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Source: Live Mint India’s population today has surpassed 1.4 billion (World Bank, 2023). While a significant portion of the population remains young, with those aged 15-29 comprising around 27% (UNFPA, 2023), the number of senior citizens has also surged to more than 10% of the population, or roughly 140 million people (Ministry of Statistics, 2023)….
Source: Live Mint 1. Smarter AI models will intensify AGI fears “Lata has three apples and buys five more. How many does she have now?” Even a 5-year-old can answer eight. Similarly, GenAI models solve this using ‘chain of thought’ reasoning: “Lata starts with three apples. She buys five more, so 3 + 5 =…
Source: Live Mint Artificial Intelligence (AI) may lead to a massive fall in the headcounts of global companies in coming years, a recent report has said. According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, as many as 41% of employees want to reduce their workforce due to AI automation. The report added that…
Source: Live Mint AFTER DECADES of blue-collar jobs being snatched up by machines, advanced chatbots are now breathing down white collars. “Generative” artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, have made significant progress in crafting human-sounding language and grasping context. So much so that they have leapfrogged humans in some tasks. This could make as many…
Source: Live Mint Squid Game 2, the second season of the South Korean dystopian thriller Squid Game, premiered on Netflix on December 26, 2024. The second season gained 68 million views in three days, surpassing Wednesday’s premiere and ranking No. 1 in 92 countries, as per Netflix. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) artist Shahid SK, who…
Source: Live Mint Google is reportedly utilising Claude, an AI system developed by Anthropic, to enhance the performance of its own AI model, Gemini. According toTechCrunch, contractors hired by Google are tasked with evaluating and comparing the outputs of Gemini and Claude in response to identical prompts. The assessments focus on criteria such as truthfulness,…
Source: Live Mint Investors are accustomed to volatility in the semiconductor industry. But recent ups and downs have been especially discombobulating. On October 15th ASML, a supplier of chipmaking gear, reported that orders during its most recent quarter were only half what analysts had expected, causing its shares to plunge. Two days later TSMC, the…
Source: Live Mint The Indian education system is one of the largest in the world with India. With about 65 per cent of the nation’s population under the age of 35, it is imperative to offer the right opportunities for quality education and skill development to drive the growth of the country at large. Artificial…
Source: Live Mint India, with all its diversity, faces significant challenges when it comes to achieving social equity and inclusion. Despite constitutional guarantees, there is a lot of disparity between the haves and have nots, for marginalised communities and even women across domains of education, employment and property ownership, to name a few. AI can…
Source: Live Mint Agriculture contributes to 17 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is the single largest source of employment in India, making innovations in this space critical for growth of the nation. The country’s smallholdings farmers face significant challenges owing to pest infestations, shrinking yields, financial constraints and the increasing impact…
