MessIRve: A Large-Scale Spanish Information Retrieval Dataset

At the Bengaluru Tech Summit, IndiaAI CEO Singh highlighted the growing threat posed by AI coding tools from OpenAI and Google to India's software services sector. He emphasized that these advancements could undermine India's competitive edge in IT services, which has been a significant contributor to the country's economy.

OpenAI has introduced GPT‑5.1-Codex-Max, a new coding model available in its Codex developer environment. This model enhances AI-assisted software engineering with improved reasoning, efficiency, and interactive capabilities. It replaces GPT‑5.1-Codex as the default model, designed to handle complex software development tasks across multiple contexts.

Fetch AI, a startup led by Humayun Sheikh, has launched three interconnected products aimed at enhancing the infrastructure for AI agent ecosystems. The new offerings include ASI:One, a personal-AI orchestration platform, Fetch Business, a verification portal for brand agents, and Agentverse, an open directory with over two million agents. This launch is positioned to facilitate trust, coordination, and interoperability in the emerging non-human web.

A new benchmark from Artificial Analysis highlights significant weaknesses in the factual reliability of large language models, with only four out of 40 models tested achieving a positive score. Google's Gemini 3 Pro emerged as the top performer, yet it still faces high hallucination rates.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has emphasized the importance of world models in the future of AI, while cautioning about a potential bubble in the artificial intelligence market. With the launch of Gemini 3 Pro, Google aims to strengthen its position in AI leadership, reflecting a long-term strategy that is beginning to yield results.

Google's latest AI model, Gemini 3, reportedly surpasses competitors in various benchmark tests. However, concerns about its reliability persist, raising questions about the sustainability of the current AI hype.

CraftStory, a new AI startup founded by the creators of OpenCV, has launched a video generation system capable of producing realistic human-centric videos up to five minutes long. This technology significantly surpasses the capabilities of competitors like OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo, which are limited to shorter clips. The startup has secured $2 million in funding to support its innovative approach in the AI video industry.

Meta has secured a significant legal victory against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in an antitrust case, which could allow the company to resume acquiring startups after a period of regulatory caution. This ruling may also impact other major tech firms like Google and Microsoft, who have been hesitant to pursue acquisitions due to increased scrutiny under FTC Chair Lina Khan.