Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking: 'Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also...' - lessons from the astrophysicist's warning on risks of artificial intelligence and human responsibilityQuote of the day by Stephen Hawking: Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking cautioned about artificial intelligence. He believed AI could be hu...
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Indian AI firms take up super hard stuffAI startups in India are now shifting their focus to move beyond applications and AI wrappers to build solutions in frontier deeptech areas...
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Quote of the day by Max Planck: "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change".Max Planck was a famous German physicist who started quantum theory and changed modern science. His ideas helped scientists understand atom...
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Commercials made by Quest Nutrition have re-ignited an old controversy: Do calories count?Quest Nutrition was evidently hoping it would sell protein bars as well, until the Internet freaked out. Go Internet! Well, there’s more to...
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IIT Bombay launches its first MOOC courses on the edX platformRegistrations for these courses have started, and more than 35,000 learners worldwide have already registered for the three courses, the pr...
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German naval defence firm eyes India's growing marketNavy is hunting for heavy torpedoes and though it had reportedly come close to choosing Black Shark, which is made by Italian company WASS.
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- Coming soon: Magnetic computers which use far less energy?
A team at the University of California claims that the future machines will rely on magnetic microprocessors which consume the least amount...
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