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Ola's AI venture Krutrim lays off over 100, axes Kruti's linguistics team

Bhavish Aggarwal's AI venture cuts its workforce in second round of layoffs as fundraising falters and Kruti's training nears completion

DeepMind finds its India accent where AI trains in culture, not just code

Google DeepMind expects artificial general intelligence (AGI) within four to five years, with significant AI development being driven from its expanding India operations

Startup founders can't be Batman, Superman, Mandrake combined: Shivakumar

What's changed in the past five to 10 years is the advent of consumer technology (tech), and today, consumers are using more digital services than physical ones, says Shivakumar

Why Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis calls Meta's AI poaching 'rational'

Demis Hassabis says Meta's aggressive AI hiring strategy is logical for a firm trailing in the race, but insists mission-not money-should drive cutting-edge AI work

Meta appoints former OpenAI researcher to lead superintelligence AI group

Meta has been spending aggressively to recruit AI experts to develop new models and keep pace with rivals like OpenAI and Google in the race for AI dominance

Decoded: How human poop became Microsoft's tool to fight climate change

To offset the impact of its AI data centres, Microsoft is investing in a method which involves buying human and farm waste and piping it thousands of feet underground through a pump

WhatsApp is testing voice chat with Meta AI for Android: Check what's new

WhatsApp might be in the works to soon let users have real-time voice conversations with Meta AI through a phone call-like interface

A R Rahman, OpenAI CEO Altman collaborate on AI project 'Secret Mountain'

Renowned composer A R Rahman is set to merge music with artificial intelligence through his latest collaboration with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for an upcoming AI project "Secret Mountain". Rahman shared the announcement with a post on his Instagram handle on Friday, featuring him alongside Altman. He called the upcoming venture a "virtual global band", which will "empower and uplift Indian minds to use AI tools." "It was a pleasure meet @sama at his office we discussed Secret Mountain, our virtual global band, and to empower and uplift Indian minds to use AI tools to address generational challenges and lead the way forward. EPI," he wrote in the caption. The story follows a young woman named Luna, who finds herself in the realm of Secret Mountain, where she encounters a variety of musical characters hailing from different cultural backgrounds Rahman posted a glimpse of the project last year on his YouTube channel. It was titled "Introducing the Secret Mountain". In the video, the ...

ChatGPT Agent arrives on Mac: Automates searches and tasks for subscribers

OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent feature launches on Mac for Pro, Plus, and Team users, enabling web browsing, data analysis, and task automation with GPT-4o and deep tool integration

YouTube's AI 'slop' a win for Alphabet as viewers embrace content boom

YouTube updates policies to balance AI video growth with spam control as it nears Disney in global media revenue

Is ChatGPT making us less critical, more dependent on AI, and less skilled?

Generative AI goes beyond retrieving data-it creates, analyses, and summarises, marking a major shift as it may be the first tech capable of replacing human thought and creativity

DeepSeek, Trump's plan steer agenda at China's most important AI summit

This week, US President Donald Trump unveiled his so-called AI Action Plan - a sort of call to arms to ensure the country keeps its lead in the post-ChatGPT epoch

Trump's order to block 'woke' AI spurs tech giants to censor their chatbots

Tech companies looking to sell their artificial intelligence technology to the federal government must now contend with a new regulatory hurdle: proving their chatbots aren't woke. President Donald Trump's sweeping new plan to counter China in achieving global dominance in AI promises to cut regulations and cement American values into the AI tools increasingly used at work and home. But one of Trump's three AI executive orders signed Wednesday the one preventing woke AI in the federal government marks the first time the U.S. government has explicitly tried to shape the ideological behavior of AI. Several leading providers of the AI language models targeted by the order products like Google's Gemini and Microsoft's Copilot have so far been silent on Trump's anti-woke directive, which still faces a study period before it gets into official procurement rules. While the tech industry has largely welcomed Trump's broader AI plans, the anti-woke order forces the industry to leap into

The Board's AI agenda: How prepared are you to guide the transformation?

When a business that relies heavily on artistic talent cites AI as a disruptive force, it signals more than just an industry-specific concern

Edge data centre capacity in India likely to triple by 2027, says Icra

India's edge data centre capacity will increase threefold by 2027, growing to 200-210 MW from 60-70 MW in 2024, driven by the proliferation of emerging technologies, according to Icra

AI platform iTuring raises $5 million Series A for financial services push

iTuring.ai, an AI platform targeting the BFSI sector, raises $5 million in Series A funding led by Dallas Venture Capital and Mela Ventures to expand product development

Web traffic collapses as AI steps in: Google is changing how we click

Pew study finds AI summaries shut down curiosity and reduce link clicks, raising alarms among publishers, educators, and creators over falling traffic and shrinking visibility

itel launches Super Guru 4G Max feature phone with built-in AI assistant

itel Super Guru 4G Max feature phone's highlight is its built-in AI assistant that can understand and respond to users voice commands in natural language and perform tasks on command

Trump signs executive order banning 'woke AI' in federal government use

Citing threats to trust and accuracy, Trump orders agencies to use only AI models that are 'truthful, ideologically neutral', and free from 'DEI-driven distortions'

AI demo firm Olto raises $5.1 mn from Nexus, The General Partnership

San Francisco-based AI startup Olto secured $5.1 mn in a pre-seed round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and The General Partnership to automate and personalise B2B demos