Explore Business Standard
Associate Sponsors
Co-sponsor
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on Thursday termed AI as an ultimate tool for accelerating scientific discovery, and a force multiplier for human ingenuity. Speaking at the India AI Summit, he described artificial intelligence as one of the most transformative technologies in human history and emphasised that the world is approaching a decisive moment in its development. With the advent of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI now, the moment has to be navigated very carefully, and thoughtfully, Hassabis said adding "and if we do so, I'm very optimistic that we'll usher in a great new era". He advocated that a scientific method be adopted to understand the AGI's full capabilities, build good guardrails and monitoring systems -- an approach he believes will help unlock the full potential of technology for the benefit of humans. Hassabis also called for a "bold" approach to grasp new opportunities for advancing science and medicine, improve human health and the living condition tha
The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday approved increasing the land allotted to Raiden Infotech India Pvt Ltd, a Google company, from 480 acres to over 600 acres for setting up AI data centers valued at nearly Rs 90,000 crore. N Yuvaraj, Secretary of the IT, Electronics & Communications (ITEC) Department, said the allotment of land by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) in favour of Adani Infra (India) Ltd, the notified partner of Raiden Infotech, has been approved. "The government approves the allotment of lands by APIIC-a total of 601.4 acres (up from the previous 480 acres)-in favour of Adani Infra (India) Ltd, as notified partner of Raiden Infotech," Yuvaraj said in an order. Under the revised allotment, the state allocated 266.6 acres at Tarluvada, 160 acres at Adavivaram and Mudasarlova, and 175 acres at Rambilli in Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts. The earlier allotment included 160 acres at Rambilli, 200 acres at Adavivaram and ...