OpenAI and PhonePe announced a strategic collaboration on Thursday (November 13, 2025) that would allow PhonePe users to access ChatGPT features through its platforms.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is set to come to PhonePe’s consumer app, as well as the For Business app.

Through the ChatGPT integration on PhonePe, users will be able to get information related to activities such as planning travel or going shopping.

India is one of OpenAI’s top markets, and the ChatGPT-maker has plans to open an office in Delhi. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had previously commended Indians’ adoption of AI technologies. The company also offered an annual subscription to its ChatGPT Go offering for free in the country.

“At PhonePe, we have spent years building the foundational layers for digital services at population scale. This strategic alliance demonstrates that collaborations between innovative companies in this space can help expand the reach of cutting-edge technology to the broader population. We are excited to partner with OpenAI to begin this journey,” said PhonePe founder and Chief Technology Officer, Rahul Chari.

“Our collaboration with PhonePe is a significant milestone in our mission to make AI more accessible to people throughout India. India is a global hub for innovation, and PhonePe’s deep understanding of the country’s fabric and its user base make them the ideal partner. This partnership will demonstrate the immense value of consumer AI across India, helping millions of users enhance their daily lives,” said OpenAI’s Head of International, Oliver Jay.

Lower developer fees implemented by Apple to comply with European Union tech regulations have not reduced prices for users, the iPhone maker said on Wednesday, renewing its criticism of Europe’s efforts to rein in its market power.

Last year, in response to the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, Apple allowed software developers to distribute their apps to users in the EU outside its App Store and opt out of its in-app payment system, which charges commissions of up to 30%.

That reduced fees for developers to an average of 20%.

The U.S. tech giant, however, said a study it commissioned from Analysis Group showed that app developers have not passed on the cost savings to users.

“This study provides further evidence that the DMA is not benefiting consumers in the form of lower prices. At the same time, we know the regulation is creating new barriers for innovators and startups while exposing consumers to new risks,” an Apple spokesperson said.

The European Commission, the bloc’s antitrust enforcer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The report, which covered more than 41 million transactions for some 21,000 products, generating 403 million euros ($470 million) in sales for the period from March to September 2024, said that developers kept the same prices or increased them for nine out of 10 products.

It said over 86% of the 20.1-million-euro reduction in commission fees went to non-EU developers.

While the study found developers reduced their prices for around 9% of the products covered in the survey, it said those cuts were consistent with normal pricing patterns.

“This suggests that the bulk of the observed price decreases are unrelated to the reduction in fees,” the study said.

The DMA sets out a list of dos and don’ts for seven Big Tech giants including Apple, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Microsoft aimed at allowing smaller rivals entry into markets dominated by the largest companies and giving users more choice

OnePlus 15 will be launched in India tonight at 7 PM IST and with it commences the arrival of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 powered smartphones in the country, with more phones like iQOO 15 and Realme GT 8 Pro launching in days ahead this month.

OnePlus 15 succeeds the OnePlus 13 since there will no OnePlus 14 coming from the Chinese smartphone company. It is expected to bring new industry-first features in the premium segment like crossing the 7,000 battery capacity.

To be precise, the OnePlus 15 will ship with a 7,300 mAh battery and a 120W charger inside the box, along with a support for up to 50W wireless charging.

OnePlus 15 is also confirmed to use a display that supports up to 165 Hz refresh rate. The display size could be around 6.7 inch.

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OnePlus 15 might sport triple 50 MP camera and a 32 MP front lens for selfies. It will also have IP68 and IP69 rating for water immersion and dust.

OnePlus 15 will run on OxygenOS 16 based on Android 16 out of the box. Plus Mind will be part of the phone that runs AI tasks.

OnePlus 15 will come in Infinite Black shade with a frosted glass back and matte finish, along with Sand Storm and Ultra Violet shades.

OnePlus 15 might carry an above 70K price tag for the starting variant, which is likely to begin at 12GB/256GB while going up till 16GB/512GB in India. Sale will begin at 8 PM IST.

Synopsys will lay off about 10% of its workforce, or roughly 2,000 employees, as the chip-design software maker looks to redirect investment towards growth opportunities, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

The move comes after the company completed its $35 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of engineering design firm Ansys earlier this year and missed analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue in September.

Synopsys said it expects to incur pretax charges to its financial results ranging from $300 million to $350 million, covering severance and other one-time termination benefits, as well as costs associated with certain site closures.

The company said it expects majority of the workforce reductions in the fiscal year 2026 and to substantially complete the restructuring plan by the end of fiscal 2027.

A wave of layoffs has hit global companies this year, with U.S.-based employers cutting more than 150,000 jobs in October, marking the biggest reduction for the month in over 20 years, a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas said last week.

Tech firms led the job cuts in the private sector, followed by retailers and the services sector, the global outplacement company has said.

Synopsys, which counts companies such as Nvidia NVDA.O, Intel and Qualcomm among its partners, provides software and hardware used to design advanced processors.

The company has seen a slowdown in China, largely due to new export restrictions disrupting design starts in the country and challenges at a major foundry customer.

In early July, the U.S. lifted restrictions imposed in late May on exports to China for chip design software developers.

Advanced Micro Devices shares surged 6% on Wednesday after the chipmaker unveiled a bold $100 billion annual data-center revenue target, with plans to claim a larger slice of the booming artificial intelligence market dominated by Nvidia.

The company was set to add over $26 billion to its market value if the premarket gains hold, a day after it laid out its three- to five-year goals such as more than tripling its earnings at its first analyst day in three years. The market for data-center chips could swell to $1 trillion by 2030, CEO Lisa Su told analysts, highlighting how the scramble for advanced AI has set off an infrastructure race and record spending by U.S. tech giants.

Her prediction covers AMD’s general-purpose processors, networking chips and AI accelerators, but it contrasts with Nvidia’s far more bullish estimate of $3 trillion to $4 trillion in AI infrastructure spending by the end of the decade.

AMD’s targets are attainable, several analysts said, citing major tie-ups with OpenAI and Oracle that could generate tens of billions of dollars in sales and hints of ongoing talks with other top hyperscalers.

AMD shares have gained about 97% this year and are up 16% since October 6, when the company signed a deal with OpenAI.

To challenge Nvidia in AI, AMD is betting on its next-generation MI400 chips and the Helios rack system due in 2026.

In the next three to five years, AMD expects 35% growth in its entire business each year and 60% in its data center business. It expects earnings to rise to $20 a share in the same period, while LSEG estimates peg its 2025 profit at $2.68 per share.

Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon said the targets appear “somewhat aggressive/aspirational” as the outcome would hinge on AMD’s ability to use Helios to shift from a marginal AI player to one commanding a much larger market share.

“The jury remains out on that, but management is clearly going on the offense with the narrative.”

Nvidia investors looked unfazed, with the stock up 1.5%.

IBM announced on Wednesday it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful quantum computers before the end of the decade.

Quantum computers could someday solve problems that would take classical computers thousands of years. But due to the uncertain nature of quantum mechanics, the chips are prone to errors.

Correcting those errors is the key focus of tech giants such as Alphabet’s Google and Amazon that are chasing quantum computers alongside IBM. In 2021, IBM proposed a new way of doing error correction: adapt an algorithm for improving cellphone signals to quantum computing and run it on a combination of quantum chips and classical computing chips.

The downside of IBM’s idea is that the quantum chips become harder to build because they must contain not only basic building blocks of quantum chips called “qubits” but also new quantum connections between the qubits, Mark Horvath, a vice president and analyst at research firm Gartner, told Reuters in an interview.

“It’s very, very clever,” Horvath said. “Now, they’re actually putting it in chips, so that’s super exciting.”

Jay Gambetta, director of IBM Research and an IBM fellow, said the key was tapping the Albany NanoTech Complex in New York, which houses the same chipmaking tools as the most advanced factories in the world.

Loon remains in its early stages, and IBM did not disclose when outsiders can test it. But the company also announced on Wednesday a chip named “Nighthawk” that will be available at the end of this year.

IBM believes Nighthawk could beat classical computers on some tasks by the end of next year and is working with a group of startups and researchers to share its code openly so that others can test those claims.

“We’re confident there’ll be many examples of quantum advantage,” Gambetta told Reuters. “But let’s take it out of headlines and papers and actually make a community where you submit your code, and the community tests things, and they select out which ones are the right ones.

Ireland’s media regulator began an investigation into social media platform X on Wednesday over concerns it is not giving users a chance to appeal content moderation decisions and that its internal complaint-handling systems are not easy to access.

The probe, the first opened by the regulator in its role supervising the compliance of platforms established in Ireland with the European Union’s Digital Services Act, will assess Elon Musk-owned X’s compliance with parts of the law.

Many large tech multinationals have their European headquarters in Ireland. If a provider is found in violation of the DSA, the Irish regulator can fine it up to 6% of its annual turnover.

The investigation arose from concerns held by the Irish regulator’s supervision team, as well as information provided by a non-governmental organisation, HateAid, and a user complaint, the regulator said in a statement.

“Today, we are taking an important step in ensuring a safer online experience for users across the European Union,” said John Evans, the Irish regulator’s digital services commissioner.

“If we suspect that any platform is failing in these obligations, we will not hesitate to intervene and where appropriate take enforcement action to protect the safety of users in Ireland, and across the European Union.”

The EU has cracked down on Big Tech using the DSA, which requires large platforms such as social media sites and search engines to have robust measures in place to mitigate the spread of illegal and harmful content.

A staggering 97% of listeners cannot distinguish between artificial intelligence-generated and human-composed songs, a Deezer–Ipsos survey showed on Wednesday, underscoring growing concerns that AI could upend how music is created, consumed and monetised.

The findings of the survey, for which Ipsos polled 9,000 participants across eight countries, including the U.S., Britain and France, highlight rising ethical concerns in the music industry as AI tools capable of generating songs raise copyright concerns and threaten the livelihoods of artists.

It also showed that most listeners want clear labelling on AI-generated music, music streaming platform Deezer said.

The study found that 73% of respondents supported disclosure when AI-generated tracks are recommended, 45% sought filtering options, and 40% said they would skip AI-generated songs entirely. Around 71% expressed surprise at their inability to distinguish between human-made and synthetic tracks.

Deezer, which has 9.7 million subscribers, has seen daily AI music submissions rise to more than 50,000 — about a third of total uploads, up sharply from 18% in April. It has introduced tagging and excluded AI-produced tracks from editorial playlists and algorithmic recommendations to promote transparency.

“We believe strongly that creativity is generated by human beings, and they should be protected,” Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier told Reuters, urging transparency.

Lanternier noted the complexity of implementing differential payout structures for AI music, stating a “massive change” in remuneration policies remains challenging. Deezer has also started excluding fake streams from royalty payments.

The issue gained attention earlier this year when AI band “The Velvet Sundown” attracted one million Spotify listeners monthly before its synthetic origins were exposed. Universal Music Group recently settled a copyright case with AI music company Udio. While financial terms were undisclosed, the parties plan to launch an AI-powered music creation platform in 2026, using licensed music to train the tool.

On Tuesday, a Munich court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by reproducing song lyrics, a decision the company said it might appeal.

Consumer attitudes toward AI in media remain mixed. A May survey by Luminate found the majority of U.S. audiences were indifferent or accepting of AI use in cinema tasks like visual effects, but sceptical of AI-written scripts or synthetic actors.