Betting big on India's AI potential, Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced new subsea cable routes to boost AI connectivity between India and the US, alongside major skilling initiatives, including training 20 million public servants and supporting 11 million students
'Today, we are at a stage where we have launched a voice-to-voice model that supports 14 Indian languages.'
After almost a year, Google's smart speakers Home and Home Mini with Google Assistant have finally arrived in India.
Sam Altman is wagering on GPT5 as a leap towards AGI -- smarter, more accurate and less flattering -- but admits the AI still lacks selflearning.
'Skills like critical thinking, empathy, storytelling, team management and ethical judgment will grow in value even as AI continues to master logical tasks,' says Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
On Jawaharlal Nehru's 61st death anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recalls how India's first prime minister cultivated a unique role for the newly independent country on the world stage.
Sukanya Verma captures everything Reema Kagti has created so far and where you can watch it.
In the worst-case scenario, it will be next to impossible for tech companies like Amazon and Google to run any service that requires user biometrics.
The application was filed in 2006 by Motorola Mobility LLC, now changed to Google Technology Holdings LLC for method and apparatus of providing text messages
The device supports a host of India-specific apps and the more you use it, the better it gets.
The SoundOne X60 neckband wireless Bluetooth earphones are good, affordable and comes with decent sound and battery life, says Ashish Narsale.
Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com tells you what the Google Nest Hub has to offer.
Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples sighs Sukanya Verma.
One of the key concerns for non-users of voice assistants is trust.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio on Friday announced deferring the roll-out of the JioPhone Next - the low-priced smartphone it has developed with Google - to Diwali. The phone was previously to be launched on September 10. Ambani at the shareholder meeting of his flagship Reliance Industries in June, had stated that the JioPhone Next will be available for purchase on September 10.
Overestimation of AI can lead to an excessive level of trust and the spread of disinformation. ChatGPT's replies are riddled with factual errors, hidden in eloquent, grammatically correct sentences. This leads to a hallucination of truth, explains Kumar Abishek.
Can Bixby 2.0 take on Siri and Alexa?
Google's successful bid came after Apple Inc had expressed interest in buying Wavii to incorporate the startup's natural language technology into Siri, Apple's voice-activated personal assistant feature, said the person, who declined to be named because the deal has not been publicly announced.
The Google Pixel 4a mobile phone, discovers Ashish Narsale, is all about photography and software experience.
'What amazes me the most is that today users communicate with voice-activated speakers like as if they were talking to another human being, using words like "please," and "thank you," and even "sorry"!', says advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
A peek inside the new HTC flagship phone.
Digital assistants are a gateway to powerful artificial intelligence tools
A peek at Google Now's features that help users in their daily tasks.
Indian mobile and Web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects.
Google is all set to launch its newest line of smartphones and maybe a whole bunch of other hardware products
Google has worked with a range of partners to build Nexus phones, with the company controlling the software and some hardware elements, while leaving manufacturing to its partners, who have included LG, HTC and Huawei, among others.
Google really wanted to know why people kept asking the Assistant to marry them, says Amrita Singh.
Choose from a range of accessories to make his life easy, enjoyable and stress-free.
Though most of the voice-activated solutions are based in English, work is on to create solutions in Indian languages.
Innovation ranging from exterior designs of vehicles to EV charger locks grabbed eyeballs at the expo
HTC gets back into the innovation game with the HTC U12 Plus, says Ashish Narsale.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday said Jio and Google have jointly developed a power-packed and affordable smartphone 'JioPhone Next', which will be available in the market from September 10. Ambani promised that JioPhone Next will be the most affordable smartphone not just in India but globally. Speaking at RIL's annual general meeting, Ambani asserted that an ultra-affordable 4G smartphone is essential to make India '2G-mukt' (free of 2G).
Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com takes a look at OnePlus's latest offering.
Himanshu Juneja reviews the best phone yet from Google
The easy-to-wear Jabra Elite Bluetooth earphones offer superior sound quality, active noise cancellation and a trio of microphones, say Dhruv Munjal and Veer Arjun Singh.
The Consumer Electronics Show, currently on in Las Vegas, is showcasing exciting new products, enhanced with Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.
It is an aspirational smart-speaker with few rivals, says Veer Arjun Singh.
AI will continue to grow in capacity, and the newer versions will keep us in a state of hypnosis. But there would still be a shadow of uncertainty, predicts Atanu Biswas.
Alexa powered Echo Spot lets you play music, control smart home devices, set alarms and make video calls.
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