AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
OpenAI Introduces Academy to Invest in Developers Across the World
Sam Altman-led OpenAI is doubling down to make AI accessible to communities worldwide, starting with low and middle-income countries.
Aditi Suresh ·
Sam Altman Says, ‘The Arrival of Superintelligence Is Just a Few Thousand Days Away’
Siddharth Jindal ·
Mukesh Bansal’s Latest AI Startup Raises $27.5 Million from General Catalyst, Accel
Nurix AI specialises in building custom AI agents for enterprises, focusing on solutions such as AI-driven customer service with human oversight for call centers and outbound sales.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Mahindra Group Launches its AI Unit to Bring Internal AI Projects to the Mainstream
Bhuwan Lodha, who previously led digital operations in Mahindra’s automotive business, will head the new AI division.
Mohit Pandey ·
Apple iPhone Designer Jony Ive Confirms Working with OpenAI
Though the plans for the exact form factor that LoveFrom is working on is unclear, speculations around a home device like an Alexa Mini, or something similar to Humane Ai are floating around.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
OpenAI Set to Launch Advanced Voice Mode on ChatGPT Soon
OpenAI released GPT-4o at its latest Spring Update event earlier this year, winning hearts with its ‘omni’ capabilities across text, vision, and audio.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
“AI means America-India,” says Indian PM Narendra Modi
The primary focus of the tech CEOs meeting was collaboration in key emerging technologies like AI developments, semiconductors, quantum computing, and biotechnology.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
Princeton Digital Group to Invest $1 billion in India for AI-ready Data Centres in Mumbai and Chennai
The facilities are looking to cater to the hyperscaler demand in Asia.
vandana.nair ·
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Sadhguru Discuss AI at Dreamforce
Benioff announced at the annual ‘Dreamforce’ event in San Francisco that the world is entering an “Indian era,” highlighting India’s growing global influence.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI o1 Now Available to All ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu Users
"Because the o1 series can reason through complex problems, it can be especially useful in fields like consulting, engineering, maths, science, manufacturing, and logistics," said OpenAI.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
Amazon Introduces Project Amelia, AI Assistant For Retailers
Currently available in beta for US sellers, Project Amelia will expand globally by the end of 2024.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
NVIDIA, G42 Launch Earth-2 For Generating Climate Solutions with AI
AI solutions are here to help solve the climate crisis, this collaboration is a step forward on the way.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
Intel Gaudi 3 Finally Releasing Next Week
The company claims that it boasts over double the power efficiency compared to its predecessor and is capable of running AI models 1.5 times faster than NVIDIA’s H100 GPU.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
Sam Altman Compares OpenAI’s o1 Model to GPT-2 for Reasoning
"You will see it reach the GPT-4 equivalent over the coming years."
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI Hiring for Multi-Agent Research Team to Accelerate AI to Level 3
"We view multi-agent as a path to even better AI reasoning."
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI o1 “Strawberry” Finally Available on GitHub Copilot Chat with VS Code Integration
Thomas Dohmke posted on X a video of GitHub Copilot in VS Code running with OpenAI’s o1 model, which he calls “flat out badass”.
Mohit Pandey ·
Mukesh and Akash Ambani Visit TWO’s US Office to Discuss India’s AI Future
Siddharth Jindal ·
Amazon Launches Updated Q Developer Agent
This update will boost performance by resolving 51% more tasks on a verified benchmark and 43% more on a full dataset compared to its previous version
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
“The World is Moving into the Indian Era,” Says Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff
Benioff expressed confidence in Salesforce’s expanding presence in India, where the company employs over 11,000 people.
Mohit Pandey ·
OpenAI Partners with T-Mobile to Build AI Agents for Customer Service
"Even in the coming months, you’ll see it get a lot better as we move from o1-preview to o1," said Sam Altman.
Mohit Pandey ·