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04 Feb

Budget 2019: AI Has Become The Catalyst For India’s $10 Trillion Economy

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India is aiming to cement its place as an emerging AI superpower in the increasingly data-driven world today. While last year, the Digital India initiative saw a doubling of its budget allocation to ₹307 billion, this year is being billed as a bigger move into AI by the second-biggest country in the world. Among other…

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04 Feb

How India’s Biggest Property Tech Startup Square Yards Is Using Analytics To Unify The Real Estate Market

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Square Yards has recorded over 75% growth in 2018, and has far outstripped its previous year’s gross transaction value, facilitating over ₹1,100 crore in real estate transactions. The company also announced recently that its India Primary, NRI and Mortgages business also registered a GTV of around ₹5,000 crores in the same time frame. However, back…

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30 Jan

Can Nanotechnology Build The AI Of The Future?

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Nanotechnology is one of the biggest fields of emerging technologies, seeing application in various fields such as agriculture, medicine and engineering. However, many, including prominent futurist Ray Kurzweil, have said that nanotechnology will be the tool that AI will use to achieve the ‘singularity’. While such a vision is still in the future, technology today…

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28 Jan

Facebook Doesn’t Need The #10YearChallenge To Train ML Models; It’s Already Using AI Everywhere Else

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Facebook is one of the most prominent figures in the AI space, leading the way with the development of multiple AI frameworks and applications in their products. However, the outcry has risen over their involvement in a recent ‘phenomenon’ called the #10YearChallenge. For those unaware, the 10-year challenge is an activity wherein individuals post pictures…

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28 Jan

Facebook Doesn’t Need The #10YearChallenge To Train ML Models; It’s Already Using AI Everywhere Else

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Facebook is one of the most prominent figures in the AI space, leading the way with the development of multiple AI frameworks and applications in their products. However, the outcry has risen over their involvement in a recent ‘phenomenon’ called the #10YearChallenge. For those unaware, the 10-year challenge is an activity wherein individuals post pictures…

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25 Jan

Indo-Russia Collaboration In AI, IoT Can Transform The Subcontinent Into A Superpower

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Russia has been one of India’s closest allies when it comes to advancements in the AI and Internet of Things. Now, this relationship has got a boost, as Indo-Russia joint projects in these fields are expected to undergo an explosion this year. According to a statement from Zyfra, a Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider, Indo-Russian collaboration…

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25 Jan

Indo-Russia Collaboration In AI, IoT Can Transform The Subcontinent Into A Superpower

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Russia has been one of India’s closest allies when it comes to advancements in the AI and Internet of Things. Now, this relationship has got a boost, as Indo-Russia joint projects in these fields are expected to undergo an explosion this year. According to a statement from Zyfra, a Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider, Indo-Russian collaboration…

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24 Jan

Microsoft CTO Believes AI Will Be The Great Equaliser In The Future

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Microsoft has emerged as one of the biggest players in AI. Now, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott recently appeared on an interview conducted by a leading tech mag, where he detailed his opinion on why AI is important, and how understanding it will enable people to be better citizens of an evolved world. He also spoke…

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23 Jan

Machine Learning Makes Amazon’s Alexa Smarter, Reduces Error Rate By 8%

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Alexa, Amazon’s poster child for connected home devices, has recently received yet another update. Researchers have developed a method of implementing improved natural language processing in the model, cutting the error rate by 8%. This was done through a combination of transfer learning and utilising AI to generate ‘embeddings’ of words. Transfer learning was implemented…

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21 Jan

10 Sure Shot Takeaways For Every Data Science Professional From Machine Learning Developer Summit

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Analytics India Magazine is hosting one of India’s biggest Machine Learning conferences, scheduled to occur on January 30th and 31st. The Machine Learning Developer Summit aims to bring together data scientists and machine learning developers from all across the country. With the presence of top ML innovators from leading tech companies, MLDS is all set…

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