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eligible AI startups" with up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits “to invest in the cloud infrastructure and computational power essential for AI development and deployment." Karya, an AI data startup that empowers low-income communities, is “using Gemini (also Microsoft products) to design a no-code chatbot," while “Cropin (in which Google is an investor) is using Gemini to power its new real-time generative AI, agri-intelligent platform." Manu Chopra, co-founder and CEO of Karya, said he uses Gemini "to take Karya Platform global and enable low-income communities everywhere to build truly ethical and inclusive AI." Gemini has helped Cropin “build a more sustainable, food-secure future for the planet," according to Krishna Kumar, the startup's co-founder and CEO. Robotic startup Miko.ai “is using Google LLM as a part of its quality control mechanisms," says Ajjarapu.

British regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into Microsoft’s hiring of an AI startup’s key staff over concerns that it could thwart competition in the booming artificial intelligence market

Former TV personality Carlos Watson has been convicted in a federal financial conspiracy case about collapsed startup Ozy Media

AI startup Cropin Technology Solutions has unveiled a real-time intelligence solution to forecast future yields for 13 vital crops as artificial intelligence helps overcome bottlenecks in the farming industry. The Bangalore-headquartered company unveiled Sage, powered by Alphabet Inc.’s Google Gemini AI model, which converts the world’s agricultural landscape into a proprietary grid-based map and then delivers precise predictive intelligence based on historical data. Decision-makers can ask questions about crop performance and life cycle in their native language and get information on productivity, climate, farm practices and soil for the 13 crops that account for 80% of global food demand.

developers globally are already using Gemini, Google's suite of multimodal AI models, with India boasting of one of the largest user bases on the tech giant's developer platform Google AI Studio, Manish Gupta, director, Google DeepMind told ET on Monday. He is in the city for Google I/O, the regional variant of the company's annual developer conference being held on Tuesday.

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Countries around the world are looking for ways in which to address the challenge of competition in the digital world. In America, there are a number of bills before the US Congress seeking to provide legislative avenues through which this problem can be tackled. Both the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have initiated a number of high profile antitrust lawsuits against Big Tech companies.

₹92 crore ($11 million) in a pre-Series A funding round—that gave the company a post money valuation of $55 million—led by early-stage investors such as Blume Ventures, and Antler. Google also participated in the round. The latest fundraise marks the company's first external capital raise since its inception in November 2022.

Donald Trump's vice presidential pick J.D. Vance has openly praised the work of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, a sign that the agency's broad approach to antitrust enforcement could enjoy some level of support from a second Trump administration. Vance, a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, joined the presidential ticket on Monday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump officially became the party's nominee.

ride-hailing app Namma Yatri has raised Rs 92 crore ($11 million) in a funding round led by Blume Ventures and Antler. Tech giant Google was also among the investors who participated in this pre-Series A round. Parent company Moving Tech, a spin-off of Juspay, will use the funds in technology, R&D and boosting driver earnings.

GenAI startups have become a focal point for companies and VCs, whose investments range from healthcare and finance to robotics. According to the Stanford report, private investment in GenAI has increased to $25.23 billion in 2023 from less than $5 billion in 2022. From top companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia to Salesforce and AMD, no one wants to be left behind in the AI race.

commercial messaging market is expected to more than double to $3.2 billion by 2028 from $1.3 billion in 2023, with global advanced messaging channels such as Google's RCS (rich communication services) and Meta's WhatsApp Business intensifying their competition for a bigger share of this growing market. WhatsApp currently has a head start over Google's RCS with some enterprises saying they have deployed a majority of their messaging on that platform. However, both are set to reach a combined market of $1.6 billion and capture 50% of value share of India's commercial messaging market, according to research firm Gartner. While basic messaging channels in India such as SMS are set to grow at an annual rate of 12% through 2028, advanced channels such as RCS and WhatsApp will grow at 58% at the fastest pace for any country globally, Gartner said. «Globally, while basic messaging is set to grow at a modest 4.2%, advanced messaging is scaling in double digits at 34.4%,» said Pankil Sheth, industry research analyst at Gartner.

Apple's shares rose about 2% on Monday after Morgan Stanley raised its price target on the iPhone maker's shares and designated the stock as a «top pick,» citing the company's AI efforts as a boost to device sales. In what was seen as a move to catch up with Alphabet's Google and Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the iPad maker last month unveiled Apple Intelligence, luring customers to upgrade their devices to be able to use the new technology.

Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. A deal could come together soon, the source said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential.

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The Associated Press says it will provide free campaign and election night coverage to dozens of small and independent newsrooms located in swing states, through a program funded by a Knight Foundation grant

The European Union says it’s adding the porn site XXNX to its list of online services facing the strictest level of scrutiny under the bloc’s digital regulations, including measures requiring users to verify their ages

Cloudflare last week launched a new tool to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) bots that crawl websites and scrape their content indiscriminately. It comes at a time when content publishers are increasingly anxious about their unique works being turned into fodder for AI models. Here’s a closer look at the tool and why it matters.