Page 12 - Latest Updates on Artificial intelligence
AI must be guided by humanism and compassion, not just tech experts
It is futile to resist change because tech progress is autonomous; nobody oversees developments. Only natural intelligence - humanism, conscience, and compassion of leaders -can provide oversight
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Supreme Court to use AI to generate summaries for pleadings: ACJ Manmohan
The Supreme Court is set to introduce an AI tool called 'AI Saransh', developed by the National Informatics Centre, which is designed to generate summaries of pleadings
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Tech giants embark on final push to dilute European Union's AI Act
EU lawmakers in May agreed the AI Act, the world's first comprehensive set of rules governing the technology, following months of intense negotiations between different political groups
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Infosys to help Posti spruce up customer experience, efficiency with AI
Over last five years through collaboration, Infosys has helped Posti improve resilience of IT systems, reduce outages and disruptions, and improve the ability to prevent and respond to cyber threats
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PDG plans infusing $1 bn for expansion in India amid AI data center boom
The investment will bring PDG's capacity to 230 MW across two major hubs, Mumbai and Chennai
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LinkedIn trains generative AI models on user data, offers opt-out option
Reportedly, LinkedIn initiated the process of utilising user data to enhance its generative AI products without first updating its terms to reflect this change
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UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI
Only a handful of countries have created laws to govern the spread of AI tools
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AI Alliance adds 7 Indian members including Infosys, AI4Bharat & Sarvam AI
Founded in 2023, the group aims to promote open, safe, and responsible artificial intelligence practices globally
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FinOps platform Bluecopa raises $1.8 million in pre-Series A round
The Hyderabad-based company will use the fresh capital to expand market reach, improve artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, and advance product development.
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Blackrock, Microsoft join hands to raise $30 billion for AI investments
The infrastructure investments - including energy projects - will be mostly in the US, with a portion of the funds to be deployed in US partner countries, the companies said in a statement
California guv signs laws to crack down on AI-created election deepfakes
Large social media platforms are also required to remove the deceptive material under a first-in-the-nation law set to be enacted next year
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AI-led dating platform Schmooze raises $4 million series A round
In just 10 months since its launch in India, Schmooze said it has attracted over 1 million users and witnessed 900 million meme swipes
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Lenovo begins AI server production in India, opens R&D lab in Bengaluru
The plant will manufacture five key offerings, including three rack-mounted enterprise AI servers and two flagship 8-way GPU servers
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OpenAI's safety committee to oversee security practices as independent body
The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 sparked a significant wave of interest and excitement around AI
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Cobalt serves as a funnel for Infosys' AI-led deals under Topaz platform
Even as the company launched Topaz, its AI-first offering last year, Cobalt has been preparing clients for their next big jump in adopting AI
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India well-poised to benefit from new jobs emerging with AI: Meta India V-P
The views assume significance in the backdrop of persistent debate in tech circles and civil societies on whether AI will augment the labour market or displace workers
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Salesforce unveils 'Agentforce' AI agents to enhance employee productivity
The low-code tools in Agentforce enable organisations to easily build and deploy custom agents, said the company
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Zomato bans AI-generated images from food menus to preserve authenticity
Effective from Monday (September 16), restaurants that fail to comply with the new rule against AI images will be removed from Zomato
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Fact-checking, research: A case for taking AI's assistance in the law
AI tools can read every single judgment available in a database to ensure that lawyers 'miss nothing'
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AI fabrication raises existential questions about photography's reality
It poses risks of misuse, such as undermining the integrity of legal systems with AI-generated evidence that could lead to wrongful convictions
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