OpenAI, Meta in talks with Reliance Industries for AI partnerships in India: Report
New Delhi: In a move to expand their Artificial Intelligence (AI) offerings in India, OpenAI and Meta Platforms are reportedly in discussions with Reliance Industries regarding potential partnerships.
According to a report from The Information, cited by Reuters, OpenAI has discussed with employees the possibility of lowering the subscription price for its ChatGPT service, potentially reducing the monthly fee from $20 to a few dollars. However, it remains unclear whether OpenAI has directly discussed such pricing changes with Reliance.
Sources familiar to the matter mentioned that a possibility is being explored involving a relationship between Reliance Jio and OpenAI to distribute ChatGPT.
As part of the discussions, Reliance Industries has reportedly proposed selling OpenAI’s models to its enterprise customers via an Application Programming Interface (API). According to the report, the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate has expressed interest in hosting and running OpenAI's models locally in India, which would ensure the privacy and security of Indian data.
Additionally, Reliance has discussed running the Meta and OpenAI models in a three-gigawatt data center that the company is planning to build, which it claims will be the largest data center in the world, located in Gujarat’s Jamnagar.
While Meta declined to comment on The Information report, OpenAI and Reliance have not yet responded to requests for comment on the report.
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Man kills 16-year-old girl, her father before shooting himself dead at Bihar's Ara railway station
Ara (PTI): A man shot dead a 16-year-old girl and her father before killing himself at the Ara railway station in Bihar on Tuesday evening, police said.
The incident happened on the footbridge, connecting platforms 2 and 3, they said.
The gunman was identified as Aman Kumar, Bhojpur district's Superintendent of Police Raj said.
"He first shot the girl and then her father before shooting himself dead. All three died on the spot," he said.
"The motive is yet to be known. However, the love angle can not be ruled out," he added.
The SP said an investigation has been started, and forensic experts have collected evidence from the spot.
It was learnt that the girl had come to the station to board a train to Delhi.
A 20-year-old youth shoots dead a girl and her father before killing himself at Ara railway station in Bihar. The girl was about to catch a train to go to Delhi. #Bihar #Crime #Ara #Railways #crimewatch pic.twitter.com/YY2CEGRxCX
— Dev Raj (@JournoDevRaj) March 25, 2025
Shocking News Coming From #Bihar: Triple murder at Ara railway station Young man shot dead father and daughter, then he shot himself.#Arrah, Bihar, where a 23-24-year-old man shot dead a 16-17-year-old girl and her father before taking his own life. pic.twitter.com/fjfcHbov3B
— Siraj Noorani (@sirajnoorani) March 26, 2025
