Technology
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Sundar Pichai backs AI spending, calls it economic foundation
New Delhi: Amid global fears of an AI bubble, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the massive spending around Artificial Intelligence, likening tech infrastructure being built to the historical expansion of railroads and…
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French President Macron concludes Mumbai visit
Mumbai: French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding their official engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They…
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No impediments to India producing next AI champion: Sundar Pichai
New Delhi: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday, February 18, said India is already witnessing the kind of transformation that can produce the next world-leading AI major from within, asserting that the…
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Microsoft to invest USD 50 bn to bridge global AI divide
New Delhi: Microsoft on Wednesday, February 18, said it is on pace to invest USD 50 billion by the end of the decade to expand artificial intelligence access across the Global South,…
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Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial
Los Angeles: Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta’s platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta’s CEO is expected to answer tough questions on Wednesday,…
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Chaos, theft allegations and robodog row mark India AI Impact Summit
Long queues, locked exhibition halls, session confusion and even a theft complaint marred the opening day of the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, raising questions about organisation at an event billed…
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Irish regulator opens EU probe into Grok over deepfake concerns
London: Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok Artificial Intelligence chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland’s data privacy regulator said Tuesday, February…
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SC expresses concern over lawyers using AI tools to file pleas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 17, expressed serious concern over a growing trend of lawyers filing petitions drafted with AI tools that contain non-existent judgements such as ‘Mercy vs…
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AI will redefine tech jobs, coding will no longer be core: Nandan Nilekani
Bengaluru: Artifical Intelligence is rewriting the grammar of software development. And writing codes will no longer be the central role for tech professionals, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said Tuesday. AI, he said,…
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French defence major Thales sets up R&D centre in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: French defence major Thales on Monday announced setting up an R&D centre here that will serve as a hub for advanced research, supporting the country’s self-reliance vision. With this, India has…
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X down globally: Users report issues logging in, accessing app
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) faced large-scale downtime on Monday evening, February 16, leaving several users unable to use the app. According to Downdetector, users reported significant issues with the Elon…
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World’s largest AI summit opens to packed halls in Delhi
New Delhi: The world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) summit opened to packed halls and long queues on Monday, February 16, as tech moguls, industry leaders, policymakers, founders, and technologists thronged the venue…
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Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix
Hobart: Publicly funded research underpins much of daily life, from policy decisions to innovation and public debate. When research remains inaccessible, its value is diminished. Australia has made real progress on open…
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SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging 2023 data protection law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, February 16, issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP)…
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India has all ingredients to be a full-stack AI leader: Sam Altman
New Delhi: India has “all the ingredients to be a full-stack AI leader”, Sam Altman said ahead of his visit to the country for the Global AI Impact Summit, citing its tech…
