Apple Vision Pro Future Growth Areas: Surgery, Aircraft Repair, Teaching

22Jan

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Apple Vision Pro Future Growth Areas: Surgery, Aircraft Repair, Teaching

Apple Inc., which is poised to launch its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset on Feb. 2, is already envisioning future workplace applications for the device, including using it for surgery, aircraft repair and teaching students. In a video sent to employees this week, Apple executives Mike Rockwell and Alan Dye discussed the product's development, as well as potential growth areas for the still-nascent technology. Bloomberg News obtained a transcript of the conversation, which came just before Apple began accepting preorders for the Vision Pro on Friday. When asked about some “cool” ways that people could use the $3,499 Vision Pro, Rockwell cited health care, training and education as key areas. “Oftentimes, surgeons struggle to look at displays during procedures, where information is spr...

28Dec

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Mukesh Ambani Wants Reliance To Emerge as AI Enabler in India, Be Among World’s Top 10 Conglomerates

Reliance Industries Chairman and MD, Mukesh Ambani has urged the employees of his company to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) transformation across all businesses in 2024 to stay ahead of rivals in deploying advanced technologies. “We need to be at forefront of using data, with AI as an enabler for achieving a quantum jump in productivity and efficiency,” Ambani said. This will help the company to be at the forefront of solving “India's urgent national priorities in education, healthcare, agriculture and employment generation,” Ambani said. "Reliance can and Reliance will grow to be among the top 10 business conglomerates of the world," Ambani said, indicating his ambitions for the company and where he wanted to see it. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. is working with the Indian Insti...

12Oct

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Google Meet rolls out full HD video calling feature; Know all about it

The shift to a hybrid work environment has led to the emergence of online communication platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and more. While most of these existed before the sudden demand for them during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is now healthy competition to become the number one workspace provider in the market. Consequently, developers keep rolling out new features to keep users from switching to alternate platforms. Earlier this year, Google Meet brought 1080p video calling to one-on-one video chats, and now this feature is being introduced in group calling as well.Google Meet gets full HD video group callingIn a blog post (via 9to5Google), Google announced that it is updating its workspace and bringing full HD (1080p) video calling to group calls, months after ...

9Oct

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google Cloud announces Vertex AI Search, UK’s AI hackathon and more

AI Roundup: Google Cloud has introduced Vertex AI Search, offering early access to healthcare professionals. Meanwhile, the UK announced an AI hackathon that is set to take place at the end of this month, exploring AI's potential in education-related tasks. In a separate development, China aims to increase computing power by nearly 50 percent by 2025.All this, and more in today's AI roundup. 1. Google Cloud introduces Vertex AI Search for healthcare professionalsExpanding its already vast portfolio of AI services and products, Google Cloud in a blog post on Monday announced that early access to Vertex AI Search is now available. Healthcare professionals and companies can take advantage of Google's AI-powered search to find accurate clinical information much more efficiently, and to sea...

24Aug

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Can Oxford and Cambridge save Harvard from ChatGPT?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is capable not just of disrupting higher education but of blowing it apart. The march of the smart machines is already well advanced. AI can easily pass standardized tests such as the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) and the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) required by graduate schools. AI received a 3.34 GPA (grade point average) in a Harvard freshman course and a B grade on the final exam of a typical core Wharton Business School MBA course.What can be done to avoid a future in which AI institutionalizes cheating and robs education of any real content? This question is stirring an anxious debate in the university world, not least in the United States, a country that has long been a pacemaker in higher education and technology, but one that is lo...

20Aug

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Maharashtra: Woman loses ₹2.4 lakh to cyber fraud

A 26-year-old woman from Nagpur lost ₹2.4 lakh after falling prey to cyber fraud, an official said on Saturday.Complainant Tshiwang Ladol originally belongs to Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh and lives in the Somwari Quarter area here, said the official. She is pursuing a course in physical education in Nagpur. Ladol recently received an offer through the Telegram app for an online job. She was told to complete a few simple online tasks and received some amount, the official said.Later, Ladol was lured with the promise of more income and was persuaded to make “investments”. This way, she paid ₹2.4 lakh to the fraudsters who were in touch with her through the app.After realising that she had been cheated, Ladol approached the police on Friday.A case has been registered under Sect...

3Aug

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Coursera’s CEO Wants its Chatbot to Become Your Personal Tutor

Coursera Inc.'s chief executive officer Jeff Maggioncalda wants to give you an AI-generated personal tutor.The online learning platform has recently launched Coach, a chatbot tool that plugs into ChatGPT. It answers questions by sifting through and summarizing Coursera's entire curriculum. Maggioncalda offers up a quick demo to start off our interview. “Can you explain in terms that a 10-year old would understand what a convolutional neural network is,” he asks. And the AI coach almost instantly responds via text. “Imagine you have a picture of a car and you want to find out where the car is in the picture. One way to do this is to look at small parts of the picture one at a time and see if any of those parts look like a car. This is called a sliding window. A convolutional, neural sli...

14Jul

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Apple Store Union Accuses Company of Bad Faith Negotiations

Apple Inc.'s contract talks with its first unionized US retail store reached a flashpoint on Wednesday, with labor representatives filing a complaint in response to what they called bad faith negotiations.The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, which represents the Apple store in Towson, Maryland, said that the iPhone maker is stalling and hasn't responded to key proposals sought by employees. The group filed the complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, citing a “clear pattern” of regressive bargaining. The union argues that Apple has made counteroffers that would merely preserve the status quo. It also complained that Apple is sharing negotiation information with the company's other retail stores, despite asking for a closed bargaining process. “...

11Jul

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Apply online for DRDO jobs: Check when and where to do so

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has released its recruitment 2023 notification for open vacancies. The open position is for the post of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) on a contract basis in the Information Technology/Cyber Security/ Computer Science engineering discipline. There are 2 vacancies open for the mentioned post. The candidates will be selected based on their application and personal interview. Here's how and when you can apply for this position in DRDO. Important dates for applying onlineThe notification for the post was out on July 10, and the start date to fill out the application form started as soon as the notification was released. The last date to submit the application form is July 20. The personal interview may begin on August 4 in Delh...

8Jul

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Do online MBA! Top 3 apps that can guide you towards a high salary and great job

Are you feeling trapped in your current job? Do you yearn to fast-track your career, but don't know where to begin? Whether you're a recent graduate or a seasoned professional, pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) could hold the key to your success. An MBA is more than just a certification for your resume; it equips you with the skills for leadership roles and opens doors across various industries. And that means you get a high salary and your dream job at an early stage of your career.The industry now demands a broader skill set beyond the traditional principles of management studies, indicating an imminent skill crisis. To counter this, the solution of the future has emerged: the online MBA. Is an online MBA worth considering?Online MBA programs are rapidly growing in p...