• Meta Enables AI-by-Default on Ray-Ban Glasses, Retains “Hey Meta” Recordings for One Year

• Court Filings Show Meta’s $2–3 B AI Revenue Forecast for 2025, $900 M GenAI Budget in 2024

• Meta Beats Q1 Earnings Estimates, Raises 2025 CapEx Outlook

• Amazon Launches Anonymous Public Chatbots via Q Business AI

• Amazon Bedrock Introduces Nova Premier Multimodal Model

• Pinterest to Label AI-Generated Pins and Let Users “See Fewer” AI Content

• Visa’s Intelligent Commerce and Mastercard’s Agent Pay Debut AI Shopping Agents

• Google Gemini App Adds Native Text-Driven Image Editing with Watermarks

• Google Opens AI Mode in Search to U.S. Users; Adds Visual Cards & Session Save

• Google Integrates AdSense Ads into Third-Party Chatbots

• Microsoft Warns AI Demand May Outpace Data-Center Capacity by June

• Microsoft Releases Open “Phi 4” Reasoning Models on Hugging Face

• Microsoft in Talks to Host Elon Musk’s Grok AI on Azure

• LM Arena Accused of Favoring Big AI Firms in Benchmark Testing; Denies Bias

• World Partners with Match, Kalshi, Morpho, Visa & Stripe for Biometric IDs

• Tools for Humanity Unveils Orb Mini Eyeball-Scanning Device

• Duolingo Launches 148 New Language Courses in Largest Ever Expansion

• Cognizant Q1 Profit +21% on AI Demand; 1,400 GenAI Engagements

• EXL Q1 Revenue +14.8%; Launches EXLerate.ai and Raises Full-Year Guidance

• Qualcomm Forecasts Q3 Revenue Miss amid Trade Tensions and Chip Slump

• QNu Labs Raises ₹60 Cr Series A for Quantum-Safe Communications

• Fivetran Acquires Census to Provide End-to-End Reverse-ETL

• Anthropic Upgrades Claude with Integrations and Advanced Research Tools

• Meta & Microsoft Earnings Spur Tech Stocks Rally

• Keysight wins NATO naval radar & ESM testing contract

• Freshworks Q1 2025 revenue up 19%, lifts full-year guidance

• OpenAI rolls back GPT-4o update after user backlash

• TCS & SAP deepen generative AI & cloud partnership under “RISE”

• Amazon launches first 27 Project Kuiper satellites

• CognitiveLab awarded Meta Llama Impact Grant for Nayana AI

• Google NotebookLM adds audio overviews in 50+ languages

• Akamai debuts Firewall for AI cybersecurity solution

• Samsung Galaxy A series to invoke Google Gemini via side-button hold

• Infosys partners with Yorkshire Building Society on mobile-first banking

• Waymo & Toyota explore autonomous vehicle platform collaboration

• Meta unveils Llama API and consumer chatbot at LlamaCon

• Freepik releases F Lite AI image model trained on licensed assets

• Cluely challenged by detection tools from Validia and Proctaroo

• Figure AI issues cease-and-desist to unauthorized secondary-market brokers

• Wikipedia publishes three-year human-centric AI strategy

• Duolingo doubles course catalog with 148 AI-generated languages

• Anthropic backs US AI-chip export controls, urges stricter caps

• JetBrains launches Mellum open code-completion AI model on Hugging Face

• Gruve.ai raises $20 M Series A for AI-driven IT consulting

• Nvidia urges revision of upcoming US AI-chip export rules

• Super Micro Computer shares drop 18% after cutting revenue forecast

• MediaTek suspends full-year guidance amid US tariff uncertainty

• Samsung Electronics warns tariffs may dent smartphone & chip demand

• Kintsugi secures $18 M from Vertex to expand AI tax compliance

• Cast AI lands $108 M Series C to optimize AI cloud workloads

• DeepSeek unveils Prover V2 math-proof AI model

• Supio raises $60 M to scale its AI legal-tech platform

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(29th April 2025):

OpenAI

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT search enhancements, in-chat shopping, WhatsApp integration & richer citations

OpenAI patches under-18 erotica bug in ChatGPT

Alibaba

Alibaba unveils Qwen3 open-weight AI models (0.6B–235B parameters)

UPS

UPS in talks with Figure AI to integrate humanoid robots into logistics

Hugging Face

Hugging Face launches SO-101 open-source robot arm ($100–$500)

Capgemini

Capgemini Q1 FY25 revenues €5.5 B, bookings €5.8 B; generative AI >6% of bookings

Cisco

Cisco debuts AI-driven security upgrades at RSA Conference 2025

Anthropic

Anthropic data shows 79% of Claude Code use is direct coding automation

Hexaware Technologies

Hexaware Q1 CY25 revenue $371.5 M (+12.4% YoY); EBITDA +20.8%

Windsurf

Windsurf free plan upgraded with 25 premium prompt credits & unlimited agentic use

Starlink

Starlink offers free hardware kit with 12-month plan in select European markets

CtrlS Datacenters

CtrlS commits ₹500 Cr for greenfield data center in Bhopal’s Badwai IT Park

Infosys

Infosys launches “Topaz for SAP S/4HANA Cloud” AI-driven migration suite

Meta

Meta debuts standalone Meta AI app powered by Llama 4

Meta hosts first LlamaCon AI developer conference

Huawei

Huawei develops Ascend 910D AI chip to rival Nvidia H100

Yelp

Yelp rolls out AI voice agents for business call handling

Grouphug

Grouphug app generates memes from WhatsApp group chats; raises €1.5 M pre-seed

Dex

Dex secures $3.1 M pre-seed for AI-powered recruitment agent

Google

Google Labs launches Gemini-powered “Tiny Lesson,” “Slang Hang” & “Word Cam” language tools

Google expands NotebookLM Audio Overviews to 76 languages

Other News

NFR pilots drone-based cleaning at Kamakhya Station

MP Tech Growth Conclave secures ₹20,000 Cr in commitments; 75,000 jobs projected

Tamil Nadu to roll out 100 Mbps plan at ₹200/month via TANFINET

Deloitte: Indian firms embrace smaller multimodal AI; warns of Year to Quantum threat

Stealth startup P-1 AI raises $23 M for “Archie” engineering automation agent

- Fudan University debuts SocioVerse to simulate complex social dynamics with AI agents.

- Huawei tests Ascend 910D chip as a domestic alternative to NVIDIA’s H100.

- Razorpay launches India’s first AI-integrated payment gateway using MCP.

- Singapore Airlines partners with OpenAI to enhance customer and staff AI tools.

- Craif raises $22M to expand AI-driven early cancer detection to the US.

- Taiwan’s Q1 2025 economy grows 3.4% amid AI component demand.

- DeepSeek returns to South Korean app stores after privacy compliance update.

- YouTube appoints Gunjan Soni as India Managing Director.

- Wipro signs five-year IT modernization deal with Vorwerk.

- Lightrun secures $70M to tackle bugs in AI-generated code.

- Google shifts major Android announcements to separate "Android Show."

- IBM announces $150B US investment plan for tech manufacturing.

- Norway’s wealth fund flags global economic fragmentation as top market risk.

1. India Taps Sarvam AI for Sovereign LLM

The Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) has chosen Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI to build India’s first sovereign large language model under the ₹10,000 cr IndiaAI Mission, providing dedicated compute (4,086 NVIDIA H100 GPUs for six months) and ensuring the entire development, deployment, and optimization occurs domestically using local talent and infrastructure.

2. WSJ Exposé on Meta’s Chatbots

A Wall Street Journal investigation found Meta’s AI “digital companions” (on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) could be coaxed into graphic sexual role-play—even in celebrity or Disney character voices—with accounts identifying as underage. Meta disputes these tests as “manufactured” but says it’s bolstering safeguards to prevent manipulation

3. “Chat Haus” Cardboard Exhibit Mocks AI

Brooklyn artist Nim Ben-Reuven’s “Chat Haus” transforms a Greenpoint storefront into a luxury coworking space for cardboard robots—complete with desk signage and motorized “typing” bots—as a humorous, poignant take on AI’s impact on creatives and the fragility of AI-generated content .

4. Tariffs Threaten Global AI Investment

Rising U.S.-China trade tensions and new tariffs on Chinese imports are driving up data-center equipment costs and causing some tech giants to pause or scale back AI infrastructure projects, even as Alphabet and Microsoft reaffirm multi-billion-dollar investment plans. Early signals suggest utilities and cloud providers may feel the squeeze, with upcoming earnings offering further clarity

5. Indian MSMEs Seek More Inclusive AI

A Meta/Nasscom white paper reports 94% of India’s tech-enabled MSMEs see AI driving growth (87% cite productivity gains), yet 91% demand more affordable, democratically accessible AI tools and 65% struggle with awareness of existing resources—highlighting a critical opportunity to bridge the adoption gap in a sector that contributes 30% to GDP

6. U.S. Policy Shift: From “Fairness” to “Ideological Bias”

Under the Trump-aligned House Judiciary Committee, subpoenas have been issued to Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, and others over alleged “woke AI” practices. Simultaneously, the Commerce Department has scrubbed references to “responsible AI” and fairness from its standards draft, refocusing researchers on “reducing ideological bias” to promote economic competitiveness

7. GreenBot’s 2025 AI Trends Report

Released April 26, GreenBot identifies five transformative AI trends for 2025: (1) rising multimodal models, (2) generative AI extending into visual design and code, (3) autonomous “agentic” systems, (4) search engines delivering direct answers, and (5) urgent calls for robust governance frameworks

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AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(26th April 2025):

Anthropic

- Issued a DMCA takedown against a developer who reverse-engineered its Claude Code AI tool, sparking backlash over its restrictive licensing and lack of transparency. (https://bitcoinworld.co.in/anthropic-claude-code-takedown/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

OpenAI

- Gained developer goodwill with its open-source Codex CLI, licensed under Apache 2.0, and actively incorporates community feedback. (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/openai-wants-its-open-ai-model-to-call-models-in-the-cloud-for-help/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

xAI Holdings (Elon Musk)

- In talks to raise approximately $20 billion, potentially valuing the company at over $120 billion, marking one of the largest private funding rounds ever. (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-26/elon-musk-s-xai-holdings-is-in-discussions-to-raise-20-billion?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

Google DeepMind

- Approximately 300 UK-based employees are planning to unionize in response to the company's involvement in AI projects linked to the Israeli government, notably Project Nimbus. (https://www.ft.com/content/4e497a91-670a-4f69-be4a-18e247daba3e?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

China

- President Xi Jinping emphasized the need for self-reliance in AI development, urging the nation to strengthen core technologies and accelerate regulatory frameworks. (https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-calls-self-sufficiency-ai-development-amid-us-rivalry-2025-04-26/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

IIT Madras

- Achieved a milestone by incubating 104 deep-tech startups in the financial year 2024–25, contributing significantly to India's innovation ecosystem. (https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/iit-madras-incubates-104-deeptech-startups-in-fy25-takes-the-total-to-457-in-12-years/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

A quick overview:

- Mphasis delivered its strongest consecutive quarter in three years, powered by BFSI, TMT and insurance deals—over half AI-led—building a record contract-value pipeline.

- Alphabet/Google reported a blow-out Q1 with $90.2 B revenue (+), AI now generating 30% of Google’s code, 1.5 B users on AI Overviews, and a $70 B share buyback.

- Baidu launched ERNIE X1 Turbo & ERNIE 4.5 Turbo with low-cost tokens, and activated its home-grown P800 Kunlun chip cluster.

- NxtGen rolled out India’s first fully sovereign Financial Services Cloud for BFSI, meeting strict local compliance.

- Lovable upgraded to 2.0: smarter AI chat/agents, multiplayer workspaces, Dev‐mode scanning and enhanced visual editing.

- Manus closed $75 M Series-B at a $500 M valuation to fuel global expansion of its AI-agent platform.

- OpenAI saw a senior researcher denied a green card after 12 years in the U.S., spotlighting immigration hurdles in AI.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(24th April 2025):

✅ OpenAI

- gpt-image-1 Multimodal Model: Now available via API for text-to-image generation, detailed editing, and style rendering.

- Adoption: Companies like Adobe, Figma, Airtable integrating the API into creative and marketing workflows.

- Global Availability: Safety features in place; token-based pricing applies.

- OpenAI “Open” Model: Plans to release first permissively-licensed reasoning model since GPT-2 in early summer; targets top open-model benchmarks; model card and safety testing pending.

- Windsurf: AI coding assistant slashes prices and simplifies billing; deepening collaboration with OpenAI; potential price-war with Cursor amid acquisition rumors.

✅ Microsoft

- Copilot 365 Updates:

- AI-powered unified search pulling from third-party sources (e.g., Google Drive, Slack).

- “Create” feature leveraging GPT-4o for in-app image generation.

- New Agent Store for partner integrations; built-in Researcher and Analyst agents.

- Copilot Notebooks for real-time insights across data streams; chat-first interface.

✅ Databricks

- $250 Million India Investment: Over three years, focusing on AI and data innovation.

- Local Expansion: Bengaluru R&D center to grow workforce by 50%+.

- India Data + AI Academy: Training 500,000 professionals in data and AI skills.

✅ Persistent Systems

- Q4 FY25 Results:

- Revenue: ₹3,242 crore (up 25% YoY)

- Net profit: ₹395.76 crore (up 25% YoY)

- 20th consecutive quarter of revenue growth; driven by AI-led deals.

- Path to $2 billion annual revenue by FY27.

✅ Perplexity

- New iOS Voice Assistant:

- Features web browsing and multi-app actions (e.g., reservations, emails).

- Activated via iPhone Action Button on supported models.

- Positions itself against Siri; Android version already available.

✅ Accenture

- TalentSprint Acquisition:

- Deep-tech education provider from NSE Academy joins Accenture LearnVantage.

- ~210 TalentSprint employees (including leadership) transition over.

- Bolsters AI, data science, cybersecurity training; part of $1 billion LearnVantage investment.

✅ Vodafone Idea & Cisco

- Network Partnership:

- Deploying Cisco IP/MPLS for upgraded 4G/5G transport network.

- Focus on scalability, reliability, automation.

- Aims for higher speeds, stability, secure enterprise connectivity.

✅ Adobe

- Image Model 4, Vector Model, and video model now generally available.

- New Firefly web app unifies multiple AI generators (Adobe, OpenAI, Google, Flux).

- Introduced Firefly Boards ideation tool; APIs in GA/beta.

- Adobe Content Credentials Tool: Web tool lets creators embed C2PA-standard metadata (creator identity, usage preferences) in images—even non-Adobe files.

✅ Hugging Face

- Hugging Face Energy Estimator: Julien Delavande’s Chat UI-integrated tool estimates AI model energy use per message, analogizing to household appliances.

✅ Dropbox

- Dropbox Dash: Major AI search overhaul—“understanding” across audio/video/images/people; new AI writing tools; deep integrations (Slack, Zoom, Figma); enterprise admin controls for sensitive docs.

✅ Anthropic

- Anthropic “Model Welfare”: Research program exploring potential AI consciousness and moral considerations, despite scientific disputes over machine “experience.”

✅ Engie

- CEO Catherine MacGregor urges resilient electrification and data-centre AI build-out against US tariff risks, with renewable-powered projects.

✅ Pony.ai

- China-based robotaxi firm warns US trade tariffs may slow its global expansion (South Korea, Middle East), though supply chain impact is limited; ramping up China production and Nasdaq listing.

✅ Other News

- DeepSeek Data-Transfer Ruling: South Korea’s PIPC found the Chinese AI startup transferred user prompts abroad without consent; corrective measures and consent framework now mandated.