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With nominations for the ET AI Awards 2025 closing soon, India’s most innovative minds are stepping up to claim their place among the nation’s AI pioneers. If your work is shaping the future, now’s the time to ensure it gets the spotlight it deserves.

With the launch of GPT‑5.1, OpenAI is recalibrating its flagship AI model to do more than deliver accurate answers; it’s now aiming for a friendly, customizable vibe. The update, which introduces two variants (Instant and Thinking) and a broader palette of personality presets (Friendly, Nerdy, Cynical and more), is a direct response to user feedback

Tech behemoths like Google LLC, OpenAI and Perplexity AI are offering their full-feature, premium AI services for free in India. From 18-month subscriptions loaded with advanced models and 2 TB storage, to bundled offers with telecom giants like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, the incentive isn’t charity, it’s a strategy.

In a major pivot, Affinity, once a trio of paid apps for designers, has been reinvented by its new owner, Canva, as a single, free, professional-grade design platform. The unified app bundles photo editing, vector illustration and layout tools together, with no subscription required to download or use the core. For business and creative professionals

In a subtle yet telling update, OpenAI’s ChatGPT now lets users turn off the em-dash by using its custom instructions. That punctuation mark, once a giveaway of AI-generated text, has been quietly de-weaponised. This change reflects a broader move toward a more personalised writing style and control, and it matters for writers, students, content creators

AI video platform PixVerse has just launched its new “Remix” feature, following last week’s “Swap” update, enabling users not only to generate video content but to collaborate, remix and iterate within a social feed. With over 100 million registered users, the move signals a shift in generative-video tools toward community-driven workflows, shorter feedback loops for

On 18 November 2025, millions of users found themselves unable to access ChatGPT. The cause? A widespread outage at Cloudflare, the backbone behind numerous websites and services. This disruption exposes how fragile digital infrastructure remains, even as we trust it more than ever. The event forces questions about dependence on single providers, the resilience of

As the nomination deadline approaches, the ET AI Awards 2025 invite AI innovators to step forward. With more than 30 categories and a dedicated digital profile for each nominee, the awards offer unmatched recognition and industry reach in the AI landscape.