On Tuesday, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Google APAC President Sanjay Gupta to establish a YouTube Academy in Amaravati, focusing on AI-driven governance and development.

After Google announced a 70% price cut for Google Maps in India, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal mocked this move on social media, calling it "fake generosity".

Google invested in a ₹92 crore fundraising by Moving Tech, the parent of India's ride-sharing app Namma Yatri, during a pre-Series A round. Other investors include Blume Ventures and Antler.

Christina Ernst, a Google software engineer, created the world's first AI dress, featuring robotic snakes that move towards viewers' faces using AI. She shared her journey and challenges in crafting this "robotic Medusa dress" on Instagram.

Google officials reportedly met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to discuss setting up a drone manufacturing factory in the state. India aims to lead globally in drone manufacturing.

Indian startup JiviAI, founded by Ankur Jain and G V Sanjay Reddy, announced that their language-learning AI, Jivi MedX, outperformed Google and OpenAI in medical benchmarks.

In an interview with Varun Mayya, founder of Avalon Labs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the film "3 Idiots," emphasizing deep understanding over rote success.

OpenAI released GPT-4o (aka "omni") in its spring event on May 13. It's a multilingual chatbot available in voice, text, and vision formats, free for all users. It's twice as fast and half the cost for paid subscribers.