Zomato Gold Membership Renewal Price Drops to One Rupee for Some Customers

Zomato users in India can now renew their Gold membership for Re. 1, as spotted on the app, though not officially announced. Launched in 2023 at Rs. 149 for three months, Gold offers free delivery on orders over Rs. 199 within 7km and up to 30 percent extra discount at multiple restaurants. The deal appears to be a limited-time in-app offer.

Pika Labs Launches Social AI Video App on iOS, Unveils New Audio-Driven Video Generation AI Model

Pika Labs introduced its new artificial intelligence (AI) social iOS app on Monday. Dubbed Pika Social AI Video, the app enables users to take a selfie and then convert it into an AI-generated short video using platform-integrated models. Once a video has been created, users can also share it with others via a social feed.

Anthropic Brings New Claude Feature That Will Let the Chatbot Refer to Past Conversations

Anthropic is adding a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature to its Claude chatbot. On Monday, the San Francisco-based AI firm announced a new feature that will allow Claude to remember and refer to previous conversations with the user. With this, users can pick up a conversation from where they left off.

Microsoft Lens App to Be Retired at the End of This Year, Company Suggests Users Switch to Copilot

Microsoft Lens app will be discontinued later this year, the company said last week. The app was designed to scan images of physical documents, text, handwritten papers, and whiteboards and convert them into digital files. However, the Redmond-based tech giant stated that it will be retired in a phased manner by the end of this year.

ChatGPT’s Health Advice Sends 60-Year-Old Man to the Hospital, Raises Questions on Its Reliability

ChatGPT’s health advice was the reason behind a man’s trip to the hospital, as per a new case study. The study highlights that a 60-year-old person was suffering from rare metal poisoning, which resulted in a range of symptoms, including psychosis. The study also mentions that the poisoning, identified as being caused by long-term sodium bromide consumption, occur...

OpenAI Increases GPT-5 Thinking Usage Limit After Backlash from Users, But There's a Catch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Sunday that the company is increasing the rate limit of the reasoning models for all users. The San Francisco-based AI firm said this new change will affect all model classes; however, this change is temporary. Going forward, the company stated that it will determine how to address this capacity trade-off, suggesting that those on th...

xAI Expands Grok 4 AI Model to All Users Globally, Offers Increased Rate Limits for a Limited Time

xAI expanded the company's latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Grok 4, to all users on Sunday. The model, released last month, was previously only available to paid subscribers. With this expansion, those on the free tier will be able to use Grok 4’s Auto and Expert mode, while Heavy continues to be exclusive to the SuperGrok Heavy users.

WhatsApp for Android Said to Be Testing Support for Motion Photos With Audio

WhatsApp for Android is said to be testing a new feature for users that will allow them to send motion photos. As per the feature tracker, the new feature was spotted in the latest beta version of WhatsApp and might be available to some beta testers. With this, users can send motion photos, which capture the audio and movement before and after a shot is taken.

ChatGPT Users Find GPT-5 to Be Worse Than Older GPT-4o, Sam Altman Promises Fix

ChatGPT users are not happy with OpenAI’s latest frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5. The new model was released on Thursday as a unification of the GPT-series and o-series. The San Francisco-based company said that they wanted to create a model that could do everything by itself so users did not have to use the model picker (the dropdown menu that sh...

Apple Must Allow Alternative Browser Engines on iOS by December Under Japan's New Mobile Software Competition Act

Apple will be forced to allow browsers that do not function on the WebKit browser engine, under Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act Guidelines. The country's regulator dubbed the Cupertino company’s practice as anti-competitive as it blocked other browsers to offer the same performance as Safari. This will essentially allow other web browsers and in-app browse...

Elon Musk's X Plans to Display Ads on Grok Answers; Grok Imagine Temporarily Goes Free for US Users

Grok answers and suggestions, in a supposed attempt to increase X’s (formerly Twitter) ad revenue, might show ads in the future. The company’s plans for the same were revealed by Elon Musk during a Spaces discussion with advertisers on the platform. Musk said that till now, the company has been focusing on making Grok better. However, the company wants to now figu...

YouTube’s AI Age Estimation Model to Begin Rolling Out Next Week, Will Add Restrictions to Minor Accounts

YouTube is now preparing to roll out its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) age estimation tool. Announced in July, this tool uses several user activity metrics to determine the real age of the user. The streaming giant says this feature will better protect minors who have provided fake dates of birth while making their accounts.

OpenAI Says GPT-5 Its Best Model for Health-Related Queries, Outperforms Other Models in HealthBench

OpenAI finally released its next-generation frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5, on Thursday. The new model comes with improvements across different parameters. However, one specific area where it displays a significant upgrade is health-related queries. The San Francisco-based tech giant says unlike previous models by the company, the latest large lang...

Motorola Adds Microsoft’s Copilot Vision to Moto AI Suite; Copilot App to Be Preinstalled on Upcoming Devices

Motorola announced on Wednesday that Microsoft’s Copilot Vision feature will be integrated into the moto AI suite of features. The Lenovo-owned smartphone brand said the onboarding of the Copilot feature is an extension of the existing partnership with Microsoft. With this, the company will offer users with a moto AI-enabled device to access the artificial intellige...

Google Search's AI Mode Is Reportedly Rolling Out to Android Tablets

Google is reportedly expanding its new artificial intelligence (AI) search experience, AI Mode, to Android tablets. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is rolling out AI Mode to the larger display devices with the latest update to the Google app. Tablets typically tend to get new features later than smartphones and desktop interfaces due to size opti...

Instagram Map With Location Sharing Rolls Out Alongside TikTok-Inspired Friends Tab and Reposts

Instagram is rolling out a new update for its app on both iOS and Android devices. The latest update brings three new features to the photo and video sharing app, which are claimed to improve the way a user interacts with others on Instagram.

Nothing's Essential Space Updated With Ability to Share Memories, Flip-to-Record Audio Clips

Nothing Essential Space, the artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled hub for organising information, has now been updated with two new features. Triggered with the help of a dedicated AI button on the side, Essential Space allows users to quickly capture the information on the display to transcribe and summarise it.

Gemini's Storybook Feature Lets You Generate New Illustrated Books With Read-Aloud Narration

Google added a new quality-of-life feature to its Gemini chatbot on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can now generate custom illustrated storybooks based on text prompts, uploaded images or documents. Users can also specify the style of the artwork in the storybook, as well as instruct Gemini to use specific names of characters, settings, or even plot...

WhatsApp Rolls Out Safety Overview Which Lets You Review Group Information for Protection Against Scams

WhatsApp is rolling out a new scam prevention tool, it announced on Tuesday. This feature, dubbed Safety Overview, works when someone who is not saved in your contacts adds you to a WhatsApp group. The Meta-owned messaging app will provide key information about the group, along with tips to stay safe from phishing and scams. As part of its ongoing efforts to protect i...

Character.AI Releases AI-Native Social Feed to Mobile Apps, Lets Users Interact With Posts

Character.AI, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered social app, is bringing its community feed to mobile apps. Announced on Monday, the California-based AI company is now adding a social feed to its platform where users can share different kinds of posts about their created characters and the ones they've been interacting with. Once shared, the community can also i...

Instagram Announces Post-Level Demographics, Viewers Metric, and More Features for Creators

Instagram on Tuesday announced a new set of features to help creators keep a track of their audience growth metrics more effectively. The Meta-owned social media platform is rolling out insights for likes on photo carousels and Reels, showcasing the exact moment and the slide when others decided to like the post. Meanwhile, post-level demographics can help creators un...

Instagram Not Allowing Users To Go Live If They Don’t Have 1,000 Followers

The Meta-owned photos and video sharing platform, going forward, will not allow its users to go live on Instagram if they do not have a public account with at least 1,000 followers. The tech giant silently disabled the feature by only updating the support page on its website.

WhatsApp for Android Said to Be Developing Username Keys to Help Users Avoid Unsolicited Messages

WhatsApp for Android might be developing a new feature that comes with several privacy benefits. Dubbed Username keys, there are two parts to this feature, a WhatsApp tracker revealed. The first part is the username itself, which is said to replace the need to share one’s number when sharing their WhatsApp account. The second is Username keys, which allow users to m...

WhatsApp Banned 98 Lakh Accounts in June in India Citing Harmful Activity

WhatsApp banned over 98 lakh accounts in India in June to tackle abuse, with nearly 19.79 lakh removed proactively before any user complaints. The platform also received 23,596 user grievances and acted on 1,001 accounts, including bans and reinstatements. Most complaints were ban appeals, according to the company. Other concerns included account support, product issu...

Telegram Update Adds Public Post Search and Other New Features on Android, iOS

Telegram has announced the rollout of its app version 11.14.0, which brings a slew of new features to Android and iOS users. While iOS users can download the app through the App Store, Android users have a choice of either downloading it from the Play Store or getting an APK from the official Telegram website.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Wants to Place Advertisements in Multiturn Conversations With Alexa+

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared plans to introduce advertisements when users chat with Alexa+. The Seattle-based tech giant unveiled the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of Alexa voice assistant in February, which comes with several new capabilities. Currently available in the US, the company claims it has been rolled out to and is being used by millions of u...

ChatGPT’s Shared Conversations Were Reportedly Discoverable on Google Search, OpenAI Calls It Experiment

ChatGPT has a feature that allows users to create a URL of their conversation with the chatbot and share it with friends or colleagues. As per a report, some of these shared conversations were discoverable when running a query on search engines such as Google Search, Bing, or DuckDuckGo. To see these conversations, one reportedly needs to filter the search results to ...