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HCL Technologies launches Enterprise AI Foundry to speed up GenAI-led biz

IT services company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) on Monday announced the launch of Enterprise AI Foundry and said it will simplify and scale enterprise AI journeys across business value chains. An HCLTech release said that the integrated suite of assets combines data engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with cognitive infrastructure to accelerate Generative AI (GenAI)-led transformation across business value chains. "HCLTech announced the launch of HCLTech Enterprise AI Foundry to simplify and scale enterprise AI journeys," the release said. HCLTech Enterprise AI Foundry is tuned for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and designed to scale for on-premises infrastructure. "It removes the complexity of industrial-scale AI foundation models, data silos and overload of tools and frameworks, empowering IT leaders to establish seamless integration across IT and data assets," the release further said. It effectively enables business leaders

To quell investors' doubt, AI to be Apple's sole focus at annual conference

More is at stake at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2024) than in previous such events, as the iPhone maker seeks to reassure investors that it has not lost the AI battle to Microsoft

Microsoft unveils digital Xbox consoles, COD Black Ops 6 gameplay, and more

Microsoft introduced the Xbox Series X gaming console in a disc-free variant and a new disc model with up to 2TB storage. Alongside, the Xbox Series S is introduced in a new colour variant

US antitrust enforcers to investigate Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI

US antitrust enforcers have decided to investigate the roles Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI have played in the artificial intelligence boom, according to people familiar with the pending actions. The Department of Justice will launch an investigation of chipmaker Nvidia, while the Federal Trade Commission will scrutinise close business partners Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, according to two people who were not authorised to publicly discuss details of the investigations and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Nvidia and OpenAI declined to comment Thursday. Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The New York Times was first to report Thursday on a deal between antitrust regulators at the two agencies. Emboldened by President Joe Biden's push for tougher scrutiny of Big Tech's business practices, federal officials have signalled for more than a year that they've been watching out for monopolistic behaviour in the rapidly advancing ...

Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple now worth more combined than China's stock market

With a total market capitalization of about $9.2 trillion, the three most valuable tech firms have overtaken all of the nearly $9 trillion worth of stocks actively traded on Chinese exchanges

'US regulators to open antitrust probe against Microsoft, OpenAI & Nvidia'

The US Department of Justice will take the lead in investigating Nvidia while the FTC will examine the conduct of OpenAI and Microsoft

Tech job cut: Microsoft lays off 1,000 employees from mixed reality team

Majority of the jobs cut have been within Microsoft's Strategic Missions and Technologies organisation, which aims to sell the company's cloud software and server rentals for businesses

Few AI deepfakes identified in EU elections, says Microsoft President Smith

'We have to recognise the risks that AI can create in the context of creating abusive content and one form of abusive content would be AI generated deep fakes,' Smith said

Microsoft to invest $3.2 billion to expand AI, cloud infra in Sweden

The investment, Microsoft's biggest to date in Sweden, includes a pledge to help train some 250,000 people with AI skills

Microsoft to pay off cloud industry group to end EU antitrust complaint

The pact would include a possible multimillion-euro payment to the trade association, according to the report, and separate payments could also be made to individual companies

Arm processors: What they are and why they are gaining ground in PC segment

Arm processors are known for power efficiency, which makes them ideal for battery-powered portable devices such as smartphones and tablets

Microsoft brings Copilot AI chatbot to Telegram for Android, iOS, and more

Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot on Telegram is available in beta with restrictions on certain functions and works only on text prompts

OpenAI sets up safety committee led by CEO as it starts training new model

The committee will be responsible for making recommendations to the board on safety and security decisions for OpenAI's projects and operations

'AI is a tool, do not treat it like humans': Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft chief executive officer (CEO) Satya Nadella said 'artificial intelligence' should rather be called 'different intelligence'

Truecaller and Microsoft to let users replicate own voice to answer calls

With the help of Microsoft Azure AI Speech Personal Voice, users can record digital versions of their own voice within the Truecaller application and use them to answer calls

Microsoft's UAE deal could transfer key US chips, AI technology abroad

US officials have said that AI systems could pose national security risks, for example by making it easier to engineer chemical, biological and nuclear weapons

Amazon lining up AI overhaul, paid plans for Alexa voice assistant: Report

A subscription to Alexa will not be included in the company's $139 Prime offering and Amazon is yet to nail down the price of the new services, the report said

Ola moves tech workloads out of Microsoft's Azure, says Bhavish Aggarwal

Although Krutrim managed to get 2,500 developers, there was no clarity if any companies have joined the platform or have shown interest in joining the platform

Microsoft promotes new tools for making AI software amid competition

At a developer conference in Seattle, Chief Executive Satya Nadella promoted new application programming interfaces, or APIs

Microsoft Copilot Plus AI PCs from Samsung, Asus, and more are coming soon

Microsoft has announced that the first wave of Copilot Plus AI PCs will be available from June 18, 2024. However, Indian consumers may have to wait a tad longer no OEM has announced India launch as ye