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Visa is planning to expand support for four stablecoins across four blockchains as part of its growing digital asset strategy. The company aims to simplify cross-border settlements and enhance financial efficiency. With more than 130 stablecoin-linked programmes in 40 countries, Visa is positioning itself as a major bridge between traditional finance and blockchain technology.

OpenAI, as part of its plans to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) capabilities, will launch an Automated AI Research tool by March 2028. This will be capable of making autonomous scientific discoveries. The company also plans to reduce the time an AI agent takes to generate answers to queries, dubbed test time compute. By September 2026, the AI firm will launch its first Automated AI Research Intern, which is claimed to make the research process faster. On top of this, RazorPay has announced that it is adopting OpenAI's new Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) to allow users to make card payments while buying products on ChatGPT.

Moto G67 Power 5G is set to launch in India on November 5 at 12pm IST. The handset will be available for purchase via Flipkart in three Pantone-validated colourways. It is confirmed to come with a 6.7-inch 120Hz screen, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset, and a 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. The company has confirmed that all cameras on the Moto G67 Power 5G will support 4K video recording.

YouTube will introduce stricter content rules from November 17 to limit video game footage featuring “graphic violence.” The updated policy, part of efforts to protect younger viewers, expands existing Community Guidelines to cover more forms of violent depictions. It will target scenes showing realistic human characters being tortured or large-scale violence against unarmed civilians. Such videos will be age-restricted, allowing access only to users above 18, as YouTube aims to tighten enforcement around violent gaming content.

OpenAI will reportedly offer all Indian users a free one-year ChatGPT Go subscription starting November 4, 2025, ahead of its first DevDay Exchange event in Bengaluru. Launched in August 2025 as a mid-tier plan at Rs. 399 per month, ChatGPT Go is claimed to provide 10 times higher limits for messages, image generation, and file uploads, along with double the memory capacity. It also includes extended access to GPT-5, Python-based data analysis, longer conversation memory, and tools for projects, tasks, and custom GPTs.