India’s payments authority NPCI, alongside fintech firm Razorpay and OpenAI, is piloting AI-driven payments on ChatGPT. This groundbreaking initiative leverages India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to enable users to make purchases directly through the AI chatbot. The pilot aims to explore secure, autonomous transactions for users, with Axis Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, and Bigbasket as key partners.