AI
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AI Weather
Week of 24 Oct 2026 (2026-W43) · Drafted by Claude · approved by JP
Desi AI
Calm
Quiet week.
Nothing curated in this section this week.
Global AI
Partly cloudy
Bubble worries, DeepSeek goes global
Gabelli warns of AI bubble; DeepSeek, MiniMax get global-use nod.
AI Incident
Storm warning
Breaches, deepfakes, rogue agents…
70k+ credentials leaked; India reports rogue AI agent; deepfake of Talarico.
Gadget
Sunny
ProArt laptops, smart glasses land
Asus brings RTX Spark ProArt laptops to India; INMO GO3 glasses reviewed.
Desi AI
India-specific AI happenings — tools, launches, investments, policy. Filtered for what's actually critical or interesting. Safety incidents and AI-enabled hacks/fraud live in AI Incidents instead.

The parent company of Groww is building its own AI stack to bring down its compute costs, said its CEO Lalit Keshre.

TakeMe2Space, SatLeo Labs and EON Space Labs put AI, thermal imaging and Earth-observation technologies in orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
Recently, an X user Geiger Capital shared that he had deleted his Instagram account, describing the platform as an app "made for women". This post caught Musk's attention as he responded to it, saying, "Instagram is for girls."

During Flipkart's Big Billion Days Sale starting October 9, the Galaxy S25 and S25 FE may be priced under ₹60,000 and ₹50,000, allowing potential savings.
Global AI
AI happenings worldwide — tools, launches, investments, policy. Filtered for what's actually critical or interesting. Safety incidents and AI-enabled hacks/fraud live in AI Incidents instead.
In a separate social media post on Friday, the social media account, Yuyuan Tantian, said overseas internet users had also urged other Chinese open-source large language models to follow suit.

Gabelli Funds President Chris Marangi says markets are in an AI-related bubble, but he believes it remains early in its development. Speaking on "Bloomberg Open Interest," Marangi describes AI as a historic technological transformation driving substantial investment and says earnings growth supports the market.

The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.

One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.

What has users and large corporations so excited about Jev is TypeSafe’s claim that it works significantly faster and uses far fewer tokens than LLMs.
AI Incidents
Real-world harm caused by or involving AI, anywhere in the world — rogue or deceptive model behavior, AI used to hack, defraud, or impersonate, lab-disclosed safety incidents, security breaches. Filtered for what actually happened, not hypothetical risk.

Banks, airlines and governments pulled down their websites as a precaution after researchers used AI to uncover holes in the programming language that underpins swathes of the internet. Jordan Robertson explains why we're entering an era of rapid-fire software vulnerabilities.

The BMW dealer tried to take back the AI…

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.

Republicans release AI deepfake of James Talarico as phony videos proliferate in midterm races | CNN Politics…

The NCPCR has summoned Google regarding AI kiss and hug apps on the Play Store that create intimate videos without user consent. The commission intends to release child safety guidelines by December.
AI Stats
A running snapshot of AI tool adoption, globally and in India — refreshed weekly.
$390.9B
Global AI Market
1.2B WAU
ChatGPT Scale
#1
India Adoption
$106.9B
Cloud Infra
$1.5B
India GenAI
Global Top 10 AI Tools
| # | Tool | Usage % | Active scale | Dev % | Context | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChatGPT | 68.0% | 900M WAU | 81.7% | 400K | |
| 2 | Gemini | 18.2% | 750M MAU | 47.4% | 1000K | |
| 3 | Claude | 9.2% | 271M MAU | 55.0% | 1000K | |
| 4 | DeepSeek | 3.9% | 97M MAU | 10.0% | 128K | |
| 5 | Grok | 2.9% | 34M MAU | 8.0% | 256K | |
| 6 | Perplexity | 2.1% | 45M MAU | 7.0% | 128K | |
| 7 | Microsoft Copilot | 1.2% | 212M MAU | 21.0% | 128K | |
| 8 | Cursor | 0.6% | ~30M devs (est.) | 12.0% | 200K |
India Top 10 Adoption Map
| # | Tool | India % | Dev % | India signal | Vernacular | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChatGPT | 77.4% | 70.0% | 145M MAU; India ~16-20% of global ChatGPT base, largest single market | Medium | |
| 2 | Google Gemini | 10.96% | 38.0% | 105M MAU; India supplies ~30% of Gemini's global MAU | High | |
| 3 | Perplexity | 5.07% | 6.0% | India = ~38% of global MAU; Airtel bundling drove download spikes | Medium | |
| 4 | Claude | 3.98% | 30.0% | Small consumer base but rising developer/enterprise adoption | Low | |
| 5 | Microsoft Copilot | 2.58% | 18.0% | Enterprise-led uptake via Microsoft 365 and GitHub seats | Low | |
| 6 | Grok | ~1.5% | 5.0% | New entrant via X; contributed to 2025 download surge | Low | |
| 7 | DeepSeek | ~0.5% | 6.0% | 2025 launch spike faded; near-zero sustained share per StatCounter | Low | |
| 8 | Meta AI | ~1.0% | 3.0% | Distributed via WhatsApp's massive Indian user base | High |























