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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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Big Tech's $600 billion spending plans exacerbate investors' AI headache

Investor worries grow as big tech plans $600 billion AI spending in 2026, sparking fears over profitability and triggering a sharp selloff in software and data analytics stocks

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2026 | 9:38 PM IST

Fractal Analytics IPO to open on Feb 9: GMP up 6%; should you subscribe?

Fractal Analytics IPO comprises a fresh issue of 11.4 million shares worth up to ₹1,023.50 crore and an OFS of 20.1 million shares worth up to ₹1,810.40 crore

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2026 | 1:38 PM IST

Meta AI's Vibes video feed may soon get separate smartphone app: Details

Meta is reportedly testing a standalone Vibes app after seeing higher engagement within Meta AI, though the company has not shared specific usage numbers

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2026 | 12:20 PM IST

AI race sends Big Tech's capital spending to stratospheric high of $650 bn

The ever-larger numbers - in total, an estimated 60 per cent increase from a year ago - means yet another acceleration in the wave of data centre construction taking place around the world

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2026 | 8:59 AM IST

Powering data centres: AI leadership depends on control of power supply

Google's Intersect Power deal shows how AI's explosive energy needs are pushing Big Tech from buying clean power to owning it-reshaping grids, climate goals and regulation

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 10:58 PM IST

Claude vs ChatGPT: Anthropic mocks OpenAI's ad plans at the Super Bowl

Claude's Super Bowl debut gently mocks OpenAI's plan to bring ads into ChatGPT, declaring "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude", and spotlighting a growing divide over AI monetisation models

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 10:11 PM IST

Explained: How Anthropic's Claude plug-ins rattled Indian IT stocks

New plug-ins let Claude automate legal, sales and analytics tasks, raising fears of AI-led disruption to traditional software and IT services

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 10:10 PM IST

India previews AI stack progress ahead of AI Impact Summit 2026: Details

The government has detailed advances across applications, models, compute, infrastructure and energy as New Delhi prepares to host the India AI Impact Summit from February 16

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 2:21 PM IST

BharatGen to finish AI models on 22 languages by month-end: Jitendra Singh

BharatGen is a government project to develop a sovereign AI model which will provide services like Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models, Text-to-Speech (TTS) models for Indian languages

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 2:11 PM IST

Fractal Analytics IPO opens Feb 9: GMP at 10%; 5 key risks you should know

Fractal Analytics IPO will be offered at a price band of ₹857 to ₹900 per share, with a lot size of 16 shares

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 1:25 PM IST

Amazon plans AI use in film and TV production to cut rising studio costs

Amazon plans to use AI to speed up film and TV production, rein in rising studio costs and enhance creativity, while keeping writers, directors and actors at the centre of the process

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 11:56 AM IST

White House adviser Kratsios to lead US delegation to AI summit in India

The India-AI Impact Summit will be held from February 16 to 20 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, marking the first global AI summit to be hosted in the Global South

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 10:32 AM IST

IT shares in focus as ADRs slide overnight; why are tech stocks falling?

ADRs of Wipro and Infosys fell by up to 3.3 per cent on Wednesday, extending losses after declining around 6 per cent amid rising concerns about the global tech sector

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 10:32 AM IST

Tech stocks sink as Anthropic AI triggers global selloff; Nifty IT skids 6%

The Nifty IT index plummeted 5.9 per cent, the steepest intraday fall since April 7, 2025, with the fall led by Persistent Systems, LTIMindtree, and Infosys

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 11:22 PM IST

ElevenLabs raises $500 million in Series D, valuation jumps to $11 bn

Sequoia-led funding round triples voice-AI startup's valuation as it expands beyond speech into full audio stack

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 10:44 PM IST

Anthropic's upgraded AI tool may intensify competition in tech world

Anthropic's update to its agentic AI tool Claude Cowork is fuelling concerns over disruption in software and IT services, as AI agents begin to replace legacy workflows

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 10:40 PM IST

Technology Development Board issues first call of proposal under RDI fund

The statutory body invited applications on a rolling basis in priority areas such as energy transition, AI, quantum computing, robotics and space

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 8:03 PM IST

Most of our users have never seen a line of code in their life Mukund Jha

Emergent CEO Mukund Jha explains how Emergent went from zero to $50 million in seven months by letting business owners build their own software

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 4:36 PM IST

Fractal Analytics sets IPO price band, eyes ₹14,450 crore valuation

Fractal will launch its IPO for retail investors on February 9, while anchor investors can bid on February 6

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 9:04 AM IST

Musk's xAI merger with SpaceX poses bigger threat to OpenAI, Anthropic

Musk is attempting to supercharge his efforts to build more powerful AI systems with help from one of his most successful ventures

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 8:20 AM IST