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J&K Government Orders Audit Of School Buildings Across Jammu
Authorities on Sunday ordered a safety audit of all school buildingsacross Jammu division, which has been battered by heavy rains and flash floods over the past week, even as the closure of schools in the region was extended till Monday.
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Meta Reportedly Acquires AI Audio Startup WaveForms Amid Ongoing Talent War
Meta is reportedly continuing its recruitment offensive to build up its new artificial intelligence (AI) division Superintelligence Labs. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based tech giant’s latest spoils of the war is WaveForms, an AI startup working with audio-focused models. While the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, the co-founder...
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Bihar's Heritage Building In Rail Town Razed In 100th Year Of Danapur Division
A nearly century-old building that was originally constructed as a prime recreational centre in the famed railway town of Khagaul in Patna district has been significantly demolished to make way for an elevated road project.
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Division Between US And China Biggest Risk World Faces Now: Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that division between the two superpowers, the United States and China, is the main risk currently confronting the world as he emphasized the need for building new coalitions between Paris and partners
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Apple Reportedly Moves Robotics Team Out of AI Division Ahead of Anticipated Restructuring
Apple is reportedly breaking up its artificial intelligence (AI) division and relocating two key product operations. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is currently moving its secretive robotics group to the hardware engineering division, after Siri was moved to the software engineering organisation in March. The process of taking aw...
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OpenAI Reportedly Considering Building Humanoid Robots, Could Be Integrated With Its AI Models
OpenAI is reportedly considering building humanoid robots, likely as an expansion of its existing intelligence software stack. As per the report, the AI firm has held discussions about entering the robotics space and making human-like robots in particular. The company’s interest in robotics is not new, as it used to have an active robotics divisi...
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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India One of the Fastest Growing Markets, AI Companions to Bring New Digital Experience: Microsoft
Microsoft AI division CEO Mustafa Suleyman, also known for cofounding DeepMind, has said that India is one of the company’s fastest-growing markets. He believes AI companions are set to create a new class of digital experience, aligned to each person’s interests and unlike anything that technology has created before.
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Microsoft MAI-1 AI Model With 500 Billion Parameters Could Soon Be Unveiled: Report
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed MAI-1, which could be its largest in-house model to date. The company recently created its AI division, which is now headed by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind and former CEO of Inflection AI. It is said that Suleyman is heading the development of the ...
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Sony Hits Pause on PS VR2 Production as Unsold Inventory Piles Up
Sony Group has paused production of its PS VR2 headset until it clears a backlog of unsold units, according to people familiar with its plans, adding to doubts about the appeal of virtual reality gadgets. Sales of the $550 wearable accessory to the PlayStation 5 have slowed progressively since its launch and stocks of the device are building up, ac...
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LG, Meta Announce Collaboration to Develop Next-Generation XR Technologies
Meta and LG announced a strategic collaboration on Wednesday which is focused on extended reality (XR) devices and technologies. Meta has been working in this space has has launched multiple Meta Quest headsets, which offer virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences. Similarly, at the end of 2023, LG created an XR business unit wit...
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Apple Abandons Decade-Long Electric Car Project, Shifts Focus on Generative AI
Apple is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.
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Amazon Bedrock Drew Customers to Try Out AI Service Competing With Microsoft and Google
Amazon.com’s cloud division has drawn thousands of customers to try out its service vying with Microsoft and Google in a key area of artificial intelligence, an executive told Reuters. The company also announced new AI tools on Wednesday, including a program for building more conversational customer-service agents, technology access from the star...
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Oracle Said to Spend “Billions” on Nvidia Chips This Year to Expand Cloud Computing Service
Oracle is spending "billions" of dollars on chips from Nvidia as it expands a cloud computing service targeting a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) companies, Oracle founder and Chairman Larry Ellison said on Wednesday. It is also spending on central processor units (CPUs) from Ampere Computing. Oracle's cloud division is working to gain gro...
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Electronic Arts Goes Through Massive Shake-Up, Splits Into EA Sports and EA Entertainment
Electronic Arts is undergoing a massive internal shake-up, splitting EA Games’ studios into two separate organisations — EA Games and EA Sports. The former has now been rebranded to EA Entertainment, suggesting that the company is looking to expand into media beyond video games. The division will continue to build on owned and licensed IP, whil...
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J&K Government Orders Audit Of School Buildings Across Jammu
Authorities on Sunday ordered a safety audit of all school buildingsacross Jammu division, which has been battered by heavy rains and flash floods over the past week, even as the closure of schools in the region was extended till Monday.
-
Meta Reportedly Acquires AI Audio Startup WaveForms Amid Ongoing Talent War
Meta is reportedly continuing its recruitment offensive to build up its new artificial intelligence (AI) division Superintelligence Labs. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based tech giant’s latest spoils of the war is WaveForms, an AI startup working with audio-focused models. While the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, the co-founder...
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Bihar's Heritage Building In Rail Town Razed In 100th Year Of Danapur Division
A nearly century-old building that was originally constructed as a prime recreational centre in the famed railway town of Khagaul in Patna district has been significantly demolished to make way for an elevated road project.
-
Division Between US And China Biggest Risk World Faces Now: Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that division between the two superpowers, the United States and China, is the main risk currently confronting the world as he emphasized the need for building new coalitions between Paris and partners
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Apple Reportedly Moves Robotics Team Out of AI Division Ahead of Anticipated Restructuring
Apple is reportedly breaking up its artificial intelligence (AI) division and relocating two key product operations. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is currently moving its secretive robotics group to the hardware engineering division, after Siri was moved to the software engineering organisation in March. The process of taking aw...
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OpenAI Reportedly Considering Building Humanoid Robots, Could Be Integrated With Its AI Models
OpenAI is reportedly considering building humanoid robots, likely as an expansion of its existing intelligence software stack. As per the report, the AI firm has held discussions about entering the robotics space and making human-like robots in particular. The company’s interest in robotics is not new, as it used to have an active robotics divisi...
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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India One of the Fastest Growing Markets, AI Companions to Bring New Digital Experience: Microsoft
Microsoft AI division CEO Mustafa Suleyman, also known for cofounding DeepMind, has said that India is one of the company’s fastest-growing markets. He believes AI companions are set to create a new class of digital experience, aligned to each person’s interests and unlike anything that technology has created before.
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Microsoft MAI-1 AI Model With 500 Billion Parameters Could Soon Be Unveiled: Report
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed MAI-1, which could be its largest in-house model to date. The company recently created its AI division, which is now headed by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind and former CEO of Inflection AI. It is said that Suleyman is heading the development of the ...
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Sony Hits Pause on PS VR2 Production as Unsold Inventory Piles Up
Sony Group has paused production of its PS VR2 headset until it clears a backlog of unsold units, according to people familiar with its plans, adding to doubts about the appeal of virtual reality gadgets. Sales of the $550 wearable accessory to the PlayStation 5 have slowed progressively since its launch and stocks of the device are building up, ac...
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LG, Meta Announce Collaboration to Develop Next-Generation XR Technologies
Meta and LG announced a strategic collaboration on Wednesday which is focused on extended reality (XR) devices and technologies. Meta has been working in this space has has launched multiple Meta Quest headsets, which offer virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences. Similarly, at the end of 2023, LG created an XR business unit wit...
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Apple Abandons Decade-Long Electric Car Project, Shifts Focus on Generative AI
Apple is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.
-
Amazon Bedrock Drew Customers to Try Out AI Service Competing With Microsoft and Google
Amazon.com’s cloud division has drawn thousands of customers to try out its service vying with Microsoft and Google in a key area of artificial intelligence, an executive told Reuters. The company also announced new AI tools on Wednesday, including a program for building more conversational customer-service agents, technology access from the star...
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Oracle Said to Spend “Billions” on Nvidia Chips This Year to Expand Cloud Computing Service
Oracle is spending "billions" of dollars on chips from Nvidia as it expands a cloud computing service targeting a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) companies, Oracle founder and Chairman Larry Ellison said on Wednesday. It is also spending on central processor units (CPUs) from Ampere Computing. Oracle's cloud division is working to gain gro...
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Electronic Arts Goes Through Massive Shake-Up, Splits Into EA Sports and EA Entertainment
Electronic Arts is undergoing a massive internal shake-up, splitting EA Games’ studios into two separate organisations — EA Games and EA Sports. The former has now been rebranded to EA Entertainment, suggesting that the company is looking to expand into media beyond video games. The division will continue to build on owned and licensed IP, whil...
