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Narayana Murthy Was Asked How AI Will Hurt Job Prospects. His Response

May 17, 2024 admin

Narayan Murthy saidthat theconcern about AI replacing jobs is”overblown”. New Delhi: The rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across industries worldwide has made tasks efficient and easier. And with that, there’s also been a growing concern about potential job losses to the technology. However, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy believes the concern about AI replacing jobs is “overblown”. In a…

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Tamil Nadu Forest Department Uses AI To Track Elephant Movements

November 1, 2023 admin

This area has seen several tragic elephant deaths due to collisions with trains. Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Forest Department’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) based surveillance mechanism, established on a pilot project basis, started recording elephant movements on railway track in Madhukkarai in Coimbatore, a senior government official said on Wednesday. The surveillance system has 12 towers…

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Britain To Invest 300 Million Pounds In AI Supercomputing

November 1, 2023 admin

Britain said on Wednesday it would boost funding for two supercomputers. (Representational) London: Britain said on Wednesday it would boost funding for two supercomputers which will support research into making advanced artificial intelligence models safe. Funding for the “AI Research Resource” will be increased to 300 million pounds ($363.57 million) from a previously announced 100…

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There Is Above-Zero Chance That AI Will Kill Us All, Says Elon Musk

November 1, 2023 admin

London: Tesla CEO and ‘X’ owner, Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could endanger the existence of human civilisation. “There is some chance, above zero, that AI will kill us all. I think it’s slow but there is some chance. I think this also concerns the fragility of human civilization. If you…

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UK To Set Up World’s First AI Safety Institute: Rishi Sunak

October 26, 2023 admin

Rishi Sunak will host AI companies representatives, political leaders and experts next week (File) London: Britain will set up the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) safety institute, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday before he hosts a gathering next week of representatives of AI companies, political leaders and experts. The institute “will advance the…

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Has AI passed the Turing test yet? | Explained

October 17, 2023 admin

In 1950, British computer scientist Alan Turing proposed an experimental method for answering the question: can machines think? He suggested if a human couldn’t tell whether they were speaking to an artificially intelligent (AI) machine or another human after five minutes of questioning, this would demonstrate AI has human-like intelligence. Although AI systems remained far…

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In Prime Minister Narendra Modi And Sundar Pichai’s Chat, AI For Good Governance To Reach Of GPay

October 16, 2023 admin

PM Modi interacted with Google CEO Sundar Pichai New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacted with Google CEO Sundar Pichai today. They discussed Google’s plan to participate in expanding the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India. The Prime Minister appreciated Google’s partnership with HP to manufacture Chromebooks in India. PM Modi acknowledged Google’s 100 languages…

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Tech Companies Using 183,000 Books To Train AI. The Problem is…

October 9, 2023 admin

The collection of books includes erotic fiction to prose poetry genres. (Representational Image) Nearly 200,000 books are being used by some of the biggest companies in technology to train their generative AI models, according to a report by The Atlantic. Books by famous authors including J.K. Rowling, Amitav Ghosh, Rupi Kaur, and Neil Gaiman are…

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Brain implants could restore paralysed patients’ arm movements

September 28, 2023 admin

This image from video, provided by UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences, taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows University of Pittsburgh researcher Robert Gaunt preparing Nathan Copeland for research testing if brain implants could help the paralyzed man feel sensation in his own hand while using a mind-controlled robotic arm. Recently, a paralysed Swiss man became the first person…

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Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Announce Plans To Tackle All Human Disease By 2100

September 26, 2023 admin

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan recently announced their plans to help eradicate human diseases by 2100. In a statement, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) – Zuckerberg and Chan’s foundation – announced that they aim to develop a computing system that…

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