Gemini in Chrome expands beyond U.S. to users in India, Canada, and New Zealand

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 11, 2026

Last September, Google announced Gemini-powered features in Chrome. At the time, the features were limited to U.S. users. Fast forward to today, the Mountain View giant has announced that it has expanded Gemini features in Chrome for users in India, Canada, and New Zealand. The new AI features are powered by Gemini 3.1, which the company rolled out to U.S. users back in January this year. Gemini now sits in Chrome’s side panel to help you with multiple tasks As part of the rollout, Gemini sits right inside Chrome as an AI assistant, which takes care of your browsing experience. […]

Google Photos adds visible classic search toggle after users criticize “Ask Photos” feature

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 10, 2026

Users sentiment around AI in everyday apps are divided; some like AI, and many don’t want it everywhere. Google apparently understands this, and is now giving Google Photos users a new way to take the reins on AI search. The company has now announced a new toggle that will now allow users switch between the classic, pre-AI search experience and the newer AI-powered option known as “Ask Photos.” Classic search toggle added to Google Photos amid user complaints The new feature looks to address complaints about accuracy and speed, while ensuring users have more control over over how they find […]

Anthropic gets backing from OpenAI & Google Deepmind employees in DoD lawsuit

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 10, 2026

Anthropic and the Pentagon have been trending in the news lately for their conflict around the use of the former’s AI tech in defense environments. Anthropic, after denying to let the Department of Defense (DoD) unrestricted access to its AI models, has been labeled a supply-chain risk in the U.S. Although OpenAI has secured the deal with the Pentagon, with plans to amend the deal to include ethical guardrails, many of the AI giant’s employees, including those at Google DeepMind, have officially backed Anthropic. According to Wired, more than 30 employees from both OpenAI and Google DeepMind have filed a […]

YouTube allows removal of AI mimicry in new privacy move

YouTube expands access to deepfake detection tool for journalists and leaders

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 10, 2026

YouTube, these days, has become a home for AI slop. Every now and then, we come across AI-generated videos, mostly on Shorts. Deepfakes are yet another concern, which YouTube has been trying to deal with. Last year, the company rolled out AI likeness detection for creators to help them manage unauthorized AI-generated content. YouTube launched it in the Partner Program. YouTube moves to protect journalists and civic leaders by expanding access to its AI likeliness detection tool Now, the video streaming platform is expanding access to the AI deepfake detection tool for government officials, journalists, and political candidates. For those […]

Anthropic’s Stand on Safety, OpenAI-DoD Deal & Its’s Overall Impact

By Abhijay Singh Rawat | March 5, 2026

Key Highlights The AI industry is in a frenzy given its current relationship with national security. Anthropic, the startup founded specifically to prioritize “alignment” and safety over rapid commercialization, is currently working to de-escalate a standoff with the U.S. government. The conflict centers on the company’s refusal to remove hardcoded safeguards against domestic surveillance and autonomous lethal weaponry, even as its primary rival, OpenAI, moves to embrace defense partnerships. As you may know, Anthropic was born out of a 2021 split from OpenAI. Founders Dario and Daniela Amodei led a team of researchers who were reportedly concerned about the “breakneck” […]

Meta reportedly testing AI Shopping Research tool in the U.S.

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 3, 2026

Key Highlights: Earlier this year, during its earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg told investors that the company will gradually start rolling out new AI products and possibly the rumored Avocado model down the line. Well, it seems Meta has started testing at least one of the AI features, and it has to do with streamlining users’ shopping experience. Meta’s new AI Shopping Research tool offers personalized product suggestions To catch you up, last year, OpenAI released its AI Shopping Research tool inside ChatGPT, with Google rolling out similar features within Gemini. That’s not all; Perplexity also jumped onto the trend and […]

Claude AI is down today for many, Anthropic confirms massive outage

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 3, 2026

Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude experienced a widespread outage on Monday, March 2, 2026. Over on Downdetector, users reported a spike in error rates yesterday morning. Many users complained about seeing HTTP 500 and 529 errors, login loops, slow responses, and complete denial of service when trying to interact with Claude’s web and mobile app. However, Anthropic restore the issue later yesterday. Claude AI faces outage two days in a row However, it seems the issue related to Claude is far from over. Earlier in the morning today, we spotted that Anthropic has confirmed yet another issue related to Claude AI […]

U.S. DoD Deal Triggers ChatGPT Backlash as Claude Surges to No. 1

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 3, 2026

OpenAI and Anthropic have been trending all over the internet. While OpenAI is all over the news due to its recent deal with the U.S. Department of Defense, Anthropic is also trending because the Pentagon has blacklisted it. The reason? The Pentagon wanted unrestricted access to Anthropic’s tech, which it may have used for mass surveillance and autonomous weaponry. But, the company refused to give such access to the government. That said, a Wall Street Journal report suggests that even after blacklisting Anthropic, the DoD used the company’s tech to launch an attack on Iran. ChatGPT downloads plunge amid rising […]

US Supreme Court Reportedly Refuses to Hear Copyright Case on AI-Generated Art

By Rishaj Upadhyay | March 2, 2026

With the rise of generative AI, creative ownership has been a hot topic worldwide. As AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and others are becoming much more capable of generating images, text, and music independently, legal questions about copyright infringement and authorship are intensifying. Who truly owns content generated by AI, and can it ever qualify for legal protection? Well, the U.S. Supreme Court may have just answered that question. Thaler’s AI artwork sparks landmark copyright debate As reported by Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case this week that could have clarified the issue for AI-generated […]

OpenAI Closes Historic $110 Billion Funding Round Backed by Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank

By Rishaj Upadhyay | February 27, 2026

OpenAI is one of the biggest AI companies to exist at this point, with rivals like Google, Anthropic, Meta, and others competing alongside it. However, OpenAI now has what it takes to scale its AI footprint and push even further toward excelling in the race for AI models. Here, we are talking about investment, and that too a massive one. As reported earlier this month, Sam Altman-led OpenAI today announced that it has closed one of the biggest private funding rounds in tech history, securing $110 billion in new investment at a pre-money valuation of approximately $730 billion. The historic […]

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