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Ola Founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s AI Startup Krutrim Launches Indian Large Language Model
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Ola Founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s AI Startup Krutrim Launches Indian Large Language Model

[ad_1]  Krutrim, an artificial intelligence startup founded by serial entrepreneur Bhavish Aggarwal, has launched India's first multilingual large language model, which can generate text in 10 Indian languages. “Our LLM is voice-enabled, and able to understand several languages and even as a mix of languages such as Hinglish — Hindi and English,” Aggarwal said at the Friday event in Bangalore, hosted on the campus of Ola Group, where he's chief executive officer. “It's uniquely Indian.” Krutrim, which translates to “artificial” in Sanskrit, is also developing data centers and will ultimately aim to create servers and super computers for the AI ecosystem. The chatbot will be available in a beta version in January. Prototypes of the servers will be out in mid 2024 and production will star...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: Bing AI gets election info wrong, AI risk to financial systems, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Bing AI gets election info wrong, AI risk to financial systems, more

[ad_1] Today, December 15, the artificial intelligence space was filled with twists and turns, and the familiar foe of emerging technology, AI hallucination, has made a comeback. In the first incident, Microsoft's AI chatbot Bing AI made a major blunder while answering questions on elections in Germany and Switzerland. In other news, the US Financial Stability Oversight Council has found that the rapid adoption of AI can pose new risks for the financial system of the country. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Microsoft's Bing AI wrongly answers election questionsResearch from European nonprofits AI Forensics and AlgorithmWatch indicates that Microsoft's Bing AI chatbot, now called Microsoft Copilot, provided inaccurate answers to 1 in 3 basic questions about...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: President Droupadi Murmu on deepfakes, AI lasers, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: President Droupadi Murmu on deepfakes, AI lasers, more

[ad_1] Even on a Saturday, the artificial intelligence space continues to be a hub of activity. On December 2, we witnessed multiple big announcements and callouts for safety in AI. In the first news, President Droupadi Murmu said that while the use of AI was making people's lives easier, its misuse to create deepfakes poses a threat to society. In other news, researchers have created an AI-powered laser camera capable of remotely detecting a person's heartbeat and identifying indicators of potential cardiovascular ailments. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.President Murmu speaks on deepfakesPresident Droupadi Murmu highlighted the dual nature of AI during the 111th convocation of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, reported PTI. While acknowled...
Need to build Indian AI data for common man’s daily use, says Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal
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Need to build Indian AI data for common man’s daily use, says Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal

[ad_1]  Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a very strong force for cultural assimilation and the country should build it with Indian data for common man's daily use, Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal said on Saturday. Speaking at the 12th edition of INSIGHT: The DNA of Success, held at the Isha Foundation here, Aggarwal, stressed upon the pivotal role of AI in cultural assimilation and daily utility.Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru said AI would grow more rapidly than even the people in technology could imagine. "I hope it happens more rapidly than it's happening now so that human beings can realise the value of 'being' and how to be will become the most valuable thing in the world," Sadhguru said. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.Ola Electric raises ₹3,200 cr to fund EV bizNotably, ...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: IBM CEO on AI accountability, China’s big AI plans, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: IBM CEO on AI accountability, China’s big AI plans, more

[ad_1] It was another interesting day in the artificial intelligence space with areas such as regulation, healthcare, and big tech witnessing some big developments. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, in an interview, highlighted that the US government should hold big tech companies accountable for any harm caused by the technology. In other news, China is gearing up to increase its AI and computing capabilities at an exponential rate. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.IBM CEO says tech companies should take accountabilityIn an interview with Politico Tech, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna called for Washington to hold big firms working with AI accountable in case their products and tools are used to cause any kind of trouble. He also emphasizes that companies deploying AI should...
Ola ramping up e-scooter production, capacity: CEO Bhavish Aggarwal
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Ola ramping up e-scooter production, capacity: CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

[ad_1] Ola Electric is ramping up production of its e-scooters and is parallelly expanding capacity at its factory in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu to meet future demand, company Founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said on Saturday. The company, which launched its new S1 Air electric scooter at an introductory price of ₹79,999, said it will also make a foray into electric motorcycles by next year. "We have sold upwards of a lakh units now (since the company made a foray into the electric two-wheeler space last year in August). Now, we have very significant momentum behind us. We are already producing more than 1,000 a day now at the future factory. We will be scaling it up significantly beyond that," he said in a virtual press conference. Aggarwal further said,"We feel that in the nex...