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Flipkart Ventures picks AI startups for third accelerator programme
Companies will get financing and business advice from e-commerce giant's leaders
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Skills over degrees: 80% of Indian employers adopt skills-first strategy
Given that almost 42 per cent of hiring managers report difficulties in finding candidates with the necessary skills
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ZEISS India teams up with IISc to advance AI research in eyecare
This collaboration will propel improvements in eyecare solutions from India for the world, considering the rising prevalence of vision impairments worldwide
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Trump team plans firings of probationary workers at NIST, key agency for AI
NIST was responsible for helping implement key initiatives under the Biden administration, including funds for semiconductor manufacturing and setting standards for artificial intelligence use
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Meta CEO Zuckerberg lobbies US senators on AI, seeks to muster influence
Zuckerberg met with senators one day after his personal charity announced it was ending diversity, equity and inclusion programmes
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Microsoft unveils generative AI tool that can create video-game scenes
Microsoft's Xbox team and other industry players are eager to use AI to help reduce the hundreds of millions of dollars studios typically spend on blockbusters
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India must boost AI research to retain top talent and stay competitive
With a large chunk of the tech world's capital and talent being deployed towards monetising AI, competition among countries in this arena will be fiercer than ever
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AI tools will ultimately give you creative freedom: Namit Malhotra
Says can we make a biopic of an actor, of a sports person, or a big political leader, without having to put a standard actor and use the AI to create the actual personality?
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Ex-OpenAI tech chief launches AI startup, hires staff from ChatGPT maker
Roughly two-thirds of the company comprises former OpenAI employees' including Barret Zoph, a prominent researcher who left the ChatGPT maker on the same day as Murati in late September
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Google-backed Glance targets profitability in yr, eyes AI-powered growth
While one reason for a profitable growth is expansion into the US markets, Tiwari is keen on the generative AI powered offering, which is expected to be launched in the next four to six weeks
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Singulr AI raises $10 mn led by Nexus Venture, Dell Technologies Capital
Singulr is helping enterprises rapidly adopt and operationalise powerful new AI technologies while managing costs and minimising risk.
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Pocket Entertainment launches AI-powered comics platform, Pocket Toons
The company is leveraging AI to produce content 20x faster at a third of the cost, making high-quality comics more accessible than ever
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What is the Perplexity AI, founded by Indian-origin Aravind Srinivas?
The AI-powered search engine Perplexity was cofounded by Aravind Srinivas, an Indian-origin engineer and entrepreneur, which he describes as "fastest way to get answers to any questions"
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OpenAI considers special voting rights to guard against hostile takeovers
Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and board members are evaluating new governance measures as the company transitions to a traditional for-profit structure
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New skilling policy to focus on tapping global demand for skilled workers
India is eyeing deployment of 100,000 care workers every year from 2027 in developed countries
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Companies expect more value from outsourcing rather than just savings
As outsourcing tenure and maturity increase, organisations become more comfortable outsourcing one or more core areas within each function to service providers
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Artificial intelligence for a Viksit Bharat: Paris to Delhi via Washington
If India's position on AI opportunities was closer to the United States, its views on sustainability were perhaps closer to Europe
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Govt, Intel partner to launch AI for Entrepreneurship initiative for youth
The module aims to demystify artificial intelligence (AI) and foster entrepreneurial thinking among young innovators across the country, according to a statement
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Zomato unveils AI-powered platform Nugget to help businesses scale up
Nugget is an AI-powered, no-code customer support platform designed to help businesses scale their support operations effortlessly
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Deepseek's promise in China comes with a workforce warning: Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs anticipates that by 2030, it estimated that AI-driven advancements could contribute an additional 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points to the expansion of China's economy
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