New Grok Image Generation Tool Sparks Deepfake Porn Concerns
xAI unveiled a new “Imagine” feature for their Large Language Model (LLM) chatbot Grok on August 4, which offers text-to-image…
X Introduces Aesthetic Score to Change Ad Pricing”
MediaNama’s Take X’s new aesthetic score changes the rules of online advertising. For the first time, a major platform has…
GST Council Considers Relief for Small Vendors Facing Penalties
Amid the crackdown on GST (Goods and Services Tax) evasion across Bengaluru, the Commissioner of Central Taxes, Kotraswamy M, stated…
Paytm Stock Falls as Jack Ma’s Ant Financial Divests ₹3,980 Cr
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial exited One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, on Tuesday, according to a PTI…
New OpenAI Free GPT-OSS Models Outperform DeepSeek’s R1
OpenAI has launched two new open-weight language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, in a shift that marks its most significant open…
India’s DNPA Challenges OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
MediaNama’s Take The DNPA’s case against OpenAI reflects a global reckoning over how AI reshapes news consumption. As AI models…
Bharti Airtel Sees 21% Growth in Mobile Data Usage in Q1FY26
Bharti Airtel reported a 21.6% rise in mobile data consumption on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, reaching 26.9 GB per customer…
IN-SPACe Withdraws Authorisation for AsiaSat Satellites
MediaNama’s take: If the move to withdraw authorisation from AsiaSat satellites stems from its Chinese ownership, it marks the Indian…
Insurance Company Uses Google Timeline To Deny Client’s Claim
MediaNama’s Take Go Digit General Insurance Limited’s decision to deny an insurance claim using Google Timeline location history reveals a…
WhatsApp Bans 98 Lakh Indian Accounts, No Safety Report Action
WhatsApp banned nearly 98.7 lakh Indian accounts in June 2025, according to its latest compliance report released under the IT…