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  Mumbai-Born CEO Joins Fortune 100 List With Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai

  Indian-origin CEO Reshma Kewalramani has made it to the world's 100 Most Powerful People in Business

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  Google’s Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast Video Generation Models Now Generally Available to Developers via Vertex AI

  Google announced on Wednesday that the Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast video generation models are now generally available to all developers on Vertex AI. These models were so far available in closed beta to only those developers who had registered for the artificial intelligence (AI) models. With this, the company is now letting everyone using the platform a...

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  Google I/O Connect India 2025: Eight Indian Startups Showcased Applications Built With Google's AI Models

  Google's I/O Connect India 2025 event was held in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Besides announcing new AI-based tools and programmes for the Indian developer community, the tech giant has showcased applications built with Google’s AI models. Startups ranging from education and governance to commerce and media are using Google's Gemini and Gemma 3 mode...

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  Google I/O Connect: Gemini 2.5 Flash Now Supports On-Shore Processing in India

  At the I/O Connect event, Google unveiled new tools aimed at supporting Indian developers. The brand announced that developers can now process its latest AI model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, in the country. The company is expanding access to new and precise information in Google Maps, covering over 250 million places globally. It has announced new India-spe...

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  Honor 400 Series to Get Six Years of Android Updates, AI Features Powered by Google’s Veo 2

  Honor 400 series is scheduled to be launched in the European markets today (May 22) comprising Honor 400 and Honor 400 Pro models. Ahead of its anticipated debut, Honor has announced that both smartphones will be introduced with six years of Android updates. As part of its long-standing collaboration with Google, the company will offer artificial i...

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  Gemini AI App Crosses 400 Million Monthly Active Users

  The Gemini app now has over 400 million monthly active users and we are seeing strong growth and engagement, particularly with the 2.5 series of AI models, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, has said.

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  Gemini 2.5 Pro Updated With Improved Coding Capabilities Ahead of Google I/O 2025

  Google updated the existing Gemini 2.5 Pro artificial intelligence (AI) model with enhanced coding capabilities on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant is calling the newer version of the model Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition). Interestingly, the company said that it had planned to release this version at its upcoming Google I/O 2025 eve...

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  Mumbai-Born US CEO Reshma Kewalramani Named In TIME's 2025 Influential List

  Reshma Kewalramani, the Indian-origin CEO of US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals, has been named on the list of "100 Most Influential People" of 2025 by Time Magazine.

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  Google Releases Cost-Efficient and Low-Latency Gemini 2.5 Flash AI Model

  Google released its second artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Gemini 2.5 family on Thursday. Dubbed Gemini 2.5 Flash, it is a cost-efficient low-latency model which is designed for tasks requiring real-time inference, conversations at scale, and those which are generalistic in nature. The tech giant will soon make the AI model available on b...

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  Google Moves Gemini 2.5 Pro to Public Preview, Offers Higher Rate Limits in AI Studio

  Google moved the Gemini 2.5 Pro artificial intelligence (AI) model to public preview last week. The Mountain View-based tech giant released its latest flagship tier AI model last week as an experimental preview with limited rate limits. But now, those using the Gemini application programming interface (API) or accessing the model via the Google AI ...

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  Google Cloud Brings Chirp 3 Audio Generation Model to Its Vertex AI Platform

  Google is adding the Chirp 3 artificial intelligence (AI) model to its Vertex AI platform, the company announced on Monday. The AI model has been available in private preview for a while, and now it will be accessible to all the users of the AI platform. Chirp 3 is an audio generation model that adds a range of custom voices with human-like inflect...

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  Google Reveals Its Veo 2 Video Generation AI Model’s Pricing on Vertex AI Platform

  Google has revealed the pricing to generate videos using its latest Veo 2 artificial intelligence (AI) model. The Mountain View-based tech giant will charge users generating video via its Vertex AI platform $0.50 (roughly Rs. 43) per second. This will shoot up to $30 (roughly Rs. 2,600) for a minute-long video generated using the AI model.

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  Anthropic Introduces a Citations Feature to Make Claude’s Responses More Reliable

  Anthropic introduced a new application programming interface (API) feature on Thursday to let developers ground the responses generated by artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed Citations, the feature allows developers to restrict the output generation of the Claude family of AI models to source documents. This is aimed at improving the reliab...

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  Google Cloud Unveils Generative AI Search and Agentic Tools for Retailers

  Google announced new artificial intelligence (AI) search and agentic tools for retail-focused enterprises on Sunday. These announcements were made at the ongoing National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 2025 event. The Mountain View-based tech giant introduced its Agentspace platform that enables enterprises to build personalised AI agents for a wide r...

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  Google Introduces Veo 2 AI Video Generation Model, Improves Imagen 3 Model

  Google unveiled the successor to the Veo video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Veo 2, the artificial intelligence (AI) model improves on the capabilities of the older model which was launched in early 2024. Veo 2 can now generate videos in up to 4K resolution and for a much longer duration. The new model was introduced just a week after the Moun...