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Adversaries could use AI to spread disinformation about US elections: FBI

The FBI is concerned that foreign adversaries could deploy artificial intelligence as a means to interfere in American elections and spread disinformation, a senior official said Thursday, describing the technology as an area that's probably going to see growth over the coming years. The threat is more than theoretical given the prevalence of AI deepfakes and robocalls and the way such technology has already surfaced in politics. The official noted an episode in Slovakia early this year in which audio clips resembling the voice of the liberal party chief purportedly capturing him talking about hiking beer prices and rigging the vote were shared widely on social media just days before parliamentary elections. The clips were deepfakes. An incident in the U.S. involved robocalls impersonating President Joe Biden that urged voters in New Hampshire to abstain from voting in January's primary election. The robocalls were later traced to a political consultant who said he was trying to .

Google unveils AI-led technology for predicting human molecules' behaviour

The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease

TCS' outlook improving after 2 years of recessionary fears: Chandrasekaran

GenAI will we have impact 'not previously seen or imagined', says IT company's chairman

Oracle doubles down on artificial intelligence investments in India

Oracle Database 23ai, the latest release of Oracle's converged database, is in line with the company's sharp focus on AI

US eyes restrictions on China's access to AI behind apps like ChatGPT

Government and private sector researchers worry U.S. adversaries could use the models, which mine vast amounts of text and images to summarize information and generate content

Red Hat defines AI strategy; CEO says impact of open source visible in AI

The impact of open source ecosystem in the realm of AI is becoming visible and the momentum is set to accelerate, Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks has said as the IBM-owned enterprise open source solutions provider outlined its strategy and push on AI. At his keynote address at the Red Hat Summit, Hicks predicted that Artificial Intelligence (AI) won't be built by a single vendor, rather it will be defined by flexibility of choices. He observed that innovation has moved at a fast clip, with advancements unfolding every month, week and hour. Open source and academia are at the centre of innovation, he asserted. According to him, the staggering rate and pace of academic advancement has found the "perfect intersection" in Open Source and AI models. Today, the capabilities in AI are being developed by some of the best academic researchers, with Open Source helping unlock potential, he pointed out. "The most interesting thing that happened to AI over last year has been explosion of choices, wha

HC asks Centre to respond to plea on non-regulation of deepfake technology

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response on a PIL by veteran journalist Rajat Sharma against non-regulation of deepfake technology in the country and seeking directions to block public access to applications and software enabling creation of such content. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora issued notice to the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the petition. Deepfake technology facilitates creation of realistic videos, audio recordings and images that can manipulate and mislead viewers by superimposing the likeness of one person onto another, altering their words and actions, thereby presenting a false narrative or spreading misinformation. The bench said it was a major problem and sought to know from the central government if it was willing to act on the issue. Political parties are complaining about this as well. You are not taking any action, the court said. Rajat Sharma, the Chairman and ...

Sonata Software to get 20% of revenue from AI-led services in 2-3 yrs: CFO

To fuel its growth plans, Sonata will also be looking at acquisitions provided it fits the company's strategy

AI startup Myelin Foundry raises $4 mn in round led by SIDBI Venture Cap

Company says it will use money to expand in international markets and strengthen technology

OpenAI launches tool to detect deepfake content by its image generator

OpenAI said it would share its new deepfake detector with a small group of disinformation researchers so they could test the tool in real-world situations and help pinpoint ways it could be improved

DoT's likely 100-day aim: Govt to crack down on rising spam calls, messages

New inter-ministerial panel to coordinate policy, AI-based consent platform in works

Setu unveils Sesame, India's first domain-specific LLM for BFSI sector

Developed in collaboration with indigenous AI research firm Sarvam AI, the company said this marks a "ChatGPT moment" in financial services

Nandan Nilekani-backed people+ai partners with 24 tech organisations

It stands out as one of the select technology-driven consortia dedicated to addressing and facilitating large-scale computing access

LTIMindtree, IBM collaborate to set up GenAI Centre of Excellence for India

IT company LTIMindtree on Tuesday said it has collaborated with American technology company IBM to establish a global, joint Generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) for India. The centre will focus on building point solutions to accelerate clients' generative AI adoption journeys. According to a company statement, the CoE plans to offer a comprehensive suite of services, combining LTIMindtree's expertise in data and machine learning model customisation and full-stack engineering with IBM watsonx technology, including watsonx.ai, watsonx.data, and watsonx.governance, and AI assistants. "Our collaboration, distinguished by the Center of Excellence, is an opportunity for our companies to work closely together to help funnel the latest AI research and innovations into technologies solving real-world business challenges," Kate Woolley, General Manager at IBM Ecosystem, said.

Apple working on developing AI chips for software in data centers: Report

The project, internally codenamed as Project ACDC (Apple Chips in Data Center), aims to leverage Apple's chip design expertise for its server infrastructure, the report said

Happiest Minds Tech Q4 result: Profits up 25%, revenue rises by 10.4%

IT firm Happiest Minds Technologies reported a 24.83 per cent increase in consolidated net profits at Rs 71.98 crore for the quarter ended March 2024, and said it expects to encash on its newly launched GenAI business unit. According to a stock exchange filing, the company clocked a profit of Rs 57.66 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations for the reporting quarter stood at Rs 417.29 crore, as against Rs 377.98 crore in Q4FY23, translating into a 10.4 per cent rise. Revenue for the quarter was led by the edutech vertical (22.3 per cent), followed by healthcare (16.1 per cent). Executive chairman Ashok Soota said the newly created Gen AI business unit, the creation of six new industry groups, and the successful closure of two acquisitions have put the company back on course towards accomplishing its 'long-term vision of USD 1 billion in revenues by FY31'. Annual profits saw a 7.53 per cent rise to Rs 248.39 per cent, as compared to the previous fiscal's Rs 230.99 ...

Amazon to spend $9 bn over next 4 yrs to expand cloud infra in Singapore

AWS also announced a collaboration with the Singapore Government, public sector organisations, and enterprises to help accelerate the adoption of AI

Apple working on homegrown chips to run AI tools for data centers

Apple has been playing catch-up with its tech peers in generative AI, the technology underpinning chatbots and other popular new tools

Top 3 Indian IT companies train over 775,000 in generative AI skills

This figure is substantially higher than what the IT industry body Nasscom had predicted in its Strategic Review of 2023

Hexaware acquires US-based Softcrylic to strengthen data capabilities

Softcrylic specialises in tackling complex data challenges, from data capture and validation to data modelling and activation