The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned that new tools like generative artificial intelligence could be easily misused without proper checks in place
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
G20 spotlight: PM Modi urges human-centric path for AI and Technology
Modi addressed the third session of the G20 Summit on “A Fair and a Just Future for All – Critical Minerals; Decent Work; Artificial Intelligence”
Singapore to host new Google DeepMind lab as AI push gains momentum
The company said Singapore’s strong policies, talent pool and long-term plans for digital transformation made it the right place to expand its presence in the region.
AI and cloud security emerge as the top cybersecurity investment priority for companies: PwC report
AI tops the agenda for cybersecurity leaders when it comes to cyber budget allocations, addressing cyber talent shortages, and bolstering cyber defence capabilities over the next 12 months, report shows
US: Baltimore school student handcuffed, searched after AI system mistakenly identifies bag of chips for gun
Armed police handcuffed a school student and searched him in the US city of Baltimore after an AI-driven security system mistakenly detected his empty bag of chips as a possible firearm
“We aim to create multiple ‘Singapores’ within India,” says former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant at ISAS-NUS lecture
With the topic ‘India’s Rise in a Fractured World: Opportunities and Challenges’, the lecture was organised by the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore (NUS).
Offbeat India: Bengaluru engineer ‘astonished’ as auto driver claims ownership of two houses, AI startup investment
A Bengaluru engineer said he was left astonished after learning that an auto driver he met owns two houses worth around Rs 4–5 crore and earns Rs 2–3 lakh per month in rental income
AI restructuring: Accenture lays off 11,000 employees
IT giant Accenture has announced that it has removed 11,000 employees in the last three months, and more layoffs could be expected in the upcoming months as part of its AI restructuring. Between May and August this year, the company’s headcount fell from around 791,000 to 779,000, reported Tech.co. The current round of layoffs is […]
Google removes over 200 AI contractors who feel they trained bots to replace them: Reports
IT major Google has laid off more than 200 contract workers who were working on its Artificial Intelligence projects, including Gemini.
Building AI for Bharat: Why Indian innovator Mitesh Khapra is on the TIME100 AI 2025 list
IIT Madras Associate Professor Mitesh Khapra, whose specialisation is in “deep learning, natural language processing, and conversation systems”, has been named in the ‘2025 TIME100 List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence’ or ‘TIME100 AI 2025’ for short. Khapra’s research lab AI4Bharat led a project that recorded thousands of hours of voices to capture all 22 of India’s official languages.
