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Meta hires Apple's top AI exec with pay deal exceeding $200 million

Meta offered over $200 million to recruit Apple's software engineer Ruoming Pang to its new superintelligence team, part of a broader push with unusually high compensation for top AI talents

Microsoft highlights AI gains as layoffs spark job security concerns

Microsoft says AI helped it save $500 mn, even as it slashed 15,000 jobs; Layoffs spark concerns but firm says AI is meant to aid, not replace, workers

AI-powered scams target Prime Day 2025 shoppers as online fraud surges

Scammers use AI to create fake Amazon sites and impersonation texts during Prime Day, with 96 per cent of Indians shopping online and concern growing over fraud

Turkish court orders ban on Musk's AI chatbot Grok for offensive content

A Turkish court ordered Wednesday a ban on access to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from Turkiye, after the platform allegedly disseminated content insulting to Turkey's president and others. The chatbot, developed by Musk's company xAI, posted vulgarities against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his late mother and personalities, while responding to users' questions on the X social media platform, the pro-government A Haber news channel reported. Offensive responses were also directed toward modern Turkiye's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatrk, other media outlets said. That prompted the Ankara public to file for the imposition of restrictions under Turkiye's internet law, citing a threat to public order. A criminal court approved the request early on Wednesday, ordering the country's telecommunications authority to enforce the ban. The incident is part of a broader controversy surrounding a recent update to Grok, which resulted in more politically incorrect and

Truth behind MIT researchers' claim that using ChatGPT can rot your brain

MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. Truth is little more complicated

Google launches 'AI Mode' in Search in India: What is it and how to use

Google's AI Mode in Search, now rolling out to users in India, brings Gemini-powered multimodal responses and richer answers to complex, conversational queries

HCLSoftware launches sovereign AI to enhance government data privacy

HCLSoftware's Domino 14.5 introduces a sovereign AI extension, Domino IQ, aimed at protecting data privacy for governments and regulated organisations, ensuring greater information security

Capgemini to acquire WNS for $3.3 bn to expand GenAI, Agentic AI services

With the acquisition, Capgemini aims to develop a consulting arm to help businesses transform operations via AI, with key investments in Agentic AI for autonomous decision-making systems

Indian hospitality industry protected from AI but needs massive manpower

Hotel chains have partnered with reputed hospitality institutes, participate in campus placement drives but to bridge the talent gap

AI may now match humans in spotting emotion, sarcasm in online chats

Latent content analysis is an area of study concerned with uncovering the deeper meanings, sentiments and subtleties embedded in text

AIonOS acquires majority stake in Salesforce partner Cloud Analogy

AIonOS's acquisition of Salesforce Summit Partner Cloud Analogy aims to integrate generative AI with CRM tools, expanding its customer experience capabilities

Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI overviews by publishers

The company is making its biggest bet by integrating AI into search but the move has sparked concerns from some content providers such as publishers

Should you trust chatbots with health advice? Google study raises concerns

AI chatbots often give biased or incomplete health advice when users ask leading or vague questions, warns a new Google-backed study

X experiments with AI bots for writing Community Notes: Check details

X (formerly Twitter) is testing AI-generated Community Notes via tools like Grok and third-party bots, while retaining human oversight to ensure accuracy, fairness, and transparency

Jony Ive and OpenAI's first AI gadget could be a pen-like device: Report

OpenAI's first AI hardware, developed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom, may be a pen-shaped gadget that uses sensors, cameras and a projector to assist users in real time, reports Bloomberg

Nvidia insiders sold over $1 billion in stock amid market surge: Report

Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, started selling shares this week for the first time since September, the SEC filing showed

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son ready to pass baton, bets big on AI revolution

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son signals leadership shift, unveils bold AI plans; firm has invested over $10 billion in Indian startups like Paytm, Swiggy, Ola Electric, and FirstCry

Thinking capped: How generative AI may be quietly dulling our brains

Various experts in India, too, reiterate the concerns of overdependence on AI, to the extent where people outsource even thinking to AI

Masayoshi Son prepares to pick successor from within SoftBank Group

The 67-year-old has several candidates in mind, but won't make an announcement until the last minute, Son said during a general shareholders' meeting in Tokyo

Farmers want DBT for schemes, AI based price forecasting tools from govt

On DBT, sources said the officials in the agriculture ministry feel that as of now, financial assistance for lots of schemes, such as farm mechanisation, goes directly into the bank account of farmers