Artificial Intelligence And Robotics

Security vulnerabilities hinder AI adoption in India: Deloitte report

As many as 92 per cent of Indian executives view security vulnerabilities as the foremost challenge to responsible AI adoption, highlighting a pressing need for robust governance frameworks to foster trust and mitigate risks in an increasingly AI-driven landscape, according to a recent report by Deloitte. The 'AI at a crossroads: Building trust as the path to scale' report by Deloitte Asia Pacific, which surveyed 900 senior leaders across 13 markets revealed that while enthusiasm for AI is high, significant barriers remain. "...about 92 per cent of Indian executives identify security vulnerabilities, including hacking and cyber threats, as a primary concern in AI adoption, while 91 per cent express significant concern about the privacy risks related to sensitive data in AI usage. "Additionally, 89 per cent highlight complexities resulting from regulatory uncertainties, citing evolving compliance requirements as a challenge towards AI integration," it said. The urgency for effective

Japanese AI-powered human washing machine: Wash, dry your body in 15 mins

The "Mirai Ningen Sentakuki," a "human washing machine of the future" made by Japanese engineers, analyzes your body uses artificial intelligence before applying a customized "wash-and-dry" procedure

India to create new anti-drone unit for border security: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India will soon create a comprehensive anti-drone unit to secure its borders as the "menace" of unmanned aerial vehicles is going to get serious in the coming days. Addressing BSF troops during the 60th Raising Day event of the force here at its training camp, about 300 km from the India-Pakistan border, Shah said the initial results of a "laser equipped anti-drone gun-mounted" mechanism have been encouraging. This has led to an increase in drone neutralisation and detection cases, up from 3 per cent to 55 per cent, along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, he said. "The drone menace is going to get more serious in the coming days... We are tackling this issue with a 'whole of government' approach with the defence and research organisations and the DRDO joining hands. "We are going to create a comprehensive anti-drone unit for the country in the coming time," Shah said. According to official data, more than 260 drones have been downed

Google Cloud partners with Air France-KLM to enhance operations with AI

Google Cloud said in a statement that the Franco-Dutch airline group's 551 operating aircraft, 93 million passengers carried in 2023, and its commercial and cargo flights generated large amounts

Unesco, IT ministry host stakeholder consultation on safety, ethics in AI

UNESCO in collaboration with IT Ministry held a stakeholder consultation on safety and ethics in Artificial Intelligence, an official release said on Saturday adding that India aims to craft a policy that envisions 'AI for All'. The event marks the launch of a series of five consultations under the AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM), an initiative by UNESCO and Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) aimed at crafting an India-specific AI policy report. The report's objective is to identify strengths and growth opportunities within India's AI ecosystem, while providing actionable insights for the responsible and ethical adoption of AI across various sectors, the release said. "India aims to craft an AI policy that envisions 'AI for All' aligning with global ethical standards to promote the responsible and ethical adoption of AI across various sectors," the release said. The UNESCO South Asia Regional Office, in collaboration with MeitY and Ikigai Law as the implementing partn

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

At the BS BFSI Summit, experts stress KYC, and tech to curb digital fraud

Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2024: Industry leaders discuss KYC, anti-fraud tech, and user education as essential defences against rising digital financial crime

Google working on software for reasoning AI, similar to OpenAI's 'o1'

AI researchers are pursuing reasoning models as they search for the next significant step forward in the technology

AI not a job killer, would make workers more efficient, says experts

Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is. Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centres around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 different languages and 75 dialects. So an Alorica representative who speaks, say, only Spanish can field a complaint about a balky printer or an incorrect bank statement from a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. Alorica wouldn't need to hire a rep who speaks Cantonese. Such is the power of AI. And, potentially, the threat: Perhaps companies won't need as many employees and will slash some jobs if chatbots can handle the workload instead. But the thing is, Alorica isn't cutting jobs. It's still hiring aggressively. The experience at Alorica and at other companies, including furniture retailer IKEA suggests that AI may not prove to be the job killer that many people fear. Instead, the

Why does Big Tech oppose California AI bill if it wants it to be regulated?

The proposal would mandate safety testing for many of the most advanced AI models that cost more than $100 million to develop or those that require a defined amount of computing power

Private sector drives India's AI ambition with govt support, policies

The participation of startups and private companies in AI is not only limited to infrastructure, policy, or capacity building but also extends to skilling and other aspects as well

Apple marches ahead on plans to launch AI table-top robot by 2027: Report

Apple is advancing its table-top robotic device, featuring an iPad-like screen with a robotic limb that is expected to function as a smart home command centre and video conferencing tool

AI skills shaping job market; Indeed reveals most in-demand AI jobs list

AI is creating millions of jobs across the world and the demand for AI workers tripled between 2015 and 2019. Here are the top in-demand AI jobs

70% CEOs ramping up tech investments to improve biz in next 1 year: Report

EY's CEO Outlook Pulse Survey 2024 said that 80 per cent of the CEOs surveyed were optimistic regarding their companies' revenue prospects

AI spending in India to reach $5 billion by 2027: Intel-IDC study

According to the report, entities in India spent $1,703.8 million on AI in 2023, where BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, telecom, and retail were the highest spending sectors during the year

AI faces its 'Oppenheimer moment' during killer robot arms race

Spreading global conflict combined with financial incentives for companies to promote AI adds to the challenge of controlling killer robots, according to Jaan Tallinn

World's first 'Miss AI' pageant to pick winners on social media following

The world's first artificial intelligence beauty pageant will also consider technical skills that went into creating the models

Devin: All about US-based startup Cognition's AI-powered software engineer

Cognition defined Devin as an autonomous agent that solves engineering tasks through the use of its own shell, code editor, and web browser

Explained: How the AI that drives ChatGPT will move into physical world

Like chatbots and image generators, this robotics technology learns its skills by analysing enormous amounts of digital data

AI shows prostate cancer is not just singular disease, reveals study

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which they said could help thousands of lives by revolutionising how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. The study, published in the journal Cell Genomics, reveals that prostate cancer, which affects one in eight men in their lifetime, includes two different subtypes termed evotypes. The findings, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, and the University of Manchester, UK, could help provide tailored treatments to each individual patient according to a genetic test which will also be delivered using AI, they said. Our research demonstrates that prostate tumours evolve along multiple pathways, leading to two distinct disease types," said lead researcher Dan Woodcock, from the University of Oxford. This understanding is pivotal as it allows us to classify tumours based on how the cancer evolves rather than solely on individual gene mutations or expression ...