Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

05 Feb 2025

Google

Google is planning to introduce ads in Gemini AI assistant

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has hinted at the possibility of bringing advertisements into the company's Gemini AI assistant.

04 Feb 2025

Bhavish Aggarwal

Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal to invest ₹2,000cr in AI start-up Krutrim

Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal has announced a whopping ₹2,000 crore investment in his AI start-up, Krutrim. He has also pledged another ₹10,000 crore for the project by next year.

04 Feb 2025

Deepinder Goyal

Zomato CEO is looking to hire wizards with 'second brain'

Deepinder Goyal, the co-founder and CEO of Zomato, has shown interest in working with business and product leaders who are skilled in AI.

04 Feb 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo

When Anushka Sharma told Madhavan he was 'duped' by AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) videos and deepfakes have tricked many, even fooling celebrities. One such victim was R Madhavan.

04 Feb 2025

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta won't release high-risk AI models—but what are they?

Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, has detailed a new policy that shows it's willing to stop developing artificial intelligence (AI) systems deemed too risky.

02 Feb 2025

Microsoft

Microsoft sets up new division to explore AI's societal impact

Microsoft has announced the creation of a new division, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business vertical.

02 Feb 2025

Samsung

Samsung's S25 users can now access Gemini Live in Hindi

Samsung's latest Galaxy S25 series has brought Hindi support for Google Gemini Live, a major update for the Indian market.

02 Feb 2025

United Kingdom

First-in-the-world: UK set to criminalize AI child abuse tools

The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to legislate against artificial intelligence (AI) tools used for generating sexual abuse images of children.

01 Feb 2025

App Store

DeepSeek's AI app tops global downloads, India leads user base

DeepSeek, an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, has dominated Apple's App Store since January 26.

01 Feb 2025

Nirmala Sitharaman

Modi government to establish AI Centre of Excellence for education

The Indian government has announced plans to set up a Centre of Excellence in artificial intelligence (AI) for the education sector.

01 Feb 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI launches o3-mini reasoning model to rival DeepSeek

OpenAI has introduced its latest reasoning model, the o3-mini, into ChatGPT and its API services.

31 Jan 2025

Intel

Why Intel won't bring Falcon Shores AI chip to market

Intel has opted against releasing its next-gen GPU, Falcon Shores, aimed at high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

31 Jan 2025

Google

Google's new AI tool can call businesses on your behalf

Google is testing a novel feature, "Ask for Me," which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to call local businesses on behalf of users.

30 Jan 2025

The Beatles

AI-restored Beatles song in Grammy race, sparks row

Despite disbanding more than half a century ago, The Beatles have been nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

US Navy bans use of DeepSeek AI over security concerns

The US Navy has banned its personnel from using the artificial intelligence (AI) model created by Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek.

30 Jan 2025

Ashwini Vaishnaw

India is building AI foundation model: Here's when it'll launch

India will develop its own generative artificial intelligence (AI) model in less than a year, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced at the Utkarsh Odisha Conclave.

30 Jan 2025

NVIDIA

DeepSeek's AI breakthrough makes US rethink NVIDIA H20 chip exports

The Donald Trump administration is considering tougher restrictions on NVIDIA's H20 chip sales to China.

30 Jan 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI's Sam Altman to visit India amid ongoing legal challenges

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to visit India on February 5, 2025, according to Reuters.

30 Jan 2025

NVIDIA

DeepSeek's AI model now available on Microsoft's Azure, GitHub platforms

Microsoft has added DeepSeek's R1 model into its Azure AI Foundry platform and GitHub. The move is likely to improve Microsoft's customer experience.

29 Jan 2025

Alibaba Group

Alibaba claims its new AI model can beat DeepSeek, ChatGPT

Alibaba has announced the launch of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen 2.5 Max.

29 Jan 2025

Climate Change

Doomsday Clock now set at 89 seconds: What it means

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic timepiece created by scientists 78 years ago, has been set at 89 seconds to midnight.

29 Jan 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI claims DeepSeek used its model to create ChatGPT rival

OpenAI, one of the biggest players in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, has leveled serious allegations against DeepSeek, the new AI start-up from China.

28 Jan 2025

DeepSeek

Energy stocks see sell-off as DeepSeek's power efficiency breaks assumptions

An energy-efficient AI model by China's DeepSeek has shaken the power and energy sector, with the S&P Energy index dipping 3% over the last three sessions.

28 Jan 2025

DeepSeek

Is DeepSeek's AI sending user data to Chinese servers?

DeepSeek, a fast-growing Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, is under fire for its data collection practices.

28 Jan 2025

OpenAI

'Dismiss copyright challenge by book publishers': OpenAI to Delhi HC

OpenAI has asked Delhi High Court to throw out a lawsuit by a consortium of book publishers, who claim that its ChatGPT service violates their copyrights.

28 Jan 2025

NVIDIA

Meet Liang Wenfeng, the Chinese entrepreneur behind AI sensation DeepSeek

Until recently, DeepSeek was a whisper among tech insiders. Now, it's the talk of the town, surpassing ChatGPT and Gemini in downloads and causing a $600 billion market cap plunge for NVIDIA.

28 Jan 2025

Sam Altman

'Invigorating to have a new competitor': Sam Altman on DeepSeek

Amid the frenzy surrounding Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek, OpenAI is on alert.

28 Jan 2025

Alibaba Group

Alibaba unveils new AI models capable of controlling PCs, smartphones

Alibaba's Qwen team has launched a new series of artificial intelligence (AI) models, called Qwen2.5-VL.

28 Jan 2025

ChatGPT

DeepSeek AI suspends new sign-ups following major cyberattack

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) platform DeepSeek has temporarily halted new user registrations on its DeepSeek-V3 chat platform following a major cyberattack.

28 Jan 2025

ChatGPT

$600B wipeout! Why NVIDIA investors are nervous about DeepSeek AI

NVIDIA, the leading semiconductor giant, has witnessed a massive decline in its stock value after the launch of Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek's R1 model.

28 Jan 2025

Cancer

LinkedIn founder launches AI start-up to revolutionize cancer drug discovery

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and famed oncologist Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee have raised a whopping $24.6 million in a seed funding round.

27 Jan 2025

India

Most IT leaders see data security as AI adoption hurdle

In a recent survey, Hitachi Vantara has found that 54% of Indian IT leaders consider data security gaps as major roadblocks in the successful implementation of artificial intelligence (AI).

27 Jan 2025

Stock Market

Tech stocks stare at $1T wipeout amid DeepSeek AI buzz 

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, DeepSeek, has triggered a major rout in global technology stocks.

27 Jan 2025

China

Why Chinese AI company DeepSeek has Silicon Valley spooked

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has created quite a stir in the US tech industry.

27 Jan 2025

Technology

How to run DeepSeek's AI model on PC for free

DeepSeek R1, an innovative open-source AI model from a Chinese start-up, is making waves in the tech world. The company's app has just hit top spot on Apple's App Store in the US.

27 Jan 2025

Apple

DeepSeek—OpenAI's rival from China—hits top spot on Apple App Store

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI start-up, has taken the tech world by storm. Its app, powered by the company's new reasoning model, R1, has quickly captured the attention of users and industry experts alike.

25 Jan 2025

OpenAI

Stargate will partially adopt renewable energy to meet power demands

The ambitious Stargate project, a collaboration between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank Group, will be partially powered by solar energy and batteries.

25 Jan 2025

Apple

Apple enlists veteran executive to improve Siri and AI capabilities

In a bid to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Apple is making an internal staffing shift, according to Bloomberg.

25 Jan 2025

Startups

AI voice firm ElevenLabs raises $250M at over $3B valuation

New York-based synthetic voice start-up ElevenLabs has raised a whopping $250 million in a Series C funding round.

25 Jan 2025

Sam Altman

Altman's new project will link AI agents with digital identity

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unveiled a new initiative called Operator. It is the company's first AI agent capable of acting independently on the web.