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Opinion | Why Does Your AI 'Ghibli' Look So Terrible? Because It Is
What happens when AI conjures art out of thin air while completely isolating the user from the process? You get what is, essentially, just an artefact, minus the artistry. A hunk of butter that's all hunk and no butter.
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"Outpacing The World": OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Praises India's AI Boom
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has praised India for innovating and rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI). The 39-year-old believes India is outpacing the world when it comes to creativity.
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New AI Model Can Tell How Your Body Has Aged Using Just 5 Drops Of Blood
Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have devised a new AI model to estimate a person's biological age - a measure of how well their body has aged, rather than just counting the years since birth.
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Opinion | Let 'Thermodynamics' Teach You Something About AI
In thermodynamics, entropy represents an inexorable march toward disorder. Left to its own devices, an isolated system inevitably slides toward maximum disorder. This fundamental principle may offer us a lens through which to view our AI challenges.
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Microsoft Unveils Game-Changing AI Assistant For Healthcare Professionals
Microsoft launches Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant designed to streamline clinical documentation, surface medical information, and automate tasks for healthcare professionals.
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Opinion | Modi In France: How Governance Will Be The 'Killer' AI App
Governance can be one of the biggest areas where AI can make deep, very meaningful impacts. It was obvious that the momentum of conversations and discussions around real deployment of AI and success in use cases will be led by India.
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Opinion | What Can India Learn From The Emergence of DeepSeek?
China spends 2.65% of its GDP on R&D, while India invests just 0.7%. The gap widens in the private sector.
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Opinion | DeepSeek Shows Why Nandan Nilekani Is Right
India's track record suggests that building AI models could run up against scaling and capital challenges. A better strategy might be what Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani proposed last year.
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Opinion | What An Indian 'Thali' Can Tell Us About DeepSeek
The timing of DeepSeek's release is such that Trump may think twice about slapping trade restrictions on China in some spheres, while investors may ponder on the most optimal way to spread their bets.
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DeepSeek: How A Small Chinese AI Company Is Shaking Up US Tech Heavyweights
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with the release of extremely efficient AI models that can compete with cutting-edge products from US companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
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"Sorry, I Didn't Get That': Why AI Misunderstands Some People's Words
Unlike you or me, automatic speech recognition systems are not what researchers call "sympathetic listeners." Instead of trying to understand you by taking in other useful clues like intonation or facial gestures, they simply give up.
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Skip The Hype, Here's How AI Agents Can Really Help
The reality of where AI agents are headed is that they won't be blank-slate geniuses that can handle lots of tasks. Instead, they'll be highly specialised at repetitive chores.
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Trump Calls For US Dominance In AI To Compete With China
Under the order signed at the White House on Thursday, Trump called for an interagency group to craft a new policy within six months intended to ensure US dominance in AI.
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AI Videos From China Are Coming For The World
As more people around the world turn to Chinese AI tools for everything, inherent biases could have unforeseen consequences.
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UK Aims To Quicken Civil Service With AI 'Humphrey'
A press release from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said Humphrey would improve public services and help reach $55 billion in savings.
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President Trump Scraps Biden's Sweeping AI Order Resetting Regulations
The move immediately halts the implementation of key safety and transparency requirements for AI developers.
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AI Companies Are Turning To Synthetic Data, But There's A Hidden Cost
When genuine data does run out, it will present a major problem for both developers and users of AI. It will force tech companies to depend more heavily on data generated by AI, known as "synthetic data".
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Al Will Bring Even Faster Change To Politics, Health Care, Economy
Advances in AI, including artificial general intelligence, are very likely to continue - but it's unclear how much of a difference they'll make.
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Ukraine Collects Vast War Data Trove To Train AI Models
AI has been deployed by both sides on the battlefield during Russia's invasion of Ukraine to identify targets, scanning images far quicker than a human can.
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Opinion | Sunglasses To Snapchat, How AI Became Personal In 2024
This wasn't just another year of breakthrough papers and flashy demos - it was the year AI wove itself into the fabric of our daily lives
