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AI and the human soul: What new books reveal about us and our purpose
Could AI ever function as a spirit ambulance, shuttling us through the uncanny valleys that keep us, as Shantideva knew, from accepting others?
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How Altman sidestepped Musk to win over President Trump
Since Trump's election, the billionaires of Silicon Valley have jockeyed to influence the new administration. None of them have been more successful than Musk
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Best of BS Opinion: How AI, trade, and immigration generate conflict
From the use of AI in the military, to its use to generate unrest, from illegal human trafficking leading to conflict between allies, our columns today deal with the idea conflict
 "Best of BS Opinion: How AI, trade, and immigration generate conflict")
In Paris, PM Narendra Modi will push to bridge AI digital divide
To co-chair AI Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron on Feb 11
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Hacking AI for the big bang: Exposing risks of sensitive data leaks
Given its mutable ethics, manipulating AI into yielding information on sensitive subjects, such as how to make nuclear bombs, is not difficult
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Google has made a dangerous U-turn on military artificial intelligence
This week, the company deleted its pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, a promise that had been in place since 2018
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Piyush Goyal calls for robust AI regulatory framework to ensure ethical use
The minister emphasised that the subject AI and copyright is very relevant at present as we are seeing nearly perfect counterfeits and copyrights these days
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Workers rights to deepfake: Nearly 50 pvt members' Bills introduced in RS
Members across political parties, from ruling BJP to opposition TMC, Congress, RJD, CPI, CPI(M) and AAP introduced several private members' bills
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Cognida.ai raises $15 million to transform enterprise AI adoption
Cognida says its practical approach reduces AI implementation time from eight months to just 12 weeks, making AI adoption predictable and profitable
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OpenAI execs meet tech, policy groups to discuss India's data, AI landscape
Sources who attended these meetings also said that OpenAI executives wanted to understand India-specific use cases
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AI-enabled consumer helpline sees surge in complaints, faster resolution
The AI-powered platform has driven complaint volumes up more than tenfold, from 12,553 in December 2015 to 1,55,138 in December 2024
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House lawmakers push to ban Chinese AI app DeepSeek from US govt devices
The proposal comes after the Chinese software company in December published an AI model that performed at a competitive level with models developed by American firms like OpenAI
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Amazon, echoes rival Microsoft, says it can't keep up with AI demand
Amazon spent $26.3 billion in capital expenditures in the last three months of 2024, the vast majority of which went toward AI-related projects within AWS
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US-based AI company Phenom acquires talent mobility platform EDGE
Phenom aims to double its workforce within the next two years across its existing offices in Hyderabad, Vizag, and Bengaluru
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Betting on advance of DeepSeek, China investors rush into AI-related stocks
Feverish buying has pumped up shares of Chinese chipmakers, software designers and data centre operators amid patriotic calls for an upward repricing of Chinese assets
Instagram shows AI generated image option in Stories in India: How it works
With the new feature, Instagram users in India can prompt Meta AI to generate an image which can be shared on Stories
 "Instagram shows AI generated image option in Stories in India: How it works")
Sam Altman, Ashwini Vaishnaw discuss collaboration as AI race hots up
The OpenAI CEO is currently on a whirlwind multi-country tour that started this week
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Wall Street indexes slip as Alphabet, AMD forecasts fan AI payoff concerns
Google-parent Alphabet dropped 8.3 per cent after posting downbeat cloud revenue growth and earmarking a higher-than-expected $75 billion for its AI buildout this year
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AMD's AI chip Q4 revenue miss knocks shares amid rivalry with Nvidia
The company's fourth-quarter data center revenue - a proxy for its AI performance - jumped 69 per cent to $3.9 billion, compared with the consensus estimate of $4.15 billion
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CM Mamata inaugurates ITC's global centre of excellence for AI in Kolkata
The global centre, located in New Town, will focus on advanced AI research, positioning West Bengal as a leading hub for AI development in India
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