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Source: Live Mint Teleperformance SE, the largest call centre operator in the world, is deploying artificial intelligence across its centres in India to ‘soften’ the accents of English-speaking Indian employees, according to a Bloomberg report. The company says it would make them more ‘understandable’. Notably, Teleperformance provides customer support to major companies like Apple, Samsung,…
Source: Live Mint Artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications cannot fully replace people, Nandan Nilekani believes. And that’s because “mechanistic” process is unable to replicate “uniquely human” qualities, the Infosys co-founder said. Speaking to Moneycontrol at an AIMA event, Nilekani stated that AI will never replace human skills such as collaboration, creativity, empathy and leadership…
Source: Live Mint The event horizon is a boundary that marks the outer edge of black holes, the point from which nothing can escape – not even light. AI singularity refers to when artificial intelligence (AI) surpasses human intelligence, leading to rapid, unpredictable technological growth – it’s known as artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Hence,…
Source: Live Mint Rabbit, the AI-focused company that garnered attention last year with its wearable AI assistant, has resurfaced this week, unveiling a new demonstration of its latest innovation—the Android AI agent. The company released a preview video showcasing the AI’s ability to perform various tasks on an Android device based on user prompts. According…
Source: Live Mint Microsoft has made a significant leap in quantum computing with the introduction of Majorana 1, a revolutionary quantum chip powered by a new topological core. This development could bring practical quantum computing much sooner than expected. Here are the five most important things to know about this breakthrough: 1. A Brand-New State…
Source: Live Mint Grok 3 launch LIVE Updates: Elon Musk’s xAI is all set to release Grok 3 chatbot today. Elon Musk has described Grok 3 as the “smartest AI on Earth.” The live demo of Grok 3 is expected to be held at 10.00 am IST on Tuesday, February 18. The Grok AI chatbot…
Source: Live Mint Mr Altman’s prediction taps into an established school of thought. As large language models first gained popularity in the early 2020s, economists and bosses were hopeful that they, and other AI tools, would level the playing field, with lower-skilled workers benefiting most. Software capable of handling tasks such as protein-folding and poetry-writing…
Source: Live Mint Director-writer Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-film Her, coincidentally set in 2025, depicts a gentle but doomed romance between a lonely writer Theodore and his personal operating system Samantha. In the end (spoiler alert), Theodore breaks down as he discovers Samantha is in a relationship with 8,316 other people and computers, and in love…
Source: Live Mint The attempt at global harmony ended in cacophony. As Emmanuel Macron’s ai summit drew to a close on February 11th J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, bluntly set out an America-first vision for artificial intelligence, castigated Europe for being too rule-bound and left before the usual group photograph. eu countries, for their part, struck…
Source: Live Mint For most startups, a buyout offer nearing $100bn is something to be celebrated. But OpenAI is not like other startups—and Elon Musk is not like other acquirers. On February 11th a consortium led by the world’s richest man made an unsolicited $97bn bid for the assets of the non-profit entity that controls…
