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Click here! Also Read: Top influential figures in artificial intelligence: From Elon Musk to Sam Altman, check TIME100 list Manu Chopra, CEO, Karya At the age of 27, Chopra established Karya, a nonprofit organization with a unique approach. Karya not only ensures that its employees receive a minimum wage of $5.00 per hour, which is approximately 20 times higher than India's minimum wage, but it also compensates them each time a company licenses Karya to create a new AI product.

Google executive on Wednesday about techniques the search and advertising giant used to push up online advertising prices in an allegedly unfair way. Testifying at a once-in-a-generation antitrust trial in Washington where the United States has accused Google of abusing its dominance of search and some advertising, Google executive Adam Juda said the company uses a formula, which includes the quality of an ad, to decide who wins auctions that are used to place advertising on websites.

Cricket enthusiasts all over the world are waiting with bated breath for the first match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, which commences today. Tech giant Google, commemorated this event with an animated doodle. The cartoon showcases two adorable ducks marching between the wickets, bats in their hand. On clicking the doodle, you will be directed towards the tournament schedule.

Click here! It further states that day is to recognise in which teachers are improving education, but it's also a day to consider the support they need to use their skills and vocation to the fullest, and to reconsider the future of the profession on a worldwide scale. October 5 is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming the education system and to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their knowledge and vocational skills.

Also read: Satya Nadella's scathing statement at Google antitrust trial, 'Do you think Google will pay Apple if…' The talks about potential deals between Microsoft and Apple and DuckDuckGo and Apple will be unsealed soon, Bloomberg report added. Last month, the US Department of Justice argued Google, which has some 90% of the search market, illegally paid $10 billion annually to smartphone makers such as Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to be the default in search on their devices in order to stay on top.

Also Read: ICC World Cup 2023: Zaheer Khan predicts four semi-finalists— England, India, Pakistan, Australia Meanwhile, only four teams will progress to the knockout stage, which consists of two semi-final matches and one cup final in Ahmedabad. The tournament will be played all across India, at stadiums in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Dharamsala and Pune.

MUMBAI : ShareChat, the short-video platform backed by Google Llc, is seeking fresh investments that would value the social-media company at $2.2 billion, marking a 55% drop from the valuation it secured last year, two people aware of the development said. “The company is looking at a bridge round of around $40-50 million in primary capital," said one of the people mentioned above. However, a third person close to the founder said it would be a growth equity round as the company is getting closer to breaking even.

Google Assistant will begin incorporating Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chat service, Bard, into its responses “soon,” according to an October 4 social media post from the development team.

Google on Wednesday unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that can be altered by the technology, too

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Made By Google event in New York, the American tech giant has announced its plan to incorporate generative AI features from its Bard chatbot into Google's own virtual assistant. This integration aims to offer personalized assistance with reasoning and generative functions on mobile devices. "(A) whole task is done through a couple of simple questions that you're asking your assistant, which is, we think, a very, very powerful concept," Sissie Hsiao vice president, Google assistant and Bard, told the news agency.

The Pixel 8 Pro matches the iPhone 15 Pro at $999, while the Pixel 8 costs the same as the iPhone 14 at $699. The new prices reflect the upgraded displays and cameras used in the latest devices, which are still “punching above our weight class,” according to Google product manager Patrick Hennessey, suggesting that consumers are getting more for their money. The Pixel rollout is Google’s latest attempt to make a dent in the market. Though its Android operating system runs the majority of the world’s smartphones, the company’s own hardware accounts for just a fraction of sales.

Fair-share fee payment by large over-the-top players to telecom operators will enhance consumer experience with better quality networks without violating net neutrality principles, industry body COAI said on Wednesday. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel etc, said that it is a misguided view that fair share charge on large traffic generating (LTG) OTTs will violate net neutrality principles.

₹$699. Google has priced the Google Pixel 8 at $699. According to HT Auto, in India, the Google Pixel 8 is priced starting at Rs.

India has appointed Sreenivasa Reddy as the new government affairs and public policy leader for the country, the company said. Reddy joins Google from Microsoft, where he was a senior director heading the extended reality regulatory affairs for Asia Pacific and Middle East Asian countries. Reddy has also served as the head of regulatory affairs at Apple in India between July 2018 and November 2021.

TOKYO—SoftBank Group’s chief executive officer, Masayoshi Son, said artificial general intelligence is so powerful that within a decade it will surpass all human knowledge. “Take advantage of it or be left behind," Son said to a crowd gathered for the technology investment company’s annual SoftBank World event.

Google, Meta Platforms and other large online platforms' content moderation restrictions after some media outlets complained about arbitrary decisions removing their content. The draft rules require online platforms to carry news content for 24 hours before taking it down if this breaches their content moderation rules.

Pixel Watch 2, alongside the much-anticipated Pixel 8 series and Pixel Buds Pro at its launch event tonight in New York. The Pixel Watch 2 is slated to make its debut in India on October 5, adding to the growing products in the smart wearable market.

Made by Google launch event will begin at 7:30 PM IST and will be livestreamed on Google's website, YouTube channel, or the company's social media handles. As per media reports, the Pixel 8 is anticipated to come with a 6.17-inch FHD display, while the Pixel 8 Pro might sport a 6.7-inch QHD+ display featuring a 120Hz refresh rate. Internally, both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are rumored to be driven by Google's in-house Tensor G3 chipset.

Dunzo is seeking a final nod from its board to raise up to $35 million through a rights issue even as some of its investors are of the view that the valuation of the beleaguered startup be slashed to about $200 million — or one fourth of its peak value of $800 million – for the critical financing round, several people aware of the matter said. While a few of the existing investors have committed around $10-15 million in capital at the reduced valuation, the company’s board is yet to clear the proposal, they added. Further, a meeting scheduled for last week is now expected to take place later this week. Company founder and CEO Kabeer Biswas is expected to seek clearance from the board, including top shareholders like Reliance Retail, Google and others, in the coming days to close the much needed funding, the sources said.