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AI in Olympics ad sparks creative debate; Google hits the delete button

Google is not alone in facing criticism for advertisements that appear to endorse AI's encroachment into creative domains

Zoom introduces gen-AI powered 'Docs' for workplace collaboration: Details

Zoom Docs is an AI collaborative document editor, powered by the company's generative AI assistant called Zoom AI Companion

Apple releases iOS 18 developer beta 5: What's new, eligible iPhones, more

iOS 18 developer beta 5 bring a new "Distraction Control" feature in Safari browser that allows users to hide things like cookie preference pop-ups on a web page

Intel to take another of ASML's High NA EUV tools, says CEO Pat Gelsinger

The second High NA tool is coming into our Oregon facility, Gelsinger said on the call, adding that the company's technology investments are 'showing good early indicators'

CERT-In issues advisory related to vulnerabilities in these Apple platforms

The vulnerabilities pose the danger of data breaching, disruption of services, spoofing attacks and more. The nodal agency has given the vulnerabilities a severity rating of "High"

Samsung Galaxy F14, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680, launched in India

The Samsung Galaxy F14 is offered in 4GB RAM + 64GB on-board storage configuration and moonlight silver and peppermint green colour options

Apple to launch M4-powered MacBook Pro, iMac, mini later this year: Report

Apple debuted the M4 chip with the iPad Pro launch in May. The tablet has since been the only device powered by the latest Apple silicon

OpenAI mulls watermarking ChatGPT generated text, but treads with caution

Watermarking can prove to be an effective way to find out if a content was written by AI, and OpenAI has said that the watermarking does not affect the quality of content produced by ChatGPT

Meta in talks to use voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina, and others for AI

Apart from Dench and Awkwafina, Meta is in talks with comedian Keegan-Michael Key and other celebrities, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity

Large language models: GenAI that works for India's defence sector

Security agencies need GenAI for intelligence gathering, logistics and autonomous combat systems

Microbes are helping businesses become green

Engineering biology is helping a wide range of industries to deploy and benefit from new molecules. It creates or redesigns biological systems for various uses

Tech is reimagining how e-commerce is done: Flipkart's Jeyandran Venugopal

he spoke about how the firm is using generative artificial intelligence and other technologies

Algo Rhythm: Space technology startups soar high, says Tracxn report

In 2024, space tech startups have raised $10.8 million yet

Most chatbots inherently left-leaning but with ability to learn bias: Study

When chatbots were tested for their political inclination, most of them revealed a left-of-centre stance, a study has revealed. However, when the chatbots, including ChatGPT and Gemini, were tested after being "taught" a certain political inclination -- left, right or centre -- they produced responses in alignment with their "training," or "fine tuning," David Rozado, a researcher from Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand, found. This shows that chatbots can be "steered" towards desired locations on the political spectrum, using modest amounts of politically aligned data, the author said in the study published in the journal PLoS ONE. Chatbots are AI-based large language models (LLMs), which are trained on massive amounts of textual data and are, therefore, capable of responding to requests framed in the natural language (prompts). Multiple studies have analysed the political orientation of chatbots available in the public domain and found them to occupy varied locations on the political

Amazon's shares slide after AI spending plans disappoints investors

The company projected operating income for the current quarter ending in September will be $11.5 billion to $15 billion. Analysts, on average, were looking for $15.7 billion

Google parent Alphabet reduced stake in Crowdstrike before July outage

The company cut its stake to 427,895 class A shares from 855,789 shares, as of June 30

Apple updates App Store guidelines to allow PC game emulators on iPhones

Apple has updated app review guidelines, allowing mini apps, mini games, streaming games, chatbots, plug-ins, and game emulators

Google Chrome to get AI features, including Lens integration: Details here

Among the new additions are Lens integration to make search easier, products comparison from multiple tabs, and smart search through history using text prompts

OPPO K12x 5G smartphone goes on sale with introductory offers: Price, specs

The OPPO K12x 5G is available for purchase on OPPO e-store and e-commerce platform Flipkart. As part of its introductory offers, customers can avail a discount of Rs 1,000 on cards from select banks

OnePlus Open Apex Edition in Crimson Shadow colour launching on August 7

OnePlus Open Apex Edition will raise the bar with enhanced storage, AI image editing features, and innovative security features, said the company