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India and Sweden deepen cooperation on sovereign and industrial AIThe cooperation is being pursued under the Sweden-India Transformative Innovation and Climate Action partnership. The two sides identified possible pilots, co-development and broader partnerships, but did not announce a binding commercial or procurement agreement.→Google DeepMind details satellite models for Indian agricultureIn an interview reported by The Indian Express, Google DeepMind agriculture lead Alok Talekar described two satellite-based models in the AnthroKrishi team. One maps fields, trees and water from roughly 15 years of imagery, while another tracks sowing and harvesting across 12 crops, with data refreshes ranging from six to 12 months and twice monthly.→Karnataka moves to launch AI skilling before its proposed universityKarnataka’s AI University consultation committee held its first meeting and agreed that certificate, diploma, executive-education and reskilling programmes can begin before the university is formally established. The proposed curriculum spans generative and agentic AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data centres, physical AI and semiconductors.→OpenAI brings ChatGPT ads to India’s free and Go tiersOpenAI said it will begin showing ads on ChatGPT Free and Go tiers in India, initially featuring 50 brands and partnerships with WPP and Omnicom. It plans to launch an ads manager the following month with a stated minimum daily budget of ₹725.→