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BharatGPT creator explains: ‘Lack of Maths PhDs a genuine problem for India, but not key for building AI solutions’ | Explained News
[ad_1] The ongoing India AI Summit in New Delhi will witness discussions ranging from how the developing technology may impact jobs to India’s AI infrastructure and governance. Ankush Sabharwal, creator of BharatGPT, which was selected under the Centre’s IndiaAI Mission to build sovereign AI models, spoke to The Indian Express ...
Why Nandan Nilekani Believes Indian IT Can Turn the ‘AI Threat’ Into a Massive Payday
[ad_1] In the mid-to-late 1990s, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen developed the theory of a “technology overshoot”. He posited that companies often innovate faster than their customers’ lives change, creating products whose utilities exceed the needs of an average user. On Tuesday, Nandan Nilekeni, in a rare presentation as ...
Why the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs Refused to Hold Hands in New Delhi
[ad_1] The brewing cold war in the AI world was on full display at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Thursday (February 19), when AI leaders took the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sign a set of commitments to democratise the technology. As they all joined ...
Zuckerberg Confronted with Internal Emails Proving Meta Made Teens the “Top Priority”
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg social media addiction trial: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the witness stand in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday (February 18) in a landmark tech addiction trial that seeks to hold social media companies liable for the mental health of their young users. Meta owns Facebook ...
Expert Explains | ‘Five years from now, many everyday AI tasks may run locally on devices’ | Explained News
[ad_1] With hundreds of billions of dollars being invested in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and debates intensifying around centralisation, data ownership, and the future of work, questions are emerging about who will control the next phase of AI development. Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor at MIT and a computer scientist known ...
Why Suni Williams Was Left ‘Stranded’ for 9 Months
[ad_1] An investigation into the troubled flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station in 2024 has uncovered a series of technical and management errors by NASA and the aerospace company. Jared Isaacman, the NASA administrator, said at a news briefing Thursday that the problems pointed to shortcomings ...
With Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt AI fight, China’s Seedance 2.0 is the latest test in AI-copyright tussle | Explained News
[ad_1] A line or two of text describing a high-octane action sequence between Hollywood legends Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt can now result in a video in just a few minutes, without any prior knowledge of video editing. And, unlike previous versions of artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video generators, it is increasingly ...
88 Nations Sign India’s AI Pact as New Delhi Challenges Western Tech Monopoly
[ad_1] New Delhi wrapped up the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 21, with its organisers billing it as the world’s “largest and most historic” AI summit. The six-day event, which kicked off February 16 at Bharat Mandapam, drew heads of state, global tech executives and thousands of visitors ...
Expert Explains | How thorium can power India’s 100 GWe by 2047 mission | Explained News
[ad_1] The SHANTI Act 2025 represents a watershed moment for India’s atomic energy programme. It opens the doors of nuclear energy to the public and private sectors, academia and industry alike, fostering an ecosystem that responds to India’s needs and opportunities in this field. There is visible enthusiasm among stakeholders. ...
Behind the standoff, and future of Claude AI
[ad_1] On January 3, 2026, when the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as part of Operation “Absolute Resolve” without sustaining any American casualties, it integrated an unexpected asset into its field operations: the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic’s AI system Claude. This ignited a publicised standoff between the US Department ...
