OpenAI partners with Pine Labs to automate payments in India
OpenAI has partnered with Indian fintech Pine Labs to integrate AI-driven reasoning into its payments stack, a move that could potentially accelerate AI-led commerce in India.
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OpenAI has partnered with Indian fintech Pine Labs to integrate AI-driven reasoning into its payments stack, a move that could potentially accelerate AI-led commerce in India.
Google is rolling out AI music generation via its Lyria 3 model to Gemini and YouTube globally, though the feature remains in beta.
A Microsoft bug allowed Copilot AI to summarize confidential emails for weeks, bypassing data loss prevention policies and prompting the European Parliament to block the tool.
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