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Make AI in India, work for India is vision for nation's AI revolution: Min

Union Minister Jitin Prasada on Monday asserted the vision to develop artificial intelligence (AI) in India, for India, and all, and said the country is poised for an AI revolution. Prasada, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, in a keynote address at the India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2024, said India is not only the largest democracy, but also a vibrant digital economy setting new benchmarks for innovation and inclusivity. He said discussions today should not only focus on addressing the challenges of internet governance but also on exploring transformative solutions. "Artificial intelligence is a cornerstone of these transformative solutions. Our vision is to make AI in India and make AI work for India, as well as AI for all. Today, India is placed for a transformative AI revolution," he said. The minister quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "If earlier, human civilisations were based around rivers and oceans, then later around highwaystoday's ...

OpenAI launches $200 ChatGPT subscription for use in research purposes

New tier, called ChatGPT Pro, will be in addition to OpenAI's existing subscriptions of ChatGPT Plus, Team and Enterprise

Amazon announces 'Nova' family of foundation models amid generative AI wave

Amazon on Tuesday announced a new generation of foundation models at AWS' annual showcase re:Invent, as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took to the stage to spotlight the "explosion" of generative AI and the tech giant's bold bets. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the cloud computing arm of Amazon. The new set of AI foundation models are called 'Nova'. Amazon Nova Micro, Amazon Nova Lite, and Amazon Nova Pro are generally available today, while Amazon Nova Premier will be available in the Q1 2025 timeframe. "...We have continued to work on our own frontier models and those frontier models made a tremendous amount of progress over the last 4-5 months. And we figured if we were finding value out of them, you would probably find value out of them...so I am excited to share and announce the launch of Amazon Nova which are new state-of-the-art foundation models...," Jassy said at AWS' annual flagship event re:Invent. Amazon Nova Micro is a "laser-fast" and cost-effective text-to-text model, while ...

AI, GenAI next major game changers; will remain impactful: NTT executive

Artificial Intelligence and GenAI are poised to be a major "game changer" for society, a senior official of Japan's NTT has said, adding that the technology, which is attracting big investments and global attention, will prove to be "ubiquitous and impactful" in the coming times. Sean Lawrence, Vice President and head of the IOWN Development Office at NTT, said AI is being used far more widely than what is perceived by many. "We're not even going to know always that we're interacting with AI, but I think it is going to be really the next really big game changer in terms of technology for society," he said. Lawrence said AI will be powerful and ubiquitous. "... AI really is going to be very impactful for society. I think we're already using it a lot more than we realise for many people, but with the kind of maturation of AI, generative AI over the past few years, and you can see where it's going with the amount of investment and focus on it, it is going to become quite ubiquitous,"

Apple to debut advanced conversational features for Siri in 2026: Report

Along with advanced conversational features for revamped Siri assistant, many new iOS 19 features are also postponed until Spring 2026

Samsung introduces its second-gen AI model 'Gauss2': All you need to know

Samsung's Gauss 2 is available as three distinct models - Compact, Balanced and Supreme - each designed for different purpose

US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump vows to undo existing policy

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden's signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term. What that actually means for the future of AI technology remains to be seen. Among those who could use some clarity are the government scientists and AI experts from multiple countries gathering in San Francisco this week to deliberate on AI safety measures. Hosted by the Biden administration, officials from a number of US allies among them Australia, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the 27-nation European Union began meeting Wednesday in the California city that's a commercial hub for AI development. Their agenda addresses topics such as how to better detect and combat a flood of AI-generated deepfakes fueling fraud, harmful impersonation and sexual abuse. It's the first such meeting since world leaders agreed at an AI summit in South Korea in May to build a network of publicly backed safety

Emerging tech to create 2.7 mn new AI jobs in India, retail to lead: report

The research shows that the retail sector is set to lead employment growth, requiring an additional 6.96 million workers to fuel its expansion

Baidu bolsters AI lineup with text-to-image generator, no-code app builder

These interactions include tasks such as generating text, answering questions, and assisting with various applications utilizing AI. Baidu's commercialization efforts have largely revolved around

OpenAI, rivals seek new path to smarter AI to overcome delays, challenges

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of AI labs Safe Superintelligence (SSI) and OpenAI, told Reuters recently that results from scaling up pre-training - the phase of training an AI model that uses a vast

iOS 18.1: How to enable Apple Intelligence on eligible iPhones in India

Apple Intelligence is available in English (US) with iOS 18.1 for the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 series. Here is how to enable intelligence features without resetting the phone

Google readying Gemini 2.0 and AI agent for automating web tasks: Report

Other companies, including OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic, are also working on new AI models for potential late-year releases

OpenAI could launch its next big GPT AI model in December: What to expect

Reportedly, OpenAI will introduce an Orion AI model that is said to be up to 100 times more powerful than the GPT-4 model. It will be offered alongside he recently released GPT-4o model

India to see 20 times growth in computing capacity in 2024: Nvidia CEO

India, a country "dear" to the world's computer industry, is set to witness 20 times growth in compute capacities in 2024, and will soon be exporting impactful AI solutions, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday. Speaking at the Nvidia AI Summit 2024 here, Huang emphasised Nvidia's commitment to expanding its ecosystem in India. "India is very, very dear to the world's computer industry, central to the IT industry, at the centre and core of the IT of just about every single company in the world. "Nvidia's ecosystem in India is very rich; 2024 will see a a 20 times growth in compute capacities in India," he said. Huang described the current state of the industry as undergoing a "seismic change" due to AI advancements and suggested that India, which has traditionally been a hub for software exportation, is poised to become a leader in AI exportation in the future. "India exported software; in the future, India will export AI," he said, pointing towards the country ...

Nvidia launches Hindi-language AI model in India as CEO Huang visits

Nvidia is rolling out its new small language model, dubbed Nemotron-4-Mini-Hindi-4B, with 4 billion parameters, for firms to use in developing their own AI models, the company said

EU AI act checker exposes compliance gaps in big tech's AI models

However, the company's "Large Language Model (LLM) Checker" uncovered some models' shortcomings in key areas, spotlighting where companies may need to divert resources in order to ensure compliance

Adobe Max highlights: Firefly video model, AI feature in Photoshop and more

Adobe said that the Firefly video model's text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities are available on the Firefly web app. It also introduced a new generative extend feature in Premiere Pro

Meta announces 'Movie Gen' AI model: What is it, how it works, and more

Movie Gen AI model can generate videos of up to 16 seconds in 1080p resolution and also produce background audio for videos, said Meta

AI global market may touch $990 bn by 2027 with 40-55% AGR: Report

The global market for artificial intelligence (AI)-related products and services is expected to grow at an annual rate of 40-55 per cent, and can reach up to USD 990 billion by 2027, a report has said. Bain & Company's 5th annual Global Technology Report said AI workloads could grow about 25-35 per cent per year through 2027. "Bain estimates that the total addressable market for AI-related hardware and software will grow between 40 per cent and 55 per cent annually for at least the next three years, reaching between USD 780 billion and USD 990 billion by 2027. Fluctuations in supply and demand will create volatility along the way, but a long-term, durable trajectory seems like it is here to stay," it said. As AI expands, the need for computing power will radically expand the scale of large data centers over the next five to 10 years, it added. "AI will spur growth in data centers, from today's 50-200 megawatts to more than a gigawatt. This means that if large data centers cost ...

Jony Ive joins hands with Sam Altman for secret AI device project

Jony Ive spent hours in the neighborhood at the William Stout Architectural Books store, which had thousands of books about design, before he left the city, he knew that he wanted to return