Page 17 - Latest Updates on Artificial intelligence
Data centres aren't India's water villain
India's water crisis has been created by decades of treating water as free. Prosecuting the newest useralone would be a policy failure
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82% of India's Gen Z use AI tools weekly to learn new skills: Emeritus
Emeritus report finds 60 per cent of Gen Z respondents feel burned out by upskilling pressure, while interest in traditional study-abroad pathways is declining
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Instagram tightens AI profile rules, targets undisclosed virtual personas
Instagram is tightening rules for AI-generated profiles, requiring clearer disclosure and limiting the reach of accounts that use AI-generated people without telling users
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HDFC Bank's Puri legacy hard to match; India expensive mkt: Shankar Sharma
SIPs have been marketed as a product that can deliver 12 per cent, 14 per cent and other such fantastical figures. These claims are made by people who have a vested interest in saying so, Sharma said.
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Open-source AI models pose greatest security threat: Meerah Rajavel
Cheap open-source AI models could widen the cyberattack threat as adversaries gain access to powerful tools without the cost of frontier models
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Indian telcos bet on AI networks to drive revenue growth, infras upgrades
The study found that 67 per cent of Indian respondents "strongly agree" that AI-driven network services will be the primary driver of revenue growth over the next three to five years
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Cashfree rolls out AI agents for merchants to automate payment operations
Cashfree is targeting Rs 20,000 crore in lost GMV through AI agents that can follow up on abandoned carts, retry failed payments and manage disputes
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AI usage by logistics firms boosts delivery timelines of startups
An analysis by Unicommerce, based on summer sales this year, found that brands were able to limit RTO rates to 17 per cent, compared with nearly 25 per cent during the corresponding period last year
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IndiGo Ventures invests in AI firm Sarvam as part of Series B round
IndiGo and Sarvam are working on AI applications for customer service, employee productivity and airline operations, with successful use cases set to be scaled up
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AI, OTT, gaming to drive India's media market towards $36.7 billion by 2030
PwC's latest outlook sees India's media and entertainment market expanding rapidly, with digital advertising, gaming, streaming and connectivity among key growth areas
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Anthropic in talks with chip startup MatX to speed up chip design
As Anthropic scales its Claude family of AI models, the firm is looking to produce hardware that can fulfill its voracious appetite for data crunching and reduce its reliance on Nvidia chips
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US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting in AI safety dispute
Hegseth's unprecedented move, which blocked Anthropic from certain military contracts, followed Anthropic's refusal to allow the military to use its Claude AI models for US surveillance
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AI can augment reasoning but cannot substitute judicial conscience: CJI
He said that while these tools are designed to reduce repetitive work, they do not determine judicial outcomes
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K'taka explores voice AI pilots in skilling, healthcare, citizen services
The minister called for a clear roadmap across the identified areas and asked the teams to work towards an initial pilot that could demonstrate tangible public impact
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Yotta to order 50,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs for $7.5 billion
The deal will also include ordering another 45,000 of Nvidia's GB-300 GPUs (part of the Blackwell family architecture), which are currently the latest on offer by the company
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SaaSpocalypse premature: Salesforce S Asia head Arundhati Bhattacharya
Arundhati Bhattacharya believes the company has made sure to tackle customers' concerns
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Turbulent AI era needs urgent global plan for transition: Bill Gates
The Microsoft co-founder says artificial intelligence could transform health, education and prosperity, but warns job losses, security threats and social harms demand coordinated action now
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Runable raises $21 million to help small businesses grow with AI agents
The AI agent platform has reached 1.5 million users and $2 million in annual recurring revenue, and will use the funds to expand growth channels, its free academy and team
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Octave Intelligence opens GCC in Hyderabad, plans workforce expansion
Octave Intelligence has inaugurated a 2-lakh-sq-ft technology centre in Hyderabad and plans to scale its workforce to 2,000 engineers across software, AI, data and cloud
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AI handles 35 per cent of all NoBroker conversations: Founder Akhil Gupta
NoBroker founder Akhil Gupta says the firm's AI agent ConvoZen now handles 35 per cent of customer conversations, a number that may go up to 60-70 per cent in two quarters
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