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China moves to boost AI oversight with focus on safety, data protection

China's proposed AI law aims to boost research, improve ethics, strengthen risk checks and enhance safety oversight for AI technologies and infrastructure

Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for delivery drivers: Here's what it can do

Amazon's new smart delivery glasses use AI and computer vision to guide drivers with package scanning, navigation, and safety alerts - all through a hands-free display

Meta to lay off 600 employees amid AI overhaul, top-tier staff retained

Meta's layoffs will hit employees in AI infrastructure, Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research unit (FAIR) and other AI product teams

UnifyApps raises $50 mn to scale AI platform for enterprise automation

WestBridge leads Series B as UnifyApps ramps up its AI-native platform, expands in Europe, and deepens enterprise integrations to unify automation workflows

OpenAI, Perplexity, and Anthropic turn to India to hire top AI talent

The three leading AI companies will initially hire for sales, business development, and partnership roles. Later, they will hire for product and engineering jobs

Samsung launches Perplexity AI-powered app for smart TVs: Check features

Samsung debuts the first Perplexity AI-powered TV app, bringing real-time answers, smart search, and AI assistance to its latest Vision AI Companion TVs

Microsoft CEO Nadella's pay hits record $96.5 million amid AI growth

The compensation committee said in its report that the results demonstrated that Satya Nadella and his leadership team had positioned Microsoft as a clear leader in artificial intelligence

AI is suffering 'brain rot' as social media junk clouds its judgment

Researchers from Texas A&M, the University of Texas at Austin and Purdue University find that exposure to junk web text leads to lasting cognitive decline in large language models

Bengaluru startup taps AI to speed up analog chip development

Maieutic Semiconductor plans to start early customer trials of its generative AI-based virtual assistant by March, followed by a wider commercial launch

Fury mounts over global AI frenzy as data centres strain resources

As tech firms build data centres worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages

AI using your data to set personalised prices online: How it can backfire

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly remaking how companies set prices. Not only do prices shift with demand (dynamic pricing), but firms are increasingly tailoring prices to individual customers

LTTS expects headcount drop in third quarter as more work gets automated

AI-driven automation is helping LTTS decouple revenue growth from workforce expansion, with productivity gains expected to reduce headcount in Q3

African languages for AI: The project that's gathering a huge new dataset

The data and models will be useful for captioning local-language media; voice assistants for agriculture and health; call-centre and support in the languages

Will AI pay off the West's debts? Don't bet on a tech-led rescue

To be sure, a wildly upbeat assessment of AI's potential impact on economic growth has propelled asset markets higher over the last few years

The AI gold rush: Investments surge, but gains in GDP are only guesstimates

Huge investments are being committed to AI-related infrastructure, but the technology's positive effects on labour market and GDP are only guesstimates

Meta introduces parental controls for AI chats with teens from next year

Meta is adding parental controls for kids' interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether beginning early next year. But parents won't be able to turn off Meta's AI assistant, which Meta says will remain available to offer helpful information and educational opportunities, with default, age-appropriate protections in place to help keep teens safe. Parents who don't want to turn off all chats with all AI characters will also be able to block specific chatbots. And Meta said Friday that parents will be able to get insights about what their kids are chatting about with AI characters although they won't get access to the full chats. The changes come as the social media giant faces ongoing criticism over harms to children from its platforms. AI chatbots are also drawing scrutiny over their interactions with children, which lawsuits claim have driven some to suicide. Even so, more than 70 per cent of

Deepika Padukone becomes new voice for Meta AI in India, US, other nations

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone collaborated with Meta to become the new voice of its AI version across multiple countries.Taking to her Instagram handle, Deepika shared a video which featured the actress recording her voice in a studio for Meta AI."Hi, I am Deepika Padukone. I am the new voice of Meta AI. So tap the ring and my voice will run out," said Deepika in the post.While sharing the video, the 'Piku' actress wrote, "Okay, so this is pretty cool I think! I'm now part of Meta AI and you can chat with my voice in English across India, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand."Recently, Deepika Padukone, who is also a founder of The Live Love Laugh (LLL) Foundation, has been appointed as the first-ever Mental Health Ambassador by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW).The announcement was made on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, marking a significant step in India's ongoing efforts to prioritise mental well-being as a key ...

Apple AI search chief Ke Yang to leave for Meta weeks after AKI appointment

The group is developing features to make the Siri voice assistant more ChatGPT-like by adding the ability to pull information from the web

BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group strikes $40 billion AI data center deal

The acquisition is the latest in a series of big-ticket deals involving Big Tech and Silicon Valley startups that has been fueled by the boom in AI

Meta to invest $1.5 billion in Texas AI data centre, creating 100 jobs

Meta has invested over $10 billion in Texas and employs more than 2,500 people across the state, the company said. These figures include the latest investment