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Doomed mission behind Sam Altman's shocking firing from OpenAI by board

At the event on Nov. 6, Altman made a number of announcements that infuriated Sutskever and people sympathetic to his point of view, the source said

'Indian cyberspace seeing incidents at higher rate than global average'

There are a large number of initiatives in this direction under the UN and regional forums where nations are looking for solutions to cyberspace which is not confined to national boundaries, he said

Finance ministry asks PSU banks to take measures to bolster cybersecurity

The Finance Ministry and RBI have been sensitising banks on this aspect at regular intervals amid the growing digitisation in the financial sector.

Govt to meet social media platforms on deepfake issue: IT minister Vaishnaw

Asked if big platforms like Meta and Google would be called for the meeting, the minister replied in the affirmative

OpenAI CEO ouster followed disagreements between Sam Altman, board

The disputes echo longstanding rifts within OpenAI over the responsible development of powerful AI tools - issues that have plagued the company since its inception

OpenAI President Brockman says he's quitting after Sam Altman ouster

"I'm super proud of what we've all built together since starting in my apartment 8 years ago," Brockman wrote in a post on the social media site X

OpenAI interim CEO Murati urges focus, stresses Microsoft support

Murati also urged employees still reeling Friday from the sudden departure of Altman, one of the most prominent figures in the artificial intelligence industry, to focus on their work

Altman ousted from OpenAI, board says it lost confidence in him as leader

Mira Murati, an Albanian-born Dartmouth-educated engineer who helped develop some of OpenAI's best-known products as its chief technology officer, will serve as OpenAI's interim chief executive office

Tech tango: Slow robot deployment, not accidents, worries Indian industry

Robotics experts insist accidents such as these are usually a result of human error. Working with robots, they say, demands strict adherence to safety protocols

IBM, EU pull ads from Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash

The liberal advocacy group Media Matters said in a report that ads from Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal's Bravo network and Comcast also were placed next to antisemitic material on X

Nepal's SC sets hearing on petitions against TikTok ban on Nov 20

The Nepal government on Monday decided to ban the popular social media platform, citing its negative effects on social harmony

Apple may be working on graphene-based thermal components for iPhone 16

Apple has been filing patents related to the use of graphene for heat dissipation in portable devices, according to reports

Microsoft announces text-to-speech avatar tool to create talking videos

Microsoft announced text-to-speech features that come with vision capabilities to help the user in creating create synthetic videos of a 2D photorealistic avatar speaking

'123456' the most common password, can be cracked in under a second: Study

The second and the third most popular passwords were "admin" and "12345678", used in about 4 million and 137,000 accounts, respectively, the study findings on the website show

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 with built-in AI capabilities

For AI capabilities, Qualcomm says the new processor's Hexagon NPU (Neural Processing Unit) provides 60 per cent more performance per watt compared to the previous generation chipset

Google rolls-out experimental 'Notes' feature for search in India: Details

Notes is available as an opt-in experiment in the Google app on both iOS and Android devices with support for English and Hindi languages

WhatsApp Security Upgrade: Privacy checkup feature for safer chats

WhatsApp has upgraded security for safer chats with a new privacy checkup feature. The new security feature is available on both Android and iOS. Here's all you need to know about the latest update

70% of passwords can be cracked in less than a second, shows NordPass study

In 2023, "123456" was the most common password used by Indians; almost a third of the world's most popular passwords consist of numerical sequences

Festive cheer for smartphone shipments in India with a 6-8% rise this year

5G connectivity and replacement demands were the main factors behind majority of the sales; market share of general trade increased by 35-40%, compared to about 32% last year

Apple brings RCS messaging to iPhones, does not give up on green bubble

RCS messaging on iPhones will support read receipts, typing indicators, high-res media sharing and location sharing when texting between iPhones and Android smartphones