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5 things about AI you may have missed today: NITI Aayog VC advocates AI; AI predicting COVID-19 variants, and more

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: NITI Aayog VC advocates AI; AI predicting COVID-19 variants, and more

[ad_1] AI Roundup: NITI Aayog VC advocates AI solutions for marine fisheries challenges; Government and industry collaborate on AI for public grievance resolution; AI model predicts COVID-19 fresh variant waves with 80% accuracy; Railways to utilise AI for crowd control during Prayagraj's Magh Mela- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. NITI Aayog VC advocates AI solutions for marine fisheries challengesArtificial intelligence (AI) can address challenges in marine fisheries, according to NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery. Speaking at a workshop on the fisheries' potential, Bery emphasized the crucial role of technology as a growth driver. The VC highlighted the need for innovative strategies to meet rising fish demand, emphasizing that understanding demand dynamics...

India unlikely to have hyperloop trains in near future: NITI member V K Saraswat

[ad_1] India is unlikely to go in for hyperloop technology for ultra high-speed trains in the near future as the technology is at a 'very low level' of maturity and may not be economically viable at the current juncture, NITI Aayog Member V K Saraswat said on Sunday.Saraswat, who is heading a committee to explore the technological and commercial viability of the Virgin Hyperloop technology, further said some foreign companies have shown interest to bring the technology in India. "Hyperloop technology as far as we are concerned, we found that the offer which came from foreign countries are not very viable options. They are at a very low level of maturity of technology," he told PTI in an interview. Hyperloop is a high-speed train, running in vacuum in a tube. The technology is proposed ...

Google India honcho Archana Gulati resigns even as tech giant is under scrutiny

[ad_1] Google India public policy head Archana Gulati's resignation comes at a time when Google is facing a number of antitrust cases. Google India's government affairs and public policy head Archana Gulati, has resigned from her post after serving the tech giant for five months. She is an economics graduate and a Ph.D. from IIT-Delhi. Archana was working as Joint Secretary (Digital Communications) at NITI Aayog, a government think tank 5 months back before she joined Google India. But now she has resigned from her post, sources said. The reason behind her resignation from Google India is yet to be known. When contacted by PTI, both Gulati and Google refused to provide a statement on the matter. Gulati's resignation came a...