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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As OpenAI and Google joust this December, with the former’s 12 Days of Innovation challenge, and the latter countering it with its Gemini 2 AI model, I look beyond these skirmishes to predict my Twelve Trends for AI going into 2025 and beyond. I will describe them over three columns.

Gemini 1.0, Google has announced the latest version Gemini 2.0, which it calls its «most capable model yet», made for the agentic AI era. ET explains what's new, who can access Gemini 2.0, and where it is being applied and integrated. How is Gemini 2.0 different? Google seeks to unlock a new class of agentic experiences with the Gemini 2.0 family. The first model being launched is the experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash.

Vapi, a San Francisco-based startup that helps businesses deploy artificial intelligence-powered voice agents, said on Thursday it raised $20 million from investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners and Y Combinator, in an early-stage funding round. The fundraise valued Vapi at $130 million, according to a source familiar with the matter. Other investors in the round included Abstract Ventures, AI Grant, Saga Ventures and Michael Ovitz, who co-founded the influential Creative Artists Agency.

ANI. The Ministry of Labour & Employment is upgrading its IT systems for enhanced services to India's workforce, Dawra said.

The paper, which runs into 67 pages, titled 'Open Banking and Digital Payments: Implications for Credit Access' was authored by Shashwat Alok, Pulak Ghosh, Nirupama Kulkarni and Manju Puri. Among key highlights of the paper are that UPI has enabled underserved groups, including subprime and new-to-credit borrowers, to access formal credit for the first time.

One UI 7 introduces a range of AI-driven enhancements aimed at improving productivity. Among the updates are advanced writing assist tools embedded into the AI-powered operating system.

Reserve bank of India (RBI) has announced that it has allowed small finance banks to offer the credit line on Unified Payment Interface (UPI) in its monetary policy meet (MPC) held on December 06 2024. Credit line on UPI was launched in September 2023 and was made available to scheduled commercial banks, it has now been decided to permit small finance banks to sanction credit line on UPI, the RBI stated. This move will further deepen financial inclusion and enhance formal credit particularly for new to credit customers.

WABetaInfo, the update has been made available to a select group of beta testers, with plans to expand access in the coming days.Reportedly, the update is part of WhatsApp’s ongoing efforts to enhance its user experience. It builds on previous updates that introduced the ability to delete preset chat filters like "Unread" and "Groups." With this latest release, the functionality has been refined further, enabling users to manage, create, and delete custom chat lists directly from the chat interface.As per the report, to delete a preset filter, users can now simply tap and hold the filter, which reveals an option to remove it.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs earlier this week approved a plan of India’s Income Tax Department to roll out its PAN 2.0 project. This aims to streamline all services related to our Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) and simplify website access for individuals and companies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Raise your hand if you have encountered a dialog box on an app or a website where “Yes" is brighter and more visible than a “No", or the site you are buying from has sneakily added a new service or an item while charging you more money. These traits, called deceptive patterns, are design decisions made by companies to subconsciously coerce users into making a decision, making a purchase, or ticking a box.

ChatGPT and other voice services, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The new Siri, details of which haven’t been reported, uses more advanced large language models, or LLMs, to allow for back-and-forth conversations, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the effort hasn’t been announced. The system also can handle more sophisticated requests in a quicker fashion, they said. Revamping the 13-year-old Siri service is part of Apple’s efforts to become a force in artificial intelligence. The company debuted its much-ballyhooed Apple Intelligence platform last month, but it still lacks many of the features offered by other tech giants.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Industrial technology major Siemens will be focusing on delivering artificial intelligence-based solutions to its customers over selling simple components to differentiate itself and enrich its margins, a top global executive at the firm said.

Diwali night this year, the country's digital payment highway-Unified Payment Interface (UPI)-recorded a massive 644 million transactions exceeding its daily average by over a fifth on October31.

Galaxy S25 Ultra was initially listed on Geekbench in September, believed to carry Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. However, Qualcomm recently unveiled its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, now associated with Samsung’s flagship model.

Non-resident Indians (NRIs) now have a faster, more convenient option than traditional wire transfers to send money to family or make payments in India. The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) has extended UPI access to NRIs who hold non-resident external (NRE) or non-resident ordinary (NRO) accounts. This expansion allows NRIs to conduct instant transactions from their smartphones using UPI linked to their international mobile numbers, simplifying financial connections with India.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Imagine being able to control a computer with your thoughts—even more easily and quickly than using your hands. That is the goal of Precision Neuroscience.

Ericsson expects its next phase of growth in India will be driven by network densification due to the rising data consumption appetite of end users in the country, a senior company official has said. Ericsson's managing director for India and head of networks for market area South East Asia, Oceania and India, Nitin Bansal told PTI that there is significant potential for growth in fixed wireless access in India, and it will soon surpass the number of deployments in the US. «The next phase of growth is focused on meeting increasing traffic requirements, primarily through network densification to enhance network utilisation. Network densification will occur due to increased network utilisation,» he said. Ericsson estimates that the data traffic in India will grow from 29 GB per smartphone user per month to 68 GB per smartphone user per month by 2029.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Paytm parent One 97 Communications Ltd’s stock rose 8% on Wednesday. While the September quarter (Q2FY25) earnings had a few positives, such as improved traction in merchant loan disbursals and visible cost control efforts, much of this exuberance stemmed from the company receiving the National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) approval to onboard new customers for its unified payments interface (UPI) application.