How Microsoft vs Google turns into a battle between two Indians

How Microsoft vs Google turns into a battle between two Indians

In a federal courtroom in Washington DC, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stand on Monday, testifying at an anti-trust trial against Google. The two tech giants, often seen as pillars of the Indian tech world, are now rivals in a heated battle. While Nadella never directly mentioned Sundar Pichai, Google‘s CEO, he didn’t hold … Read more

Google, Facebook, Edtech companies may have to pay up to 18% IGST

Google, Facebook, Edtech companies may have to pay up to 18% IGST

Overseas Online Information and Databases Access Retrieval Service or OIDAR services providers such as Facebook, X, Google and large number of edtech companies could face integrated goods and services tax up to 18% on services provided to government and individuals with India Wednesday proposing to end the exemption enjoyed by them from October One. As … Read more

Google Doodle celebrates India’s Independence Day

Google Doodle celebrates India’s Independence Day

On this day in 1947, a new era dawned as India became independent from British rule.  As the country celebrates its 77th Independence Day, Google on Tuesday marked the day with a special doodle illustrating textile from 21 different regions. For the doodle, New Delhi-based guest artist Namrata Kuma researched and identified the diverse textile … Read more

New law on digital competition likely to regulate Big Tech

New law on digital competition likely to regulate Big Tech

New Delhi: The government could bring in a specific digital competition law to regulate big tech, said people aware of the matter. The corporate affairs ministry is mulling separate legislation instead of tweaking the existing Competition Act, which was amended recently, they said. “Given the complexity of the issue and differing views of stakeholders, introducing … Read more

Google AI health chatbot passes US medical exam: study – ET HealthWorld

Google AI health chatbot passes US medical exam: study – ET HealthWorld

Google‘s artificial intelligence-powered medical chatbot has achieved a passing grade on a tough US medical licensing exam, but it’s answers still fall short of those from human doctors, a peer-reviewed study said on Wednesday. Last year the release of ChatGPT — whose developer OpenAI is backed by Google’s rival Microsoft — kicked off a race … Read more

Health experts ‘must raise alarm on AI threats’ – ET HealthWorld

Health experts ‘must raise alarm on AI threats’ – ET HealthWorld

Paris: Health professionals must warn the world about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), a group of academics wrote on Wednesday, as clamours grow for work on the technology to be halted. The academics wrote in the BMJ Global Health journal that time was running out to take action because corporations, the military and governments … Read more

AI experts disown Musk-backed campaign citing their research – ET HealthWorld

AI experts disown Musk-backed campaign citing their research – ET HealthWorld

London: Four artificial intelligence experts have expressed concern after their work was cited in an open letter – co-signed by Elon Musk – demanding an urgent pause in research. The letter, dated March 22 and with more than 1,800 signatures by Friday, called for a six-month circuit-breaker in the development of systems “more powerful” than … Read more

Google is bilingual in India, whether users ask for it or not

Google is bilingual in India, whether users ask for it or not

File photo of Google logo. Since December 2022, the company has been picking up the region a user is physically located in and processing their search history to provide information in two languages.  | Photo Credit: Reuters There’s a reason people in India have been seeing bi-lingual search results on Google. Since December 2022, the … Read more

US job cuts over Jan-Feb hit highest since 2009 – report

US job cuts over Jan-Feb hit highest since 2009 – report

Layoffs by U.S. companies over January and February touched the highest since 2009, with the tech sector accounting for more than a third of the over 180,000 job cuts announced, a report showed on Thursday. In February alone, layoffs in the United States stood at 77,770, more than five times higher than the 15,245 job … Read more