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Sarvam AI spearheads drive to address India’s unique needs; gets funding from Khosla Ventures, others

12Feb

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Sarvam AI spearheads drive to address India’s unique needs; gets funding from Khosla Ventures, others

[ad_1] Sarvam AI, an emerging AI startup that is dedicated to addressing India's unique requirements, has successfully raised $41 million in a Series A funding round. Led by Lightspeed, the investment round also saw participation from Peak XV Partners and Vinod Khosla's Khosla Ventures, marking a significant milestone as the largest early-stage fundraising endeavour for an Indian AI startup to date.Co-founded by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, Sarvam AI aims to pioneer a comprehensive approach towards generative AI development. Their strategic vision encompasses the entire spectrum of generative AI, from pioneering research initiatives in custom model training to establishing an enterprise-grade platform for model authoring and deployment. This holistic approach is expected to cataly...

Effective Altruism Has a Sam Altman Problem

30Dec

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Effective Altruism Has a Sam Altman Problem

[ad_1] At a New York City dive bar on a recent December night, Pitbull blared from the sound system, and a gathering of like-minded young people had passionate debates about morals and the future of humanity. The local community of effective altruists was holding its “end of year celebration.”It seemed like EAs had little to celebrate. Because for the second time in as many years, a guy named Sam was the subject of an extraordinary tech story and an apparent indictment of the EA philosophy. This time it wasn't crypto criminal Sam Bankman-Fried, but the artificial intelligence industry's superstar, Sam Altman. It's been quite the ride for those calling themselves effective altruists, an embodiment of a philosophy that morphed from doing good, into how to make as much money as possible t...

Not sentient AI killing us off, China is a bigger threat, says Open AI investor Vinod Khosla

15Dec

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Not sentient AI killing us off, China is a bigger threat, says Open AI investor Vinod Khosla

[ad_1] Since the advent of AI, there has been a divide between those who think this tech is a boon and those who feel that it will bring doom to humanity. While the risks of artificial intelligence are being debated across the world at all levels, some famous industry leaders have different views. Renowned investor Vinod Khosla, a key figure in the early backing of OpenAI, has stirred debate by emphasizing that the real threat to the world is China, not artificial intelligence. Khosla, who invested a substantial $50 million in OpenAI through his venture capital firm Khosla Ventures in 2019, shared his insights at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference. Another top OpenAI investor who subsequently moved out was Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Check here to know what Khosla said.China is the real threat...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Doctors for free in a decade, tech giants fund Congressional AI fellows

3Dec

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Doctors for free in a decade, tech giants fund Congressional AI fellows

[ad_1] It has been alleged that tech giants fund Congressional AI fellows and this has raised concerns of undue industry influence; AstraZeneca Inks $247 million deal with AI firm Absci for cancer drug discovery; MediaTek's on-device AI promises to personalised phone experience; EY's AI detects fraud in UK audits- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. Tech giants fund congressional AI fellowsTech giants like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Nvidia are funnelling funds through the American Association for the Advancement of Science to support a "rapid response cohort" of Congressional AI fellows. These fellows, including PhD holders and former tech professionals, are influencing AI policy in Senate offices, including those of Sens. Schumer, Heinrich, Rounds, Wyden, Cassidy...

Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture-source

19Nov

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Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture-source

[ad_1] Sam Altman, the just ousted CEO of OpenAI, is discussing a possible return to the company behind the ChatGPT bot even as he considers launching a new artificial intelligence (AI) venture, a person briefed on the matter said on Saturday.A day after the board fired him in a surprise move that rocked the tech world, Altman was talking with OpenAI executives about improving the company's governance structure while he discusses with some core OpenAI researchers and others loyal to Altman how they could start a new AI company, the person said. The possibilities of a return or a restart for Altman, seen by many as the face of generative AI, are in flux, said the source, who asked not to be named because the source was not authorized to speak on behalf of the parties involved. OpenAI and...

Apple Faces Billionaire Khosla in Goliath v. Goliath Tech Suits

24May

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Apple Faces Billionaire Khosla in Goliath v. Goliath Tech Suits

[ad_1] There's an unwritten rule for technology startups: Never challenge Apple in court if you want to survive.The world's most valuable company has a track record of success in a long string of David versus Goliath battles over cutting-edge, life-changing technologies. But billionaire Vinod Khosla is no lightweight. He's one of Silicon Valley's most celebrated venture capitalists, and he's used to playing long odds on the startups he backs. Khosla Ventures LLC put itself on a collision course with Apple Inc. when it moved into the personal health and fitness space a decade ago and invested in AliveCor, a maker of cardiac monitoring devices and software. What might have been a big partnership opportunity for AliveCor in the years following the release of the Apple Watch in 2015, to off...