The story was similar at Google, too, which on 14 May announced features and initiatives to lure developers into building apps and services on its Gemini large language model (LLM)-powered suite of features for Android, Chrome, YouTube and more—which have estimated active user bases of 3.9 billion, 3.2 billion and 2.5 billion, respectively. With Apple … Read more
THE HYPE that followed ChatGPT’s public launch last year was, even by the standards of tech innovations, extreme. OpenAI’s natural-language system creates recipes, writes computer code and parodies literary styles. Its latest iteration can even describe photographs. It has been hailed as a technological breakthrough on a par with the printing press. But it has … Read more
Nasty, brutish and short, more like. Talk to utilities and data-centre operators and, though many share Mr Altman’s excitement about artificial intelligence (AI), they are grappling with an energy conundrum on which the future of three big economic shifts partly hinges: the AI revolution; the efforts to electrify swathes of the economy; and the fight … Read more
Both claim to generate cinematic-grade video clips with just a few words of text. While this has sparked debate around AI’s impact on creative industries such as filmmaking and advertising, early reactions to their much-touted ‘magical’ abilities are lukewarm. According to three content creators and three filmmaking and advertising veterans that Mint spoke with, although … Read more
“For India and other emerging countries, technology shifts are opportunities to catch up or leap ahead,” Pichai said. India was unlikely to match developed countries in personal computing penetration, but in mobile adoption, more people gained access than in previous generations, Pichai elaborated. Many people skipped landlines and went straight to cellular phones. With each … Read more
This marks OpenAI’s second global collaboration amid mounting concerns about AI’s increasing influence on various content forms, especially during, and in the run up to, the elections in major economies such as India and the US. OpenAI’s decision to join C2PA comes a day after the Election Commission of India issued a notice to political … Read more
“AI itself is at an early stage right now, so more sophisticated and efficient use cases of AI will mature over time. But, India is playing a vital role in the development of AI around the world, and development of Indian AI platforms will be key to the growth of this market,” Chandok said. The … Read more
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has caused a creative explosion of new writing, music, images and video. The internet is alive with AI-made content, while markets fizz with AI-inspired investment. OpenAI, which makes perhaps the most advanced generative-AI models, is valued at nearly $90bn; Microsoft, its partner, has become the world’s most valuable company, with a … Read more
AI’s integration into the enterprise sector in India has matured significantly, becoming a cornerstone for businesses seeking to enhance product efficiency, streamline supply chains, and reduce time-to-market. Recent research underscores the growing adoption of AI within the Indian enterprise landscape. A study conducted by Morning Consult, commissioned by IBM, found that approximately 59% of enterprise-scale … Read more
Trustbusters have big tech in their sights. On March 25th the European Commission opened a probe into Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) and Meta (which is Facebook’s). Regulators in Brussels think the measures which the American technology behemoths have put in place to comply with the Digital Markets Act, a sweeping new law meant to … Read more