Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

21 Oct 2024

Amazon

Generative AI start-ups attracted $3.9B investments in Q3 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups have witnessed a massive rise in venture capital (VC) funding.

21 Oct 2024

Jeff Bezos

Perplexity AI seeks $500 million funding at $8B valuation

Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm backed by Jeff Bezos and NVIDIA, is reportedly in talks to raise around $500 million in a new funding round.

20 Oct 2024

Goldman Sachs

Research shows how much people trust AI with financial decisions

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used by leading banks and investment firms to offer financial advice, and predict market trends.

20 Oct 2024

India

44% organizations say AI integration has boosted productivity: Report

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly acknowledged as a key driver for competitive advantage among organizations, the "Industry 5.0 and AI report" by BML Munjal University states.

20 Oct 2024

China

China's STAR1 humanoid robot sets running speed record at 13km/h

China's latest humanoid robot, STAR1, has broken a new speed record by running at over 12.87km/h (3.6 meters per second). The achievement makes it the fastest bipedal robot to date.

This AI-powered 'electronic tongue' tells if your food is spoiled

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have created a new "electronic tongue," a system that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to detect potential issues with food freshness and safety.

20 Oct 2024

Startups

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati seeks $100M for new AI venture

Mira Murati, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at OpenAI, is looking for over $100 million in funding for her new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up.

19 Oct 2024

WhatsApp

Meta AI on WhatsApp will soon start remembering your preferences

WhatsApp is working on a new feature called "Chat Memory" for Meta AI.

19 Oct 2024

Meta

Meta's new AI can self-evaluate, monitor other models

Meta has announced the development of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, the "Self-Taught Evaluator."

19 Oct 2024

Technology

Penguin Random House revises copyright rules, safeguarding authors from AI

Penguin Random House, a top book publishing firm, has updated its copyright rules to safeguard its authors' works from possible abuse by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

18 Oct 2024

World

AI helping US government save billions from fraudsters; but how 

The United States Treasury Department has stepped up its game in the battle against fraud with the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI).

18 Oct 2024

Google

How Google India is leveraging AI to detect blindness-causing disease

Google is using its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to improve health screenings in India.

18 Oct 2024

Elon Musk

Musk's X allows AI models to train on your posts

X, the social media platform, is changing its privacy policy to allow sharing of user data with third-party "collaborators" for AI model training.

18 Oct 2024

Google

Google's NotebookLM now allows users to guide AI-generated audio conversations

Google has rolled out a major update for its artificial intelligence (AI) note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM.

18 Oct 2024

DeepMind

Google consolidates AI teams under DeepMind to take on OpenAI

Google is merging its Gemini AI assistant app team with the DeepMind research lab in a bid to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) development.

17 Oct 2024

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is supercharging Atlas humanoid robot with AI skills

Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have announced a joint project to bring AI-based robotic intelligence to the electric Atlas humanoid robot.

16 Oct 2024

Alibaba Group

Alibaba claims its new AI translation tool beats ChatGPT

Alibaba International, the global arm of the Chinese e-commerce giant, has launched an upgraded variant of its AI-powered translation tool.

16 Oct 2024

Triptii Dimri

Shocking! AI makes Triptii Dimri sound like Kiara, Kriti, Parineeti

In a recent shocking development, artificial intelligence (AI) was used to change the voice of actor Triptii Dimri in an interview.

16 Oct 2024

Facebook

How Meta's AI integrations is making Facebook usage more interesting

Meta recently integrated Meta AI in Facebook, to enhance creativity and help users share more content with their friends, family, and other people who share their interests.

15 Oct 2024

Google

Google enhances shopping experience with AI, personalized recommendations

In a bid to improve user experience, Google has announced the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into its Shopping tab.

15 Oct 2024

Jeff Bezos

Stop using our content: NYT to Bezos-backed AI start-up Perplexity

The New York Times (NYT) has sent a "cease and desist" notice to Jeff Bezos-backed generative AI start-up Perplexity, the Wall Street Journal reported.

15 Oct 2024

Accenture

AI-driven firms outperform competitors, achieve higher revenue growth: Accenture

A recent study by Accenture has found that companies adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-led processes, are beating their competition.

15 Oct 2024

Dharmendra Pradhan

AI Centres of Excellence on agriculture, healthcare, sustainable cities launched

Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, has inaugurated three AI Centres of Excellence (CoE) in New Delhi.

Deepfake victim Rashmika Mandanna named National Ambassador for Cyber Safety

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has roped in popular actor Rashmika Mandanna as the National Ambassador for Promoting Cyber Safety.

15 Oct 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft's GenAI research VP heads to OpenAI

Sebastien Bubeck, the Vice President of Generative AI research at Microsoft, has left the tech giant to join OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

14 Oct 2024

Amazon

Can AI help you shop smartly? Check Amazon's new feature

Amazon recently launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool, dubbed "Shopping Guides," to make the online shopping experience even better for its customers.

14 Oct 2024

Adobe

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign get new AI-powered features

Adobe has announced a bunch of new AI-driven tools for its Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro.

14 Oct 2024

Zepto

'I miss you, says I-Pill': Zepto apologizes for outrageous notification

Quick commerce platform Zepto has come under fire, for sending an unsolicited and inappropriate marketing message to a customer.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das warns of over-reliance on AI

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has raised alarms over the growing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector.

13 Oct 2024

Meta

'Complete B.S.': Meta's Yann LeCun dismisses fears of AI threat

Yann LeCun, a well-known AI expert and senior researcher at Meta, has dismissed fears of artificial intelligence (AI) being an existential threat to humanity.

13 Oct 2024

Meta

Meta shares AI-generated Northern Lights images, netizens are not impressed

Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has sparked a debate with its latest recommendation to use artificial intelligence (AI) for recreating images of the Northern Lights.

12 Oct 2024

Nevada

AI undercounts 'at-risk' students, causes funding cuts in US schools

Nevada has ignited a controversy by using an artificial intelligence (AI) system to flag students who may struggle academically.

12 Oct 2024

Google Lens

Google Lens shortcut no longer accessible from Circle to Search

Google has just updated its Circle to Search feature, and with it, has removed the Google Lens shortcut.

11 Oct 2024

Google Photos

Google TV's new AI feature lets you set custom screensavers

Google has added a new feature to its Google TV devices. The company now allows users to set custom artificial intelligence (AI) art screensavers.

11 Oct 2024

Apple

'Wants belongings back': Man learns about breakup via Apple Intelligence

In a shocking turn of events, New York-based software developer Nick Spreen learned he was single again via an alert on his iPhone 15 Pro.

11 Oct 2024

TikTok

TikTok lays off hundreds of employees globally amid AI pivot

Popular social media platform TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, has announced a major cut in its global workforce.

11 Oct 2024

Intel

Intel's Core Ultra 200S CPUs will accelerate your AI tasks

Intel has launched its Core Ultra 200S processors, the company's biggest desktop refresh in three years.

11 Oct 2024

AMD

AMD unveils new AI chip to compete with NVIDIA Blackwell

AMD has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the Instinct MI325X.

10 Oct 2024

Robots

Watch: AI robot couple indulges in human-like banter

In a recent YouTube video, two of the world's most sophisticated AI robots, Ameca and Azi, were seen having a playful conversation.

10 Oct 2024

Google

Google releases Imagen 3 AI image generator for Gemini users

Google has released its latest artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Imagen 3, for all Gemini users.