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Sachin Tendulkar's deepfake video sparks concern: How to protect yourself

Sachin Tendulkar's deepfake video: The fabricated video of the cricketer depicted him endorsing a mobile gaming application, sparking concerns over data privacy on social media

Sachin Tendulkar reacts on his viral deepfake video endorsing mobile app

Sachin Tendulkar is not the first celebrity to have fallen victim to deepfake AI. In November, a deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandana also surfaced online, raising concerns about privacy rights

BFSI will bottom out by next qtr; FY25 should be better: TCS MD & CEO

'It will take about four to eight quarters for GenAI to be substantial part of revenue'

CISCO, NAMTECH enter tie-up to impart training in cybersecurity, AI

Global tech company CISCO has partnered with NAMTECH -- an initiative backed by steel maker AMNS India -- to impart training in areas like cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the manufacturing industry. The agreement?, which was signed at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar, aims to build a talent pipeline comprising more than 5,000 engineers and technicians over the next five years. There is a growing demand for skilled professionals in cybersecurity and networking, especially for manufacturing entities looking to accelerate digital transformation towards the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, New Age Makers Institute of Technology (NAMTECH) said in a statement on Friday. "NAMTECH and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create academic programme focused on developing cybersecurity, networking, and AI experiential learning and training modules for the manufacturing industry," it said. NAMTECH Director General Arun Kumar Pill

OpenAI launches new store for users to share custom chatbots: Report

Similar to those app stores, OpenAI's GPT Store will let users see the most popular and trending chatbots on a leaderboard and search for them by category

Juniper shares climb 23% as Hewlett Packard Enterprise nears $13 bn deal

Juniper has a market value of about $9.6 billion as last close of $30.22. The company's shares were trading at $37.25 on Tuesday, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock fell nearly 8%

Making technology more 'human' is the way forward: Accenture study

The report titled 'Accenture Technology Vision 2024: Human by design, how AI unleashes the next level of human potential' said that enterprises that prepare now will win in the future

Samsung teams up with Microsoft for AI features on Galaxy Book 4 laptops

Samsung announced the Galaxy Book4 series in December 2023. The series comprises the Galaxy Book 4 Ultra (16-inch), Galaxy Book 4 Pro (14-inch and 16-inch), and Galaxy Book 4 Pro 360 (16-inch)

'City of Nawabs' making futuristic stride with green mobility, AI drive

A 40-acre land parcel has been identified, overlooking the Lucknow International Airport on the busy Lucknow-Kanpur highway

Air India's virtual travel assistant is now on Whatsapp. Details here

Air India's virtual travel assistant will help travellers to ask questions across a wide spectrum of over 1300 travel-related topics and access a host of features

Microsoft to train 100,000 Indian developers in AI technologies, tools

The developers will be trained under Microsoft's AI Odyssey initiative. The month-long programme is open to all, without any experience or background preference required

Muslims in tech world fear retaliation in speaking up: Sam Altman

The Microsoft-backed ChatGPT maker's high-profile boss urged the tech industry to treat members of those communities with empathy

Articul8: Here is everything about Intel's enterprise-focused GenAI company

Intel has set-up Articul8 together with the global investment firm DigitalBridge Group. It aims to provide enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimised and secure GenAI software platform

Samsung aims to replicate human vision by integrating AI in camera sensors

Incorporating AI directly into imaging sensors is expected to result in improving image quality while lowering both latency and power consumption

After Android, Microsoft rolls Copilot app for Apple devices: Details here

The Copilot app is available for Apple iPhone and Apple iPads. OpenAI's GPT-4 model and DALL-E 3 power the Microsoft AI assistant for text responses and image generation capabilities

AI needs global rules that won't stifle innovation

The regulators in all the countries must get their acts together and pool their wisdom to evolve a uniform set of laws to manage the transition

GenAI set to revolutionise video content, says YouTube India director

'I think the living-room consumption of YouTube will definitely continue to grow. This segment is going through the same phenomenon that made internet usage grow'

AI-powered deepfakes rise in 2023; concerns of its impact on privacy

From politics to films and even war, the year 2023 has demonstrated that not everything one sees or hears on the internet may be real. With the ever-evolving Artificial Intelligence technology rapidly becoming a part of people's lives, a sharp rise in deepfakes has raised concerns in the country about its potential to influence electoral politics, especially during the Lok Sabha polls slated to be held next year. Deepfakes are manipulated videos or other digital representations that use artificial intelligence to create cogent videos or audio of individuals they never did or said, posing a risk of spreading misinformation and damaging their reputation. According to the '2023 State of Deepfakes Report' by 'Home Security Heroes' -- a US-based web security services company -- deepfake videos saw a five-times increase since 2019. In 2023, India witnessed scores of troubling instances related to deepfake videos, like the one involving actor Rashmika Mandanna, whose face was superimposed

Deepfakes a problematic issue for conducting safe, fair polls: MoS IT

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that for a large, connected nation like India, deepfakes and misinformation represent a "very problematic issue" for conducting safe, free and fair elections. With respect to tackling deepfakes and misinformation, he said social media platforms are under watch on remedial actions they take in next 7-10 days on 'advisories' issued by the government. The minister also promised that inaction on their part may prompt amendment to the IT Rules that will be more "prescriptive". In an interview with PTI, Chandrasekhar, who is Minister of State for IT and Electronics, counted the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) legislation, setting up of grievances appellate panels and tighter accountability enforced on digital platforms for user safety as being among the big achievements for 2023. Chandrasekhar, however, said that the Digital India Act (that will supersede the 22-year-old Information Technology Act) despite undergoing extensive ...

Microsoft rolls out major Copilot update on Edge for Android, iOS: Details

Microsoft Copilot for Edge browser can now summarise YouTube videos and PDF files opened in the browser