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Amazon (AMZN.O) shares rose 1.2% in pre-market trading after reports surfaced that the company is in talks to invest approximately $10 billion in OpenAI.On December 17th, OpenAI, Google (GOOG.O), and Perplexity launched an unprecedented battle for AI users in India, all offering free services. This move is seen as an attempt to collect massive amounts of multilingual training data from the worlds most populous country. Early download data shows a surge in user adoption due to the free packages. According to data compiled by market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, as of last week, ChatGPTs daily active users in India increased by 607% year-on-year to 73 million, more than double the number in the United States. Geminis daily active users in India have grown by 15% since the launch of the Reliance Jio promotion in November, reaching 17 million last week, compared to 3 million in the United States. Furthermore, India now accounts for more than a third of Perplexitys global daily active users, compared to only 7% last year. Perplexity previously offered a year of free access to its Pro tool to users of Indian telecom company Airtel, which costs $200 annually globally.Kremlin: (Regarding reports that Russia might face additional sanctions if it does not agree to the Ukraine peace agreement) We have not seen the report.Kremlin: Once the U.S. is ready, they will inform Moscow of the progress of the talks with Ukraine.The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that, in addition, Russian forces also attacked transportation infrastructure used by the Ukrainian armed forces, long-range attack drone assembly workshops, and temporary assembly points for the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 143 regions within a single day.
