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August 27, 2019 Niti Aayog, Electronics Ministry spar over Rs 7,000-crore AI mission
The government’s premier think tank Niti Aayog and the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) are sparring over the creation of an artificial intelligence mission, people familiar with the development told ET. In an inter-ministerial meeting held earlier this month, MeitY officials verbally raised concerns over the many “overlaps” between Niti Aayog’s 7,000-crore AI road map, and […]
ELECTRONICS June 18, 2019 Samsung Electronics to Strengthen its Neural Processing Capabilities for Future AI Applications
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it will strengthen its neural processing unit (NPU) capabilities to further extend the reach of its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. In line with its focus on next-generation NPU technologies, Samsung plans to create over 2,000 related jobs worldwide by 2030, which is about […]
COMPUTERS September 28, 2018 Xiaomi Mi Notebook Youth Edition Launched; Mi Smart Alarm Clock With Xiao AI Assistant Debuts Too
Mi Notebook Youth Edition being announced by Xiaomi HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi Mi Notebook Youth Edition comes at CNY 4,599 It has 8GB of RAM and Nvidia GeForce MX110 graphics The Mi Smart Alarm Clock is powered by an Xiao AI voice assistant Xiaomi has expanded its range of notebooks by launching the Mi Notebook Youth Edition. The […]
ELECTRONICS May 31, 2018 How Honor Is Working With Local Partners to Customise AI for Indian Users
HIGHLIGHTS Huawei has invested substantial efforts in AI development Honor 10 comes with a proprietary NPU chip for AI Honor is unlikely to move to stock Android anytime soon Huawei-owned Honor, which started off as an online-exclusive brand and recently moved on to offline sales as well in India, has seen its product portfolio and market presence grow […]
ELECTRONICS April 9, 2018 AI Trained in the US Isn’t Necessarily Going to Work in India: Microsoft
HIGHLIGHTS AI can speed up analysis and improve predictions in healthcare However, training data needs to be checked against local requirements It’s essential to remove bias from the dataset, says Microsoft Microsoft recently announced a partnership with Apollo Hospitals to expand its healthcare AI offering to help detect people at risk of cardiac disease. This is one […]
ELECTRONICS December 2, 2017 Samsung Electronics to Set Up AI Research Centre
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would create an artificial intelligence (AI) research centre and strengthen an executive role to look for new business areas for all its three major business groups. The minor changes to the tech giant’s business structure were to “quickly respond to market changes,” Samsung Electronics said in a statement. The move […]
ELECTRONICS October 6, 2017 Intel ‘Loihi’ Self-Learning AI Chip Is Neuromorphic, Mimicking How the Brain Functions
HIGHLIGHTS Intel’s Loihi self-learning chip likely to raise the bar for AI It is currently a test chip It will be made available to select university and institutions in 2018 Intel has announced a self-learning neuromorphic chip that could raise the bar for artificial intelligence. Codenamed Loihi, Intel’s self-learning AI chip is said to mimic […]
NEWS February 4, 2017 Apple aims to up its AI smarts with iCloud user data in iOS 10.3
The next version of Apple’s mobile platform will include an opt-in for iOS users to share their iCloud data in order to help the company improve software products, such as its voice-powered virtual assistant, Siri. The iOS 10.3 beta was released earlier this week. A note about the forthcoming change, under the heading “iCloud Analytics & Privacy”, says any […]
ELECTRONICS May 18, 2016 AI learns and recreates Nobel-winning physics experiment
ustralian physicists, possibly searching for a way to shorten the paintings week, have created an AI which could run and even enhance a complex physics test with little oversight. The studies ought to in the endpermit human scientists to focus on excessive–level troubles and studies design, leaving the nuts and bolts to a robotic lab […]
ALL DEALS 
March 17, 2016 Microsoft Is Training AI With Minecraft, and Soon You Can Help Too
Some of Microsoft’s top minds have been training a computer to make it understand the concept of learning by way of playing Minecraft, and the software giant now wants your help. “We’re trying to program it to learn, as opposed to programming it to accomplish specific tasks,” Fernando Diaz, a senior researcher at the company’s […]
