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Alibaba Group has unveiled a new generation of AI models under its Qwen brand, as competition in China's fast-moving AI market intensifies and global attention shifts toward agent-based systems.

Only a small percentage of OpenAI's nearly one billion users pay for subscription services, putting pressure on the company to find new revenue sources

Globally, ChatGPT crossed 800 million weekly active users by October 2025, and is expected to approach 900 million.

India has an abundance of resources for data centres, a large talent pool, a digital user base, and market opportunities.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI chief Sam Altman will also be attending the summit in the upcoming days.

India's Sarvam AI is emerging as a powerful challenger to ChatGPT and Google Gemini, offering advanced regional language support, OCR accuracy, and speech AI tailored for India's diverse digital ecosystem.

Sarvam AI is a Bengaluru-based startup building AI models focused on Indian languages and local needs. With innovations like Sarvam Vision and Bulbul V3, it aims to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini by prioritising Indian-language OCR, speech synthesis, and inclusive AI solutions.

OpenAI retired some of the older ChatGPT models but killing the 4o model has created different kind of backlash since last week.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has revealed that over 100 million Indians use ChatGPT every week, making India the largest market in Asia and second globally after the US. Students are driving much of this growth, while Google's Gemini is also expanding rapidly in India.

New Delhi will host the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19-20, inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi. Global leaders including Bill Gates, Emmanuel Macron, Sam Altman and top CEOs will discuss AI governance, inclusion, innovation and a possible consensus declaration.