AI News – Page 246
- CrisprBits Opens CRISPR Gene Editing Centre in Bengaluru
The laboratory includes a specialised gene editing section and a tissue culture area designed to support stem cell research.
Vidyashree Srinivas ·
- IBM & L'Oréal Build AI for Sustainable Cosmetics
'This alliance between highly specialised expertise in artificial intelligence and cosmetics seeks to revolutionise cosmetic formulation'
Supreeth Koundinya ·
- Google.org Announces $30 Million GenAI Accelerator Program for Nonprofits
The accelerator is a six-month-long program that involves technical training, Google Cloud credits, and pro-bono support from Google employees, along with a portion of $30 million in funding.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
- ECI Mandates Labelling of AI Generated Content in Political Campaigns
Disclaimers must accompany campaign advertisements or promotional materials utilising synthetic content.
Mohit Pandey ·
- ‘Data Centers Will Become Military Targets in the AGI Era’
Yashua Bengio thinks that some of the AIs we’re building today have superhuman capabilities on some things.
Siddharth Jindal ·
- Tata Group and IISc Join Forces to Reshape Healthcare in India
The initiative is backed by a contribution of ₹500 crore from the Tata Group.
Vidyashree Srinivas ·
- OrbitAID Secures $1.5 Million Pre-Seed Funding for Space Refueling Innovations
The startup plans to conduct in-orbit demonstrations in the next 12 months and aims to achieve TRL 6 for its refuelable propulsion system.
Sanjana Gupta ·
- Meta India’s Public Policy VP Apologises to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Mark Zuckerberg recently said many incumbent governments worldwide, including India, lost elections in 2024 due to factors such as inflation, economic policies, or the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
- Indian-Founded Arva AI Raises $3 Million in Google-Backed Funding
Similar to Arva AI’s offerings, Razorpay and Signzy are among Indian companies that use generative AI for KYC/KYB processes.
vandana.nair ·
- Amazon to Rebrand Alexa as an AI Agent
Alexa will go beyond performing simple tasks, and focus on more practical ones.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
- Google’s New AI Architecture ‘Titans’ Can Remember Long-Term Data
Titans are more effective than Transformers and modern linear RNNs.
Sanjana Gupta ·
- Microsoft Releases AutoGen v0.4 with Major Updates to Multi-Agent AI Framework
The new architecture addresses issues identified in earlier versions, including architectural constraints and limited debugging functionality.
Siddharth Jindal ·
- Indian Army to Replace Pack Mules with Robotic Dogs
Equipped with thermal cameras and 360-degree sensors, they can carry payloads of up to 12–15 kilograms in extreme conditions.
Sanjana Gupta ·
- Indian Govt, Sarvam AI Discuss Building India’s Sovereign LLM
Ashwini Vaishnaw said that there is a huge potential for solving population scale problems using Indian language models.
Mohit Pandey ·
- Air Taxi Startup Sarla Aviation Raises $10 Million from Accel, Nikhil Kamath, and Others
Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, and Swiggy co-founder Sriharsha Majety have also invested in the Series A1 round.
vandana.nair ·
- Anil Bhasin Steps Down as Databricks India VP, Eyes New Venture in Cybersecurity
Bhasin expressed gratitude for the opportunity to work with a talented team and contribute to building the Databricks brand in India.
Siddharth Jindal ·
- Soket AI Labs Launches Realtime Speech API, Offers Multilingual Capabilities
The Realtime Speech API boasts ultra-low latency of under 500 milliseconds.
Mohit Pandey ·
- Anysphere Raises $105M in Series B
Both xAI and OpenAI raised billions, showcasing strong investor confidence and intense competition.
Aditi Suresh ·
- Sundar Pichai Is Bidding for a Cricket Team in England’s The Hundred
Joins a group of Silicon Valley leaders for a £80 million investment in London Spirit, or Oval Invincibles.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
- Diageo India Appoints Praveen Someshwar as CEO Designate
Someshwar spent 24 years at PepsiCo, holding senior roles in general management, finance, and strategy across India and the Asia-Pacific region.
Mohit Pandey ·