Tamil Nadu, India’s second-largest state economy, has lifted its GSDP from ₹20.9 lakh crore to over ₹30 lakh crore in five years and targets a US$1.5 trillion economy by 2036, backed by diversified growth, youth-focused skilling in AI and deep tech, and collaboration with the Union Government.

Google seeks to dismiss a copyright lawsuit over its Lyria 3 AI music model, arguing YouTube’s terms granted permission for content use. This case could reshape platform license implications for AI training.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has ordered IRCTC to launch a fully revamped ticketing website by July 15, 2026, after a student complaint on slow, crash-prone Tatkal bookings at MNIT Jaipur, while also announcing a quantum lab, AI Lab and access to Lam Research’s “Semiverse” platform.

Microsoft has temporarily restricted employees’ use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 while it reviews the model’s 30-day and two-year data retention policies and evaluates compliance, privacy, and security implications for enterprise workloads.

Amazon Web Services warned that AI-generated code can slow software teams despite Amazon’s $200 billion AI push, citing outages, stricter oversight, and Honeycomb CTO Charity Majors’ quality-first principles.

Google’s Gemini 3.5 Live Translate brings low-latency speech-to-speech translation to Google Translate, Google Meet and developer platforms, supporting more than 70 languages, over 2,000 language pairs in Meet, continuous streaming audio, and SynthID watermarks for AI-generated audio as part of its responsible AI strategy.

Opendoor is closing its India operations and cutting about 250 jobs as it shifts operational work back to the US and leans on smaller AI-native teams under its Opendoor 2.0 restructuring.

Tata Consultancy Services partners with Anthropic to build a Claude-focused business unit, target regulated industries, and train AI-ready talent across India.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns that “Powerful AI” could drive large, lasting job losses, urging governments to act now to manage disruption and share benefits more fairly.

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has renewed his rivalry with Salesforce, criticizing its “40% off” promotion, warning buyers about long-term pricing, and attacking the company’s acquisition-heavy product strategy in the enterprise software market.