Technology
PM Modi, Sundar Pichai, and China delegation to attend
[ad_1] The AI Impact Summit 2026, which India will host from February 16 to 20, is intended to generate actionable recommendations that contribute to long-term artificial intelligence (AI) governance objectives rather than framing immediate binding regulations. Coming to the Global South for the first time, the summit represents the latest ...
This Giant Phantom Jelly Won’t Eat You. Maybe.
[ad_1] 4 min readFeb 9, 2026 07:49 PM IST In late December, researchers were descending a remotely operated vehicle in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina when, at a depth of roughly 800 feet, the control room fell silent. On the screens, a jellyfish appeared. But it was no ordinary sighting: ...
Vadodara just conducted a census for crocodiles. Its findings will help understand their behaviour better | Explained News
[ad_1] On Saturday (February 7), the Gujarat Forest Department and the zoology department of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU) concluded a two-day crocodile census, conducted on a 17.5 km stretch of the Vishwamitri river in Vadodara. The departments will now analyse the data from it. This census comes ...
India is set to get two new telescopes and upgrade one in Ladakh. Here’s how it will be a game-changer for astronomy | Explained News
[ad_1] In this year’s Union Budget, the government sanctioned the establishment of two new telescopes to study the sun and the origins of the universe, besides the upgradation of an existing telescope, in Ladakh. Ladakh is already a major centre of astronomy in the country, being home to several big ...
Why this UC Berkeley expert warns of a “human extinction” risk
[ad_1] The AI revolution is unfolding before our eyes, and there is considerable excitement about how its magical powers may change our lives, for better and worse. Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, warns us about the dangers of this technology and the ...
Why AGI is 100x bigger than the Manhattan Project—and 75% likely to fail
[ad_1] The AI revolution is unfolding before our eyes, and there is considerable excitement about how its magical powers may change our lives, for better and worse. Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, warns us about the dangers of this technology and the ...
Experts Explain | India AI applications stack: What the country can bring to the table | Explained News
[ad_1] The ultimate success of artificial intelligence (AI) in India will not depend on the size of its GPU clusters, but on how our AI applications can help improve the quality of life of our citizens. Among other things, AI can help ASHA professionals detect the number of high-risk pregnancies, ...
Expert Explains | ‘For AI’s benefits, we need inclusivity, equitable access and sharing of capabilities’ | Explained News
[ad_1] Next week, as world and corporate leaders arrive in India for the AI Impact Summit, there are some questions the country has to contend with — the dependence on importing compute, its ambitions to be the world’s data centre hub, and how to ensure that AI’s opportunities are enough ...
Why Scaling AI Won’t Automatically Solve the Climate Crisis
[ad_1] With governments worldwide racing to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, sustainability concerns are rising alongside the expansion of data centres. Priya Donti is an assistant professor at MIT and co-founder of Climate Change AI, who was also named among the 100 most influential people in AI in 2025. She ...
Why is an Indian satellite capturing photos of the ISS being seen as a technical milestone? | Explained News
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the Ahmedabad-based Space start-up Azista Space had its satellite-in-orbit, the Azista First Runner (AFR), capture high-resolution images of the International Space Station (ISS) from a distance of nearly 300 km. The development is being heralded as India’s arrival in a critical domain of modern Space security ...
