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10 Oct

How Universities Are Embracing AI To Solve India’s Socio-Economic Issues

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Last week, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur launched a summit to work specifically on India specific problems and leveraging artificial intelligence for the same. The initiative is named up.AI which is pronounced “upay” (उपाय) meaning “solution” in Hindi.  The new AI initiative up.AI is a joint work of The Department of Computer Science and Engineering,…

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08 Oct

Facebook Deploys Task Force For 2019 Lok Sabha Elections To Check Fake News, Hate Speech

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Social media giant Facebook, who have only begun to step out of the shadow of their data breach scandal unearthed in March 2018, has now taken a preemptive step to tackle election-related interference for Lok Sabha 2019. Richard Allan, vice president for Global Policy Solutions at Facebook said on Saturday that they were establishing a task…

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04 Oct

India And China Are Adopting Blockchain In A Big Way. Here’s Why It’s Significant

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently hailed blockchain’s transformative potential and emphasised the need for “rapid adaptation,” a rare instance of a head of state publicly praising the technology during the inauguration of the 22nd edition of World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT). Similarly, Chinese President Xi Jinping publicly endorsed blockchain technology at the annual…

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20 Sep

India Among Top 3 Countries In AI Skills: LinkedIn Report

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In an exciting revelation, a new LinkedIn report has suggested that India has the third-highest penetration of artificial intelligence skills in the world. The report also added 46% of the Indian workforce studied in this research didn’t need any upskilling, as their skill sets were already up-to-date. This number stands at 48% for China and […]

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17 Sep

BI And Analytics: Driving Efficiencies In Operational And Digital Transformation

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“Right decisions taken at right time guarantees success” The intent of the statement above was to draw parallels between right decisions, right time and success. The missing element in this trio, which also happens to be their bedrock is, ‘right information’. There is no dearth of data in today’s time and getting information is no […]

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12 Sep

How Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Protect Tigers In India

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Despite the growing population of tigers in India, many problems including poaching and natural causes are making it difficult for these majestic animals to survive. Now, new technologies like artificial intelligence, geographic information system tools and movement detectors, are changing the way tiger reserves and conservation bodies are working across India. “For an animal that requires […]

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