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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicArtificial intelligence

Topic: Artificial intelligence

Bollywood ‘biases’ presented by Carnegie Mellon’s AI tool: Upper caste Hindu doctors & no NE

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, US, gather subtitles from 1,400 Hollywood & Bollywood movies, use AI to assess biases and social trends. Study yet to be peer-reviewed.

The new AI war and how US, China, and EU are fighting it

Unlike in the Cold war, in this present-day technological arms race, there is no clear race track or finish line.

What happened when AI and traditional farmers competed in a strawberry-growing contest

As part of a ‘Smart Agriculture Competition’ in China, four technology teams competed with farmers over four months to grow strawberries.

Modi govt using artificial intelligence to improve quality, speed of economic data, fix gaps

With quality of its economic numbers being a pressing issue for India, statistics ministry is ramping up use of AI for collecting & analysing data to better monitor the economy.

Seven ways AI can help govts transform public services

Governments are starting to explore the potential of AI and can work with policy-makers, public servants and data scientists to fully realise its benefits.

How AR, VR and AI technology is making education more accessible post-Covid

Educational technology, or edtech, entered public consciousness as Covid-19 moved learners out of the classroom and into the virtual world of remote education.

Why Lucknow Police wanting to use AI to ‘read’ distressed expressions of women won’t work

The scientific basis behind the idea — to use AI to read human expressions & behaviours — is unsound and has proven to have wide margins of error that can do more harm than help.

DRDO chairman asks scientists to focus on next-generation needs like AI, cybersecurity

In his speech on the 60th foundation day of the DRDO, Chairman Reddy emphasised on the need for futuristic technologies to make India self-reliant in the defence sector.

Why we may be exactly wrong about technology and inequality

It’s easy for this kind of apprehension to lead to a sort of neo-Luddism in which technology is viewed as the enemy. The new technology could actually help reduce inequality.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologises for handling of departure of AI researcher

AI expert Timnit Gebru said she was fired after a dispute over an academic paper she co-authored calling out ethical issues related to technology.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.