Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

27 Oct 2024

Robots

Japanese inventor creates robotic clone of himself, featuring similar expressions

Japanese inventor Hiroshi Ishiguro has successfully created six robotic clones of himself in the last 18 years.

27 Oct 2024

Google

What's Project Jarvis, Google's AI system to automate web tasks

Google is said to be working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) system, internally dubbed "Project Jarvis," according to The Information.

27 Oct 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI's transcription tool is making up things no one said

OpenAI's Whisper, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system, is under fire from software engineers and academic researchers for its propensity to "hallucinate," or make up false information while transcribing.

26 Oct 2024

Gmail

Lesser-known Gmail features you should start using immediately

Gmail is used by millions of people across the globe. However, many of us don't even know its full range of capabilities.

26 Oct 2024

Google

Google to launch its Gemini 2.0 AI model this December

Google is said to be gearing up to launch its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 2.0, in December.

26 Oct 2024

Meta

Meta AI partners with Reuters to deliver real-time news updates

Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has landed a multi-year deal with Reuters, giving it access to the news agency's content, according to Axios.

25 Oct 2024

Adobe

Embrace AI or fall behind, Adobe VP warns artists

Adobe, a leading name in the creative software industry, is all-in on generative artificial intelligence (AI) models and tools.

25 Oct 2024

Joe Biden

US implements new AI guidelines, bans use in nuclear decisions

US President Joe Biden has issued a national security memorandum, detailing strict guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in military and intelligence operations.

25 Oct 2024

Robots

This AI robot's artwork could sell for $180,000 at auction

In a historic first, renowned auction house Sotheby's will sell its first artwork created by an artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robot.

25 Oct 2024

Technology

Meet Throne: Poop-tracking toilet camera you never knew you needed

A Texas-based start-up has developed a unique camera that attaches to toilets and photographs fecal matter.

25 Oct 2024

Lawsuits

AI start-up Perplexity refutes copyright infringement allegations by News Corp

AI start-up Perplexity, famous for its innovative search engine, has responded to a lawsuit filed by News Corp.

25 Oct 2024

OpenAI

No one is ready for AGI, warns OpenAI's departing leader

Miles Brundage, the outgoing senior adviser for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) readiness at OpenAI, has issued a stark warning about the world's unpreparedness for it.

25 Oct 2024

Google

Google Photos will now label AI-edited images

Google Photos is getting a new feature that will tell you if an image has been edited with artificial intelligence (AI).

25 Oct 2024

Nitin Gadkari

Soon, AI will penalize your traffic violations

India's Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has announced that the government plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies to detect traffic violations.

24 Oct 2024

NVIDIA

TCS, NVIDIA join forces to accelerate AI adoption across industries

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the world's leading AI chipmaker.

24 Oct 2024

Jensen Huang

NVIDIA symbolizes 'vidya' and knowledge, Mukesh Ambani tells Jensen Huang

Reliance Industries's Mukesh Ambani recently sat down for a chat with semiconductor giant NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang at the AI Summit India in Mumbai, engaging in a discussion about the future of AI in India and beyond.

24 Oct 2024

Jensen Huang

NVIDIA CEO praises India's AI potential, signs deal with Reliance

NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang has predicted a massive growth in India's computing capabilities.

24 Oct 2024

Apple

iOS 18 users getting Image Playground, ChatGPT integration in beta

Apple has unveiled its latest software update, iOS 18.2 Developer Beta 1, with ChatGPT integration into Apple Intelligence.

24 Oct 2024

Google

Google open-sources SynthID, its watermarking tool for AI-generated text

Google has announced the open-source availability of SynthID text watermarking technology.

24 Oct 2024

Google

Death by chatbot? Mother sues Character.AI, Google after son's suicide

Character. AI, the platform for custom AI chatbots, its founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and Google are being sued after a 14-year-old boy in the US committed suicide.

23 Oct 2024

Technology

Western Digital launches record-breaking 32TB HDD for AI data centers

Western Digital has unveiled two new hard disc drives (HDD) - the 32TB UltraSMR drive and the 26TB CMR hard drive.

23 Oct 2024

Apple

Apple's AI tools won't turn real photos into fantasy 

Apple is gearing up to introduce its suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features, including a "Clean Up" tool, later this month with the iOS 18.1 update.

23 Oct 2024

Android

By 2030, everyone will have an AI smartphone: Qualcomm CEO

Qualcomm's CEO Cristiano Amon has envisioned a future where AI-powered smartphones will be the norm.

23 Oct 2024

Startups

This AI-powered messaging app has a 1.5L+ waitlist

Daze, an AI-backed messaging app built exclusively for Generation Z, is taking social media by storm.

23 Oct 2024

Anthropic

Anthropic launches AI model capable of controlling your PC 

Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, has launched an upgraded version of its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model.

22 Oct 2024

Air India

Air India to help US, European airlines create AI chatbots

Air India is already in talks with a number of leading US and European airlines.

BSNL's network will now automatically block spam calls, text messages

State-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has unveiled a new logo, as it gears up for the commercial launch of 4G services.

22 Oct 2024

X

X's AI to be trained on user posts, sparks backlash

X has updated its terms of service, a move that has sparked a significant backlash from its users.

22 Oct 2024

Sunil Mittal

AI misuse: Sunil Mittal's voice cloned to dupe Bharti executive

Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has revealed an attempted fraud against his company using artificial intelligence (AI).

22 Oct 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft's new AI agents can handle client queries: Here's how

Microsoft has announced the launch of autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents, capable of performing routine tasks like handling client queries and identifying sales leads.

22 Oct 2024

Technology

WSJ, New York Post sue Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post have sued Perplexity.

22 Oct 2024

xAI

Musk's xAI introduces API for Grok, its generative AI model

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, xAI, has launched an application programming interface (API) for Grok.

21 Oct 2024

PhonePe

PhonePe expands hardware capabilities across 3 data centers in India

PhonePe, one of India's largest fintech companies, has massively scaled its hardware capabilities. The company now handles almost 700,000 cores across three data centers in the country.

21 Oct 2024

Apple

Apple's AI tech lags behind rivals by 2 years: Report

Apple's in-house generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which powers its Apple Intelligence feature, is said to be over two years behind industry leaders, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has reported in his latest Power On newsletter.

21 Oct 2024

PhonePe

AI impact: PhonePe has fired 60% of customer support agents

PhonePe, one of India's leading fintech firms, has slashed its customer support team by 60% in the last five years.

21 Oct 2024

TikTok

TikTok's parent company ByteDance fires intern for sabotaging AI project

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has fired an intern for "maliciously interfering" with the training of one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models.

21 Oct 2024

xAI

Elon Musk's xAI is hiring Hindi AI tutors at ₹5,000/hr

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) firm, xAI, has posted a one-of-a-kind job opening for AI tutors specializing in one or more languages including Hindi.

21 Oct 2024

Anthropic

AI models can bypass safety checks, mislead users: Study

Artificial intelligence (AI) models can circumvent safety measures and mislead users, a recent study by Anthropic researchers has found.

21 Oct 2024

Google

Google Chrome can now read webpages aloud in 10 voices

Google Chrome is making itself more accessible on Android with a new feature called 'Listen to this page.'