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What is a Artificial intelligence?

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About Artificial intelligence

What is a Artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence is the ability of machines to perform certain tasks, which need the intelligence showcased by humans and animals. This definition is often ascribed to Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy from the 1950s, who were also known as the fathers of the field.
 
Artificial intelligence allows machines to understand and achieve specific goals. AI includes machine learning via deep learning. The former refers to machines automatically learning from existing data without being assisted by human beings. Deep learning allows the machine to absorb huge amounts of unstructured data such as text, images, and audio.
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Job transition with AI will not be as dramatic as feared: Susan Athey

Susan Athey talks about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workforce and the economy and how interoperability is important for competition in the digital space

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Updated On : 22 Dec 2025 | 12:04 AM IST

Business that's hiring as AI race hots up: GCCs outpace IT giants

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2025 | 11:25 PM IST

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2025 | 10:45 PM IST

Why do AI chatbots use 'I'? The design choice behind humanlike bots

Some researchers believe the popular interactive tools should act more like software and less like humans

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2025 | 10:35 PM IST

Abundant intelligence, skilling to shape AI future: Microsoft India head

India's digital public infrastructure enables mass AI adoption, turning national scale into a global advantage, Chandok notes

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2025 | 6:32 PM IST

India must lead in AI while prioritising empathy in tech adoption: Ambani

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2025 | 9:07 PM IST

AI double-edged sword in education: Expert calls for ensuring data privacy

The educationist also highlighted that teacher training and professional development have to be directed towards creating digital competencies to enable educators to leverage the full potential of AI

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2025 | 12:51 PM IST

Slop: The four-letter word that is a war cry against low-quality content

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 10:33 PM IST

No formal policy yet on AI use in courts, Centre tells Lok Sabha

The Supreme Court has also constituted an Artificial Intelligence Committee to explore the use of AI in the judicial domain

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 7:22 PM IST

GlobalLogic sees higher conversion rate of AI PoCs to deployment

GlobalLogic says 40-50% of its AI pilots move to production, far above global averages, as enterprises focus on agentic and physical AI for real business gains

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 6:00 PM IST

Now, you can pin chats in ChatGPT on web, Android, iOS: Here's how it works

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 2:37 PM IST

Artificial Intelligence: From workforce disruption to innovation engine

AI is already delivering higher productivity, faster decision-making, and better outcomes across industries

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 2:13 PM IST

Why it's so hard to tell if a piece of text was written by AI - even for AI

The learned-detector approach can work even without knowing which AI tool generated the text, as long as the training data includes outputs from a wide range of AI systems

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 2:06 PM IST

OpenAI, Google, Perplexity roll out freebies in India in race for AI users

To lure price-conscious users, Google in November started giving its $400 Gemini AI Pro subscription for free for 18 months to 500 million customers of Reliance Jio, India's biggest telecom player

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 6:58 AM IST

OpenAI talks funding at $750 bn valuation, could raise up to $100 bn

The ChatGPT maker could raise as much as $100 billion, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the discussions

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2025 | 12:09 AM IST

The bubble lies in larger LLMs, says Cognizant AI chief Babak Hodjat

Even if the LLM funding bubble bursts, enterprise AI adoption-driven by agentic systems and real use cases-will remain intact, says Cognizant's chief AI officer

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2025 | 10:48 PM IST

In AI age, upskilling likely to create jobs in new areas: Meity secy

White-collar jobs relying on cognitive skills face the highest AI disruption risk, but reskilling and new job creation will outweigh losses, says MeitY Secretary S Krishnan

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2025 | 10:41 PM IST

ASK Private Wealth flags AI-led earnings, FII return as 2026 themes

The report noted that the ongoing AI cycle is structurally different from previous technology booms, as it is being driven by earnings growth rather than valuation expansion

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2025 | 4:39 PM IST

Google rolls out News Audio Briefing with Listen tab on Android: Report

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2025 | 2:26 PM IST

AI adoption in MSMEs can unlock over $500 bn economic value: Report

The report highlighted a clear gap between intent and action, noting that nearly 44 per cent of executives continue to allocate less than 10 per cent of their technology budgets to AI

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2025 | 11:28 AM IST