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Efforts by a large section of US technology majors to subject open-source generative AI to curbs and regulations could stifle innovation across the world and likely prove counterproductive even for Washington, which has hitherto led the global race in scaling and harnessing Gen AI, said a top innovation executive.“If the attempts to squash open-source software succeed, almost all nations will simply be losers…the United States as well,” Andrew Ng, founder of DeepLearning AI, told delegates Wednesday at the Nasscom…

India enacted new laws on data privacy and storage as it moved to a higher gear to safeguard users and define the compliance framework for BigTech in 2023 when technology galloped at an unprecedented pace.From excitement and awe around Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the virality of OpenAI's ChatGPT and India's crackdown on deepfakes to New Delhi's determined moves on digital sovereignty, dramatic twists and turns in the tech landscape defined an eventful 2023. The spotlight was clearly on the social media platforms and…

India enacted new laws on data privacy and storage as it moved to a higher gear to safeguard users and define the compliance framework for BigTech in 2023 when technology galloped at an unprecedented pace. From excitement and awe around Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the virality of OpenAI's ChatGPT and India's crackdown on deepfakes to New Delhi's determined moves on digital sovereignty, dramatic twists and turns in the tech landscape defined an eventful 2023. The spotlight was clearly on the social media platforms and…

Indian cryptocurrency investors have adopted a cautious "wait and watch" stance as they anticipate the recovery of their beleaguered portfolios, created during crypto's most significant bull run in 2021, even as the crypto market shows signs of revival in the first half of 2023, driven predominantly by a resurgent Bitcoin.Bitcoin has jumped more than 80% in 2023 and the overall crypto market is now touching $1.19 trillion."Most Indian crypto investors bought digital assets when the market was on a tear, and when in 2022…

Meta is creating a new top-level product group focused on generative artificial intelligence (AI), Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, as the AI race among Big Tech firms heats up.AI has emerged as a bright spot for investments in the tech industry, which has been struggling with slowing growth, and has cut thousands of jobs as well as dialed down on experimental bets to beat the downturn."We're starting by pulling together a lot of the teams working on generative AI across the company into one group focused…

Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for big-tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content. In a message sent to the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) conference on Friday, Chandra said Australia, Canada, France and European Union have already taken the initiative through their legislatures and strengthened their competition commissions to ensure a fair split of revenue among the creators of news content and…

PTI New Delhi, January 21 Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for big-tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content. In a message sent to the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) conference on Friday, Chandra said Australia, Canada, France and European Union have already taken the initiative through their legislatures and…

The article picks out the top smart big-tech AI company stocks to invest in for getting good gains Machine learning and artificial intelligence are at the core of the current technology revolution. Since they can potentially impact almost every major business, these technologies, like smartphones, are almost ubiquitous in nature. Deep learning and machine learning are examples of artificial intelligence that employ computers to execute activities that would typically need human intelligence. Numerous IT firms employ AI…

WFH is every employee’s desire, here are Google and Microsoft hiring you for the same. It is every techie’s dream to get hired by big names such as Google and Microsoft. And both the tech giants are hiring for WFH job opportunities. But Google vs Microsoft which bigtech firm will techies WFH for! Microsoft is hiring for Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers. Here are the roles and responsibilities for the same. Engineering cloud products and cutting-edge solutions while collaborating with other…

Big-tech companies are laying off employees in large numbers to trim their payroll overheads The big-tech hiring freeze is the new talk of the tech-market town with major IT companies rigorously cutting short expenditures, in view of the longstanding economic recession. Big-tech companies like Meta, Twitter, and Uber are laying off employees in large numbers to trim their payroll overheads. A few of the Big -techs have delayed onboarding for months after issuing the offer letters. When job aspirants of Infosys enquired…