Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: News

24 Apr 2025

Microsoft

How Microsoft Copilot's new AI agents boost your productivity

Microsoft has launched the 365 Copilot Wave 2 spring release, bringing several new features designed to boost users' productivity and creativity.

24 Apr 2025

NVIDIA

TSMC's new 1.4nm method promises faster, more power-efficient chips

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has unveiled a game-changing tech to make chips faster.

24 Apr 2025

ChatGPT

ChatGPT detected woman's blood cancer a year before doctors

In an extraordinary case, a woman from Paris has credited AI chatbot ChatGPT with diagnosing her blood cancer a year before her doctors.

23 Apr 2025

Startups

Minimal resources, excess regulations: Why India's deep-tech start-ups are struggling

Harish Mehta, the first Chairperson of NASSCOM, has shed some light on the challenges faced by India's deep tech start-ups.

23 Apr 2025

ChatGPT

Creepy: Business Insider co-founder admits to hitting on AI executive

Henry Blodget, the co-founder of Business Insider, recently shared a weird incident on his Substack blog.

22 Apr 2025

Technology

AI could cure all diseases within a decade: DeepMind CEO

Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, has made some bold predictions about how artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize healthcare.

21 Apr 2025

OpenAI

Your thank-yous, please cost OpenAI millions, Sam Altman says

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has acknowledged that the politeness of users costs the company millions of US Dollars, but he considers it money well spent.

21 Apr 2025

Bharti Airtel

Airtel's AI now flags international spam calls on your phone

Airtel, a leading telecom company in India, has announced major upgrades to its anti-spam measures.

21 Apr 2025

Alibaba Group

Alibaba's AI-driven cancer-detection tool gets FDA approval: Why it matters

Damo Academy, the research arm of Alibaba Group, has received a major seal of approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

21 Apr 2025

Technology

England: AI will pick best spots for 5,400 new homes

The Forest of Dean district council in Gloucestershire, England is looking at artificial intelligence (AI) to help identify possible locations for 5,400 new homes.

21 Apr 2025

Technology

Dead for years, this composer's brain makes music with AI 

Renowned US composer Alvin Lucier, who passed away in 2021, has been "revived" by a group of Australian scientists and artists.

21 Apr 2025

Technology

This start-up wants to replace all human workers with AI 

Tamay Besiroglu, a leading US-based artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, has launched a start-up called Mechanize. The company's goal? To replace all human workers with AI agents.

20 Apr 2025

Startups

How Lucy Guo became the youngest self-made woman billionaire

Lucy Guo, co-founder of Scale AI, has become the world's youngest self-made female billionaire at just 30.

18 Apr 2025

Google

Google's most cost-effective AI model—Gemini 2.5 Flash—now available in preview

Google recently introduced its new artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 2.5 Flash. The launch came just weeks after the debut of Gemini 2.5 Pro.

18 Apr 2025

Microsoft

Microsoft's new AI model can run on CPUs—even Apple's M2

Microsoft has unveiled its most sophisticated one-bit AI model yet, the BitNet b1.58 2B4T. This groundbreaking "bitnet" can run on CPUs, even Apple's M2 chip.

17 Apr 2025

China

This Chinese AI system can help the visually impaired 'see'

Researchers from China have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) system to help visually impaired people navigate their surroundings.

17 Apr 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI planning to acquire AI coding assistant Windsurf for $3B

OpenAI is eyeing a $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf, the developer of a popular AI coding assistant, Bloomberg reports.

17 Apr 2025

DeepSeek

Trump administration wants to ban DeepSeek in the US: Report

The US government is considering penalties on China's DeepSeek, The New York Times reported.

17 Apr 2025

Elon Musk

Musk's Grok now offers personalized answers based on past conversations

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) venture, xAI, has introduced a new 'memory' feature for its Grok chatbot.

16 Apr 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini AI reasoning models debut: What's special? 

OpenAI has unveiled its latest AI reasoning models, the o3 and o4-mini.

16 Apr 2025

China

This Chinese AI video generator can take on OpenAI's Sora

Chinese tech firm Kuaishou Technology has unveiled the upgraded version of its Kling AI model.

16 Apr 2025

Tollywood

Dil Raju launches AI-powered media company for next-gen filmmaking

Renowned Tollywood film producer Dil Raju has announced a partnership between his production house, Sri Venkateswara Creations, and Quantum AI Global, a leading artificial intelligence technology company.

16 Apr 2025

NVIDIA

NVIDIA banned from exporting chips to China, faces $5.5B loss

NVIDIA has projected a quarterly loss of about $5.5 billion, after it was restricted from exporting its H20 graphics processing units (GPUs) to China and other select regions.

15 Apr 2025

Technology

This company just hired AI employees to join human team

Denmark's Royal Unibrew has added five artificial intelligence (AI) "colleagues" to its team, taking a major step in the company's history.

15 Apr 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI unveils GPT-4.1 AI models focused on coding tasks

OpenAI has unveiled a new series of models, called GPT-4.1. The lineup includes three variants: GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano.

15 Apr 2025

Google

Google develops new AI model to decode dolphin sounds

Google has created a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, called DolphinGemma, to analyze dolphin vocalizations.

14 Apr 2025

Meta

EU: Meta to resume AI training with public user content

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced its decision to resume artificial intelligence (AI) training using publicly available content from European users.

14 Apr 2025

NVIDIA

NVIDIA says it will manufacture AI chips in the US

NVIDIA has announced plans to manufacture artificial intelligence (AI) chips in the United States.

14 Apr 2025

Android

Google is bringing AI Mode to Android's search bar

Google is now testing a new way to access its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities through the Search bar on Android devices.

14 Apr 2025

Spotify

Spotify launches AI-driven advertising tools in India: What are they?

Spotify has launched its Generative AI Ads and Spotify Ad Exchange (SAX) in India.

14 Apr 2025

Samsung

Samsung's new AI tool helps you fix appliances remotely

Samsung has launched its Home Appliances Remote Management (HRM) tool in India, aimed at simplifying remote diagnosis and troubleshooting.

14 Apr 2025

Indian Government

Modi government's ₹10,000cr start-up fund to target tech, AI sectors

The Indian government had announced a Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) with a total corpus of ₹10,000 crore, earlier this year.

14 Apr 2025

Meta

How WhatsApp, Llama AI will improve e-governance in India

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is in talks with a number of state governments in India to improve e-governance.

13 Apr 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI to retire GPT-4, launch new AI models next week

OpenAI is gearing up to launch a new artificial intelligence model, GPT-4.1, possibly as early as next week.

13 Apr 2025

WhatsApp

Meta AI for WhatsApp now remembers your details—for personalized replies

WhatsApp has released its latest Android update, version 2.25.11.13, via the Google Play Beta Program.

13 Apr 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI's new AI agent will take over software engineering tasks

OpenAI is working on a game-changing AI agent, the Agentic Software Engineer (A-SWE).

12 Apr 2025

Netflix

OpenAI-powered search is now recommending shows, movies on Netflix

Netflix is testing a new search feature, powered by OpenAI, according to a report by Bloomberg.

12 Apr 2025

ChatGPT

After Ghibli-style images, ChatGPT now turning users into dolls

OpenAI's image generator for ChatGPT has given birth to a new trend among LinkedIn users, who are turning themselves into toys.

12 Apr 2025

NVIDIA

Alphabet, NVIDIA invest in OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever's AI start-up

Google's parent Alphabet and tech giant NVIDIA have invested in Safe Superintelligence (SSI), an artificial intelligence start-up by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.

10 Apr 2025

IIT Madras

Indian start-up's tech allows AI to run on regular PCs

Indian AI start-up Ziroh Labs has developed a cost-effective system, called Kompact AI, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.

10 Apr 2025

Avatar

James Cameron wants to use AI without firing people 

Three-time Oscar-winning director James Cameron recently joined Stability AI's board of directors, and he shared his vision regarding the future of filmmaking.

10 Apr 2025

Adobe

Adobe's AI agents will transform photo and video editing—Here's how

Adobe is stepping into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) with plans to bring AI agents into its popular software, Photoshop and Premiere Pro.

09 Apr 2025

Google

Google Workspace's latest feature makes updating spreadsheets, searching documents easier

Google is supercharging its Workspace suite with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

09 Apr 2025

Google

Google unveils Ironwood, its most advanced AI chip yet

Google has unveiled Ironwood, the newest member of its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) family of accelerator chips.

09 Apr 2025

Google

Meet Gemini 2.5 Flash: Google's latest efficiency-focused AI model 

Google has announced the launch of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 2.5 Flash.

09 Apr 2025

Google

Google's AI coding assistant gets 'agentic' powers: What it means

Google has announced major upgrades to its AI coding assistant, Gemini Code Assist, at the Cloud Next conference.

09 Apr 2025

China

Watch: AI video mocking American workers as obese goes viral

An AI-generated video has gone viral on Chinese social media, mocking US President Donald Trump's "reindustrialization" strategy to revive American factories.

09 Apr 2025

Meta

Ex-Meta executive to testify that firm helped China in AI

Former Meta executive, Sarah Wynn-Williams, is set to testify before the US Congress over her allegations against the social media giant.

09 Apr 2025

United Kingdom

UK is developing AI to catch murderers before they strike

The UK government is working on a "murder prediction" program, using personal data to identify people who could be at risk of committing violent crimes.

08 Apr 2025

Amazon

Amazon's new AI voice model can talk like a human

Amazon has unveiled its latest generative AI model, Nova Sonic. The innovative tool is capable of taking voice inputs and generating natural-sounding speech.

08 Apr 2025

India

AI being used to track 'curious' corals in India

Scientists at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in Chennai have developed an AI algorithm capable of tracking "curious" corals.

08 Apr 2025

Health & Wellness

How AI is being used to detect drug-resistant infections

Researchers at Tulane University, US have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based method to improve detection of genetic markers of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus.

08 Apr 2025

Technology

Prove AI can't do the job before hiring: Shopify CEO

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke has announced a significant shift in the company's hiring policy, emphasizing the integration of AI into daily operations.

08 Apr 2025

Amazon

Amazon's AI can now create videos for Reels, YouTube Shorts 

Amazon has upgraded its artificial intelligence (AI) video model, Nova Reel, allowing it to generate videos of up to two minutes long.

08 Apr 2025

Waymo

Waymo considers using in-car camera data for AI training, ads

Waymo, the self-driving tech giant, is said to be planning to use data from its autonomous taxis.

07 Apr 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI planning to buy Jony Ive's AI start-up for $500M

OpenAI is considering the purchase of io Products, an AI hardware start-up being built by former Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive.

07 Apr 2025

Samsung Electronics

Why Samsung is slipping in the AI chip race

Samsung Electronics is witnessing slow sales of artificial intelligence (AI) chips and continued losses in its contract chip manufacturing business.

07 Apr 2025

LinkedIn

AI creates LinkedIn clone based on single prompt. Say what!

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman recently tested an AI tool by asking it to recreate the professional networking platform, using a single prompt.

06 Apr 2025

Piyush Goyal

Aman Gupta backs Piyush Goyal, urges deeper focus on AI

Aman Gupta, co-founder of boAt, has echoed Union Minister Piyush Goyal's recent comments calling for India's progress in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep tech domains.

06 Apr 2025

DeepSeek

DeepSeek reveals new AI reasoning technique amid next-gen model anticipation

Chinese AI start-up, DeepSeek, has unveiled a novel way to improve the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs). The announcement comes ahead of the debut of the company's next-generation model.

06 Apr 2025

Meta

Meta unveils Llama 4—its most advanced family of AI models

Meta has unveiled a new series of AI models under its Llama family, called Llama 4.

05 Apr 2025

New York City

Man used AI avatar for court argument—judges identified it quickly

In a bizarre incident, Jerome Dewald, the plaintiff in a case, used an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar to argue at the New York State Supreme Court.

05 Apr 2025

OpenAI

Study shows OpenAI's AI models 'memorize' copyrighted content

A recent study has indicated that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, may have trained its AI models on copyrighted material, including books, codebases, and more.

US leads global AI tool usage, followed by India

The US led the world in web traffic to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with an astonishing 17.46 billion visits last year.

04 Apr 2025

Apple

Feeling burnt out? Apple's new emoji perfectly captures it

Apple has released its iOS 18.4 update, bringing a slew of new features, including support for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in India and other countries.

04 Apr 2025

ChatGPT

Users are generating Aadhaar cards with ChatGPT, raising data concerns

OpenAI's latest release for ChatGPT, GPT-4o's native image generation capability, has raised eyebrows over its potential for misuse.

04 Apr 2025

ChatGPT

Midjourney releases new AI image model amid ChatGPT craze

Midjourney, a pioneer in AI image generation, has launched its latest model, V7.

04 Apr 2025

Amazon

Amazon's new AI agent can shop third-party websites for you

Amazon has started to test a new artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant called "Buy for Me."

04 Apr 2025

DeepMind

DeepMind details all the ways AGI could 'permanently destroy humanity'

Google's DeepMind has released an in-depth technical paper detailing the risks of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

03 Apr 2025

United Nations (UN)

AI could disrupt 40% of global jobs by 2033: UN

The United Nations (UN) has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) technology could affect nearly 40% of all jobs across the globe.

03 Apr 2025

Meta

Why authors are protesting against Meta in London today

A group of authors and publishing industry professionals are planning to stage a protest outside Meta's London office today.

03 Apr 2025

Google

Google AI presented April Fools' story as news. Say what!

Ben Black, a journalist famous for his mischievous fake stories on Cwmbran Life, was shocked to see one of his April Fools' Day stories being passed off as real news by Google's AI tool.

03 Apr 2025

OpenAI

This AI just passed Turing test, the ultimate human benchmark

OpenAI's GPT-4.5 model has passed a three-party version of the Turing test, a well-known test of machine intelligence.

03 Apr 2025

DeepMind

Google's AI aces Minecraft without training—Why it's a major breakthrough

Google DeepMind's AI system, Dreamer, has hit a major milestone by successfully finding diamonds in the popular video game, Minecraft.

02 Apr 2025

Technology

Breakthrough AI system restores speech for paralyzed patients—How it works

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a groundbreaking AI-powered system.

02 Apr 2025

Technology

This AI chatbot was caught promoting terrorism

In response to the World Health Organization's 2023 warning about loneliness and social isolation, AI companion services have surged in popularity.

02 Apr 2025

Meta

The woman behind Llama AI leaves Meta

Joelle Pineau, the head of artificial intelligence (AI) research at Meta Platforms, has announced her exit from the company.

02 Apr 2025

Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra, Microsoft partner to establish AI centers in 3 cities

Maharashtra government has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to set up three Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centers of Excellence in Nagpur, Mumbai, and Pune.

01 Apr 2025

Alibaba Group

Forget ChatGPT! This AI can create Ghibli-style videos for free

Alibaba's generative AI model Qwen has introduced an innovative feature: the ability to create Ghibli-style anime videos.