UNESCO Releases First Guidance on Use of Generative AI for Education

UNESCO Releases First Guidance on Use of Generative AI for Education

UNESCO on Thursday published its first guidance on use of Generative AI (GenAI) for education, urging governmental agencies to regulate the use of the technology, including protection of data privacy and putting an age limit for users. Launched by Microsoft-backed OpenAI in November, GenAI chatbot ChatGPT has become the world’s…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Meets Nvidia CEO, Discuss India’s AI Potential

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Meets Nvidia CEO, Discuss India’s AI Potential

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met CEO of American software firm Nvidia Jensen Huang and they talked at length about the “rich potential” India offers in the world of Artificial Intelligence. In a post on X, Modi said, “Had an excellent meeting with Mr. Jensen Huang, the CEO of…

Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani Push Artificial Intelligence Plans: Jio Promises AI to Everyone, Everywhere in India

Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani Push Artificial Intelligence Plans: Jio Promises AI to Everyone, Everywhere in India

Jio Platforms is keen to lead efforts in developing India-specific AI models and AI-powered solutions across domains, delivering the benefit of this new-age technology to Indian citizens, businesses and government, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Monday promising “AI to everyone, everywhere.” Terming Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the most exciting…

Windows 11 Apps Like Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool Could Soon Offer AI-Backed Features: Report

Windows 11 Apps Like Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool Could Soon Offer AI-Backed Features: Report

Windows 11 could soon gain support for artificial intelligence (AI) features as Microsoft is reportedly working on adding support for automation and AI to its popular desktop operating system and related products. The Redmond-based software company’s Windows 11 operating system comes with Photos and Paint apps for image viewing and…

ChatGPT and Other Language AIs Are Nothing Without Humans — a Sociologist Explains How Countless Hidden People Make the Magic

ChatGPT and Other Language AIs Are Nothing Without Humans — a Sociologist Explains How Countless Hidden People Make the Magic

The media frenzy surrounding ChatGPT and other large language model artificial intelligence systems spans a range of themes, from the prosaic – large language models could replace conventional web search – to the concerning – AI will eliminate many jobs – and the overwrought – AI poses an extinction-level threat…

Disney Creates Taskforce to Explore AI Applications Across Verticals, Bring Cost Cutting Measures

Disney Creates Taskforce to Explore AI Applications Across Verticals, Bring Cost Cutting Measures

Walt Disney has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and how it can be applied across the entertainment conglomerate, even as Hollywood writers and actors battle to limit the industry’s exploitation of the technology. Launched earlier this year, before the Hollywood writers’ strike, the group is looking to…

Meta to Launch AI-Powered Chatbots With Different Personalities by September: Report

Meta to Launch AI-Powered Chatbots With Different Personalities by September: Report

Meta Platforms is preparing to launch a range of artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbots that exhibit different personalities as soon as September, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Meta has been designing prototypes for chatbots that can have humanlike discussions with its users, as the company attempts to boost its…

US President Said to to Sign New Order to Limit US Tech Investments in China by Mid-August

US President Said to to Sign New Order to Limit US Tech Investments in China by Mid-August

US President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order to limit critical US technology investments in China by mid-August, according to people familiar with the internal deliberations. The order focuses on semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. It won’t affect any existing investments and will only prohibit certain…

Meta to Release Open Source AI Model, Llama, to Compete Against OpenAI, Google’s Bard

Meta to Release Open Source AI Model, Llama, to Compete Against OpenAI, Google’s Bard

Meta is releasing a commercial version of its open-source artificial intelligence model Llama, the company said on Tuesday, giving start-ups and other businesses a powerful free-of-charge alternative to pricey proprietary models sold by OpenAI and Google. The new version of the model, called Llama 2, will be distributed by Microsoft…

Microsoft to Charge More for AI Features in Office 365 Software, Make More Secure Version of Bing Search

Microsoft to Charge More for AI Features in Office 365 Software, Make More Secure Version of Bing Search

Microsoft on Tuesday said it would charge at least 53 percent more to access new artificial intelligence features in its widely used office software, in a glimpse at the windfall it hopes to reap from the technology. The company also said it would make a more secure version of its…