending skyrocketing 572% in September, while exploring partnerships with Reliance Industries and meeting Prime Minister Modi.
Legal AI startup EvenUp secures $150 million in Series E funding, reaching a $2 billion valuation after successfully resolving over 200,000 personal injury cases and serving more than 2,000 U.S. law firms with AI-powered case management solutions.
Terzo unveils NirvanAI, an AI-powered platform that helps Fortune 500 companies including Cisco, Home Depot, and Delta recover billions from the $3 trillion global contract management crisis, delivering 90-day ROI and 10% spend optimization through instant document search capabilities.
Google enhances its Jules AI coding assistant with new command line tools and API support, while Nvidia introduces a revolutionary 4-bit training format that cuts AI training costs, and MIT researchers use generative AI to dramatically accelerate antibiotic discovery from years to much shorter timeframes.
OpenAI revolutionizes ChatGPT by integrating third-party apps from Booking.com, Spotify, Figma, and others, allowing users to directly access external services through natural language commands within conversations, though privacy concerns emerge over data sharing with developers.
Deloitte deploys Anthropic's Claude AI to 470,000 employees across 150+ countries in the largest enterprise AI rollout ever, creating specialized AI personas for different roles like accountants and developers as the company competes with OpenAI and Google for corporate dominance.
Google Cloud unveils Vertex AI Agent Builder as major corporations including ADT, Mayo Clinic, and Vodafone deploy AI-powered customer service agents using the new platform's no-code development tools and enterprise security features.
ElevenLabs unveils Agent Workflows platform featuring specialized subagents with individual system prompts and knowledge bases, visual conversation flow design, human operator transfers, and optimized performance through different AI models for various tasks.
ServiceNow launches Studio Platform for no-code AI agent development, releases thousands of pre-built AI agents for security and network operations, and announces $2.85 billion acquisition of AI startup Moveworks to accelerate its artificial intelligence strategy.
Chinese youth increasingly turn to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for mental health support as traditional therapy remains costly and inaccessible, with nearly half using AI for psychological discussions despite risks including inappropriate crisis responses and potential social isolation.