Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

05 Jan 2025

Microsoft

Microsoft betting big on AI data centers—$80B investment this fiscal

Microsoft has announced an investment of $80 billion for the fiscal year 2025, to build data centers specifically for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

04 Jan 2025

Meta

Meta takes down AI bot profiles on Instagram, Facebook

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been facing backlash over its celebrity-mimicking AI chatbots.

03 Jan 2025

Anthropic

Anthropic reaches agreement with music publishers over AI copyright dispute

Amazon-backed artificial intelligence (AI) firm, Anthropic, has struck an interim deal with three top music publishers.

02 Jan 2025

Technology

This AI system will allow you to communicate with animals 

The Earth Species Project, a non-profit, has unveiled NatureLM, a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) model.

01 Jan 2025

Rajnath Singh

India declares 2025 as 'Year of Defence Reforms'

India has declared 2025 as the "Year of Reforms" in the defense sector, with an emphasis on major strides in military modernization.

01 Jan 2025

NVIDIA

Tencent, ByteDance outpace Meta, Google in NVIDIA AI GPU purchases

In 2024, Chinese tech giants Tencent and ByteDance became major buyers of NVIDIA's high-end artificial intelligence (AI) GPUs.

31 Dec 2024

Uttar Pradesh

Maha Kumbh 2025: RFID wristbands, AI cameras to monitor pilgrims

The upcoming Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, will use advanced technology to manage the crowd efficiently.

30 Dec 2024

NVIDIA

How Reliance Jio plans to disrupt India's AI market

Jio Platforms has teamed up with tech giant NVIDIA, to create affordable artificial intelligence (AI) services and applications in India.

30 Dec 2024

NVIDIA

NVIDIA to launch compact computers for humanoid robots in 2025

NVIDIA, the leading name in the chipmaking industry, is poised to make major strides in the robotics sector in the first half of 2025.

29 Dec 2024

Truecaller

Facing problems with Truecaller's AI Call Scanner? Try these fixes

Truecaller's AI Call Scanner is a game-changing feature aimed at improving the overall experience of users. However, it needs some conditions to work at its best.

29 Dec 2024

YouTube

What is YouTube's 'Inspiration tab' and how it works

YouTube has a feature, called the Inspiration Tab, to help content creators generate and refine their video ideas.

28 Dec 2024

Google

'Stakes are high': Pichai urges employees to prepare for 2025

Amid intensifying competition and regulatory headwinds, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has highlighted the significance of 2025 for the tech giant.

28 Dec 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI outlines plans to transition into a for-profit company

OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence (AI) research lab, has outlined its plans to become a for-profit entity.

24 Dec 2024

Government of India

How 'Jago Grahak,' 'Jagriti' apps help you tackle dark patterns

On the occasion of National Consumers Day, the Department of Consumer Affairs has launched three innovative tools. These are the 'Jago Grahak Jago App,' 'Jagriti App,' and 'Jagriti Dashboard.'

24 Dec 2024

Elon Musk

AI 'slop' flooding your social media? How to avoid it

The fast-paced evolution of technology has led to the emergence of a new phenomenon called 'slop' - a term that refers to low-quality, AI-generated content on social media.

24 Dec 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft to integrate non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot AI assistant

Microsoft is planning to integrate internal and third-party artificial intelligence (AI) models into its flagship AI assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot.

23 Dec 2024

Bhavish Aggarwal

Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim offering cloud credits worth ₹10,000 to IITians

Krutrim, an AI start-up founded by Bhavish Aggarwal in 2023, has announced a major initiative to support AI innovation across all IIT campuses.

23 Dec 2024

Elon Musk

Musk's Grok AI chatbot to get standalone app on iOS

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm, xAI, is now testing a standalone iOS app of its chatbot, Grok. It was previously available only for X users.

22 Dec 2024

Google

Google Gemini can now answer questions about PDFs on screen

Google has added a new capability to its Files app, courtesy of its advanced AI assistant, Gemini.

22 Dec 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI's GPT-5 is facing cost and performance hurdles: Report

OpenAI's ambitious project to build its next big model, GPT-5, is running into trouble.

21 Dec 2024

Jairam Ramesh

Centre amends poll rules to limit public access to records 

The Indian government has amended Rule 93 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, restricting public access to certain electronic election documents.

21 Dec 2024

Google

Google Search working on 'AI Mode' to compete with ChatGPT

Google is said to be working on an "AI Mode" for its search engine.

21 Dec 2024

OpenAI

OpenAI unveils 'o3' reasoning models with groundbreaking results in benchmarks

OpenAI unveiled its latest reasoning model, o3, on the last day of its 12-day "shipmas" event.

20 Dec 2024

Samsung

Samsung gears up to build its first AI data center

Samsung SDS, the IT services arm of Samsung, is gearing up to set up its first AI-dedicated data center in Gumi, South Korea.

20 Dec 2024

China

NVIDIA to investigate how China accessed its restricted AI chips

The US Department of Commerce has asked leading tech giant NVIDIA to look into how its cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips made their way to China despite a strict export ban.

20 Dec 2024

Adam Mosseri

Instagram's upcoming AI editing tools will completely reimagine your videos

Instagram is about to change the way you edit your videos forever.

19 Dec 2024

Hollywood

This time, AI is behind fake Steve Harvey death hoax

In a shocking turn of events, popular American television personality and comedian Steve Harvey fell prey to a fake AI-generated story claiming his death.

19 Dec 2024

Startups

Perplexity's valuation hits $9B as ChatGPT rival secures fresh funding

Perplexity AI, one of the leading players in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, has had its valuation skyrocket to an impressive $9 billion after its latest funding round.

18 Dec 2024

ChatGPT

UK considers diluting copyright laws for AI training

In a controversial move, the UK government has proposed a copyright exemption that would allow tech firms to use copyrighted works without permission, for training artificial intelligence (AI) models.

18 Dec 2024

YouTube

How to create custom thumbnails for your YouTube playlists

YouTube offers a feature that lets users customize their playlists with personalized thumbnails.

18 Dec 2024

NVIDIA

NVIDIA launches its most affordable generative AI supercomputer at $249

NVIDIA has unveiled its latest offering in the world of artificial intelligence (AI), the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit.

18 Dec 2024

YouTube

YouTube is readying tech to help celebs, influencers tackle deepfakes

YouTube is teaming up with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in a project to assist celebrities and creators in managing AI-generated content.

17 Dec 2024

Google

Forget prompts! Google's Whisk lets you create images with images

Google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Whisk, that lets you generate images using existing ones as prompts.

17 Dec 2024

DeepMind

Google's new AI creates stunning 4K videos using your prompts

Google's DeepMind divison has unveiled Veo 2, a new video-generating AI model that aims to beat OpenAI's Sora in terms of video resolution and duration.

16 Dec 2024

Lisa Kudrow

Why Lisa Kudrow slammed Robert Zemeckis's film 'Here' 

Actor Lisa Kudrow has expressed her apprehensions over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Robert Zemeckis's latest film, Here.

16 Dec 2024

OpenAI

ChatGPT can now store your past chats for future reference

OpenAI has launched a new feature, called "Projects," for its ChatGPT users.

14 Dec 2024

ChatGPT

You can now talk to Santa in ChatGPT: Here's how

OpenAI recently unveiled a new feature for ChatGPT, the Santa voice mode. With this festive update, users can have conversations with a simulated version of Santa Claus.

13 Dec 2024

App Store

US Congress calls on Big Tech to address deepfake concerns

The US Congress has stepped up its scrutiny of major tech firms including Apple, Meta, Google, and Microsoft over deepfake non-consensual intimate images.

13 Dec 2024

Anthropic

Anthropic's fastest AI model now available to all Claude users

Anthropic has officially launched its fastest model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, for general users via the Claude chatbot on web and mobile apps.

13 Dec 2024

Microsoft

Phi-4: Microsoft's smaller AI model beats larger competitors in reasoning

Microsoft has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, Phi-4, which is capable of performing mathematical reasoning while consuming less computational power than larger models.