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AI-chatbot Grok rolling out for XPremium+ subscribers from next week: Musk

Grok uses data from X (formerly Twitter) to remain better informed than alternatives, said xAI

New regulation to tackle deepfakes soon: Vaishnaw meets social media cos

Terming deepfakes as a new threat to democracy, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the government will come up with new regulations soon to tackle deepfakes. The minister, who met social media platforms on the deepfake issue on Thursday, said that companies have agreed on the need for clear actionable work in areas such as detection, prevention, strengthening of reporting mechanism, and raising user awareness. "We will start drafting regulation today itself, and within a short time we will have a new set of regulations for deepfakes ... this could be in the form of amending existing framework or bringing new rules, or new law," Vaishnaw told reporters. Deepfakes have emerged as a new threat to democracy, the minister said. "We will have our next meeting in the first week of December...that will be on follow-up action on today's decisions, and also on what should be included in the draft regulation," Vaishnaw said. Deepfakes refer to synthetic or doctored media that

Google Bard gets the ability to analyse YouTube video content: Details

If you're looking for videos on how to make olive oil cake, you can now ask Bard how many eggs the recipe in the first video requires

Artificial Intelligence: Are AI chips different from traditional processors

AI chips executes numerous calculations parallelly, exhibiting remarkable speed and efficiency advantage over CPUs

Altman's firing and reinstatement; What does it mean for the future of AI?

It's been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and co-founder Sam Altman. Altman, who helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab back in 2015, was removed as CEO Friday in a sudden and mostly unexplained exit that stunned the industry. And while his chief executive title was swiftly reinstated just days later, a lot of questions are still up in the air. If you're just catching up on the OpenAI saga and what's at stake for the artificial intelligence space as a whole, you've come to the right place. Here's a rundown of what you need to know. WHO IS SAM ALTMAN AND HOW DID HE RISE TO FAME? Altman is co-founder of OpenAI, the San Francisco-based company behind ChatGPT (yes, the chatbot that's seemingly everywhere today from schools to health care ). The explosion of ChatGPT since its arrival one year ago propelled Altman into the spotlight of the rapid commercialization of generative AI which can produce novel imagery, passages of text and other media. And as he became Silico

Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI; new interim board announced

Following the announcement, Sam Altman said that he decided to join the company again as it was best for him and the team

Indian Gen Z's 1.3 times more likely to learn AI skills than Gen X: Report

Global conversations around generative AI have grown by 70 per cent, across genders, generations, occupations, and industries.

India's startup world looks for lessons in Sam Altman ouster saga

Shortly after Altman was fired on November 17, veteran Indian entrepreneurs were quick to rebuke the OpenAI board's decision

IT major Wipro, Nvidia collab for artificial intelligence in healthcare

IT major Wipro on Tuesday announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to help healthcare companies accelerate the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Wipro will leverage NVIDIA's AI software for enterprises for the production of AI across its current portfolio of healthcare solutions in the affordable care act (ACA), Medicare, and Medicaid, the company said in a statement. Wipro Enterprise Futuring President and Managing Partner Nagendra Bandaru said the collaboration will allow the companies to deliver AI-enabled innovation for the healthcare industry at scale and drive healthcare solutions with advanced computing capabilities. The integration of these technologies with Wipro's Enterprise Generative AI (WeGA) framework will enable Wipro to co-develop and deploy custom models for speech and translation AI, as well as other LLMs.

WhatsApp launches 'Check the Facts' safety campaign to fight misinformation

WhatsApp has launched a 'Check the Facts' safety campaign to drive user awareness around its safety features and curb the spread of misinformation on the platform. The month-long campaign highlights the Meta-owned messaging platform's in-built product features, safety tools like block and report, and forward labels that equip users to spot misinformation and prevent its circulation. It encourages people to verify information that sounds suspicious or inaccurate via fact-checking organisations on WhatsApp Channels, according to a statement. "WhatsApp has launched an integrated safety campaign Check the Facts' in an effort to drive user awareness around WhatsApp's safety features and promote digital best practices that help prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform and empower people to take control of their messaging experience," it said. While there is no single action that can help prevent the spread of misinformation and fake news online, WhatsApp's 'Check the Facts' .

MediaTek brings on-device gen-AI to mid-range devices with Dimensity 8300

MediaTek claims over 20 per cent faster CPU performance and 30 per cent peak gains in power efficiency with the new Dimensity 8300 chipset

OnePlus launches its AI Music Studio to create and compose tracks using AI

OnePlus AI Music Studio allows users to compose music tracks and generate portrait style music videos using generative AI

Satya and my top priority remains to ensure OpenAI thrives: Sam Altman

He said that the OpenAI and Microsoft partnership will make this very doable

Microsoft hires ousted CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI stares at mass exodus

He, along with Brockman, to lead a new AI research team; 500 OpenAI staffers threaten to quit unless board resigns

LTTS partners with NVIDIA to enhance medical imaging software using GenAI

Engineering services company Larsen and Toubro Technology Services (LTTS) on Monday said it has collaborated with American software firm NVIDIA to enhance medical imaging using Gen AI. The partnership aims to develop software-defined architectures for medical devices looking at enhancing the quality of medical images, the company said on Monday. The software-defined architecture is a decision-making tool for image processing, with AI/ML models developed for the detection, identification, and classification of polyps - abnormal growths often found during colonoscopies. LTTS CEO and Managing Director Amit Chadha said the collaboration helps them push the boundaries of what's possible in medical imaging. "The combination of the NVIDIA Holoscan software platform for edge AI inference and the NVIDIA IGX Orin hardware platform accelerates the development of AI-powered medical imaging solutions by enhancing image quality and real-time clinical decision-making support, making clinicians mo

Money laundering has become real threat with advent of tech, AI: SC

With the advancement of technology and artificial intelligence, economic offences such as money laundering have become a real threat to the functioning of the financial system of the country, the Supreme Court said on Monday while dismissing the bail plea of an accused. Dismissing the bail plea of an employee of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited in a money laundering case, a bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi said economic offences have serious repercussions on the development of the country as a whole. "With the advancement of technology and artificial intelligence, the economic offences like money laundering have become a real threat to the functioning of the financial system of the country and have become a great challenge for the investigating agencies to detect and comprehend the intricate nature of transactions, as also the role of the persons involved therein. "A lot of minute exercise is expected to be undertaken by the investigating agency to see that no innocent .

Sam Altman is said to be discussing return to OpenAI with company's board

Microsoft, which has invested $13 bn in OpenAI, is said to be leading the pressure campaign; however, due to openAI's unique structure, its investors have no say in who leads it

Meta tests shortcut button for an AI-powered chatbot on WhatsApp: Report

With a dedicated shortcut button, users will be able to access AI-powered chats directly from the Chats menu without having to open the contact list.

Quick redress key weapon in battle against deepfakes, say experts

Deepfake AI-generated video of actor Rashmika Mandanna has put the issue of regulation of such technology at the forefront

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