Category: Technology
bard: Google adds precise location support to Bard for relevant responses
[ad_1] In order to provide “more relevant responses”, Google has added precise location support to its AI chatbot Bard. “Bard can start providing more relevant responses if you choose to let it use your device’s precise location. You can manage your preferences in location settings Opens in a new window,” Google said. According to the ...
Sam Altman: OpenAI’s Sam Altman regenerates the Gilded Age playbook
[ad_1] By Stephen Mihm What to make of the spectacle of Sam Altman, the boyish face of all things AI, coming to Washington to beg for … regulation? In his written testimony, Altman declared: “OpenAI believes that regulation of AI is essential.” Not only that, he offered to help policymakers get it done. In response, ...
genesandyou: US-based Indian entrepreneur develops software to build career plans based on genes
[ad_1] An Indian entrepreneur has set a startup to build a software which will develop a 10-15-year career plan for young children based on the analysis of their genes taken from saliva, arguing it will help build the nation’s talent in the right way. Mohamed Mustafa Saidalvi from GenesandYou, a biotechnology company based in Mumbai, ...
it companies: Indian IT companies ready to face headwinds: report
[ad_1] Despite global macroeconomic headwinds, brokerages and analysts remain bullish about the Indian IT sector’s market opportunities in the event of a downturn, said a report by credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings. This, however, does not mean that their growth over the next 18 months is immune to global shocks. Market researchers expect the ...
layoffs: Walt Disney’s Pixar Animation eliminates 75 positions
[ad_1] Walt Disney‘s Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind box office disappointment “Lightyear,” sources said on Saturday, the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade. The cuts included “Lightyear” director Angus MacLane, a 26-year animator who was part of the senior creative team on such ...
data privacy: Swiss administration hit by cyber attack
[ad_1] Swiss authorities are investigating a cyber attack on the IT company Xplain, whose clients include many federal and cantonal government departments, including the army and customs. The online attack was revealed on Saturday by the newspaper Le Temps, which reported that “several cantonal police forces, the Swiss army and the Federal Office of Police ...
tiktok: As older TikTok creators flourish, brands are signing them up
[ad_1] In one of Jenny Krupa’s TikTok videos, her neighbor has been hurt. Krupa’s concern? She wants to see “if the paramedics are hot.” In another video, she lets a man who ghosted her know she’s TikTok famous – and he “really screwed up.” A goofy scenario in yet another – involving a spat with ...
facebook: Facebook took action on 41% individual grievances, Instagram on 54%
[ad_1] Social media giant Meta‘s Facebook took action against 41 per cent of complaints it received from users and Instagram against over 54 per cent of grievances raised by users in April 2023, according to the company’s latest India Monthly Report. As per the category-wise information disclosed by Meta, Facebook “actioned on” less than one-fourth ...
amazon wireless services: US telecom companies say not in talks with Amazon for wireless services
[ad_1] Major US wireless carriers on Friday said they not in talks with Amazon.com Inc to offer low-cost wireless services to its Prime members. Wireless shares fell Friday after Bloomberg News reported that Amazon was negotiating to get the lowest possible wholesale prices and could offer wireless plans for $10 a month or lower to ...