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Google brings new artificial intelligence-powered updates to advertisements

The tools for retailers include a new profile option for e-commerce brands, generative AI features for more effective product imagery, and new immersive ad formats

Second global AI summit secures safety commitments from companies

Alphabet's Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI, and firms from China, South Korea and the UAE are among the firms

Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws

EU vote came two months after lawmakers backed AI legislation drafted in 2021

Actors union backs Scarlett Johansson after claim of voice misuse by OpenAI

OpenAI unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4o, last week, featuring an audio-interacting persona named "Sky"

Samsung replaces chip chief with veteran exec Jun as SK Hynix takes AI lead

The move is likely aimed at catching up in the market for top-end chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) such as high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips where Samsung has fallen behind rivals

Boards need to embrace AI

That's the only way they can navigate future innovations, ethics, and mitigate risks

KKR acquires minority stake in Healthcare BPO firm Infinx for Rs 1,250 cr

Founded in 2012, Infinx is a provider of innovative, data-driven revenue cycle management solutions for the healthcare sector, with a particular focus on the US market

Industry 4.0: Uttar Pradesh govt to equip future workforce with AI

State's Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IBM for free online courses in such programmes across more than 500 affiliated colleges

Indian digital economy growing at 2.8%, will reach $1 trn by FY28: IT Min

India's digital economy is growing at 2.8 per cent per annum and is expected to reach USD 1 trillion by 2027-28, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at an outreach programme. The minister further said the value of the IndiaAI mission will be doubled to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 10,000 crore. The government earlier expected India to reach the USD 1 trillion-mark by 2026-27 but the target has been moved by a year due to various reasons, including the Covid-19 pandemic, he said. "Digital economy is growing at the rate of 2.8 per cent because of the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His vision laid down in 2015 has played out well. We are already the fastest growing digital economy of the world. We are aiming to be USD 1 trillion digital economy by 2027-28," Chandrasekhar said. He was speaking at "Vishesh Sampark Abhiyan" on Monday evening at Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri's official residence. The event was attended by leaders of about 300 ITs, ..

IBM's open source models to help Saudi Arabia train AI systems in Arabic

To make money off the models, IBM offers a paid tool it calls Watsonx that helps run the models smoothly inside a data center after they have been customised

AI-intensive sectors show surge in workers' productivity, says PwC

The data suggested that the rise of artificial intelligence could help countries to break out of a rut of low productivity growth which would boost economic growth, wages and living standards

Why does OpenAI sound like me? Actor Scarlett Johansson wants an answer

OpenAI clarifies ChatGPT 4-o's 'Sky' is not an imitation of Johansson's voice after users compare it to an AI companion character in the film, 'Her'

Every new hire will get training for AI, says JPMorgan amid technology boom

JPMorgan sees the emerging technology as worth between $1 billion and $1.5 billion, President Daniel Pinto said at the event

Microsoft Copilot: AI chatbot that will remember everything you do on PC

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next. The software giant on Monday revealed an upgraded version of Copilot, its AI assistant, as it confronts heightened competition from Big Tech rivals in pitching generative AI technology that can compose documents, make images and serve as a lifelike personal assistant at work or home. The announcements ahead of Microsoft's annual Build developer conference in Seattle centered on imbuing AI features into a product where Microsoft already has the eyes of millions of consumers: the Windows operating system for personal computers. The new features will include Windows Recall, enabling the AI assistant to access virtually what you have seen or done on your PC in a way that feels like having photographic memory. Microsoft promises to protect users' privacy by giving them the option to filter

Partnership with Dell key in company's push to expand AI: Nvidia CEO Huang

Nvidia's expansion plan hinges on getting agencies and businesses to develop their own AI capabilities, spurring demand for its products

Microsoft's new AI computers will revive PC-Mac rivalry: CEO Nadella

Microsoft is leveraging its relationship with leading AI startup OpenAI to forge an early lead in the burgeoning field of generative AI services. But the partnership has come under regulatory scrutiny

Dell Technologies deepens AI push with new PCs, Nvidia-powered servers

Its AI-capable PCs will come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X series chips that feature neural processing units(NPUs) dedicated to processing complex AI tasks

Microsoft highlights 'Copilot+' PCs ahead of developer conference

Microsoft showed a feature called "Recall," which will help users find files and other data that they have seen on their PC, even if it was a tab opened in a Web browser

Google to invest 1 bn euros into Finnish data centre to drive AI growth

In recent years, many data centres have been located in the Nordic countries because of the region's cooler climate, tax breaks and abundant availability of renewable power

India's Cloud expenditure lags behind global average despite AI push

The data says India's revenues from cloud should hit $9.9 billion in 2024, accounting for 1.4 per cent of the global