Artificial intelligence

Govt join hands with IBM for Train-the-Trainer programme

The programme will involve 14 trainers across seven locations with over 200 workshops during a one-year period.

Sep 18, 2019, 18:11 PM IST

Huawei's Kirin 990 chip to be available in India soon

The Kirin 990, which is also the world's first 5G-integrated mobile chipset, is also the first mobile SoC to come with 10.3 billion transistors, thus making it incredibly fast and efficient.

Sep 18, 2019, 11:41 AM IST

Oracle, Microsoft expand Cloud ties to boost office productivity

The integration of Oracle Digital Assistant and Teams provides customers with a frictionless work environment to boost productivity and faster decision making.

Sep 18, 2019, 11:23 AM IST

Lenovo launches new-gen ThinkPad, ThinkCentre PCs in India

The newly launched smarter enterprise PC portfolio includes ThinkPad T490 and X390, ThinkCentre Nano and Nano IoT, ThinkPad P43s and ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 mobile workstations.

Sep 17, 2019, 15:32 PM IST

Zomato lays off 541 employees across support teams, blames it on AI and automation

The reason behind the move is an improved Zomato platform with Artificial Intelligence-driven bots and automation in resolving customer queries that has led to an overall reduction in direct order-related support queries.

Sep 07, 2019, 18:27 PM IST

IFA 2019: AI, 5G, IoT to shape digital future

 Samsung said 5G and IoT will connect phones with TVs and kitchens to transform everyday lifestyles.

Sep 06, 2019, 16:12 PM IST

Microsoft admits contractors listen to Skype, Cortana chats

The revelation came after Motherboard found contractors were listening to audio from both Skype and Cortana, including sensitive and personal conversations of Microsoft customers.

Aug 16, 2019, 14:46 PM IST

Ola acquires Bengaluru-based AI start-up Pikup.ai

Pikup.ai uses autonomous technologies like artificial intelligence, computer vision and sensor fusion to provides seamless AI-powered solutions for businesses.

Aug 13, 2019, 15:40 PM IST

Intel trains 1.5 lakh students, developers to boost AI in India

Intel hosted its premier global AI developer event, the Intel AI DevCamp in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Aug 08, 2019, 16:24 PM IST

AI helps identify new breast cancer types

Published in the NPJ Breast Cancer journal, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, applied AI and machine learning (ML) to gene sequences and molecular data from breast tumours, to reveal crucial differences among these cancer types.

Aug 06, 2019, 15:16 PM IST

New AI technique to help air travellers save money

 The models consider various price factors such as flight origin, destination, the timing of travel and duration of a trip to assign a value on demand.

Aug 02, 2019, 16:32 PM IST

AI tool predicts cell behaviours during diseases, treatment

According to the researchers, scGen is a generative deep learning model that leverages ideas from image, sequence and language processing and applies them to model the behaviour of a cell performed on computer or via computer simulation.

Jul 31, 2019, 15:13 PM IST

AI predicts long-term mortality from chest X-ray data

The findings of this study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, could help to identify patients most likely to benefit from screening and preventive medicine for heart disease, lung cancer and other conditions.

Jul 22, 2019, 15:23 PM IST

Instagram to let you restrict bullies without notifying them

You can choose to make a restricted person's comments visible to others by approving their comments.

Jul 09, 2019, 17:42 PM IST

Microsoft launches AI digital labs in India, to train 1.5 lakh students

As part of the three-year programme, Microsoft will support the select institutions with infrastructure, curriculum and content, access to cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) services as well as developer support, Microsoft said in a statement.

Jun 14, 2019, 10:10 AM IST

5G based industrial-use AI app launched in Finland

The company said it believed the application was the first of its kind in the world with the actual industrial usage, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Jun 06, 2019, 10:49 AM IST

How are you, Tim Apple? Indian student asks Cook

Before Tim Cook could answer that, the floor burst into laughter.

Jun 05, 2019, 15:20 PM IST

AI detects new class of mutations behind autism

Published in the journal Nature Genetics, the researchers analysed the genomes of 1,790 families in which one child has autism spectrum disorder but other members do not.

May 28, 2019, 13:27 PM IST

AI to double innovation rate in India by 2021: Study

While only one-third of organisations in India have embarked on their AI journeys, those companies that have adopted this technology expect it to increase their competitiveness by 2.3 times in 2021, said the study that surveyed 200 business leaders and 202 workers in the country.

May 28, 2019, 10:45 AM IST

Facebook AI to stop notifications about deceased ones

In 2015, Facebook introduced a feature that lets people choose a legacy contact - a family member or friend entrusted to care for their Facebook account when they pass away.

Apr 10, 2019, 12:12 PM IST