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National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday announced a long term agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, for conducting joint research on blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. The collaboration will also propel further innovation through the establishment of the 'NPCI-IISc Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Deep Tech Research & Development'. The partnership will focus on scalable blockchain platforms and multi-modal analytics over fintech data, NPCI said in a…

Today, December 22, the artificial intelligence (AI) space is asking us deep, philosophical questions, as new developments point towards its innovative use cases and its internal nature. A talkative robot called ElliQ, created by Intuition Robotics, is helping senior citizens in the US combat loneliness by offering them companionship. AI for companionship is a hotly explored space, and it is something even Elon Musk has talked about. In other news, a coalition of scientists is raising serious questions about the AI…

In an initiative aimed at leveraging data for social good, the Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) within the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has announced the launch of the Centre of Data for Public Good (CDPG). The Centre is dedicated to advancing research, innovation, collaboration, and best practices in the realm of data science, analytics, and policy to address critical societal challenges, IISc said in a press release.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

With the vision of ‘solving global problems locally’, this agreement aims to facilitate joint research, nurture talent, and promote collaborative innovation in sustainable mobility.New Delhi: Furthering its commitment to innovation and sustainable mobility, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for advanced research collaboration.This industry-academia partnership is…

After announcing Gemini, a project by DeepMind aiming to surpass artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT yesterday, Google has now updated its privacy policy and is suggesting that it will only be using publicly available data to train its AI models. In other news, there is a growing number of tech layoffs due to the rise of AI which has concerned many researchers who believed tech roles would largely remain safe initially. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Google to use publicly…

At a time when generative AI and large language models (LLMs) have emerged as essential technologies in the e-commerce industry, e-commerce platform Meesho has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of one year with the Vision & AI Lab (VAL) of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as an industry-academia collaboration.Under the collaboration, VAL will support Meesho in fostering developments and progress in significant domains such as generative artificial intelligence and multimodal (LLMs) large language models.…

Google Doodle June 18: On June 18, 2023, Google is celebrating the life and works of Indian scientist Kamala Sohonie, who was one of the first prominent female scientists in India. Google is celebrating Sohonie’s life on her 112th birthday through a whimsical Google Doodle. The Google Doodle today shows Indian scientist Kamala Sohonie as a colorful animated illustration on her 112th birthday, with illustrations of a microscope, scientific slides, and plants around her to signify her works in the field of…

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Researchers have developed a novel ultramicroscopic supercapacitor with enhanced energy storage and release capacity, which is fully functional and ready for deployment in any miniaturised system on-chip integration.Being much smaller and more compact than the existing ones, the supercapacitor developed at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, could potentially be used across a range of energy-storage devices such as streetlights to consumer electronics, electric car batteries and medical devices, they said…

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are working on designing antennas that can empower 6G technology, which is instrumental in realising efficient V2X (Vehicle to Everything) communications. In a recent study, the team, led by Debdeep Sarkar, Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, shows how self-interference in full-duplex communication antennas can be reduced, and consequently the movement of signals across the communication network can be faster and more…