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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.The new study, carried out by SISSA scientists in collaboration with Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience & Centre for Neural Computation, Trondheim, Norway, has been published in 'Physical Review Letters'.In the last decades, Artificial Intelligence has shown to be very good at achieving exceptional goals in several fields. Chess is one of them: in 1996, for the first time, the computer Deep Blue beat a human player, chess champion Garry Kasparov.Neural networks, real or artificial, learn by tweaking the connections between neurons. Making them stronger or weaker, some neurons become more active, some less, until a pattern of activity emerges. This pattern is what we call "a memory". The AI strategy is to use complex long algorithms, which iteratively tune and optimize the connections.The brain does it much simpler: each connection .
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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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The long-term growth opportunity 2021 presents
The digital super cycle will encompass progress in all areas and will accelerate further on advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence
Agritech startup CropIn raises $20 mn from Temasek-backed ABC World, others
With this new round, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed startup has raised total funding of $33.1 mn so far
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The promise of techno-nationalism
Techno-nationalism sees nation states using their superiority in specific technologies rise up the global hierarchy and dominate other nations
Faced with high growth in traffic, banks to ramp up digital capabilities
They will soon take a call on tech spending
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2021 may see people using technology to thrive, not just survive
Technology to get smarter in new year
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Google told scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research: Report
Google states on its public-facing website that its scientists have "substantial" freedom
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Amazon Internet Services reports 54% rise in revenue to Rs 4,216 crore
The revenue of the company was fully generated from services called 'other data processing, hosting and related activities' and other information technology services
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How IBM researchers enabled AI platform Watson to understand native Hindi
With this, Watson Discovery can understand documents written in Devanagari and extract their meaning, without having to resort to any translation to English
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India's pace of AI adoption surpasses developed economies amid Covid-19
The pandemic has accelerated the need for AI around the globe with India topping the charts and surpassing developed economies like the US, the UK and Japan, according to a PwC report
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India leads the world in AI adoption amid the Covid-19 pandemic
According to a global study by PwC India, the highest increase in use of artificial intelligence (AI) during Covid-19 times has been witnessed in India.
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