Page 23 - Latest Updates on Artificial intelligence
Covid-19 pandemic accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence: IBM
IBM's "Global AI Adoption Index 2021" revealed that while AI adoption was flat over the last year, momentum is shifting due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
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Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist who resigned after colleagues' firings
Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, two people familiar with the matter said
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Advanced tech being used for service delivery to citizens in Telangana
The government of Telangana has deployed advanced technologies to ensure better service delivery for citizens, reports Shivani Shinde
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A career counsellor to navigate your child through a plethora of choices
The best time to approach a career counsellor is when your child is in class nine--someone who will help him dodge the duds and choose a line based on the child's interests, aptitude and ability
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These techies are improving air quality in the war against Covid-19
Air pollution costs Indian businesses about Rs seven trillion every fiscal year, or 3 per cent of India's total GDP, a research report shows
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Tesla is not just a car maker but an AI robotics firm, says Elon Musk
People will think of Tesla as much as an AI robotics firm: Musk
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Willing to help in fight against Covid-19: Velamakanni of Fractal Analytics
After the outbreak of Covid-19, Fractal quickly scaled up efforts to provide empathy towards its staff, customers and vendors. The AI firm is now set to cross $1 bn in revenue
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Parle Products to leverage on IBM hybrid cloud and AI to drive growth
With this, Parle hopes to find new ways to get its products to the consumer as the pandemic disrupts supply chain and mandates WFH for some employees
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How Covid-19 is accelerating digital manufacturing for factories in India
The ecosystem for digital manufacturing in India isn't yet as complex as it is in the West or China but is developing breadth and depth
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Why use muscle? Let a bot be the debt collector and never lose a customer
Like in most emerging markets, these last-mile hurdles pose a frustratingly complex challenge to India's creditors. They also increase the overall risk premium for rural advances
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5G's bouquet of promises: A technology that can change our lives forever
With the myriad possibilities that super high speeds and ultra-low latency could bring, telcos in India are looking at killer applications to attract consumers initially
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IBM engaged in research to arm computers with Indian languages
IBM is engaged in research on Indian languages in a bid to develop new artificial intelligence applications in key industries
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Robot dogs: On police forces, defence duty and their potential risks
What are these entities? These are canine-shaped robots with AI and four-legged mobility. Characterised as "partly-autonomous" ground vehicles, they can be used to do a variety of tasks
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Twitter analysing harmful impacts of its AI, machine learning algorithms
In a bid to assess racial and gender bias in its artificial intelligence/machine learning systems, Twitter is starting a new initiative called Responsible Machine Learning
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EU plans ban on AI tech for mass surveillance, social credit scores
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology gets all-pervasive, the European Union is considering a ban on the use of AI for mass surveillance and social credit scores, among other applications.
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The rise & fall & rise again of statistics
The surprising drivers of mathematical innovation
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Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings: Details here
Though at least two Google engineers had earlier resigned to protest the dismissal of artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Timnit Gebru, Bengio is the highest-profile employee yet to depart
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AI can bring enormous changes in way wars are fought: IAF chief Bhadauria
The Indian Force has started looking at AI in a range of areas, including training and threat monitoring, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said
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Digitising India with high investments in automation
In adoption of emerging technologies, banking and financial services have already set the pace of transformation
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Indian tech services can touch revenues of $300-350 bn in next 5 years
According to a report by McKinsey & Company for Nasscom titled 'Future of Technology Services-Winning in this decade', tech spending is only going to be intensified in the next decade
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