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Advertisers across India, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa can purchase ChatGPT ads directly via OpenAI's Ads Manager

SK hynix breaks ground on HBM assembly plant in the U.S. that will form a connection between DRAM wafers produced in South Korea and their consumers among AI companies in the U.S.

The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.

The people of Independence, Missouri, voted to recall councilor John Perkins after he voted to give a Nebius data center tax breaks amounting to more than $6 billion. Perkins said that a single vote should not be enough grounds to overturn an election from two years ago.

ARYA allows investors to move from portfolio inquiry to transaction execution within a single conversation, covering lump-sum purchases and SIP registrations currently in live testing

Bengaluru-based Oppex AI has secured Rs 4.2 crore in pre-seed funding from Info Edge Ventures. The fresh capital will be used to expand the team, accelerate product development and scale deployments with early customers, a company statement said.

Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.

Meta is developing support for third-party AI agents on WhatsApp, allowing users to connect up to five agents while introducing restrictions around encryption, chat access and data retention. The post Explainer: Meta is testing AI agent integration on WhatsApp.

Sam Altman says that a single almond uses up more water than 38,000 ChatGPT queries. He said that the concerns of people about data centers using up so much water are nothing but a "robust meme," and that the claim doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.

Acer today announced the Acer Vero 16 (V16-I71 / V16-I71T), a premium laptop that incorporates purposefully sourced materials and significant repairability without compromising performance. Its design makes the device easier to repair and upgrade, while the chassis leverages recycled materials and low-carbon aluminium.

The ET Excellence Awards Telangana 2026 highlighted the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in Hyderabad. Chief guest Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla delivered an inspiring speech.

Acer today announced the Acer Veriton RI110 AI Mini Workstation (VRI110), a compact yet powerful device engineered for organizations looking to accelerate AI innovation without compromising space, performance, or security.

The company started testing ads in ChatGPT U.S. earlier this year and has steadily expanded to add advertisers and tap into more markets, as it banks on advertising to boost overall revenue growth ahead of a potential IPO.

Stephen Thaler says India's Copyright Office got his DABUS case only half right: the artwork can be protected, but he should not have been named its author. The post Exclusive: Thaler says India went further than the US on AI art — and still got the author wrong appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

Acer showcased the Acer SFF RTX Spark design for a compact desktop powered by the NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip at Acer's next@Acer global press conference on September 2 during IFA 2026.

The four-month programme seeks to bridge the digital skills gap and help economically disadvantaged youth achieve financial independence and dignity

The model, called Hy4 preview, uses a "mixture-of-experts" design with 770 billion parameters in total, Tencent said, although only about 49 billion are used for any given text request.

Swiggy has added Swiggy Money to its MCP integrations, allowing AI agents to pay for Food, Instamart and Dineout orders. MediaNama tested the feature on ChatGPT and found some remaining friction.

VIVE Eagle - HTC's fashionable new AI smart glasses - has landed in Europe, North America and Australia, bringing advanced features and a privacy-centric approach that empowers the wearer and the people around them to protect their privacy.

This gadget only costs $7 but can help your catch hidden cameras through the use of the companion AI app that installs on your phone. It works by changing the location of the LED light source to compare different reflections and determine if it's a hidden camera or not.

Update | September 1, 18:45 IST Enterprise cloud and AI company ESDS Software Solution’s ₹720 Cr IPO was subscribed 135.88X…

Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pets.

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

The AI agent from Prism, OYO's parent firm will execute tasks like vendor renewals, occupancy calls, review action places "without a human triggering each step", the company said in its FY26 annual report. The post OYO parent Prism to launch AI agent for end-to-end hotel operations appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

Influential right-wing conspiracy theorists and MAGA-aligned pundits are falsely claiming that the Covid vaccine killed Dolly Parton, the vaccination advocate and philanthropist.

TCS subsidiary HyperVault has acquired 264 acres in Hyderabad to develop a 1 GW AI data centre campus with an investment of up to Rs 70,000 crore. The post Tata’s HyperVault plans Rs 70,000-crore AI data centre in Telangana appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

OpenAI’s move to bring ads to ChatGPT in India marks a shift in how AI companies could monetise free users. But chatbot advertising raises questions that traditional digital advertising does not.

Fifteen years on, having taken the iPhone maker from a $350 billion company to a more than $4.5 trillion behemoth, Cook will pass the baton to Apple hardware chief John Ternus, who will be steering the company in the AI era.

Claude nuked a developer's 700 GB home directory while testing a script to ensure that wouldn't happen, and it's possible that an automatic model downgrade likely contributed to the screw-up

Shares of enterprise cloud and AI company ESDS Software Solution hit the 20% upper circuit for the second consecutive trading…