Gemini’s surge underscores a shifting power balance in generative A.I. as regulators move to scrutinize Google’s tactics.

OpenAI recently offered its ChatGPT Go plan free for one year to Indian users, while Perplexity partnered with Airtel to bundle premium access with mobile plans. Google previously tested this approach in Indonesia and 40 other countries before bringing it to India, suggesting meticulous market validation.

Google cites retailers only 4% of the time, while ChatGPT does it 36% of the time. That 9x gap means shoppers on each platform get steered in very different ways, according to new BrightEdge data.

For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for ₹199 ($2.21) for the first six months, after which you'll have to pay ₹399 ($4.44).

The new chatbot model, called GPT-5.2, has improved from previous versions in building spreadsheets and presentations, coding, “perceiving images,” processing longer contexts and “handling complex, multistep projects,” OpenAI said.

Google is trying again with its own pair of AI glasses, launching tow new versions. Plus, ChatGPT is getting Photoshop.

In terms of accuracy, both tools can occasionally get it wrong. Google’s strength lies in letting users cross-check multiple sources, while ChatGPT’s accuracy depends heavily on the quality of the prompt and the user’s ability to recognize when a response should be verified elsewhere.

Google has launched Disco, an experimental AI-first browser that turns browsing activity into custom web applications, as it steps up competition with a new wave of AI-powered browsers led by OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas.

Using popular AI chatbots, attackers created Google-friendly links that instructed a user to hack their own device.

The suot alleges the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified a man's "paranoid delusions" and helped direct them at his mother before he died by suicide.

While ChatGPT still holds the lead in total users, Gemini is growing six times faster, according to a recent report.