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Telangana aims to improve delivery of services to citizens using AI

Recognising the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence in promoting Sustainable Development Goals, Telangana intends to improve service delivery for over one crore citizens and enhance productivity of the government employees by more than 20 per cent over the next 3 years. A report- AI Powered Telangana Strategy Document and Implementation Roadmap- released by the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said six critical pillars have been identified to enable an AI-powered state. "The government intends to improve service delivery for 1Cr+ (over one crore) citizens and enhance productivity of government employees by more than 20 per cent over the next 3 years, setting the benchmark for AI-driven governance across India. The government will set an example by integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) across its operations to enhance efficiency and service delivery and generative AI will be leveraged to power interventions aimed at solving the most critical governance challenges ...

India will need 10-20 chip manufacturing plants in next 10 yrs: Semi CEO

India will need 10-20 chip manufacturing plants over the next 10 years, Semicon India organiser Semi President and CEO Ajit Manocha said on Wednesday. Manocha said that huge interest is developing in the semiconductor ecosystem, especially in Taiwan after the success of Foxconn and Wistron in India. "I think we will need probably in the next 10 years maybe 10-20 fabs in India. This is a rough estimate," Manocha said. Semi will organise the first global conference on semiconductor ecosystem, Semicon India 2024 from September 11-13 in Noida. Manocha has over 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Earlier, he served as the CEO of chip manufacturing company Global Foundries between 2011 and 2014, and as executive vice president and chief manufacturing officer at NXP Semiconductors. He also pointed out that the present government has put in place a clear policy which supports the semiconductor ecosystem in India. "For the first time, stars are aligned in favour of Indi

Nvidia suffers $279 billion loss in one day due to these factors: Explained

Nvidia lost $279 billion of its market cap on Tuesday, leading a broader market selloff. This followed a quarterly revenue forecast by the company that fell short of investors expectations

Intel launches Lunar Lake chips to rival Qualcomm in AI PC segment: Details

PCs powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 200V series chips (Lunar Lake) will get Copilot+ PC features over an update starting November this year

Google partners with Tamil Nadu to boost AI ecosystem, tech upskilling

Collaboration to boost AI startups, workforce skills, and MSME tech adoption

Google-backed fund selects 4 Indian firms for AI-driven climate solutions

Four India-based organisations have been selected among 14 recipients across the Asia Pacific region for grants under the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.0, supported by a USD 5-million grant from Google.org, the tech giant's philanthropic arm. The fund, managed by Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), aims to foster technology- and AI-driven solutions addressing critical environmental and social challenges. The Indian recipients include INREM Foundation, CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Institute for Financial Management and Research (WELL Labs), and Gujarat Mahila Housing Sewa Trust (MHT), Google.org said in a statement. INREM Foundation will develop AI-enabled open digital solutions for community access to water contamination data. CRDF plans to use machine learning and satellite imagery to protect lakes and their carbon sink function. WELL Labs will develop advanced models for village-level water security insights, while MHT will create an AI-powered model t

Global tech leaders eye Rs 10,000 cr AI tender as India expands AI mission

The exceptional participation has prompted the government to extend the deadline to accommodate the overwhelming response and industry suggestions

Apple to release iPhone intelligence features in batches: Check timeline

Reportedly, the upcoming iPhone 16 series will debut without intelligence feature, but will get writing and text summarisation tools by October, and more AI features with subsequent iOS updates

RIL boosts shares to record, Nifty logs longest gaining streak in 17 yrs

The NSE Nifty 50 and the S&P BSE Sensex both rose about 0.6% to hit all-time highs, before trimming some gains to settle up 0.4% at record closing levels

OpenAI, Anthropic agree to work with US institute on upcoming safety test

Under the agreements, announced on Thursday, the US AI Safety Institute will receive early access to major new AI models from the companies to evaluate capabilities and risks

Infosys, Nvidia expand ties to develop GenAI-powered solutions for telcos

Infosys on Thursday said it has expanded its partnership with American chipmaker NVIDIA to develop GenAI-powered solutions for telecom operators. The IT major has developed three generative AI solutions powered by its AI-offering Topaz, which make use of NVIDIA NIM inference microservices, NVIDIA NeMo Retriever embedding models, and NeMo Guardrails to customise and deploy generative AI telco domain-specific large-language models. It has also used NVIDIA Riva to allow real-time transcription and translations for call centre agents, according to a regulatory filing. "Telcos are increasingly adopting generative AI solutions to improve the productivity of their businesses with smarter networks, more efficient operations, and enhanced customer service. "Leveraging NVIDIA's full-stack accelerated computing and AI platform, Infosys Topaz is delivering a suite of domain-specific solutions that will help telcos accelerate and streamline their adoption of generative AI," Ronnie Vasishta, Sen

Nations building their own AI models add to Nvidia's rising chip demand

Countries adopting their own AI applications and models will contribute about low double-digit billions to Nvidia's revenue

Google to allow some users to generate images of people after scandal

In February, Google came under fire for its image-generation tool, which depicted historically inaccurate scenes, including incorrect racial depictions

Wipro stock price rises over 3% on inking pact with Dell Technologies

The uptick in the Wipro stock price came after the company announced that it is expanding its collaboration with Dell Technologies to bring the Dell AI Factory to Wipro's Enterprise AI-Ready Platform.

Google Meet adds 'Take notes for me' AI feature: What is it, how it works

"Take notes for me" in Google Meet automatically takes notes during a meeting and generates a "summary so far" in case you are late to join

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's experience as 'dishwasher' goes viral on LinkedIn

Jensen Huang founded Nvidia, the world's leading AI chipmaker in 1993. Before that, he worked as a dishwasher and waiter at an eatery called Denny's from 1978 to 1983

Planning to buy iPhone 15? 4 reasons why you must wait for iPhone 16 series

The iPhone 16 series, including the baseline and Plus model, is going to be a big upgrade over the current generation models with Apple Intelligence features at the core for enhanced experience

Amazon's Rufus now available in India: Know all about AI shopping assistant

Amazon said its AI shopping assistant Rufus will allow customers to get product suggestions, comparisons and more while allowing follow up questions for a conversational tone

Musk shows support for California bill requiring safety tests on AI models

California state lawmakers attempted to introduce 65 bills touching on AI this legislative season

iPhone 16 series: Apple could weave sales pitch about intelligence features

Apple Intelligence is expected to be the biggest selling point for iPhone 16 series, but the artificial intelligence features are not expected to be available at the launch