Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Technology
Google Maps using DeepMind AI to predict your arrival time
San Francisco: As people traverse over 1 billion km with help from Google Maps in more than 220 countries, the company is using artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML) models to…
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News
Xi Jinping using AI to tighten grip on China: Report
Washington: Chinese President Xi Jinping is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tighten his government’s totalitarian control and is exporting the technology to other countries across the world, according to a report.…
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Telangana
AI should improve lives of people: Telangana IT Minister
Hyderabad: Artificial intelligence should improve the lives of common people, said State Information Technology and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao. The Minister said that AI is a powerful tool which makes room…
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Technology
Apple launches one-year residency programme for AI, ML experts
San Francisco: Apple has introduced a residency programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to find niche experts in new-age technologies. The AI/ML residency programme invites experts in various…
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Technology
AI to help identify homeless youth at substance abuse risk
New York: Researchers, including two of Indian-origin, have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm which can help predict susceptibility to substance use disorder among young homeless individuals. The study, presented at…
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Technology
Scientists use AI to identify hundreds of COVID drug candidates
Los Angeles: A team led by an Indian-origin scientist has used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify hundreds of new potential drugs that could help treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the…
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News
This is how Facebook detects harmful content with AI systems
New Delhi: For effective content moderation, Facebook is relying on three aspects of technology to transform its content review process across its family of apps. The first aspect is called ‘Proactive…
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Technology
AI can improve CT screening for COVID-19 diagnosis
New York: Researchers are developing a new technique using Artificial Intelligence (AI) that would improve CT screening to more quickly identify patients infected with COVID-19. The new technique will reduce the…
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India
AI plane crash: Two Indian expats thank God for missing the flight
Dubai, Aug 8 (PTI) One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express…
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Technology
Deepfakes ranked as the most serious AI crime threat
London: Fake audio or video content, also known as ‘Deepfakes’, has been ranked as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence (AI) for crime or terrorism. According to a study, published…
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Technology
AI will be smarter than humans within 5 years, says Musk
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Artificial Intelligence will be ‘vastly smarter’ than any human and would overtake us by 2025. “We are headed toward a…
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India
More AI adoption may lead to a 2.5% hike in India’s GDP: Report
New Delhi: One unit increase in Artificial Intelligence (AI) intensity by Indian firms can result in a 2.5 per cent increase in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the immediate…
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Technology
How AI, AR are redefining beauty retail
New Delhi: The pace of innovation in beauty tech is accelerating, but the changes in beauty retail today don’t fully solve the customer’s requirements, believes Ritika Sharma, Founder, and CEO,…
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Education and Career
University of Texas offers online internship in AI
Hyderabad: Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) ‘Digithon’ announced that it entered into a pact with University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to offer online in-plant training cum Internship in…
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Technology
Dell unveils new commercial PC in India with built-in AI
New Delhi: Dell Technologies on Monday unveiled a new premium commercial PC called Latitude 9510 with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) in India at a starting price of Rs 1,49,000. The…
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Hyderabad News
Telangana police to use AI to check face masks norm violations
Hyderabad: In another technology-based initiative, the Telangana Police will use Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system to identify through CCTVs people who do not wear face masks in public. Terming it as the…
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Health
AI to predict thyroid cancer risk in ultrasound
New York: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) with thyroid ultrasound offers a quick and non-invasive approach to thyroid cancer screening, says a new study. The study, published in the journal PLOS…
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Technology
AI, digital marketing key skills to boost growth
NEW DELHI: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), digital marketing and design thinking are the top skills that organisations will need to focus on to drive future growth, according…
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Technology
Just 10% Indian CEOs positive about AI applications: Report
NEW DELHI: Amid all the buzz over Artificial Intelligence (AI), India Inc lacks a formal approach to AI risk evaluation and only 10 per cent of Indian CEOs are confident…
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News
Instagram to let you restrict bullies without notifying them
San Francisco: To curb online bullying, Facebook-owned Instagram has announced a unique feature where a user can “shadow ban” or “restrict” a bully from commenting on his or her posts.…
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Business
Samsung’s QLED 8K TV in India starts at around Rs 11 lakh
NEW DELHI: South Korean tech giant Samsung on Tuesday launched its new range of QLED 8K TVs in India starting at Rs 10,99,900. Samsung said the new TV range will…
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Technology
Microsoft hints at new OS in making
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has teased the attendees of the ongoing Computex event in Taipei with hints of a new, modern operating system (OS) in the making. Nick Parker,…
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Technology
Tech Mahindra, Strands in pact for banking solutions
New Delhi: Sofware major Tech Mahindra Ltd on Wednesday entered into a partnership with Strands, a Barcelona-headquartered Fintech company, that helps banks leverage artificial intelligence-based technology to grow customer loyalty…
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Technology
AI to double innovation rate in India by 2021: Study
NEW DELHI: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to more than double the rate of innovation and employee productivity in India by 2021, said a new Microsoft-IDC study on Monday. While…
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Technology
Microsoft to train 15,000 people on AI by 2022
San Francsico: Software major Microsoft has decided to train and certify 15,000 workers on Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills by 2022, in partnership with education provider General Assembly (GA). The training…
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Jobs
TCS, Infosys increase hiring by 350% in FY19
Bengaluru: Amid a slowdown in job growth across sectors, IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys hired about 42,000 more techies in the recently concluded fiscal 2018-19 than…
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Business
Uniphore Software Systems launches auMina QSense™ to transform performance management in customer facing roles
CHENNAI: Uniphore Software Systems, the global Conversational AI technology company, has launched auMina QSense™ which is a smart quality management tool for business analysts, quality analysts and agents at contact…
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Business
Bosch to invest Rs 20 crore in AI centre in India
CHENNAI: Global technology and services provider Bosch Group on Wednesday inaugurated the Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) with…
