New Delhi, 19/2: Microsoft on Wednesday said it will invest $50 billion by the end of the decade to expand artificial intelligence (AI) access across countries in the Global South, including India. According to Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, the proposed investment includes $17.5 billion announced for India.
New Delhi, 19/2: Tech giant Google on Wednesday said it will develop strategic fibre-optic routes between the United States, India and multiple locations across the Southern Hemisphere to bolster networks for artificial intelligence (AI). The company plans to strengthen the AI infrastructure through a new initiative called the “America-India Connect”.
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the move to bring out the second part of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ needs to be seen with caution as it could be yet another attempt to spread hatred through blatant lies. Vijayan’s statement came in the backdrop of the online release of the…
Paris, 18/2: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday shared an AI-generated picture of himself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in celebration of India-France friendship. When friends connect, innovation follows. Ready for The AI Impact Summit!” Macron posted referring to the ongoing impact summit in New Delhi
New Delhi, 18/2: Galgotias University has released an official statement addressing the controversy regarding their ‘robodog’ at the India Impact AI Summit. The representatives reportedly presented a China-made robot dog as their own creation, and were subsequently asked to vacate their stall at the Summit after authorities discovered it.
New Delhi, 18/2: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday said India is poised for an “extraordinary trajectory” in artificial intelligence and emphasised the company’s commitment to partnering in the country’s AI transformation. AI is the biggest platform shift of our lifetime,” Pichai said, highlighting its potential to address challenges at scale, from improving healthcare diagnostics…
Mumbai, 18/2: In what snowballed into a major political issue in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Maha Yuti revoked the decision of granting 5 per cent reservations to Muslims. In 2014 when the Congress-NCP Democratic Front government was in power, the Muslim community, under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) category, was given reservation in educational…
Washington DC, 18/2: United States has increased its military presence in the Middle East by deploying more than 50 fighter jets in the last 24 hours. This comes even as the US pushes ahead with fresh diplomatic engagement with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme. While an US official said both nations “made progress” in the…
New Delhi, 18/2: Signalling its intent to move on from the acrimony of the past, New Delhi on Tuesday reached out to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was once known for its hostility to India and now emerged as the principal Opposition party in Bangladesh. Even as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attended the swearing-in ceremony of Tarique…
Guwahati, 17/2: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said Sonia Gandhi had asked him to get ready for his swearing-in as CM amid conflict with Tarun Gogoi way back in 2014-2015 but Rahul Gandhi blocked the process. Sarma was referring to the crisis in Congress between 2013 and 2015 due the conflict between him…
