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How Microsoft's Satya Nadella became tech's steely-eyed AI gambler
Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, had his eyes on a Silicon Valley startup called Inflection AI. The company's CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, was one of the founders of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind.
Under Bhashini, IISc to open source 16,000 hours of speech data
Bhashini’s Vaani project, led by IISc-ARTPARK and Google, is open-sourcing 16,000 hours of speech from 80 districts and 150,000 hours from one million people across 773 districts in India. The Gates Foundation funds it. The project records 200 hours per district, supporting AI development in 58 language variants, with Karya assisting data collection.
India has potential to become intelligence capital of the world: Nvidia executive
India, leveraging skilled manpower and accelerated computing, can become the intelligence capital, said Vishal Dhupar of Nvidia. Nvidia aims to build sovereign AI infrastructure, moving India to the global front office. At an event on purpose-built PCs with Nvidia GPUs, Dhupar emphasized improvements in AI multimodality, cost-efficient GPUs, and software optimisation for harnessing capabilities from text to DNA.
Use Ola Maps: Bhavish Aggarwal urges developers to exit Google maps
Bhavish Aggarwal, founder of Ola, has urged developers to transition to Ola Maps in a bold move aimed at challenging Google maps dominance. Aggarwal emphasised the benefits of using Ola Maps over Google maps, highlighting its innovative features and seamless integration capabilities.
IBM launches GenAI innovation centre in Kochi
IBM's GenAI Innovation Center in Kochi, part of the IBM India Software Lab, supports AI development in India. Using LLMs, InstructLab, and watsonx, it aids enterprise-grade AI integration, focusing on healthcare and sustainability. Managed by IBM experts, the center enhances productivity and innovation for enterprises and startups.
Focus on autonomous vehicles, EU expansion drive KPIT’s growth
Despite global challenges like supply chain issues and the rise of AI, KPIT Technologies has continued to grow, CEO Kishor Patil told ET. This is due to the company's smart investments in areas like EVs and self-driving cars, along with their timely expansion into European markets, he added.
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Ola has exited Google maps, moved to in-house navigation system: Bhavish Aggarwal
Bhavish Aggarwal, cofounder of Ola Cabs, said the company will now use its in-house navigation system, exiting Google Maps. This comes a month after Ola took its IT workload off Microsoft Azure. The ride-hailing company will add features, including street view, neural radiance fields, indoor images, 3D maps and drone maps to Ola Maps, Aggarwal said in a post on X.
AI is bringing back Hollywood voices from the past, but with consent
AI voice startup ElevenLabs, which develops tools and models to regenerate voices in different accents and languages, has secured permission from the estates of deceased Hollywood actors to use their voices for its app Reader. This app takes online content like newsletters, articles, PDF files and converts them into voice-overs.
Global experts, CISOs, founders to converge at Accel Cybersecurity Summit in Bengaluru on July 25
The summit comes when India's cybersecurity landscape is witnessing remarkable growth, and demand for products and services is rising at a fast clip. Accel has been operating in India since 2008. The global venture capital firm said, "Accel is set to host India's largest Cybersecurity Summit in Bengaluru,"
On A(I) Mission, Centre may go with Indian intel
GPUs are currently a precious resource for the AI industry and are manufactured only by a handful of American companies like Nvidia, Intel, and AMD. Sources said Indian data firms can procure GPU units and then provide them to local firms, startups, academics and researchers at a subsidised rate, for all use cases.
Telangana in talks with CDAC to set up 20 petaflops compute capacity in Hyderabad
Telangana has requested the IT ministry to establish compute capacity in the proposed AI city in Hyderabad under the National Supercomuting Mission, saying that the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) has shown interest for the same. If the government agrees, some land will be given to them to set this up, Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan told ET.
IndiaAI Summit | Keeping India in mind: OpenAI official
OpenAI, the maker of viral chatbot ChatGPT, makes important decisions based on the India market, the company's vice president Srinivas Narayanan said at the Global IndiaAI Summit. The executive also pointed out that AI has strengthened in India's dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem, pledging support to India's Rs 10,000 crore AI mission.
India’s bid to make GPAI as AI regulator gets global support
India has emerged successful in making the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) the leading platform for international cooperation on AI governance. This includes establishing regulations and a unified global framework for responsible AI development and implementation.
Google to simplify disclosures for digitally altered content in election ads
The update to the disclosure requirements under the political content policy requires marketers to select a checkbox in the "altered or synthetic content" section of their campaign settings.
Google Translate to soon add 110 languages with help of AI
Google Translate will soon use its large language model PaLM 2 to support 110 languages, its largest expansion ever. The tech now supports 243 languages in total.
Synopsys will help Tata Electronics design custom chips
US-based chip design company Synopsys will help Tata Electronics in multiple aspects of its fab facility—India’s first—coming up in Gujarat and its assembly and testing unit in Assam, chief executive Sassine Ghazi told ET. Ghazi also met with Tata Electronics CEO Randhir Thakur and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran in Mumbai. He held talks with Ola Cabs chief Bhavish Aggarwal in Bengaluru.
After iPhone, Foxconn’s next big revenue project in India is AI servers
Contract manufacturer Foxconn said it has plans to begin manufacturing AI servers—the high-performance computing engines that train and run artificial intelligence (AI) models—at its Indian facilities, sources told ET.
Meta AI rolls out in India on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram
With this, people can use Meta AI in feeds and chats across its apps to get things done, create content, and deep dive into topics, without having to leave the app they are using, according to a statement by the social media giant.
Genesys International set to launch its AI-powered maps
Genesys International is set to launch AI-powered navigation maps for the mobility markets, featuring a navigable road network in India covering 8.3 million kilometers and over 30 million points of interest.
MeitY to kick off Rs 10,000-crore IndiaAI Mission on July 3
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will launch the IndiaAI Mission with a budget of Rs 10,372 crore and started inviting nominations from top institutes, such as IITs, NITs etc, for students who are undertaking projects in artificial intelligence (AI), according to reports.
Pocket FM in partnership with US-based AI voice ElevenLabs
Pocket FM stated that this partnership aims to enhance the inclusivity and accessibility of audio series creation, providing writers with streamlined tools at their fingertips. Pocket FM anticipates tripling its content library this year, highlighting that its initial trials with the new technology resulted in the production of over 30,000 hours of audio series.
Salesforce, its partners expected to create 1.8 million new jobs in India by 2028: IDC report
Salesforce in India is set to create 1.8 million jobs and $88.6 billion in revenues by 2028 through AI-driven initiatives. The company's focus on public sector solutions and digital lending reflects its commitment to India's growth.
Google launches Gemini mobile app in India, available in 9 Indian languages
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Tuesday that the tech giant has launched the Gemini mobile app in India, available in English and nine Indian languages. The company will also add local languages to Gemini Advanced, along with other new features.
India a hotbed for startups and key market for Google Cloud: global sales head
Google Cloud's president-global sales, Matt Renner, highlighted India's significance as a key global market for startups. Renner emphasized the company's increased investments in Indian startups, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence innovation.
India’s tech spending to grow highest in APAC in 2024: Forrester
Technology spending in India is projected to grow by 10.8% to reach approximately $54.5 billion in 2024, the highest in Asia Pacific regions, as per a Forrester report. The spending in AI-augmented software and services will lead the growth in IT categories.
SAS India business to grow faster than other markets, top executive says
The company aims to upgrade its 400-odd customers to its generative AI platform SAS Viya over the next one year, Riad Gydien, executive VP and chief sales officer at SAS, told ET.
New govt to build on past success in tech; more initiatives in offing, says IT Secretary
NDA set to form government for a third term, IT Secretary S Krishnan discusses tech initiatives. Meity to continue new initiatives, build on past successes.
Data protection, AI rules top tech’s wishlist for next govt
Technology policy lawyers, think tanks and policy groups are making a list of priority items for the new leadership at the IT ministry after the results of the general elections. The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules seem to top the list, along with regulation of AI and the Digital India Bill.
Indian AI firms may face extra costs as EU’s AI Act kicks in
The European Union wrapped up approval of the world's first law governing AI development last week. This legislation takes a tiered approach, setting varying compliance timelines and regulations based on the potential risk each AI system poses. Generally applicable AI will have a year to comply, while high-risk systems get up to three years.
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