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Opinion | How Amazon And Flipkart Missed The '10-Minute' Bus

Pankaj Mishra | Monday September 16, 2024

With India's young and middle-class shoppers expecting everything - from groceries to electronics - delivered in under 10 minutes, quick-commerce has gone mainstream.

Italy Tests AI-Assisted Teaching In Schools To Boost IT Skills

Reuters | Monday September 16, 2024

AI tools on classroom tablets and computers will act as "virtual assistants that can make learning easier for students and help teachers identify methods for an increasingly bespoke education"

Meta To Start Using Public Posts On Facebook, Instagram In UK To Train AI

Reuters | Monday September 16, 2024

Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will start receiving in-app notifications from next week explaining the company's procedure and how users can object to their data being used.

As Storm Bebinca Approaches, Taiwan Uses AI To Predict Typhoon Paths

Reuters | Friday September 13, 2024

AI-generated forecasts, some powered by software from tech giants including Nvidia, whose chips are made by Taiwan's homegrown semiconductor champion TSMC, have so far outperformed traditional methods in predicting typhoon tracks.

OpenAI Releases New Model With Reasoning Capabilities

Rachel Metz, Bloomberg | Friday September 13, 2024

A preview version of the model will be available through OpenAI's popular chatbot, ChatGPT, to paid Plus and Team users on Thursday.

Google's AI Data Protection Practices Probed By Irish Regulator

Jennifer Duggan | Thursday September 12, 2024

Big Tech's influence over AI has been drawing increasing scrutiny from regulators around the globe, amid concerns they are using access to personal data to dominate the emerging sector.

Altman-Backed Startup Bets On Heat And The Sun To Tackle AI's Massive Carbon Footprint

Michelle Ma | Wednesday September 11, 2024

Miami-based Exowatt launched a modular system to generate, store and dispatch clean energy on Tuesday. The company pairs a solar energy collector with a thermal battery that can deliver either heat or electricity.

Musks AI Side Gig Should Keep Its Distance From Tesla

Liam Denning, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday September 11, 2024

If Tesla were to now actually invest billions in xAI, and/or share revenue with it, the potential conflict of interest could hardly be clearer.

South Korea Summit Announces 'Blueprint' For Using AI In The Military

Reuters | Tuesday September 10, 2024

Among the details added in the document was the need to prevent AI from being used to proliferate weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

South Korea Is Facing Deepfake Porn Crisis

Catherine Thorbecke, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday September 09, 2024

A Telegram channel with more than 220,000 participants was reportedly being used to create and share these artificial intelligence-generated pornographic images, serving as a global reminder of the darker consequences from the widespread rush of AI.

AI Started As A Dream To Save Humanity. Then, Big Tech Took Over.

Parmy Olson, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday September 09, 2024

Many AI builders say this tech promises a path to utopia. Others say it could bring about the collapse of our civilization. In reality, the science-fiction scenarios have distracted us from the more insidious ways AI is threatening to harm society.

Musk Denies Report His xAI In Talks Over Tesla Revenue

Reuters | Monday September 09, 2024

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Tesla would license xAI's artificial-intelligence models to help power its driver-assistance software

AI's Dark Data Problem In India

Reported by Pankaj Mishra | Friday September 06, 2024

With its massive population and an ocean of data, India is becoming a hub for dark marketplaces of training data.

OpenAI Hits 1 Million Paid Users For Business Versions Of ChatGPT

Rachel Metz, Bloomberg | Friday September 06, 2024

OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Enterprise a year ago with extra features and privacy safeguards in a bid to boost revenue and offset the high cost of building AI products

Gen AI Boosting Productivity Of Indian IT Industry's Fastest-Growing Niche, TCS Exec Says

Reuters | Thursday September 05, 2024

GenAI has taken centre stage in the space and clients are replanning budgets and product features, said VC of IOT and Digital Engineering at TCS.

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