AI News – Page 354
- AI startup Sigmoid raises $12 million from Sequoia Capital
The team currently comprises over 500 data professionals with over 80% of the workforce being in India
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- IBM Joins Other IT Players in Opposing Moonlighting, Calls it Unethical
Since its introduction, Moonlighting—the practice of taking up secondary jobs after regular work hours—has received varied reactions from tech players in India.
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- In a First, AI-Powered Robot Named CEO of a Chinese Firm
The company's “organisational and efficiency department” will be led by Tang Yu, who would be responsible for overseeing operations valued at nearly $10 billion in the company.
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- Join us for Data&Beyond 2022, sponsored by Microsoft: A virtual CDO panel discussion on becoming future-ready with data & AI
With the CDO dialogue at Data&Beyond 2022, AIM will host India's leading technology leaders and experts for a power-packed discussion on driving digital transformation initiatives using data, analytics, and AI.
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- Chinese AI Image Generator Censors Politically Sensitive Content
With Baidu's ERNIE-ViLG text-to-image model, users are no longer permitted to create political images.
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- IIT Madras and Mitsubishi Electric to Collaborate on Semiconductor Research
This initiative by Mitsubishi Electric will provide components, practical knowledge and workshops to help students learn the innovative semiconductor technologies.
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- Deep Tech Startup Awiros Raises $7mn by Inflexor and Exfinity
The company also witnessed participation from VedaVC, leading family offices and UHNIs.
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- What to Expect in Python 3.11
Python 3.11 is nearly 10~60% faster than Python 3.10 and measured at a 1.25x speedup on the standard benchmark suite.
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- Stable Diffusion is Now Accused of ‘Stealing’ Artwork
Stable Diffusion is in the news again, this time because a couple of developers decided to unveil how the AI generator is using the artwork of artists without permission.
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- Altair to Acquire RapidMiner to Strengthen the Broad Data Analytics Portfolio
The acquisition is expected to strengthen the analytics firm's end-to-end data analytics (DA) portfolio.
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- Canva unveils Canva Visual Worksuite
The company claims that 85% of Fortune 500 companies including FedEx, Salesforce, and L’Oreal use Canva’s design tools.
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- Zoom revamps as ‘Zoom Team Chat’, adds new features
Users can now collaborate on a whiteboard, elevate a chat to a meeting or a phone call, or even share a recorded video message – all within the Zoom platform.
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- Karnataka Government Signs MoU with Dell Technologies to Impart Cyber Safety Practices
The IT firm has collaborated with the state’s Cyber Centre of Excellence to improve current online security practices.
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- Analytics Firm 'Thoughtspot' to Invest $150 Million in India, Opens 3rd Centre in Thiruvananthapuram
The analytics firm raised $670 million, with a valuation of $4.2 billion at the latest $100-million funding round in November 2021.
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- Indore to Become the Country's First Smart City with Smart Address
Indore government and Pataa, a digital address app, recently signed an MOU for Pataa to offer its expertise in geotagging services to various government agencies.
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- New Benchmarks Released by MLCommons to Boost ML Performance
The benchmarks are based on the MLPerf Inference v2.1 update, which has introduced new models such as SSD-ResNeXt50 for computer vision and a new testing division.
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- Future of Indian Army Involves AI and Drones, Says Lieutenant General BS Raju
Emphasising on how drones are on the new frontier, he says that it’s important not just in terms of war fights and intelligence gathering, but to ensure the army had what it needed.
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- Peer Robotics Raises $2.3 Million in Seed Funding Led by Kalaari Capital
The round witnessed participation from existing investors such as Connecticut Innovations, Axilor Ventures, and Innopact VC.
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- TikTok Releases In-Built Video Editing Tool Called ‘CapCut’
From offering select trending transitions and effects that feature on TikTok, the app remains banned on Android and Apple stores in India.
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- Amidst Tech Layoffs, Google Consolidates Waze and Maps Teams
Google is looking to internal restructuring and canning its so-called “Moonshots” to save money.
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