Ethical use of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and opportunities
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ethical use of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and opportunities

Hindustan Times  

The journey of Artificial Intelligence traces its roots back to 1950, when British mathematician Alan Turing asked, "Can machines think?" Leveraging techniques like deep learning, limited memory AI drives the functionality of generative AI models, which can produce human-like text, music, and even code. Data privacy and security - With vast data troves powering AI, ensuring robust encryption, anonymisation, and compliance with global data protection laws is critical. Transparency and interpretability - Many AI models, especially in deep learning, operate as ‘black boxes,’ where the rationale behind their decisions remains opaque. From predictive diagnostics in health care to fraud detection in finance, AI applications are revolutionising industries, creating unprecedented efficiencies and new avenues for innovation.

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94 per cent of Indian desk workers feel the urgency to master AI
3 days, 18 hours ago

94 per cent of Indian desk workers feel the urgency to master AI

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Indian workers want to skill up on Artificial Intelligence as 94% feel an urgency to become AI expert. However, 40% of Indian workers have spent less than five hours learning how to use AI, and 30% of global workers say they have had no AI training at all, including no self-directed learning or experimentation, according to Slack's new Workforce …

Ethical concerns around AI are genuine, need scrutiny: Experts
3 days, 18 hours ago

Ethical concerns around AI are genuine, need scrutiny: Experts

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The ethical concerns around Artificial Intelligence are serious and genuine and are not being addressed to the extent they should be. The perceived benefits of AI and Large Language Models at the moment are more in the nature of conjectures and need backing with solid evidence of impact on the ground, especially when it comes to under-served and marginal …

Worry About Misuse of AI, Not Superintelligence
1 week, 3 days ago

Worry About Misuse of AI, Not Superintelligence

Wired  

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expects AGI, or artificial general intelligence—AI that outperforms humans at most tasks—around 2027 or 2028. Elon Musk’s prediction is either 2025 or 2026, and he has claimed that he was "losing sleep over the threat of AI danger." Similarly, as the limitations of current AI have become clear, most AI researchers have come around to the …

Make AI in India, work for India is the vision as India embarks on AI revolution: Jitin Prasada
2 weeks ago

Make AI in India, work for India is the vision as India embarks on AI revolution: Jitin Prasada

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 9 Union Minister Jitin Prasada on Monday asserted the vision to develop artificial intelligence in India, for India, and all, and said the country is poised for an AI revolution. Prasada, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, in a keynote address at the India Internet Governance Forum 2024, said India is not only the largest …

AI can help slash healthcare spending by USD 360 billion
2 weeks, 3 days ago

AI can help slash healthcare spending by USD 360 billion

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Artificial intelligence -based healthcare breakthroughs that support and enhance the capabilities of healthcare practitioners have now become a necessity. Kalavathi G V, Executive Director & Head - Global Development Center, Siemens Healthineers, says AI has been predicted to save 5-10% of healthcare spending, which is about USD 200-360 billion. She told TNIE that reducing the administrative burden on frontline …

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad

Wired  

In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to be more inclusive. AI avatars were used by presidential candidates in South Korea in …

India is at no. 4 on Stanford’s global AI power list
4 weeks, 1 day ago

India is at no. 4 on Stanford’s global AI power list

Live Mint  

The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI has released its findings about the AI-led technology ecosystem at a global level, using the Global Vibrancy Tool 2024 developed by the institute. The tracking tool, which measures a country’s AI ecosystem on key indicators including research papers, private investment, patents, and more, analyzed data from 36 countries to find that the United States …

India's adoption of AI technologies higher than global average, claims new report
1 month, 1 week ago

India's adoption of AI technologies higher than global average, claims new report

Hindustan Times  

A new research by the Boston Consulting Group pegged India's adoption of Artificial Intelligence higher than the global average. “India's swift adoption of AI is redefining its competitive edge globally, with 30 per cent of Indian companies having maximized AI's value potential--surpassing the global average of 26 per cent. With 100 per cent of companies actively experimenting with AI, India …

Balancing Innovation and Consumer Protection: A Framework for High-Risk AI in India
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Balancing Innovation and Consumer Protection: A Framework for High-Risk AI in India

Live Mint  

India's approach to regulating high-risk AI systems should be targeted and risk-based, prioritizing consumer protection while fostering innovation. The country should learn from the successes of other nations while considering local needs and challenges. The draft Digital India Act 2023 should be revised to address high-risk AI systems and ensure consumer protection. Existing legal frameworks should be leveraged, and the …

Meta's LeCun Seeks to Shape India's AI Future: A Vision for Open-Source Innovation
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Meta's LeCun Seeks to Shape India's AI Future: A Vision for Open-Source Innovation

The Hindu  

Meta's LeCun highlights India's potential in shaping the future of AI. He emphasizes the country's talent pool, vibrant tech ecosystem, and open-source approach as key drivers of AI innovation. Meta's vision for AI focuses on empowering individuals and driving societal transformation through AI. The country's focus on frugal engineering and low-cost development of AI models will promote AI inclusion and …

AI needs ‘global governance’, cannot be left to market, UN panel says
3 months ago

AI needs ‘global governance’, cannot be left to market, UN panel says

Al Jazeera  

Expert body makes seven recommendations on regulating AI, including establishment of fund to help developing countries. There is an “irrefutable” need for global governance of artificial intelligence and its development cannot be left to the “whims” of the market alone, a United Nations advisory body has warned. While national governments will play a crucial role in regulating AI, the borderless …

India not yet ready for AI regulations says Experts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India not yet ready for AI regulations says Experts

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: On the second day of the Global AI Summit 2024 at HICC, experts from various fields discussed key aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Arghya Sengupta, Founder & Research Director of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, said that India is not yet ready for AI regulations and that small innovators and developers could be most affected and recommended adopting certain codes …

A discourse on AI governance that India must shape
3 months, 2 weeks ago

A discourse on AI governance that India must shape

The Hindu  

The Summit of the Future will be a decisive moment for global diplomacy and the international norm-building process in the sphere of Artificial Intelligence. The U.S.-led resolution, on ‘Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI for Sustainable Development’, advocates a harmonised approach to AI governance and encourages member countries to develop shared ethical principles, data protection measures and transparency standards. India’s history …

AI, AI Captain: India Tops Global Rankings in Skills, GitHub Projects, 40th in Readiness: MoS IT to Parliament
4 months, 2 weeks ago

AI, AI Captain: India Tops Global Rankings in Skills, GitHub Projects, 40th in Readiness: MoS IT to Parliament

News 18  

While India ranks first in Artificial Intelligence Skill Penetration and first in the number of GitHub AI Projects in the Stanford AI Index report 2024, in the Oxford AI Readiness Index, India is ranked 40th, reflecting the country’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its AI infrastructure, Jitin Prasada, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, recently told Parliament. Prasada emphasised …

Economic Survey | AI casts “huge pall of uncertainty” over jobs
5 months ago

Economic Survey | AI casts “huge pall of uncertainty” over jobs

The Hindu  

The Economic Survey published on Monday warned against the potential challenge that artificial intelligence could present to the Indian economy saying the “advent of the tech casts a huge pall of uncertainty as to its impact on workers across all skill levels – low, semi and high.” The massive changes owing to widespread adoption of AI “will create barriers and …

Union budget 2024-25 should prioritise AI research: Experts
5 months ago

Union budget 2024-25 should prioritise AI research: Experts

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: As IT companies are increasingly focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI use cases, experts say the upcoming Budget should promote AI research and implementation apart from focusing on upskilling programmes. In the interim Budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that three centres of excellence for Artificial Intelligence would be set-up in top educational institutions. “With the increasing …

Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans
5 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans

LA Times  

Today we are in the middle of a hype cycle in which companies are racing to integrate artificial intelligence tools into products, transforming fields including logistics, manufacturing and healthcare. Sophisticated software functions only through thousands of hours of low-paid, menial labor — workers forced to work like robots in the hopes that AI will become more like a human. In …

Directive on AI standards points the way to 'intelligent' tomorrow
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Directive on AI standards points the way to 'intelligent' tomorrow

China Daily  

Visitors test out some metaverse digital products prior to the Global Digital Economy Conference 2024, which opened in Beijing, June 27, 2024. It says that by 2026, China will have formulated more than 50 new national and industry standards for AI, accelerated the formation of national standard system leading high-quality AI development, and participated in the formulation of more than …

Directive on AI standards points the way to 'intelligent' tomorrow
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Directive on AI standards points the way to 'intelligent' tomorrow

China Daily  

Visitors test out some metaverse digital products prior to the Global Digital Economy Conference 2024, which opened in Beijing, June 27, 2024. It says that by 2026, China will have formulated more than 50 new national and industry standards for AI, accelerated the formation of national standard system leading high-quality AI development, and participated in the formulation of more than …

iHuman: AI and Humanity
5 months, 3 weeks ago

iHuman: AI and Humanity

Al Jazeera  

Artificial Intelligence, power and social control – an exploration of what AI could mean for humanity. AI and us – iHuman explores what artificial intelligence and machine learning might mean for our lives, societies and futures. Surveillance across society, autonomous weapons, bias in algorithms, big data mining, AI-influenced online echo chambers – AI is already everywhere. Given the power dynamics …

Stringent regulations could hinder growth of AI in India: experts
6 months ago

Stringent regulations could hinder growth of AI in India: experts

The Hindu  

As India grapples with the regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence, a sector which has seen rapid development in recent years, experts opine that strict regulations could stifle the country’s burgeoning AI-driven economy. While the high court is scheduled to hear the petition in July, the MeitY on March 1 issued an advisory saying that all generative AI products, like large …

AI regulation: India can look to Japan for a balanced framework
6 months ago

AI regulation: India can look to Japan for a balanced framework

Live Mint  

In 1991, the Indian government articulated a ‘Look East’ policy to build extensive economic and strategic relations with its eastern neighbours and Southeast Asia. For regulating AI, should India look West towards the EU and its AI Act, or at the US and UK, which are considering more Big Tech-friendly regimes? I believe that India should bring back its Look …

Experts call for improvement of AI tech legislation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts call for improvement of AI tech legislation

China Daily  

Experts called for the improvement of legislation related to artificial intelligence technology to promote the development of the AI industry and the digital economy at a forum on Saturday. Themed the Development of AI and Technology and Legal Responses, the forum was jointly hosted by the China Reform Foundation, the China Legal Exchange Foundation, and the research center for science, …

The EU AI Act: Implications and lessons for India
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The EU AI Act: Implications and lessons for India

Hindustan Times  

In March 2024, the European Parliament approved the EU AI Act, a pioneering piece of legislation designed to establish the world's first comprehensive regulatory framework for Artificial Intelligence. International companies operating within the EU or marketing AI technologies to EU consumers will need to comply with the Act's requirements, leading to significant operational changes, increased compliance costs, and potential restructuring …

Embracing AI could save Government £40 billion a year, experts say
7 months ago

Embracing AI could save Government £40 billion a year, experts say

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Using artificial intelligence could save the Government £200 billion of taxpayers’ …

India's AI Spending Forecasted to Reach $5.1 Billion by 2027: Intel-IDC Report
7 months, 1 week ago

India's AI Spending Forecasted to Reach $5.1 Billion by 2027: Intel-IDC Report

News 18  

Intel and IDC have unveiled a joint report assessing the Artificial Intelligence maturity level across eight markets, including India. The report highlighted that India’s AI spending is forecasted to experience the swiftest expansion among the examined markets, with a projected Compound Annual Growth Rate of 31.5 per cent from 2023, reaching $5.1 billion by 2027. According to the report, India, …

Different approaches to AI regulation
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Different approaches to AI regulation

The Hindu  

The Artificial Intelligence space has seen certain developments crucial to its regulation in recent years — the United Nations’s Resolution on Artificial Intelligence, the AI Act by the European Parliament, laws introduced on AI in the U.K. and China and the launch of the AI mission in India. It was recognised that unethical and improper use of AI systems would …

95% CIOs deem AI critical for business in 2024: IDC Report
9 months, 1 week ago

95% CIOs deem AI critical for business in 2024: IDC Report

The Hindu  

95% of Chief Information Officers deem AI critical for business in 2024, while 45% in India admit to recruitment challenges for AI-related positions. 69% of CIOs across Asia Pacific further prefer AI work loads in non-public cloud environments as a shift is noticed in CIO priorities from last year with AI topping the list, a study commissioned by Lenovo and …

India’s AI leap: bridging the gap
9 months, 1 week ago

India’s AI leap: bridging the gap

Live Mint  

Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government have been talking about ‘Making AI in India’ and ‘Making AI Work for India’ for some time now, there was a worry that the lack of powerful AI compute infrastructure could hold India’s AI ambitions back. The money allocated to help build the all-critical GPU infrastructure through a public-private partnership model …

Mission possible for Battlefield AI
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mission possible for Battlefield AI

Hindustan Times  

The India AI Mission, approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday, could give Artificial Intelligence development in the country the quantum leap it needs. The mission eyes a comprehensive bolstering of the AI ecosystem — from setting up adequate computing power to facilitating access to anonymised datasets, even establishing a pipeline for AI talent. India’s size and diversity make it imperative …

India to invest $1.2 billion in AI infrastructure, startups; Ambani's Reliance to lead the race
9 months, 2 weeks ago

India to invest $1.2 billion in AI infrastructure, startups; Ambani's Reliance to lead the race

Hindustan Times  

India will invest $1.2 billion in a wide range of artificial intelligence projects as the world's most populous country stakes a claim to the burgeoning sector. Junior minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the investment "will catalyze India's AI ecosystem and position it as a force shaping the future of AI for India and for the world". OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman …

India’s AI market seen touching $17 billion by 2027: Report
10 months ago

India’s AI market seen touching $17 billion by 2027: Report

The Hindu  

February 21, 2024 10:16 am | Updated 12:24 pm IST - MUMBAI India’s artificial intelligence market is projected to touch $17 billion by 2027, growing at an annualised rate of 25-35% between 2024 and 2027, IT industry body Nasscom and consulting firm BCG said on Tuesday, citing a joint report studying AI-powered tech in the country. The growth is seen …

India's AI market to reach USD 17 billion by 2027: Nasscom
10 months ago

India's AI market to reach USD 17 billion by 2027: Nasscom

India TV News  

India’s artificial intelligence market is booming, and it is likely to grow at a 25 per cent compound annual growth rate to reach USD 17 billion by 2027, with similar growth in artificial intelligence investments. This growth has been fueled by multiple factors which include increasing enterprise tech spending, India’s growing AI talent base and a significant increase in AI …

India Needs 10 Lakh AI Experts, Says Rajanna
10 months, 1 week ago

India Needs 10 Lakh AI Experts, Says Rajanna

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: India needs 10 lakh people trained in artificial intelligence by 2026 and the technology industry is making significant investments in this, said V. Rajanna, president, of technology, services, and software, TCS. Delivering the keynote address at the annual event of Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association here on Wednesday, he said Hyderabad was a pioneer in launching digital citizen services in …

India must grab the AI opportunity to speed up growth
11 months, 3 weeks ago

India must grab the AI opportunity to speed up growth

Live Mint  

In August, Chandrayan-3’s landing on the moon signified more than India’s advancement in science and technology. This allows us to move away from ‘narrow AI’ that can accomplish specific tasks to a future where AI agents will be able to accomplish several different tasks based on our interests and preferences. From enabling faster detection of diseases and driving cutting-edge innovations …

Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation
1 year ago

Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation

Hindustan Times  

TWO THINGS European lawmakers should get credit for our stamina and an extraordinary tolerance for bad food. Representatives of the EU Parliament, member governments and the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, spent nearly 40 hours in a dark meeting room in Brussels until the wee hours of December 9th hashing out a deal on the AI Act, Europe’s ground-breaking …

PM Seeks Global Regulation of AI
1 year ago

PM Seeks Global Regulation of AI

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged the threat of artificial intelligence tools falling in the hands of terrorists pose to the world as he called for a global framework for the ethical use of AI. Speaking at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit, he said AI can become the biggest tool for development in the 21st …

AI should not be end but means to enhance human life: President Murmu
1 year ago

AI should not be end but means to enhance human life: President Murmu

Hindustan Times  

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said Artificial Intelligence and other contemporary technological developments offer unlimited transformative possibilities, but it is important to address "ethical dilemmas" arising out of their use. President Droupadi Murmu She said five Ds -- demand, demography, democracy, desire and dream -- which India has will be very beneficial in the country's journey of development. She said …

AI companies can be innovative and responsible: Markham Erickson, Google executive
1 year ago

AI companies can be innovative and responsible: Markham Erickson, Google executive

Hindustan Times  

Regulating artificial intelligence does not need to be a binary choice between self-regulation by companies and strict legal guardrails prescribed by governments, and AI companies can be innovative while behaving responsibly, a top Google executive said on Wednesday. In an interview with HT, Markham Erickson, vice president, government affairs and public policy at Google’s Centers for Excellence, shared the company’s …

Chancellor pledges £500m investment to boost UK AI development
1 year, 1 month ago

Chancellor pledges £500m investment to boost UK AI development

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government has pledged to …

Govts should access the best tech, not reinvent the wheel: Nadella
1 year, 1 month ago

Govts should access the best tech, not reinvent the wheel: Nadella

Live Mint  

SEATTLE, WA : In May, Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Microsoft-backed OpenAI who was fired on Friday, had stirred a hornet’s nest, commenting on India’s attempt to develop a generative artificial intelligence tool like ChatGPT, terming it “hopeless", while responding to a question by Rajan Anandan, the managing director of Peak XV Partners, and a former head …

How are governments approaching AI regulation? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 1 month ago

How are governments approaching AI regulation? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

As we keep hearing everyday, artificial Intelligence is on the verge of fundamentally changing the way human beings live and work. There are also many fears about the dangers posed by AI – which range from mass disinformation and privacy risks, to extinction of the human race itself. Amid this debate over how to regulate AI so that we are …

66% of CEOs in India find Gen AI top investment priority, says report
1 year, 1 month ago

66% of CEOs in India find Gen AI top investment priority, says report

Live Mint  

To ride on the wave of revolution brought by AI chatbots since 2022, more and more CEOs are willing to invest in generative AI for their companies, says KPMG's latest report. According to the report, 66 per cent of Indian company CEOs and 70 per cent of CEO of global firms are considering generative AI as their top investment priority …

India\'s AI Programme to Drive $1 Trillion Digital Economy by 2026: MoS Rajeev
1 year, 2 months ago

India\'s AI Programme to Drive $1 Trillion Digital Economy by 2026: MoS Rajeev

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The government is hopeful that India's artificial intelligence programme is likely to be a kinetic enabler for India to achieve the goal of a $1-trillion digital economy by 2026. “This is a deep, multi-year roadmap to make Indian AI work for being a kinetic enabler of the trillion dollar digital economy,” Chandrasekhar said. “Äpart from supporting the startup …

German antitrust head warns AI may boost Big Tech's dominance
1 year, 2 months ago

German antitrust head warns AI may boost Big Tech's dominance

The Hindu  

The head of Germany's cartel office has warned that artificial intelligence may boost Big Tech's market power and regulators should be on the lookout for any anti-competitive behaviour. The comments by Andreas Mundt underscore regulatory concerns that tech giants, with their vast troves of user data, may get a competitive edge in the new technology used in smart homes, web …

Use of AI has specific implications for the economy: Union Finance Secretary
1 year, 3 months ago

Use of AI has specific implications for the economy: Union Finance Secretary

The Hindu  

Union Finance Secretary T.V. Talking about the increasing influence of AI, he said, “This has a specific implication for the economy, which is, automation of business processes can be much more potent with Artificial Intelligence than it was without AI. This can potentially replace quite a bit of the work that is being done today by accountants and auditors.” Delivering …

Google DeepMind co-founder calls for US to enforce AI standards
1 year, 3 months ago

Google DeepMind co-founder calls for US to enforce AI standards

The Hindu  

The U.S. should allow Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips only to buyers who agree to ethically use the technology, Google DeepMind's co-founder Mustafa Suleyman told the Financial Times on Friday. The US should enforce minimum global standards for the use of AI, and companies should at a minimum agree to abide by the same pledge made by leading AI firms to …

Navigating the Crossroads: India’s Imperative to Balance AI Innovation with Ethical Accountability - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

Navigating the Crossroads: India’s Imperative to Balance AI Innovation with Ethical Accountability - News18

News 18  

“In a world driven by innovation, our responsibility lies in shaping technology to uplift humanity, not to divide or oppress.” In a dynamic era marked by remarkable technological strides, India stands at a pivotal juncture, compelled to address the intricate ethical and societal dimensions of artificial intelligence and meta technologies. However, this trajectory also underscores the urgency to establish a …

Big Tech players balance seeking and avoiding AI regulation
1 year, 3 months ago

Big Tech players balance seeking and avoiding AI regulation

The Hindu  

Global Big Tech firms’ efforts to keep regulation away from their Artificial Intelligence initiatives have succeeded in warding off any immediate action in India. “At this stage, if we try to regulate AI very much, it will hamper the development of the sector also,” Akash Tripathi, the in-charge for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Artificial Intelligence & Emerging …

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