Page 25 - Latest Updates on Artificial intelligence
IRCTC's AI-based initiative 'ASK DISHA' to help govt bodies answer queries
The chatbot powered by artificial intelligence will enable those organisations to answer general queries of the customers and garner good will too
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'50% of Indian firms to deploy intelligent automation by 2024': IDC
Nearly half of all businesses in India will implement robotic process automation (RPA) by 2024, said an IDC study
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Adani forays into data centre business, sets up 50:50 JV with EdgeConnex
In addition to full-scale data centres, AdaniConneX will also develop a portfolio of Edge data centres strategically located across the country to address the need for more proximate capacity
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Amazon plans wall-mounted Echo as smart home command center: Report
Its Lab126 hardware division is designing the device to be a digital command centre, showing users calendar events, controlling accessories like lights and locks, and playing music and video
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This scientist is making roads safer with mobile telematics technology
Hari Balakrishnan of MIT has been working on inferring bad driving behaviour using sensor data from phones and other IoT devices in vehicles to help reduce thousands of road crashes each year
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Engineers at Google resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru
The resignations come as workers have demanded commitments to academic freedom and management change in Google's research organisation
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Amazon plans AI-powered cameras in delivery vans to improve driver safety
"This technology will provide drivers real-time alerts to help them stay safe when they are on the road," the statement added
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India turns to artificial intelligence for better and faster economic data
The country of 1.3 billion people, only 20 per cent of whom know how to use the internet, had to suspend field surveys during the lockdown, which led to gaps in reporting monthly retail inflation numb
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Discoms discover tech, aim to automate grid operations for service delivery
Adani Electricity Mumbai (AEML), for instance, is upgrading its grid infrastructure with investments in automation and using technology-enabled service delivery, processes and training modules
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Govt's Co-WIN app to track both Covid-19 vaccine and its recipients
Experts say technologies such as IoT, AI, machine learning and blockchain play a key role in tracking these vaccines and detecting any changes
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Study reveals AI can beat human brain in chess, but not in memory
The brain strategy for storing memories is more efficient than that of Artificial intelligence (AI), suggested the findings of a novel research
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Ola to build Rs 2,400-crore EV manufacturing facility with Siemens
To set up global AI-powered facility in Tamil Nadu, according to a prior deal
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Robotic packers, AI that reads buyer emotions: Flipkart nurtures startups
The pandemic has not only accelerated a shift to e-commerce but has also spawned startups that are building solutions relevant for the new normal, attracting the attention of big online retailers
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Facebook to use AI in predicting if Covid-19 patients need more care
Facebook is publishing a research conducted by its artificial intelligence unit in an effort to help healthcare providers predict in advance if a Covid-19 patient may need more intensive care solution
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Tech entrepreneur Atul Jalan to take his AI company Algonomy public in 2023
His firm Manthan Software and San Francisco-headquartered RichRelevance have completed their merger to form a new, rebranded AI firm Algonomy
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CERC plans to embrace AI, machine learning to improve functioning
First quasi-judicial body to strengthen its digital back-end
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Lalit Jalan, ex-CEO of Reliance Infra, joins as 3Lines India Chairman
The four-year-old firm based out of Denver, Colorado, invests in AI-enabled and disruptive software technology-based startup companies
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LG features smartphone with rollable display, virtual human at CES 2021
LG Electronics on Monday introduced a smartphone with rollable display and a virtual human at the CES 2021.
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Voice-based AI platforms flourished in pandemic, breaking language barriers
BFSI and e-commerce are benefiting from artificial intelligence-powered speech-based platforms that make life easier for customers, reports Shivani Shinde
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Nationalism will drive global alliances in 2021
The era of tech nationalism launched with India banning Chinese tech platforms and telecom equipment
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