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How ubiquitous iPhone 16 is different from Apple's recent releases

Apple's ubiquitous iPhone is about to break new ground with a shift into artificial intelligence that will do everything from smartening up its frequently dim-witted assistant Siri to creating customised emojis on the fly. The new era will dawn Monday with the unveiling of the hotly anticipated iPhone 16 in a Cupertino, California, auditorium named after Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who pulled out the first iPhone in 2007 and waved it like a magic wand while predicting it would reshape society. Apple has sold billions of iPhones since then, helping to create about USD 3 trillion in shareholder wealth. But in the past decade, there have been mostly minor upgrades from one model to the next a factor that has caused people to hold off on buying a new iPhone and led to a recent slump in sales of Apple's marquee product. The iPhone 16 is generating a bigger buzz because it is the first model to be tailored specifically for AI, a technology that is expected to trigger the biggest ...

Audible to begin generating AI voice replicas of select audiobook narrators

Last year, Amazon began offering US-based, self-published authors who make their books available on the Kindle Store the option of having their works narrated by a generic "virtual voice"

US, Britain, EU to sign first legally binding international AI treaty

The AI Convention, which has been in the works for years and was adopted in May after discussions between 57 countries, addresses the risks AI may pose, while promoting responsible innovation

AI startup You.com gets backing from Nvidia, DuckDuckGo Back, raises $50 mn

You.com claims millions of daily users, including at organizations like Salesforce, Stanford University and the startup Hugging Face

AI tool xFakeSci achieves 94% accuracy in identifying fake research papers

Researchers have developed a tool that could tell apart an original research article from one created by AI-chatbots, including ChatGPT. In a set of 300 fake and real scientific papers, the AI-based tool, named 'xFakeSci', detected up to 94 per cent of the fake ones. This was nearly twice the success rate seen among the more common data-mining techniques, the authors from the State University of New York, US, and Hefei University of Technology, China, said. "... we introduce xFakeSci, a novel learning algorithm, that is capable of distinguishing ChatGPT-generated articles from publications produced by scientists," they wrote in the study published in the journal Scientific Reports. For developing the AI-based algorithm, the researchers developed two distinct datasets. One of them contained almost 4,000 scientific articles taken from PubMed, an open database housing biomedical and life sciences research papers and maintained by the US National Institutes of Health. The other consis

AI not a job killer, would make workers more efficient, says experts

Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is. Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centres around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 different languages and 75 dialects. So an Alorica representative who speaks, say, only Spanish can field a complaint about a balky printer or an incorrect bank statement from a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. Alorica wouldn't need to hire a rep who speaks Cantonese. Such is the power of AI. And, potentially, the threat: Perhaps companies won't need as many employees and will slash some jobs if chatbots can handle the workload instead. But the thing is, Alorica isn't cutting jobs. It's still hiring aggressively. The experience at Alorica and at other companies, including furniture retailer IKEA suggests that AI may not prove to be the job killer that many people fear. Instead, the

Google-backed fund selects 4 Indian firms for AI-driven climate solutions

Four India-based organisations have been selected among 14 recipients across the Asia Pacific region for grants under the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.0, supported by a USD 5-million grant from Google.org, the tech giant's philanthropic arm. The fund, managed by Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), aims to foster technology- and AI-driven solutions addressing critical environmental and social challenges. The Indian recipients include INREM Foundation, CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Institute for Financial Management and Research (WELL Labs), and Gujarat Mahila Housing Sewa Trust (MHT), Google.org said in a statement. INREM Foundation will develop AI-enabled open digital solutions for community access to water contamination data. CRDF plans to use machine learning and satellite imagery to protect lakes and their carbon sink function. WELL Labs will develop advanced models for village-level water security insights, while MHT will create an AI-powered model t

RIL boosts shares to record, Nifty logs longest gaining streak in 17 yrs

The NSE Nifty 50 and the S&P BSE Sensex both rose about 0.6% to hit all-time highs, before trimming some gains to settle up 0.4% at record closing levels

OpenAI, Anthropic agree to work with US institute on upcoming safety test

Under the agreements, announced on Thursday, the US AI Safety Institute will receive early access to major new AI models from the companies to evaluate capabilities and risks

Infosys, Nvidia expand ties to develop GenAI-powered solutions for telcos

Infosys on Thursday said it has expanded its partnership with American chipmaker NVIDIA to develop GenAI-powered solutions for telecom operators. The IT major has developed three generative AI solutions powered by its AI-offering Topaz, which make use of NVIDIA NIM inference microservices, NVIDIA NeMo Retriever embedding models, and NeMo Guardrails to customise and deploy generative AI telco domain-specific large-language models. It has also used NVIDIA Riva to allow real-time transcription and translations for call centre agents, according to a regulatory filing. "Telcos are increasingly adopting generative AI solutions to improve the productivity of their businesses with smarter networks, more efficient operations, and enhanced customer service. "Leveraging NVIDIA's full-stack accelerated computing and AI platform, Infosys Topaz is delivering a suite of domain-specific solutions that will help telcos accelerate and streamline their adoption of generative AI," Ronnie Vasishta, Sen

Infosys joins Stanford affiliate programme to speed AI research initiatives

Infosys on Wednesday said it has joined hands with Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI) to help accelerate AI research initiatives. The IT major will become a part of the institute's Corporate Affiliate Program, according to a statement. The initiative will leverage Infosys AI-offering Topaz to focus on key areas to drive innovation and accelerate enterprise AI adoption, the statement said. As part of this programme, Infosys will engage with Stanford HAI faculty and researchers on topics like responsible AI, optimisation of AI models for cost efficiency, and enhancing the effectiveness of business process value chain through AI and ML, among others. "Through this collaboration, Infosys will support the development of cutting-edge thought leadership and research that will help enterprises accelerate their AI journey in a responsible manner. "By incorporating the latest AI research and proven practices into Infosys Topaz, we aim to

Deepfakes pose growing threat to corporate security and trust, warn experts

AI-driven deepfakes risk financial, reputational damage, call for stricter measures

Samsung launches AI-powered washing machine, aims to lead premium segment

Consumer Electronics maker Samsung India on Tuesday launched a new range of AI-powered washing machines and aims to be the market leader in the premium segment in the coming quarters, said a company official on Tuesday. The company, which currently holds around 20 per cent of the washing machine market, has "an objective of becoming a consumer leader" by gaining market share quarter-on-quarter, outpacing the industry growth, said Samsung India Senior Director, Digital Appliances, Saurabh Baishakhia. Samsung expects new launches, the ongoing trend of premiumisation in the appliances segment and the coming festive season this year and tailwind from attractive financing schemes breaking down acquisition costs will help it gain in the segment and claim market leadership, he said. "We have 20 per cent market share and are looking further improving it. We aspire to become a brand that is bought by most consumers," Baishakhia told PTI. At present, South Korean maker LG Electronics is the

Wipro, Dell Tech expand partnership to integrate AI enterprise solutions

IT major Wipro on Tuesday said it has expanded its partnership with Dell Technologies to integrate their AI enterprise solutions and provide enterprises best-in-class technology and the latest in chip designs. The collaboration will allow enhanced cost control and risk mitigation while providing enterprises with access to the best-in-class technology, accelerating the adoption of AI across cloud, data centre and edge environments, a regulatory filing said. "Wipro's Enterprise AI-Ready platform will leverage the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, including Dell validated designs for generative AI, bringing GenAI processing power to data without extensive upfront investment. "The Wipro AI Control Center, an advanced orchestration layer that resides on the Wipro Enterprise AI-Ready platform and enables a seamless infusion of AI for IT and business, will now provide enhanced throughput from the Dell infrastructure," the filing said. This will support the safe, responsible, and sustainable ..

India's design in every chip but no India-made chip yet: Ola founder

Ola Founder Bhavish Aggarwal has called out "unique irony" of India having its design imprint on every chip in the world, yet no chip of its own, and said while his announcement on first AI chip for India is a "moonshot", the company is fully confident of delivering on the promise. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters here, Aggarwal talked at length on his vision behind the bold and ambitious project, and explained why building a chip from scratch is a "risky endeavour". And why he is convinced that Ola Group and AI venture Krutrim can pull off the "moonshot". Aggarwal said the company would not be setting up a fab for its AI chip. Instead, it plans to work with global foundries, say, in Taiwan, Korea or even the American ecosystem. Conversations are on but not yet finalised, the Ola top boss said, adding, "hopefully somebody puts up a cutting-edge fab in India, and we will be happy to use it." A vocal advocate of India's digital sovereignty, Aggarwal is

Elon Musk's Grok could be a risky experiment in AI content moderation

Grok's images, powered by a small startup called Black Forest Labs, were deliberately unfiltered, but even Grok appears to have reined in some forms of content.

InvestorAi raises Rs 80 cr in funding from Ashish Kacholia, associates

Equity investment platform InvestorAi has raised Rs 80 crore in funding led by Lucky Investment Managers founder Ashish Kacholia and his associates, the company said on Thursday. The Bangalore-based company said funds raised will be used for scaling the business and adding new products. "InvestorAi raises Rs 80 crore in Series A from ace investor Ashish Kacholia and associates," the company said in a statement. Founded in 2018, InvestorAi is an AI-powered equity investment platform that uses advanced AI to power stock recommendations for investors. "We are convinced that India can lead the way and be a showcase for the world on how to use AI technology to create DIY wealth solutions that are simultaneously convenient, engaging, accessible to all and create good investment outcomes. "We are delighted to have such an incredibly experienced market expert like Ashish Kacholia as an investor and are grateful for his confidence in our vision, our model and our team," InvestorAi Chairman

OpenAI to allow corporates to customise its most powerful AI model

The move comes as startups face rising competition for their AI products for business, and businesses face growing pressure to demonstrate the gains from investment in AI

5 free Artificial Intelligence courses offered by Google, details inside

AI is gradually becoming part of our lives in a big way, and soon enough, our daily routines will wholly depend on it. Here are five free Google AI courses for anyone interested in learning new things

Thomson Reuters reports 6% rise in revenue, plans to deploy AI aggressively

The company now forecasts full year revenue to hit the high end of projections or a rise of about 7 per cent