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Amazon’s ‘automated’ ‘Just Walk Out’ service relied on low-paid Indian workers manually adding items and making bills, not AI: Report

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On Tuesday (2nd April), The Information reported that Amazon is phasing out its AI-based “Just Walk Out” technology from its checkout-less grocery stores. While it was introduced as an automated checkout service it has turned out that around 1,000 low-paid Indian workers were employed by Amazon to watch and labelling videos of customers in Amazon Fresh stores to ensure accuracy in … Read more

Union Cabinet approves over ₹10,300 crore for IndiaAI Mission, to establish a comprehensive ecosystem catalysing AI innovation

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The Union Cabinet on 7th March approved an allocation of ₹10,371.92 crore for the IndiaAI Mission, marking a significant step towards bolstering India’s AI ecosystem, and to further the vision of Making AI in India and Making AI Work for India. The IndiaAI mission will establish a comprehensive ecosystem catalysing AI innovation through strategic programs and partnerships across the public … Read more

A Kerala school launches new robot teacher, powered by Gen AI and an Intel SoC

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A school in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has introduced, India’s first AI teacher robot. Created by Maker Labs and based on generative AI, the robot is called Iris. Capable of teaching subjects from nursery to Class 12, Iris currently communicates in English, Hindi, and Malayalam In a groundbreaking move that might revolutionise Indian education, a school in … Read more

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding charged with stealing AI trade secrets for Chinese companies

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On 6th March (local time), a former Google engineer was reportedly charged with stealing AI trade secrets for Chinese companies. 38-year-old Linwei Ding was arrested and charged with theft of trade secrets in California. Linwei Ding alias Leon Ding is facing serious allegations of fraudulently acquiring confidential information pertinent to Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects. Reports suggest … Read more

Insanity of responses from Google AI is staggering: Tech Billionaire Elon Musk criticises Google for their shoddy product ‘Gemini’

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Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind companies like SpaceX and Tesla, has taken aim at Google’s chatbot, Gemini, accusing artificial intelligence (AI) of mirroring the biases and mistakes of its creators. In a recent tweet, Musk lambasted Google’s AI efforts, suggesting that the technology’s flaws were evident in Gemini’s generation of biased and unreliable data and … Read more