Pick n Pay launches AI grocery shopping assistant in South AfricaSouth African retailer Pick n Pay has launched an AI-powered shopping assistant named "Penny" to simplify grocery ordering. Customers can n...
02 Jul, 2026, 10.37 PM IST
Microsoft launches firm to help companies adopt AI with $2.5 billionMicrosoft has launched a new venture, Microsoft Frontier Company, backed by $2.5 billion, to guide businesses in selecting and integrating ...
02 Jul, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
Shopping without searching: The Agentic AI future Amazon, Swiggy and Zepto are building in IndiaAI's influence on online shopping is rapidly growing, with agents now completing tasks like purchases. Major platforms like Amazon, Swiggy,...
02 Jul, 2026, 04.41 PM IST
A coastal city in the south is quietly powering India's AI futureVisakhapatnam is emerging as India's next AI infrastructure hub, attracting massive investments from tech giants like Google and Reliance. ...
02 Jul, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash to make AI image and video creation faster and more affordableGoogle has introduced Nano Banana 2 Lite, its fastest and most cost-efficient AI image generation model, alongside Gemini Omni Flash, a new...
01 Jul, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
Samsung launches Galaxy A27 5G with Gemini AI, 6 years of updates starting at Rs 28,999Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy A27 5G in India, bringing advanced AI capabilities like Google Gemini and Perplexity to its mid-range s...
01 Jul, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
NRI equity inflow falls; Pi Ventures preps exitsNRI accounts are surging even as stricter compliance and a softer market cool equity inflows. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispa...
30 Jun, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
'AI FOMO': Why this Google techie left the tech giant even after getting Rs 9.5 crore salaryA former Google account executive, Yousuf Imran, quit his high-paying job after earning nearly $1 million, citing fears of layoffs and the ...
30 Jun, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
China's Meituan says new AI model trained on domestic chipsChinese tech giant Meituan has unveiled LongCat-2.0, a new AI model comparable to Google's Gemini 3.1 pro. This marks a significant achieve...
30 Jun, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
Along came an alien prompt: A day in the life of a software engineerThe role of an IT engineer has been rewritten over the past two years. Against the backdrop of persistent layoff fears, ET speaks to a cros...
30 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Google limits Meta's use of its Gemini AI models: ReportGoogle, owned by Alphabet, told Meta around March it could not meet the full Gemini capacity the company had sought to purchase, the news...
28 Jun, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
Ambient intelligence: How AI is becoming omnipresent in our lives and the implicationsAmbient intelligence, once a futuristic concept, is now a consumer reality with AI embedded in everyday devices like smart glasses and ring...
28 Jun, 2026, 09.45 AM IST
Inside Claude Mythos: Why Anthropic held back its most advanced AIAnthropic's advanced AI, Claude Mythos, capable of discovering software flaws, was kept from public release due to misuse concerns. Instead...
27 Jun, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Mind Games: Talent wars heat up as AI startups take on Big TechA fierce talent war is raging in the AI sector, with tech giants like Google facing significant researcher departures to rivals OpenAI and ...
25 Jun, 2026, 07.12 PM IST
Google poised to lose two more senior AI staffers to AnthropicTheir moves rattled investors and cast new doubt on Google’s ability to compete in the fierce race to build better models.Shares of Alphabe...
25 Jun, 2026, 08.24 AM IST
ByteDance rolls out paid subscriptions for China's largest AI chatbotChinese tech giant ByteDance has launched paid subscriptions for its popular AI chatbot, Doubao, a move aimed at monetizing its vast user b...
24 Jun, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to join IPO-bound OpenAIIn 2024, Google appointed Shazeer to co-lead the development of its Gemini AI model, and he has been credited as key figure behind Gemini'...
18 Jun, 2026, 07.42 AM IST