OpenAI on Thursday said it will acquire Python tools maker Astral to strengthen its coding agent Codex. "By bringing Astral's tooling...expertise to OpenAI, we will accelerate our work on Codex," OpenAI said in a statement. Astral's developer tools will help our goal to move Codex beyond code generation towards the development of entire workflows, OpenAI further added.

Uber will invest up to $1.25 billion in EV maker ‌Rivian as part of a strategic partnership to build and deploy autonomous robotaxis. The companies said that 10,000 fully autonomous R2 SUVs will be deployed as robotaxis from 2028. Uber will initially invest $300 million and will fund the remaining amount through 2031, subject to Rivian gaining self-driving technology milestones.

Zomato, the food delivery platform of Eternal, has increased the platform fee it levies on users by ₹2.40 per order. On a pre-GST basis, the platform fee saw a 19.2% hike from ₹12.50 per order to ₹14.90. The price hike comes amid rising fuel prices, which could have an impact on the operations of Zomato-listed restaurants and the delivery partners.

E-commerce firm Flipkart announced on March 20 that Group CFO Sriram Venkataraman is stepping down from his position ahead of the company's planned IPO. Venkataraman joined Flipkart in 2015 as CFO (Commerce Platform) and has also held the post of COO. He earlier worked at Hindustan Unilever Ltd as General Manager (Finance) and is an alumnus of IIT Madras.

Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl has warned tech professionals that the real threat to careers is not AI itself, but people who use it better. He noted that AI-native employees in engineering, sales, finance, legal and marketing are moving faster and achieving more. While those sticking to old methods risk falling behind.

Sriram Venkataraman has resigned as Flipkart Group's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Walmart-owned e-commerce firm stated. This comes ahead of the firm's planned IPO, for which it has reappointed Nishant Verman as a senior vice president. "Sriram will remain with the company for a period of time...During this...Ravi Iyer, CFO, Flipkart, will oversee the broader finance organisation," it said.

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and Mumbai-based mobility startup Chalo have begun their pilot for dynamic QR-based UPI ticketing through electronic ticketing machines (ETMs). The pilot has been rolled out in 50 buses and aims to cover all depots by May. Chalo will initially supply 11,000 smart ETMs and ticketing software under its four-year contract worth ₹30 crores.

Anthropic conducted a study inviting Claude users to share their AI usage experience, desires and fears. Nearly 81,000 people across 159 countries responded in a week, with one-third of them wanting AI to improve their quality of life. The responders also raised concerns around AI unreliability, its impact on jobs and the economy and maintaining human autonomy and agency.

A Stanford University study analysing more than 3,91,000 messages from chat logs of 19 individuals reported AI chatbots validating delusional beliefs in over 70% of their responses. The research, mostly involving OpenAI's GPT-4o model, found over 45% of all messages from users and chatbots showing signs of delusional thinking. In nearly 38% of such messages, replies described users as "genius".

In 2025, China and India were the biggest buyers of Qatar's LNG exports, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. This was followed by Taiwan, Pakistan, South Korea, Kuwait, Italy, Bangladesh and Japan. Most of Qatar's LNG exports went to Asia in 2025, Bloomberg stated. Qatar's largest LNG production facility was bombed by Iran amid war.