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Topic: ChatGPT

AI tools like ChatGPT aid performance, but MIT essay-writing study shows they take a ‘cognitive’ toll

The study, conducted among a small group of people aged 18-39, shows using such tools may impact overall brain activity over time. Paper is pre-print, yet to be peer-reviewed.

Indians biggest consumers of AI-generated news & most comfortable with it—Reuters Institute report

The Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2025 also finds that India leads globally in YouTube news consumption, with 55% of respondents using the platform for news.

Why the Centre shouldn’t waste taxpayers’ money developing an Indian AI model

We need to be aware that there is no clear path for a return on investment from LLMs. And so far there are no signs that we are anywhere close to even general intelligence.

OpenAI to raise $40 billion in SoftBank-led funding round to boost AI efforts

SoftBank said in a statement that it has agreed to fund OpenAI with $10 billion in mid-April & an additional $30 billion in December.

‘If ChatGPT is Jab We Met’s Aditya Kashyap, Grok is Kabir Singh’. Elon’s chatbot sets off meme fest

Grok, launched by Musk's xAI, is giving tough competition to Open AI’s ChatGPT & Google’s Gemini, with its unfiltered commentary on topics such as religion, political parties & leaders.

Men have tough competition in the dating game now. It’s called ChatGPT

This is the competition that the dating universe needed to shake things up. Young women are relying on ChatGPT for emotional support. And men are using it to draft smart, flirtatious texts.

OpenAI says Musk’s $97.4 billion bid to buy company contradicts his lawsuit against it

In August 2023, the Tesla CEO filed a lawsuit against Sam Altman and others seeking to block OpenAI’s attempt to transition to a for-profit entity.

South India most curious about ChatGPT, Bihar & Northeast the least, shows Google search data

3-month data accessed by India in Pixels shows ‘disproportionate interest in AI in southern parts of India’, which have strong IT sector and educational institutions at forefront of AI adoption.  

AI is coming for doctors, teachers, creatives. Can India protect these jobs?

AI optimists will tell you that disruptive technology and innovations usually create more jobs than they destroy as new uses for technology arise. But the question is how soon?

‘Cyber crime as a service’ with after-sale support: Inside ‘DK Boss’ gang’s cyber crime module in Jamtara

Jharkhand Police say cyber crime module, run by school dropouts using AI tools & YouTube tutorials, defrauded nearly 3,000 mobile users of Rs 12 crore and is linked to over 500 cases.

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India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.