New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) India has the potential to give the US a further edge in the race for AI adoption, with American tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon already committing billions of dollars in investments to build AI hubs across India, according to an article in Arab News.These investments are aimed to ensure that US-designed technology forms the backbone of the Global South’s largest economy. If the future of the digital world is built on US-Indian infrastructure, the world…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 (IANS) Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Chief Executive Officer of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), has underscored a decisive shift towards outcome-oriented scientific research during his visit to the CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR–NIIST), here. Interacting with scientists at the Thiruvananthapuram-based institute, Kalyanaraman stressed that India’s evolving research ecosystem must prioritise measurable societal…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Tesla and xAI CEO Elon Musk has testified in a high-stakes trial against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence firm and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the organisation’s founding nonprofit mission in favour of commercial interests.Reports claim that the case in a federal court in Oakland centres on Musk’s claim that OpenAI deviated from its original goal of developing safe AI for the benefit of humanity and instead evolved into a profit-driven entity compe…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Bengaluru remains a prominent talent hub for India’s top companies hiring in the silicon valley of the country, followed closely by Hyderabad, a new report showed on Tuesday.Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai also continue to be hiring hubs, where companies are looking for professionals who combine technical fluency with human skills like communication and problem‑solving – the capabilities AI cannot replace, according to the report by LinkedIn.Based on signals from the …
Seoul, April 28 (IANS) Seoul stocks briefly topped the 6,700-point level on Tuesday, set to reach another milestone, driven by large-cap tech shares ahead of earnings releases from big US tech companies.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) hit an intraday high of 6,712.73 points in the morning session, reports Yonhap news agency.The new peak came ahead of first-quarter earnings releases from the Magnificent 7 (M7) companies in the United States, including Apple, Microsoft and …
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Elon Musk and Sam Altman — once allies in building what they envisioned as a nonprofit safeguard against runaway AI — were set to face each other in a federal courtroom on Monday as a jury begins to decide whether Altman betrayed that founding promise by steering OpenAI toward a $852 billion commercial empire, as per reports.The trial, which opens with jury selection in Oakland, California, centres on allegations that OpenAI — co-founded in 2015 with early funding f…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has reportedly withdrawn fraud claims against OpenAI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, narrowing the scope of his lawsuit on the eve of trial.As per reports, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a US court judge, has allowed Musk to streamline the case, leaving just two claims, unjust enrichment and breach of charitable trust, out of the 26 included in his November 2024 complaint.Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday in a federal co…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Tech giants Meta Platforms and Microsoft may cut thousands of jobs and offer voluntary buyouts, as the technology firms step up efforts to streamline operations amid heavy investments in artificial intelligence (AI), according to multiple reports.Meta reportedly told employees in an internal memo that it plans to cut about 10 per cent of its workforce or roughly 8,000 jobs, starting May 20.The Mark Zuckerberg-backed firm has also decided not to fill around 6,000 open p…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Haryana government is moving rapidly towards establishing the state as a global hub for electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM), IT, animation, visual effects, gaming, and comics sectors.The government is formulating an industrial policy that will not only be highly attractive for investors but will also accelerate large-scale employment generation, innovation, and cutting-edge technological development.Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, while interacting…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Microsoft-owned platform LinkedIn is testing an “AI labour marketplace” that could pay employees up to Rs 14,000 or $150 an hour to help train AI chatbots, according to a report.A report from Business Insider said that LinkedIn is in early‑stage trials and has listed over a dozen roles for AI trainers who will rate responses from AI models, flag errors and perform “red teaming” to expose weaknesses.Job openings span across sectors including coding, finance, h…