Category: Internet

India plans to overhaul rules governing use of the internet, potentially altering business practices for Silicon Valley giants operating in the world’s biggest market. A first draft of the new law will be published in June, which is expected to carry proposals on a range of topics with the goal of creating an environment where […]

An Indian research group backed by Microsoft and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is using generative AI, the technology behind chatbot sensation ChatGPT, for a mobile assistant that aims to make information on government schemes accessible in multiple languages. The Jugalbandi bot, named after a duet where two musicians riff off each other, uses language models […]

Visual messaging app Snapchat has crossed 200 million monthly active users mark in India and 120 million of them watch content on the platform, parent firm Snap said on Tuesday. The company on the occasion announced the launch of an experimental AI-powered chatbot customised for Snapchat, My AI, that can recommend birthday gift ideas, plan […]

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, said on Tuesday it had raised $450 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crore) from investors including Alphabet‘s Google and Spark Capital. The latest round brings Anthropic‘s total funding to nearly $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,300 crore), making it one of the most well-funded […]

China’s Lenovo Group on Wednesday reported a 24 percent fall in revenue for the January-March quarter, meeting market expectations, as demand for personal computers (PCs) continued to slump. The world’s largest PC maker said fourth-quarter revenue was $12.63 billion (roughly Rs. 1,04,497 crore), down 24 percent from the same period a year earlier and marking […]

Microsoft added AI into the Bing search engine and Edge Web browser earlier this year. Now, Windows, which is used by millions more people, is receiving AI capabilities now. The Satya Nadella-led company on Tuesday introduced a Copilot AI assistant to Windows 11. The Windows Copilot will be integrated directly into Windows 11 and can […]

Apple on Tuesday said it has entered a multi-billion-dollar deal with chipmaker Broadcom to use chips made in the United States. Under the multi-year deal, Broadcom will develop 5G radio frequency components with Apple that will be designed and built in several U.S. facilities, including Fort Collins, Colorado, where Broadcom has a major factory, Apple […]

WWDC 2023 — Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference — will begin with a keynote event on June 5, the company confirmed on Tuesday. The Cupertino company has revealed the schedule for the first day of the developer conference where it is expected to unveil upcoming versions of its iOS, macOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems. Apple […]

Tapping into the growing popularity of Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Google Pay in conjunction with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday announced the capability for users to make UPI payments with RuPay credit cards.  With this development, users can link their RuPay credit cards with Google Pay to seamlessly pay at all […]

ChatGPT is often cited as the most rapidly adopted consumer product of all time. Quite aside from its technological capabilities, the success of ChatGPT is an impressive feat of marketing — and I hope it heralds a new wave of campaigns based not on pandering but on authenticity. ChatGPT was released last November more as […]

The Consumer Affairs Ministry has issued an advisory directing retailers not to insist on the personal contact details of customers for delivering certain services, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said on Tuesday. The advisory has been issued following several consumer complaints. Customers have complained about many retailers not providing them services if they refuse […]

Adobe on Tuesday said it is adding artificial intelligence (AI) technology for generating imagery into Photoshop, its flagship software for editing images. The San Jose, California-based company said it was the start of a major push to add such AI technologies to its suite of programs aimed at creative professionals. While programs such as OpenAI’s […]

EU competition regulators appealed to the bloc’s highest court on Tuesday to override a lower tribunal and make Apple pay a record 13 billion euros ($14.3 billion, roughly Rs. 1,18,450 crore) in Irish back taxes. The case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s campaign […]

Nearly 60,000 outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India’s information technology sector in the year ending in March as jobs for flexi workers hired through contractors by companies shrank 7.7 percent from a year earlier, a recruitment body said on Tuesday. “The drop in new employment generation within the IT flexi staffing sector mirrored the […]

Bing chat has been updated with support for features like chat history, charts and visualisations, video overlays, privacy improvements, and the ability to export answers. Microsoft announced a few nifty upgrades for its generative AI tool earlier this month and has now confirmed that they are rolling out to users. The company announced on May […]

TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana’s new ban on the use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service. TikTok argues the ban, which would take effect on January 1, violates the First Amendment rights of the company and users. The lawsuit, filed in US […]

A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon briefly went viral and caused a ten-minute-long dip on the markets on Monday, stoking further talk that generative AI could cause problems to society. The image, which many observers suspected came from artificial intelligence, was spread by several accounts, forcing the Pentagon to comment that there was […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that it’s hard to avoid – even if we might not recognise it. While ChatGPT and the use of algorithms in social media get lots of attention, an important area where AI promises to have an impact is the law. The idea of […]

Online gaming companies will be required to deduct taxes at source if players claim their net winnings, including bonuses or incentives, according to guidelines issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes. However, bonuses or incentives will not be taxed if they are not claimed or withdrawn, the agency said. Net winnings will be calculated […]

ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI is testing how to gather broad input on decisions impacting its artificial intelligence, its president Greg Brockman said on Monday. At AI Forward, an event in San Francisco hosted by Goldman Sachs Group and SV Angel, Brockman discussed the broad contours of how the maker of the wildly popular chatbot is seeking […]

Depression and anxiety are two of the most common mental health illnesses in the United States, although more than half of those affected are neither identified nor treated. Mental health doctors are investigating the role of popular wearable fitness monitors in delivering data that could warn wearers of potential health hazards in the hopes of […]

Italy’s data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee Europe’s data privacy regime known […]

Intel on Monday provided a handful of new details on a chip for artificial intelligence (AI) computing it plans to introduce in 2025 as it shifts strategy to compete against Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. At a supercomputing conference in Germany on Monday, Intel said its forthcoming “Falcon Shores” chip will have 288GB of memory and support […]

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud and the launch of its new offering — TCS Generative AI which leverages Google Cloud’s generative AI services, to design and deploy custom-tailored business solutions.  Building on its domain knowledge across multiple verticals and investments, TCS has developed a large portfolio of […]

Italy’s data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee Europe’s data privacy regime known […]

Alan Wake II, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2010 atmospheric horror game, will release in October. That’s according to the eponymous protagonist’s voice actor Matthew Porretta, who during the ‘Monsters, Madness and Magic’ podcast claimed that the title was eyeing an October release and that developer Remedy Entertainment is hard at work on it. […]

As rumours of a Bloodborne PC port or remaster continue circling years after its release on the PS4, there is now evidence confirming the existence of one. In a tweet, renowned Dark Souls modder and dataminer Lance McDonald claims to have spotted curiously-named screenshots that point toward a full retail PC version of the game. […]

A fraud in northern China that used sophisticated “deepfake” technology to convince a man to transfer money to a supposed friend has sparked concern about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to aid financial crimes. China has been tightening scrutiny of such technology and apps amid a rise in AI-driven fraud, mainly involving the […]

WhatsApp has been spotted working on a new feature that will allow users to quickly share an image on their smartphone as a sticker in the popular chat application. A feature tracker has discovered the existence of a feature that is still in development, that could eliminate the need for third-party sticker maker apps. WhatsApp […]