Artificial Intelligence

Worried About Privacy for Your Selfies? These Tools Can Help Spoof Facial Recognition AI

Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Monday May 10, 2021

These new tools make tiny changes to an image that are not visible to the human eye but can confuse an AI, forcing the software to make a mistake.

BMW’s New Art Cars Were Designed Using Artificial Intelligence

Written by Ameya Naik | Sunday May 9, 2021

These new works have been projection-mapped onto a virtual rendition of BMW's range-topping 8 Series Gran Coupe.

Industry Should Start Working On Artificial Intelligence, Data Science Seriously: Sanjay Dhotre

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Friday May 7, 2021

The government is keen on utilising the latest technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine-to-machine communications and data science, and the industry should start working on them seriously for achieving the goal of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Union Minister Sanjay Dhotre said.

Microsoft Counterfit Tool for Testing Security of AI Systems Released as Open-Source Project

Sourabh Kulesh | Wednesday May 5, 2021

Microsoft has made Counterfit open source, which means that it can be used by developers and IT professionals to conduct security risk assessments of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems in organisation to ensure the algorithms used are “robust, reliable, and trustworthy”.

Apple Hires Ex-Google Artificial Intelligence Scientist Who Resigned After Colleagues' Firings

World News | Reuters | Tuesday May 4, 2021

Apple Inc said on Monday it has hired former distinguished Google scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant amid turmoil in its artificial intelligence research department.

IIT Guwahati To Set Up School Of Data Science And Artificial Intelligence; Admission Through JEE Score

Education | Edited by Aarzoo Snigdha | Wednesday April 28, 2021

IIT Guwahati signed an MoU with the Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), USA, with the objective of promoting undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

SBI Launches Video KYC Based Savings Account Opening For Customers

Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad | Friday April 23, 2021

The new digital function is powered by artificial intelligence or AI as well as facial recognition technology, and the whole process is paperless and contactless, said SBI.

Google Turmoil Exposes Cracks Long in Making for Top AI Watchdog

Nico Grant, Dina Bass, and Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg | Thursday April 22, 2021

In 2020, Google’s AI division's leadership began to collapse after the contentious exit of prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru over a paper the company saw as critical of its own artificial intelligence technology. To outsiders, the decision undermined the very ideals the group was trying to uphold. To insiders, this promising ethical AI effo...

Artificial Intelligence Faces Stringent Draft Rules From European Commission, Civil Rights Groups Fret

Reuters | Thursday April 22, 2021

The European Commission announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban on most surveillance, in an attempt to set global standards for a key technology dominated by China and the United States.

Ever Heard What a Spiderweb Sounds Like? It’s Spookier Than Spiders

Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Saturday April 17, 2021

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying spiders using artificial intelligence have shared the characteristic reverberating tune of a spiderweb. Research say that spiders use vibrations to “communicate with the environment”.

Indian-Origin Mathematician's Body Found In River, Neighbours Complained Of Strange Behaviour

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday April 16, 2021

The body of a 31-year-old Indian-origin mathematician working with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence was found floating in the Hudson River in New York, according to a media report which said he was battling apparent mental illness.

Microsoft Acquires AI Speech Recognition Firm Nuance in $19.7 Billion Deal to Boost Cloud Healthcare Business

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 13, 2021

Microsoft is acquiring artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance for $19.7 billion to give a boost to its cloud healthcare business. Nuance's technology includes a conversational AI tool versed in specialised medical terms, freeing physicians from note-taking, and allowing better patient-physician interactions in person or in the...

Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy AI Firm Nuance Communications for About $16 Billion

Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Reuters | Monday April 12, 2021

Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications at about $16 billion (roughly Rs. 1,20,000 crores), according to a source familiar with the matter.

IIT Madras Announces Fellowship In ‘AI For Social Good’

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Friday April 9, 2021

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and the Narayanan Family Foundation have announced a fellowship in ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Social Good.’

World-Famous Ajanta Cave Paintings Are Being Preserved Using Artificial Intelligence

ANI | Thursday April 15, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) has now come to the aid of digitally preserving the world-famous 2nd Century BC Ajanta cave paintings