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Google for Startups Accelerator invites applications, focus on AI
Google for Startups Accelerator is inviting applications for its eighth cohort with a focus on AI-first startups, the company announced in a blogpost on Thursday.
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Together Fund announces new fund worth $150 mn; to focus on AI startups
Together Fund was founded by Girish Mathrubootham, (co-founder, Freshworks), Manav Garg, (founder, Eka Software) and Shubham Gupta, who used to lead SaaS deals at Matrix Partners India
Wall Street's use of AI and Data analytics faces new SEC restrictions
The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a plan on Wednesday to root out what Chair Gary Gensler has said are conflicts of interest that can arise when financial firms adopt technologies
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Google, OpenAI to create industry watchdog to ensure safety of AI models
The effort, also backed by AI startup Anthropic and Microsoft, aims to consolidate the expertise of member companies and create benchmarks for the industry
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Amazon Cloud unit enters health care AI market, adds chatbot tools
AWS also announced it will be adding more business-intelligence tools to its QuickSight product, which competes with Microsoft's PowerBI and Salesforce Inc.'s Tableau
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Microsoft's Azure slowdown offsets optimism about AI growth; shares down 3%
Nadella has unveiled an array of new AI programs - based on models from partner OpenAI - for most of Microsoft's major product lines, and demand has been strong for internet-based services
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Microsoft lays out spending plan to meet artificial intelligence demand
Wall Street is looking at how generative AI services may benefit Microsoft, which secured an early lead with investments in OpenAI, owner of the popular ChatGPT service
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India AI, Meta India ink pact to spur advancements in AI, emerging tech
The effort will foster social inclusion, improve government service delivery, and spur innovation using large language models, Generative AI, cognitive systems and translation models
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'IBM has prepared a 10-year roadmap to tap into the opportunities in AI'
'India plays a critical role in executing our hybrid Cloud and AI strategy,' says SANDIP PATEL, Managing Director, IBM India & South Asia
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Meta signs MoU with govt's INDIAai for research and collaboration on AI
The MoU was signed by Abhishek Singh, CEO of India AI, and Shivnath Thukral, director and head of public policy, Meta in India
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ChatGPT app for Android is available, but in select countries only: Details
ChatGPT app syncs users' history across devices and can be downloaded for free by Android users
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UNESCO report urges ban on smartphones in schools, to "Put Learners First"
UNESCO report suggests that excessive use of mobile phones is leading to reduced educational performance, with more screen time impacting the emotional stability of children negatively
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Women workers to be impacted more than men by AI wave, says McKinsey
That's one of the takeaways from a new report by the research arm of consultants McKinsey & Co. that examines US labor-market trends through the end of 2030
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AI startup ZYBER 365 secures $100 mn in funding led by SRAM & MRAM
The capital will play a key role in fuelling the company's expansion plans, enhancing its technological capabilities and solidifying its global market presence, the company said
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AI's promise on tech set for test with Microsoft, Alphabet Earnings
Bets that artificial intelligence will revolutionise Corporate America and deliver riches to the biggest companies behind it will get a test Tuesday, as Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc
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IIT Madras research improves understanding of inter-organ communication
Researchers develop computational approach to study interactions between genes responsible for inter-organ communication
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Here's how AI is rewriting the rules of $200 billion games industry
From San Francisco to Tokyo and Hong Kong, the plethora of companies that power the digital entertainment sphere are responding to decades of escalating costs
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ChatGPT's Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto project Worldcoin
Worldcoin deploys a small device, christened the Orb to scan people's eyeballs to create a unique digital identity
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Boosting productivity: Work-life balance with artificial intelligence
The report's findings on India were based on a survey of more than 2,000 desk workers
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CJI cautions against misusing tech, social media, AI for harmful purposes
Technology should not create fear in the minds of users through online abuse or harassment. An impact of AI recruitment tools is that it appeared to show discrimination or bias, he claimed
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