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CJI announces SC's second hackathon, says AI to streamline functioning

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday announced the second hackathon of the Supreme Court, which will focus on use of artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the functioning of the top court. At the outset of the day's proceedings, the CJI said AI will be used to streamline the functioning of the apex court's Registry to deal with issues like removal of defects (in petitions) and formatting and sorting of the judicial records". The hackathon of the top court, which is being organised in the 75th year of the Supreme Court's establishment, will be held in association with the Centre's MyGov' application, Justice Chandrachud said. "This time the hackathon will focus on use of AI to streamline the functioning of the Registry (of the SC) for things like removal of defects and formatting and sorting of petitions. So we are completely moving to an AI-based model. I request all the innovative young minds to please participate... Last date to submit is August 31 and the ...

90% women view GenAI as crucial for career growth, says Nasscom-BCG report

As GenAI is projected to dominate 33 per cent of the global AI landscape by 2027, the AI market is expected to reach $320-380 billion, growing at a CAGR of 25-35 per cent, said the report

Reddit set to allow exclusive subreddits that are behind paywall: Report

Reddit might allow new kinds of subreddits which will require users to pay to access it. The company is also starting to use AI to generate summaries of content in search results

GenAI helped reduce customer support chat costs by 90%: Meesho CTO Barnwal

We continue to be the most downloaded shopping app for two to three consecutive years, he says

Tech layoffs continue: Dell to slash 12.5K jobs in restructuring for AI era

Dell executives Bill Scannell and John Byrne communicated the layoffs through an internal memo, titled "Global Sales Modernisation Update", on August 6

Samsung expands Galaxy AI 'Live Translate' to WhatsApp, Telegram, and Meet

In July, Samsung announced that the Live Translate feature will expand to third-party apps. WhatsApp is among the first wave of such third-party apps to support the Galaxy AI-powered feature

Tech Mahindra, Horizon3.ai come together to provide AI-based cybersecurity

IT company Tech Mahindra on Tuesday said it has partnered with Horizon3.ai, a San-Francisco based provider of autonomous security solutions, to offer AI-based cybersecurity solutions to global customers. The partnership will integrate Tech Mahindra's cybersecurity services with Horizon3.ai's NodeZero platform, offering threat detection, AI-powered pen-testing, and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) insights. "The partnership will combine Tech Mahindra and Horizon3.ai's cybersecurity domain expertise and global reach to drive innovation, excellence, and proactive defence. It will provide customers with the tools and expertise needed to safeguard their digital assets," a company statement said. Customers will get real-time vulnerability assessments, enabling prompt identification and remediation of vulnerabilities, it added. The enhanced compliance and cost-effective capabilities will ensure organisations meet regulatory standards and access scalable, advanced penetration testing

After phones, Google to enable Gemini assistant on wireless earbuds: Report

Google is expected to introduce Gemini for earbuds along with the Pixel Buds Pro 2 at the Made by Google event on August 13

AI in Olympics ad sparks creative debate; Google hits the delete button

Google is not alone in facing criticism for advertisements that appear to endorse AI's encroachment into creative domains

Zoom introduces gen-AI powered 'Docs' for workplace collaboration: Details

Zoom Docs is an AI collaborative document editor, powered by the company's generative AI assistant called Zoom AI Companion

Meta AI on WhatsApp for Android could get support for voice inputs: Report

Meta AI on WhatsApp for Android currently supports text inputs, but the new beta version hints that voice support could be available alongside text input on the instant messaging platform soon

OpenAI mulls watermarking ChatGPT generated text, but treads with caution

Watermarking can prove to be an effective way to find out if a content was written by AI, and OpenAI has said that the watermarking does not affect the quality of content produced by ChatGPT

iPhone 16 series may launch without Apple Intelligence in September: Report

Reportedly, the next generation iPhone models will not get Apple Intelligence at launch, but will get the initial set of features with iOS 18.1 update in October

Big Tech's AI promises become a 'show me' story for investors: Report

Results from Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. this week signaled that biggest companies in world are still heavily investing in artificial intelligence

GenAI can transform learning significantly: NIIT Learning Systems CEO

For NIIT Learning Systems, the overall macro uncertainty has created more outsourcing opportunities, but it has impacted the deal closure time

Amazon set to join Google, Microsoft's spending surge as AI race heats up

The e-commerce giant's capital investments - mostly for building cloud and generative AI infrastructure - is expected to have risen 43 per cent in the second quarter to $16.41 billion

Thomson Reuters reports 6% rise in revenue, plans to deploy AI aggressively

The company now forecasts full year revenue to hit the high end of projections or a rise of about 7 per cent

Indian IT firms cautiously advance GenAI projects, facing scaling hurdles

Despite the hype, top IT firms and analysts caution over slow adoption and high abandonment risks in generative AI projects

Can we predict earthquakes? China says it has found an AI-powered solution

Scientists in China have developed a first-of-its-kind AI-model designed to analyse extensive datasets to enhance the accuracy and speed of detection of seismic signals and predict earthquakes

Data breach cost for Indian organisations up 39% since 2020: IBM report

AI, automation play 'significant role' in accelerating organisations' ability to identify breaches