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应对医护人员超负荷工作压力,印度最大规模医院 Apollo 引入 AI系统
据路透社3 月 13 日报道,印度 Apollo 医院计划加大对 AI 技术的投入,通过自动化医疗文档等日常任务来减轻医生和护士的工作负担。 印度医院普遍面临医护人员超负荷工作的压力,医生和护士需要应对大量患者。因此,越来越多的医院开始利用人工智能来提高诊断精准度、预测并发症风险、提升机器人手术的精确度、提供远程医疗服务,并优化运营管理。 Apollo 目前在全国范围内运营着超过 1 万张病床,是…- 598
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India launches program to create homegrown AI base models: Aims to train 'culturally specific' models
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- At today's press conference on the Artificial Intelligence Mission, India's Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnov, confirmed that India's big language model will be ready in 10 months, CNBC TV 18 reported. Vaishnov said, "We have built the framework and officially launched it today. Our core objective is to develop AI models that reflect India's native context and culture." According to reports, India not only reached its target of 10,000 GPUs, but even "exceeded expectations" by securing 18,600 GPUs...- 1.1k
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From searching for people to preventing stampedes, India's Jumbo Jumbo Festival introduces AI technology for the first time to guard 450 million pilgrims
Jan. 15, 2012 - In response to the security challenges posed by the world's largest religious gathering, the Indian government is deploying artificial intelligence technology for the first time on a large scale at this year's Maha Kumbh Mela, providing security for nearly 450 million pilgrims through advanced equipment such as face-recognition cameras, underwater drones and robotic buoys. The six-week religious event kicked off on January 13 in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. A major religious event held every ten years, the Jumbo Kettle Festival is attended by more people than the populations of the United States and Canada combined. To ensure that...- 1.2k
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German music rights agency GEMA, India's ANI news agency sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
German music rights agency GEMA and India's ANI news agency filed lawsuits in their respective local courts on the 13th and 18th of this month, accusing OpenAI of using their content to train artificial intelligence models without permission. GEMA says it is the world's first class action organization to file a lawsuit against a provider of generative AI systems. The organization represents the copyrights of more than two million music rights holders worldwide, and is one of the largest associations of writers of musical works in the world. GEMA alleges that OpenAI's chat...- 2.5k
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India's Reliance Holdings robotics company Addverb to launch humanoid robot by 2025
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Sangeet Kumar, co-founder and chief executive officer of Indian robotics firm Addverb, said in an interview that the company intends to launch a humanoid robot product by 2025, Bloomberg reported early this morning. Addverb was founded in 2016 and currently has more than 350 customers in 15 offices around the world. Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Group, India's largest private conglomerate, bought Addverb's 56% in 2022 ...- 5.1k
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Woo-led AI Fund invests in Indian AI healthcare company Jivi
AI Fund, an artificial intelligence fund led by computer scientist Ernest Ng, announced on Tuesday that it has made an investment in Jivi, an AI healthcare company in India. Jivi is an AI healthcare company based in the northern Indian city of Gurgaon that utilizes AI technology to provide potential diagnostics and treatments, generate health reports, and perform administrative tasks.The AI Fund described Jivi in a statement but did not disclose the exact amount of its investment or the percentage of shares it has acquired. According to a Nasscom-BCG report released earlier this year, India's artificial...- 2.7k
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Indian food delivery platform Zomato explicitly prohibits the use of AI to generate food pictures
Recently, Zomato, a major food delivery platform in India, made a major decision. They announced that they would ban the use of AI-generated food images on restaurant menus. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said that this move is to protect customer trust, because the use of these AI images has brought a series of problems, such as increased customer complaints, higher refund rates, and lower restaurant ratings. Goyal pointed out in a post that from now on, they will encourage restaurant partners to stop using AI-generated food images. Zomat…- 1.6k
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India's AI startup boom: 43 AI startups raised $864 million in funding in the past six months
Recently, India's AI startup boom is in full swing. In the past six months alone, 43 Indian AI startups have received a staggering $864 million in financing. Antler, an investment institution, has announced that it will invest $10 million in early-stage AI startups. Partner Rajiv Srivatsa emphasized on social media: "Now is the best time to build a startup!" At the I/O Connect Bengaluru 2024 event recently held by Google...- 2.8k
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Meta says India is the largest market for Meta AI usage
Meta’s chief financial officer Susan Li said on Wednesday that India has become Meta AI’s largest market by usage, an achievement that is noteworthy given that Meta AI launched in the country only a few months ago. Li said during Meta’s second-quarter earnings call that people have used Meta AI for billions of queries since its launch. “We’re seeing particularly promising signs on WhatsApp, in terms of retention and engagement, which coincides with India becoming our largest market for Meta AI usage,” she noted. Meta’s most…- 4.3k
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Indian AI music startup Beatoven.ai raises $1.3 million
The use of AI technology in music creation today is gaining traction. However, many startups face huge challenges in this field when it comes to copyright issues and fair compensation for artists. However, Indian startup Beatoven.ai seems to have found an ethical and responsible way to deal with these challenges. Mansoor Rahimat Khan, co-founder and CEO of Beatoven.ai, is a professional sitar player who comes from a family with a seven-generation musical tradition. He studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay…- 2.5k
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Meta rolls out its AI chatbot to all users in India, only in English
Meta has decided to roll out its Llama-3 powered AI chatbot to all Indian users after testing it for a few months during India’s general elections. However, Meta AI currently only supports English and not other local languages. The company started testing Meta AI in India on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook in April by rolling it out to select users. A few days later, the company officially rolled out the bot to more than a dozen countries, but not to India…- 3.2k
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Nvidia recruits AI engineers in India
NVIDIA is hiring experienced AI engineers in India to join its partner companies. Selected candidates will join the NVIDIA Partner Network as employees responsible for driving adoption of NVIDIA technology and delivering innovative designs in data center, edge, and cloud deployments. These positions are based in Bangalore and New Delhi and focus on Deep Learning Solution Architect positions. The position requires an engineering degree (BE/B.Tech/MS/MTech), preferably in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Electrical/ Electronics or equivalent. …- 1.7k
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An executive at India's second-largest company predicts that generative AI will "destroy" human customer service jobs in as little as one year
K Krithivasan recently predicted in an interview with the Financial Times that the widespread use of generative AI will lead to the decline of customer service jobs within a year at the earliest. K Krithivasan is the head of Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The company is the second largest company in India by market value and has more than 616,000 employees worldwide. Krithivasan believes that generative AI can well replace customer service jobs and reduce corporate operating costs. Citing Krithivasan’s views…- 2.1k
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OpenAI starts hiring in India to develop regulation sooner
OpenAI has officially launched its hiring program in India, aiming to shape Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory policy at an early stage. OpenAI has reportedly appointed a Head of Government Relations to lead the company's public policy affairs in India. The move is seen as a strategic move by OpenAI in the country's market, aiming to influence the future direction of AI development in India through talent acquisition. OpenAI's move reportedly shows the company's focus on the Indian AI market. With the rapid development of AI technology, the development of regulatory policies has become increasingly important.Op...- 2.7k
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Salaries of technologists with generative AI skills in India to rise by 30-501T
Technicians in India are driving salary growth with additional AI, GenAI, and related skills, with salaries increasing by 30-50% compared to those without these skills. According to Careernet, GenAI professionals can be divided into three categories: GenAI technology developers, GenAI product developers, and GenAI users. Source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed to Midjourney In 2019, a technician named Abhishek (pseudonym) graduated from a second-tier engineering college in Bangalore, India…- 2.2k
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India shelved plans to approve AI models after backlash from entrepreneurs, investors
India has announced that it is shelving its previous AI vetting program after receiving a lot of criticism from local and international entrepreneurs and investors: any company will need to be approved before releasing an AI model. Image source Pixabay The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released an updated AI advisory this Friday that no longer requires them to get government approval before launching or deploying AI models to users in the South Asian market. Under the revised guidelines, companies are advised to label inadequately tested and unreliable AI models, informing users about possible flaws or unreliability of these models. India ...- 2.2k
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India's first AI teacher Iris takes up her post: she can speak three languages and improve personalized teaching
India’s first AI teacher, Iris, has recently taken up her post, hoping to change students’ learning experience and improve their mastery and application of knowledge through entertaining learning. Iris is a humanoid artificial intelligence developed by Makerlabs Edutech Private Limited in collaboration with Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) to assist teachers in classroom teaching. Unlike traditional robots, Iris will not replace teachers, but will serve as an auxiliary tool to provide an interactive learning experience that caters to different learning styles. Iris is currently in the coastal city of Thiruva, India…- 2.3k
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India announced an investment of 103.7 billion rupees in the field of AI to strengthen the development of large language models
The Indian government announced that it has approved the national "IndiaAI Mission" project, which aims to achieve the two goals of "making AI take root in India" and "making AI serve India", with a budget of 103.7192 billion rupees (currently about 9.013 billion yuan). According to reports, the project will be implemented by the "IndiaAI" independent business unit (IBD) under the Digital India Corporation (DIC) and will include the following components: IndiaAI computing power: A scalable artificial intelligence computing foundation consisting of more than 10,000 GPUs will be established...- 2.9k
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India requires tech companies to get government permission before releasing generative AI tools
According to Reuters and TechCrunch today, India's Ministry of Information Technology issued an announcement on Friday that tech companies need to get explicit permission from the Indian government before releasing generative AI-related tools and new models. Pixabay TechCrunch has obtained a portion of the document, which asks tech companies to ensure that their services or products "do not allow any bias or discrimination". The document isn't legally binding, but India's Deputy Minister of Information Technology Rajiv Chandrasekhar said the notification "signals...- 2.2k
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Microsoft CEO Nadella: Plans to provide AI skills to 2 million workers in India by 2025
Earlier this week, at the Microsoft CEO Connection event in Mumbai, India, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company plans to equip up to 2 million people in India with AI skills by 2025. The company aims to achieve this goal through its new ADVANTA(I)GE INDIA program, thereby bridging the skills gap while supporting India’s transformation into an AI-first nation. Nadella also highlighted how Microsoft Copilot can help by simplifying work…- 2.9k