New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Growing concerns over China’s rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are driving an unprecedented alignment between US lawmakers and Silicon Valley, with both sides increasingly viewing the technology race as a strategic and economic battle, a report said.At the Hill and Valley Forum, a platform aimed at bridging ties between Washington and Big Tech, leaders from government and industry signalled rare consensus that competition with China in AI has become cri…
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Bengaluru, March 26 (IANS) Responding to comparisons between Bengaluru and Hyderabad, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, stated that he does not wish to compare Bengaluru, which stands in sixth position as a global tech hub with Hyderabad, which is placed 26th.Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Dy CM Shivakumar, who also handles the Bengaluru Development portfolio, said, “According to a recent report, Bengaluru is among the top 10 global tech hubs. San Francisco ranks first, f…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla on Tuesday made a bold prediction that by 2050, people may not even need jobs as Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance rapidly across sectors.Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 here, Khosla said the future of jobs will become much clearer in the coming decades as AI systems grow more powerful and capable.He asserted that by 2025, it will be evident that traditional employment structures …
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Lyricist Prasoon Joshi, who is also the Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, attended a special panel of Motion Picture Association (MPA), in association with FICCI at AI Impact Summit 2026. After the panel discussion, he spoke with IANS, and shared his thoughts on the AI boom and India’s global stature in the world of AI.The discussion underscored that while AI is accelerating production capabilities and expanding creative possibilities, storytelling, …
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Leading startup founders and experts on Monday said that artificial intelligence (AI) is not a luxury but a necessity, which will make service delivery easier for the masses in India, as the country kicked off the five-day ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ here.Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the mega event, Ankit Modi, founding member and Chief Product Officer at healthcare company Qure.ai, said that due to a large population, there is a lot of potential for AI develop…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Indian and Israeli officials joined technology executives and investors in Silicon Valley this week to deepen cooperation in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, warning that the fast rise of AI brings both opportunity and risk.The India–Israel AI-Cybersecurity Connect, held February 11 in Palo Alto, drew more than 130 founders, venture capitalists, and cybersecurity experts. The event was hosted by the Consulate General of India in San Francisco, the Consulate …
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) India is “well poised” to become the global leader in AI adoption and could see its GDP growth cross 10 per cent in the next two years if it focuses strongly on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Umesh Sachdev, CEO and co-founder of Uniphore, said ahead of the next week’s India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. “We are at a very interesting point in the AI rollout in the world,” Sachdev told IANS in an exclusive interview. Uniphore serves customers in 20 countries, works with a…
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, expressed confidence that the state will implement the pending Mekedatu and Upper Krishna projects if the Central government grants the necessary approvals. “We are hopeful that the Centre will extend its cooperation,” he said at the inaugural session of the International Dam Safety Conference held at the J.N. Tata Auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science here.”You are all…
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) India, which is hosting the International Artificial Intelligence Summit next week, ranks at the top in diffusion of AI skills and AI hiring in an international ranking of countries harnessing the power of AI. India comes second in economic competitiveness in the 2026 Global Vibrancy Index (GVI) produced by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centred AI.Only the US has a better score in this category.Overall, in the GVI, India now ranks behind only the United Stat…
Los Angeles, Feb 10 (IANS) Hollywood star Michael Douglas, who played the iconic character Gordon Gekko in the Oliver Stone-directed 1987 crime drama “Wall Street”, later learned that two actors had turned down the role before he was even approached. Speaking at the TCM Classic Film Festival New York Pop-up x 92NY event, the 81-year-old actor said: “I must say, we were talking just before, while doing a little preparation for this, since I have not seen the movie fully in about 40 years … …