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India Forms Expert Panel to Review Copyright Law in Wake of AI Legal Battles

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India has convened an eight-member expert panel to review the Copyright Act of 1957 and assess whether it adequately addresses artificial intelligence-related disputes, amid ongoing litigation against OpenAI by major Indian news publishers.

The secret memo, reviewed by Reuters, outlines how the Ministry of Commerce has tasked intellectual property lawyers, government officials, and tech executives to examine legal and policy challenges related to the use of copyrighted content by AI models like ChatGPT.

The move comes in response to a pending high court case in New Delhi filed by prominent media entities such as NDTV, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and members of the Digital News Publishers Association. The plaintiffs accuse OpenAI of using their content without authorization to train ChatGPT, which they argue constitutes copyright infringement.

OpenAI has denied any wrongdoing, asserting that it uses publicly available data and offers an opt-out mechanism for websites. The company maintains that its practices do not breach Indian copyright law.

The panel’s mandate includes reviewing the scope and interpretation of existing laws, evaluating how global copyright trends intersect with AI, and delivering recommendations for legal updates or clarifications to the government.

India joins a growing list of countries — including the U.S., EU members, and Japan — grappling with how to regulate AI training data in a way that balances innovation, creator rights, and fair use.

OpenAI Considered Acquisition of Google Chrome, Executive Reveals During Antitrust Trial

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An OpenAI executive revealed during a high-profile antitrust trial that the company would be interested in acquiring Google’s Chrome browser—if regulators succeed in forcing Alphabet to divest it. The disclosure was made Tuesday in Washington, where the U.S. Department of Justice is pressing its case against Google’s dominance in the online search market.

Nick Turley, head of product for ChatGPT, made the statement while testifying at the trial. The DOJ is seeking sweeping remedies to restore competition, arguing that Google has unfairly cemented its monopoly in the search industry through exclusive agreements and platform bundling.

Although Google has never offered Chrome for sale, the judge presiding over the case ruled last year that the tech giant does indeed hold a monopoly in search and related advertising. Google, for its part, has denied wrongdoing and is preparing to appeal the decision, maintaining that its products are chosen by users on merit.

The trial, which is being closely watched by the tech industry, also offers a window into the growing rivalry in generative AI. Prosecutors argued in their opening remarks that Google’s dominance in search could give it an unfair head start in artificial intelligence, allowing it to use its AI tools to further direct users back to its core search platform—tightening its grip on the market even more.

OpenAI Unveils O3 and O4-Mini Models Featuring Advanced Visual Reasoning

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OpenAI Launches O3 and O4-Mini AI Models With Enhanced Visual Reasoning

OpenAI has unveiled two new AI models—O3 and O4-Mini—designed to push the boundaries of machine reasoning and visual understanding. These models are successors to the earlier O1 and O3-Mini versions and are available to paid ChatGPT users. Highlighted for their visible chain-of-thought (CoT) capabilities, the new models are built to process complex queries involving both text and visual inputs. Their release follows closely on the heels of the GPT-4.1 model series, marking a busy week for the San Francisco-based AI research company.

Announced via a post on X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI described O3 and O4-Mini as their “smartest and most capable” models to date. One of their standout features is enhanced visual reasoning—the ability to interpret and draw inferences from images. This advancement allows the models to extract detailed context, understand spatial relationships, and interpret ambiguous visual data more effectively than their predecessors.

OpenAI also revealed that these are the first models capable of autonomously using all the tools integrated into ChatGPT, such as Python coding, web browsing, file analysis, and image generation. This multi-tool synergy enables the models to handle more dynamic tasks, such as manipulating images (cropping, zooming, flipping), running analytical scripts, or retrieving information even from flawed or low-quality visuals. The potential applications range from reading difficult handwriting to identifying obscure details in images.

In terms of performance, OpenAI claims that both O3 and O4-Mini outperform previous versions—including GPT-4o and O1—on benchmarks like MMMU, MathVista, “VLMs are blind,” and CharXiv. While no comparisons were made with third-party models, these internal benchmarks suggest a notable leap in reasoning and image-based comprehension. As OpenAI continues to iterate, these releases underscore its ongoing focus on building increasingly versatile and intelligent AI systems.