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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

FAO highlights potential of AI revolution in transforming agrifood system

Artificial Intelligence is not just a technological shift but is driving a fundamental economic and social transformation at the broadest level, Qu said, noting that FAO recognises its power

Ready to fund up to 50% of AI compute infra: Meity secy S Krishnan

In order to speed up the entire process, the idea is to partner with a variety of private institutions so that we are able to work with the private sector in making this capacity available quickly

500 customers in India have adopted AI, GenAI: Microsoft India MD Ghose

According to Microsoft and LinkedIn's Work Trend Index, 92 per cent of India's knowledge workers use AI at work, as compared to the global figure of 75 per cent

Elon Musk pushes plan for China data to power Tesla's FSD ambitions

Tesla's efforts underscore the speed of the electric vehicle maker's pivot to bet on a breakthrough in AI at a time when EV demand has slowed and its competition has deepened

Global investors' preference for AI hits India IT stocks' heft as tech bets

Traditional software companies' earnings and valuations are at risk because their business models are not evolving with the times, said Deven Choksey, managing director of DRChoksey FinServ Pvt

92% of knowledge workers in India use AI at work, lead world: Study

Most business leaders in India believe their companies need to adopt AI to stay competitive

Rapid AI transition

ChatGPT's new version raises old questions

Microsoft asks some China-based staff to relocate amid Sino-US tensions

Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 people who are involved in machine learning and other cloud computing-related work to consider relocating, according to the Wall Street Journal

India ranks first in adoption of GenAI across Asia-Pacific: Deloitte India

The report said that GenAI could significantly affect 17 per cent of working hours across the Asia Pacific, amounting to almost 1.1 billion work hours annually

US cites misuse of AI by China, Beijing protests Washington's restrictions

US officials raised concerns about China's misuse of AI while Beijing's representatives rebuked Washington over "restrictions and pressure" on artificial intelligence, the governments said separately on Wednesday, a day after a meeting in Geneva on the technology. Summaries of the closed-door talks between high-level envoys, which covered AI's risks and ways to manage it, hinted at the tension between Beijing and Washington over the rapidly advancing technology that has become another flashpoint in bilateral relations. China and the United States exchanged perspectives on their respective approaches to AI safety and risk management in the candid and constructive discussions a day earlier, National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. Beijing said the two sides exchanged views in-depth, professionally, and constructively. The first such US-China talks on AI were the product of a November meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisc

Google's new project Astra represents future of AI-powered assistants

According to Google, some features of Project Astra could come to Gemini, the company's powerful AI model, toward the later half of this year

Microsoft's AI push imperils climate goal as its carbon emissions jump 30%

The Seattle-based company's total planet-warming impact is about 30% higher today than it was in 2020, according to the latest sustainability report published Wednesday

86% of executives have deployed AI to enhance revenue: Global TCS study

Companies realising that being 'AI mature is a marathon, not a sprint', it says

81% of biz leaders want global regulations, standards on AI: TCS survey

An overwhelming 81 per cent of chief executives and senior leaders have pitched for a global set of regulations and standards on artificial intelligence, a survey by TCS said on Wednesday. The survey of 1,300 leaders from companies having over USD 1 billion in revenue each was, however, not so clear on the impact of AI on jobs and showed mixed expectations. According to the survey, respondents have advocated ethical AI frameworks that guide responsible use, especially in sectors where AI decision-making impacts significant socio-economic factors like healthcare and finance. "Interestingly, an overwhelming 81 per cent of the leaders polled have asked for a more 'global' set of regulations and standards on AI," TCS chief executive K Krithivasan said in his foreword to the report. Only 4 per cent of the respondents in the survey carried out this year felt that it is too early or unnecessary to regulate AI, while 14 per cent said they prefer a "heterogeneous environment" of local ...

Govt aims to boost use of AI in food processing to improve efficiency

India plans to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the food processing sector to improve efficiency, enhance farmers' incomes and reduce the environmental impact, officials said on Wednesday. At a conference organised by NIFTEM (National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management) on using frontier technologies in the sector, senior bureaucrats and government advisors stressed the need for a roadmap to deploy AI tools, which are still at a nascent stage in the country's massive food processing industry. "As an industry, we need to create a roadmap. The MEITY secretary has come on board. I am sure he is going to be a big support in this endeavour," Food Processing Secretary Anita Praveen said, referring to the secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY). MEITY Secretary S Krishnan pitched for wider adoption of AI, saying some work was already happening in agriculture but the food processing sector was still in the ..