Tech Mahindra, Google Cloud join hands to boost GenAI adoption

Tech Mahindra, Google Cloud join hands to boost GenAI adoption

Mumbai: As AI adoption surges among Indian enterprises towards digital transformation, IT major Tech Mahindra and tech giant Google Cloud on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to boost generative AI (gen AI) adoption and lead digital transformation for various entities of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M). Tech Mahindra will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning … Read more

Chinese Big Tech to see big AI gains in social, educational and office use, report says

Chinese Big Tech to see big AI gains in social, educational and office use, report says

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is primarily benefiting users in three areas – social and entertainment, education, and office collaboration – according to a new report, highlighting where the country’s technology giants may see the biggest gains as they race to integrate generative AI (GenAI) into nearly every part of their businesses. In their eagerness to … Read more

Navigate The AI Selloff with Two Nvidia Alternative AI Stocks That Also Pay Dividends

Navigate The AI Selloff with Two Nvidia Alternative AI Stocks That Also Pay Dividends

The AI-driven market rally is navigating a big selloff amid weak US jobs and Q2 earnings reports, rising geopolitical tensions that threaten global supply chains, and a lack of clarity on how massive investments in AI translate to profit for investors and end-users. It is natural for investors who witnessed over 700% gains from just … Read more

Indian GenAI startup Devnagri raises new funds led by Inflection Point Ventures

Indian GenAI startup Devnagri raises new funds led by Inflection Point Ventures

New Delhi: Homegrown Generative AI (GenAI) startup Devnagri on Thursday said it has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The B2B-focused Indian language translation startup said new funds will be allocated to marketing, sales, technology scaling, R&D, infrastructure, and administrative expenses. Devnagri offers personalised business communication to … Read more

Maths test stumps AI models: which number is bigger, 9.90 or 9.11?

Maths test stumps AI models: which number is bigger, 9.90 or 9.11?

The wave of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots allowed for public use in mainland China enables many users to create new content – including audio, code, images, simulations, videos and grammatically correct text – to entertain and help with everyday tasks. That demand has led to the local development of more than 200 large language models … Read more

Infinix launches new laptop with GenAI capabilities in India

Infinix launches new laptop with GenAI capabilities in India

New Delhi: Infinix on Saturday launched a new laptop — the Zero Book Ultra AI PC, with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities to create an ecosystem of future-forward laptops in India. The Infinix Zero Book Ultra AI PC will be available in three variants — Ultra 5 (16GB+512GB) at Rs 59,990, Ultra 7 (16GB+512GB) at … Read more

China’s AI giants cosy up to virtual companions as loneliness drives chatbot revenue

China’s AI giants cosy up to virtual companions as loneliness drives chatbot revenue

The companies have each built their own answer to established foreign apps like Character.ai and Replika. Last year, Baidu launched Xiaokan Planet and Tencent’s online literature arm China Literature rolled out Zhumengdao. TikTok owner ByteDance released its Maoxiang app in March. The concept behind each of these products is roughly the same: they generate humanlike … Read more

Apple limiting AI to priciest iPhones generates less excitement in China

Apple limiting AI to priciest iPhones generates less excitement in China

The US tech giant on Monday unveiled its long-awaited AI blueprint during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, charting out plans to bake a range of related functions into iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The new functionality includes text generation, photo editing and call transcription. The company has also teamed with Microsoft-backed OpenAI to use ChatGPT … Read more

TikTok owner ByteDance launches low-cost Doubao AI models for enterprises, initiating a price war in crowded mainland market

TikTok owner ByteDance launches low-cost Doubao AI models for enterprises, initiating a price war in crowded mainland market

TikTok owner ByteDance has commercially launched a batch of large language models (LLMs) – the technology behind ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services – that costs less than those from industry rivals, a move that could spark a new price war in the world’s second-largest economy. The Doubao LLM family, which shares the … Read more