GenAI

China’s Ant, Baidu, Tencent collaborate with US firms OpenAI, Nvidia on publishing first global generative AI standards

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China’s Ant Group, Baidu and Tencent Holdings have joined forces with leading global tech companies including OpenAI, Microsoft and Nvidia to publish two international standards on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs). The companies on Tuesday released the “Generative AI Application Security Testing and Validation Standard” and the “Large Language Model Security … Read more

Officials promote China-led cyber governance to Belt and Road members during the Digital Silk Road forum in Xian

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Chinese government officials on Tuesday trumpeted the country’s progress in shaping digital development models for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) member states, taking aim at US policies amid an intensifying rivalry with the West. In keynote addresses to the Digital Silk Road (DSR) Development Forum held in Xian, capital of western Shaanxi province, officials said … Read more

Indian AI startup Neysa raises $20 mn to boost GenAI adoption

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Mumbai: AI cloud and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) startup Neysa on Wednesday said it has raised $20 million (nearly Rs 166 crore) led by Matrix Partners India, Nexus Venture Partners and NTTVC investment firms. The funding will help drive the Generative AI cloud platform as a service and observability for companies in India and global markets, said … Read more

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up

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Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up The competition among Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots is heating up, as Moonshot AI, a 12 month old start-up, has overtaken Alibaba Group Holding’s Tongyi Qianwen and is narrowing the gap with domestic leader Baidu’s Ernie Bot, according to … Read more

Mphasis partners AWS to launch Gen AI Foundry for financial services

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New Delhi: Information Technology (IT) solutions provider Mphasis on Friday announced a multi-year global strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch Gen AI Foundry for financial services. According to the company, the Gen AI Foundry will serve as a dynamic platform for modelling industry use cases and developing proof of concepts … Read more

GenAI and cybersecurity top CEO concerns in new PwC survey

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The past few years have been filled with uncertainty—significant economic shifts, geopolitical conflicts and a rapidly evolving technology and intelligence landscape. Not all businesses have navigated this environment with equal success, but the leaders who have been successful have one thing in common. They are focusing on what they can control to create value and … Read more

HCLTech, ServiceNow join hands to deliver genAI-led solutions

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New Delhi: Global technology company HCLTech and digital workflow company ServiceNow on Thursday announced a partnership to deliver new generative artificial intelligence (genAI)-led solutions to enterprises. According to the company, the new offering will help enable enterprises to adopt ServiceNow’s genAI capabilities across the business quickly and efficiently. “HCLTech’s differentiated portfolio and engineering heritage positions … Read more

Chinese smartphone giants Honor and Xiaomi show AI’s vast market potential at MWC Barcelona to challenge Samsung, other global rivals

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At a nearby booth in the same MWC Barcelona exhibition floor, Xiaomi displayed its new flagship handset model, the 14 Ultra, which features enhanced photography features and AI capabilities. The handset’s AI Album Search function employs natural language processing that enables users to locate specific images within their collections based on a prompt describing them, … Read more

GenAI emerges as top cybersecurity threat for this year

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New Delhi: As hackers devise new methods to infiltrate into your devices, Generative AI (GenAI) has become the top threat this year, as cybercriminals use ChatGPT and Gemini AI models to up their game. The large language models (LLMs) are only the start of a new disruption in the hacking space. “It’s important to recognise … Read more