Scarlett Johansson ‘shocked and angered’ after OpenAI allegedly uses her voice without consent for chatbot ‘Sky’

Scarlett Johansson ‘shocked and angered' after OpenAI allegedly uses her voice without consent for chatbot ‘Sky’

Actress Scarlett Johansson has claimed that OpenAI used a voice for their new ChatGPT 4o chatbot that she found “eerily similar” to her own, despite having declined the company’s request to use her voice.  In a statement to NPR, Johansson detailed her experience with the tech giant and its latest AI voice, “Sky.” NPR’s Technology … Read more

This Jio Platforms-backed Silicon Valley startup wants to fix the AI language gap in India

This Jio Platforms-backed Silicon Valley startup wants to fix the AI language gap in India

Backed by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms and South Korea’s Naver Corp, the artificial reality startup has released a multilingual LLM called Sutra as well as a beta version of a multilingual LLM-based chatbot called Geniya.  Two Platforms also plans to soon release an artificial intelligence-powered messaging and social app called Zappy in India, according … Read more

India well positioned to leap ahead of developed worlds with AI: Sundar Pichai

India well positioned to leap ahead of developed worlds with AI: Sundar Pichai

“For India and other emerging countries, technology shifts are opportunities to catch up or leap ahead,” Pichai said.  India was unlikely to match developed countries in personal computing penetration, but in mobile adoption, more people gained access than in previous generations, Pichai elaborated.  Many people skipped landlines and went straight to cellular phones. With each … Read more

India Inc, not just IT, dangles big bucks for AI specialists. But is it all hype?

India Inc, not just IT, dangles big bucks for AI specialists. But is it all hype?

And since it can get tough finding such experts, companies would like any such experts they find to also be capable of developing AI workshops and courses for their other not-as-skilled employees. The competition is fierce, with firms offering 40% salary hikes to lure AI specialists with five-six years of experience at product companies. Sectors … Read more

Today’s AI models are impressive. Teams of them will be formidable

Today’s AI models are impressive. Teams of them will be formidable

The upgrade is part of wider moves across the tech industry to make chatbots and other artificial-intelligence, or AI, products into more useful and engaging assistants for everyday life. Show GPT-4o pictures or videos of art or food that you enjoy and it could probably furnish you with a list of museums, galleries and restaurants … Read more

How to train your large language model

How to train your large language model

It is no secret that building a large language model (LLM) requires vast amounts of data. In conventional training, an LLM is fed mountains of text, and encouraged to guess each word before it appears. With each prediction, the LLM makes small adjustments to improve its chances of guessing right. The end result is something … Read more

Video of AI surveilling workers for productivity goes viral; netizens say, ‘start practicing art of acting’

Video of AI surveilling workers for productivity goes viral; netizens say, 'start practicing art of acting'

As the world is beginning to depend a little more on Artificial Intelligence (AI) each day, a viral video on Reddit has shown a new and unique way the technology is being applied. In the viral video, AI is seen surveilling the workers to check their productivity during work hours. The countdown for the employee … Read more

Big tech’s great AI power grab

Big tech’s great AI power grab

The comparison with the famously capex-happy energy industry is apt not just because of the sums involved. AI needs vast amounts of processing power. And that processing power needs vast amounts of electricity. On May 2nd Bob Blue, chief executive of Dominion Energy, one of America’s biggest utilities, said that data-centre developers now regularly ask … Read more