Artificial intelligence

Atal Innovation Mission, NASSCOM launch ATL AI Step Up Module for school students

The module is the next step in bringing Artificial Intelligence to classrooms and is a successor to the AI Base module launched in February this year, according to NITI Aayog.

Aug 15, 2020, 01:56 AM IST

Google builds world’s fastest machine learning training supercomputer that breaks AI performance records

Google said that it achieved these results with ML model implementations in TensorFlow, JAX, and Lingvo. Four of the eight models were trained from scratch in under 30 seconds.

Jul 30, 2020, 12:17 PM IST

AI will be smarter than humans within 5 years, says Elon Musk

This is not the first time that Musk has shown concern related to AI. 

Jul 28, 2020, 14:51 PM IST

Microsoft laying off more staff in news team amid AI shift: Report

Microsoft laid off at least 50 news production workers who were in contract positions, reports say.

Jul 17, 2020, 10:46 AM IST

Nasscom to mentor, fund 17 new deep-tech startups

The start-ups have been selected for a four-month programme that would involve guidance, enterprise connect sessions and exposure to investors and the global start-up ecosystem, the IT industry's apex body said in a statement.

Jul 03, 2020, 18:17 PM IST

Intel unveils AI-driven 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processors

Intel’s new 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processors makes AI inference and training more widely deployable on general-purpose CPUs.

Jun 19, 2020, 11:18 AM IST

India joins leading economies to launch Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

GPAI is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and economic growth.

Jun 15, 2020, 17:38 PM IST

NHAI becomes ‘Fully Digital’ with Data Lake and Project Management Software

The NHAI's entire project management workflow is transformed from manual to the online portal based, wherein the complete project execution operations including ‘workflow with timelines’ and ‘alert mechanism’ have been configured.

Jun 12, 2020, 16:04 PM IST

Microsoft sacks journalists, decides to replace them with robots amid COVID-19 crisis

Microsoft has decided to stop employing humans to select, edit, and curate news articles on its homepages. 

Jun 01, 2020, 19:55 PM IST

Artificial Intelligence may fix your sleep disorders now, suggests study

Because of the vast amounts of data collected by sleep centres, AI and machine learning could advance sleep care, resulting in more accurate diagnoses, prediction of disease and treatment prognosis, characterization of disease subtypes, precision in sleep scoring, and optimization and personalization of sleep treatments.

Mar 02, 2020, 17:49 PM IST

Artificial Intelligence-driven free App to help JEE aspirants

The platform analyses weak areas of students and creates a personalized learning journey based on their learning needs. 

Mar 02, 2020, 15:46 PM IST

CBS, Japanese firm TDI enter into strategic alliance to bring new technologies in India

The alliance is aimed towards not only entering the Japanese market but also serving a huge population of Japanese clients, which are based out of India.

Jan 25, 2020, 16:20 PM IST

AI, machine learning will contribute $1 tn to Indian economy by 2035: Piyush Goyal

According to Goyal, the NSE Knowledge Hub is also available on mobile and attempts to bring together world-class content and learners through this state- of- the- art and future-ready platform.

Jan 07, 2020, 11:10 AM IST

Study finds Google system could improve breast cancer detection

The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, is the latest to show that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the accuracy of screening for breast cancer, which affects one in eight women globally.

Jan 02, 2020, 10:09 AM IST

Artificial Intelligence may predict long-term risks of heart attack, cardiac deaths

Researchers have found that machine learning, patterns and inferences computers use to learn to perform tasks, can predict the long-term risk of heart attack and cardiac death.

Dec 20, 2019, 14:11 PM IST

In a first, judges are AI and verdicts are coming via chat app in China's digital courts

In an apparent effort aimed at encouraging digitization to streamline the handling of legal cases, the court system in the Asian nation will now use cyberspace and technologies like blockchain and cloud computing, the Supreme People’s Court of China said in a new policy paper.

Dec 09, 2019, 14:51 PM IST

Artificial Intelligence can convert 2D images into 3D

The team from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) devised a technique that extends the capabilities of fluorescence microscopy, which allows scientists to precisely label parts of living cells and tissue with dyes that glow under special lighting.

Nov 10, 2019, 16:00 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi calls for bridging gap between human intentions, AI

PM Modi said the emphasis should be on ways to upgrade skills as per the demand.

Oct 20, 2019, 21:35 PM IST

Facebook picks 6 projects from India for AI ethics research

Facebook announced the Ethics in AI research awards in June with a regional focus of India. The proposed budget should be within Rs 10,00,000 to Rs 20,00,000, Facebook said.

Sep 23, 2019, 11:25 AM IST

Google India to set up AI research lab in Bengaluru

The Bangalore-based center aims to deliver world-class research and bring the benefits of AI to everyone.

Sep 19, 2019, 12:24 PM IST