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Currently in a pilot phase, the initiative will let users make purchases via ChatGPT using India’s UPI. The pilot aims to test how AI agents can safely and securely complete transactions on users’ behalf, while keeping control with the user.

Under the collaboration, IIT Madras will study how AI can improve learning and teaching, sharing results to guide future products. Notably, India has the largest ChatGPT student user base globally.

OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, plans to open its first office in Delhi later this year to strengthen ties with local businesses, developers, and universities.

The company has registered in India, started hiring a local team, and will work closely with partners, government, businesses, developers, and universities.

OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is supporting NextGenAI, a new consortium focused on AI-assisted research at top universities.

Microsoft-backed AI start-up OpenAI has introduced a new AI agent called "Deep Research" in ChatGPT. This tool uses a version of OpenAI’s upcoming o3 series reasoning model, allowing users to do multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks. 

The digital news divisions of Indian billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, along with other major media companies, have joined a lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, accusing it of using their copyrighted content without permission.

OpenAI has launched SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine that provides users with access to real-time sources, in an effort to compete with Google and Perplexity AI.

The database analytics startup Rockset, which was founded by Venkat Venkataramani, an alumnus of NIT Tiruchirappalli, and Dhruba Borthakur, an alumnus of BITS Pilani, has been acquired by OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.

A deptech firm called Portkey.ai has acquired USD 3 million in seed funding to help companies create AI apps more quickly using large language models (LLMs).