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AI Was Born At This US Summer Camp 68 Years Ago. Here's Why It Matters

Sandra Peter, The Conversation | Wednesday August 28, 2024

Imagine a group of young men gathered at a picturesque college campus in New England, in the United States, during the northern summer of 1956. Its a small casual gathering. But the men are not here for campfires and nature hikes.

One Rupee A Minute AI Voice Bots Help Indian Startups Compete With OpenAI

Saritha Rai, Bloomberg | Tuesday August 27, 2024

By incorporating AI voice features, tech companies hope to create more dynamic, conversational services that can respond to users verbally in real time and automate certain tasks.

Elon Musks Grok Is A Risky Experiment In AI Content Moderation

Davey Alba | Tuesday August 27, 2024

Musk has been a champion of AI without much intervention, vocally criticizing tools from OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.'s Google as too "woke."

Elon Musk Voices Support For California Bill Requiring Safety Tests On AI Models

Reuters | Tuesday August 27, 2024

Earlier in the day, Microsoft backed OpenAI voiced support for another AI bill from California, called AB 3211, that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content.

OpenAI Says California's Controversial AI Bill Will Hurt Innovation

Shirin Ghaffary, Bloomberg | Thursday August 22, 2024

SB 1047, introduced by Wiener, aims to enact what his office has called "common sense safety standards" for companies that make large AI models above a specific size and cost threshold.

Why Is Big Tech Opposing California Bill On Artificial Intelligence?

Reuters | Wednesday August 21, 2024, San Francisco

California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad opposition.

AI-led Demand For Data Centres In India To Drive Additional 500 MW Capacity In 4 Years: Avendus Capital

Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 21, 2024, New Delhi

India is among the fastest-growing data centre markets globally; it has seen overall capacities doubling to about 1,011 megawatt (MW) in 2023 from about 540 MW in 2019

OpenAI Signs Content Deal With New Yorker, Vogue Owner Conde Nast

Reuters | Wednesday August 21, 2024

OpenAI has signed similar deals with the Time magazine, Financial Times, Business Insider-owner Axel Springer, France's Le Monde and Spain's Prisa Media over the past few months.

Authors Sue Claude AI's Maker For Copyright Infringement Over AI Training

Reuters | Wednesday August 21, 2024

The complaint, filed on Monday by writers and journalists Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson, said that Anthropic used pirated versions of their works and others to teach Claude to respond to human prompts.

Google Brings 'AI Overviews' To India With Country-First Features

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 16, 2024, New Delhi

Tech giant Google has announced to bring its 'AI Overviews' feature to six new countries, including India.

AI In Indian Healthcare Market To Reach $1.6 Billion By 2025: Report

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 13, 2024, New Delhi

As per the report, in pharma and life science, 82 per cent of the surveyed organisations have adopted AI in small scale and intend to scale up in 2024, with 12 per cent having already integrated AI into their functional process.

Maharashtra Think Tank Roadmap Aims To Make State "AI Capital Of India"

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 13, 2024, Mumbai

MITRA has recommended the development of sovereign AI with the establishment of a joint government and private sector company with 49 per cent - 51 per cent equity holding through a competitive selection process involving credible IT companies.

Elon Musk's X Faces Privacy Complaints Over Data Use In Europe

Agence France-Presse | Monday August 12, 2024, Vienna

A Vienna-based privacy campaign group lodged complaints in eight European countries against Elon Musk's X on Monday over "unlawfully" feeding the personal data of users into its artificial intelligence technology without their consent.

Amidst AI Push, Cisco To Lay Off Thousands In Second Job Cut This Year, Sources Say

Reuters | Monday August 12, 2024

The number of people affected could be similar to or slightly higher than the 4,000 employees Cisco laid off in February. The company employed around 84,900 people as of July 2023.

AI Can Make People Bond With Bots More Than Humans, OpenAI Worries

Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 10, 2024, San Francisco, United States

OpenAI says it is concerned that a realistic voice feature for its artificial intelligence might cause people to bond with the bot at the cost of human interactions.

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