Tencent hires OpenAI researcher as China steps up talent searchTencent Holdings hired Yao Shunyu to work on integrating AI into its services. Yao had most recently worked at OpenAI in the US after stint...
12 Sep, 2025, 09.06 PM IST
Jeff Bezos wished to be a physicist until one Math problem gave him a reality check: Amazon founder's hilarious moment from PrincetonBefore founding Amazon, Jeff Bezos aspired to be a theoretical physicist at Princeton. A challenging homework problem, solved instantly by ...
12 Sep, 2025, 06.47 PM IST
Are AI chatbots lying to you? Princeton study reveals how they sacrifice truth for user satisfactionAI chatbots lying: A Princeton University study reveals that AI chatbots are increasingly prioritizing user satisfaction over factual accur...
03 Sep, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
No American grads on Meta’s top AI team, all 11 hires are immigrantsMeta's new Superintelligence Lab is powered by 11 AI researchers, all immigrants, hailing from countries like India, China, and the UK. The...
04 Jul, 2025, 04.15 PM IST
Amazon, Microsoft use AI to generate 25% of code in US: Will it take away jobs of software engineers in 2025?The tech industry faces ongoing job cuts in 2025, largely attributed to the rise of generative AI. Major companies like Alphabet and Micros...
24 Jun, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever saidExperts said that such fabrications are problematic because Whisper is being used in a slew of industries worldwide to translate and transc...
26 Oct, 2024, 10.45 AM IST
Nobel Prize in Physics: Who are John J Hopfield and Geoffrey E Hinton?John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics for their pioneering work in neural networks and...
08 Oct, 2024, 03.40 PM IST
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficientAt its core, artificial intelligence empowers machines to perform tasks previously thought to require human intelligence. The technology ha...
02 Sep, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficientFundamentally, artificial intelligence is the ability of machines to carry out tasks that were previously believed to require human intelli...
02 Sep, 2024, 02.11 PM IST
Globalisation is creating a truly worldwide middle class — US debt is huge, yet its leaders are stepping on the fiscal gas pedal: Harold JamesHarold James, a notable professor at Princeton University, shared insights on globalisation, artificial intelligence, and the resurgence of...
21 Aug, 2024, 10.51 PM IST
'Research' now key to get into top global schoolsTop international universities accepted only 4% of undergraduate applicants in recent admission cycle. Research is now a vital factor for a...
23 Jun, 2024, 02.38 PM IST
Sequoia backs AI startup that automates engineering tasksMatan Grinberg, a former physics PhD student, founded Factory, an AI startup valued at over $100 million.
20 Jun, 2024, 09.52 AM IST
Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook usersMeta Platforms introduces advanced AI systems, including the Llama 3 model. Despite limitations, the company aims to develop smarter chatbo...
19 Apr, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
TIME100 AI List: These Indians made a difference in the AI spaceOn the list, naturally, are obvious names like Sam Altman, cofounder and CEO of OpenAI, Nvidia top boss Jensen Huang, and X (formerly Twitt...
08 Sep, 2023, 06.38 PM IST
We used AI to write essays for Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Princeton. Here's how it went.High school seniors are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard for assistance with their college applications. Some students are usin...
02 Sep, 2023, 04.13 PM IST
How smart financial planning can help with substantial savings on your study abroad dreamsStudying abroad these days is much more inclusive for aspirants across varied backgrounds because there are ways to pursue it on a pocket-f...
14 Aug, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
Just like teaching a baby: Researchers trained AI model to 'think' like an infant, and it suddenly excelledInstead of building knowledge from scratch, infants start with some principled expectations about objects.
15 Jul, 2022, 08.22 PM IST