Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, Google introduced a new way to search, which could mean that Googling as we know it is on the way out. It’s called AI Mode and it is essentially the company’s response to the growing number of people turning…
StubHub, a ticketing software company, has held talks with bankers in recent weeks about holding an initial public offering before the end of the year, two people with knowledge of the matter said, testing Wall Street’s appetite for a return of tech I.P.O.s. The talks are preliminary, said the people, who spoke on the condition…
A tech industry veteran, Mike McCue sees an opening for a different kind of internet where algorithms don’t call the shots. Mr. McCue, the chief executive of the internet company Flipboard, is challenging social media’s automated grip on our attention, betting that humans, not machines, should curate online experiences. Three decades ago, as vice president…
In the summer of 2005, Alexis Ohanian, a tech entrepreneur, sent an email to his colleague Steve Huffman with an ominous subject line: “Meet the enemy.” The body of the email contained just one line — a link to Digg, a community-focused social message board where people shared and discussed news articles and links to…
In 1977, Andrew Barto, as a researcher at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, began exploring a new theory that neurons behaved like hedonists. The basic idea was that the human brain was driven by billions of nerve cells that were each trying to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. A year later, he was joined by…
In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company. On Tuesday, a federal judge in San Francisco denied Mr. Musk’s request, calling it “extraordinary.” But the court allowed Mr. Musk to proceed with other aspects of a lawsuit he filed last…
In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company. On Tuesday, a federal judge in San Francisco denied Mr. Musk’s request, calling it “extraordinary.” But the court allowed Mr. Musk to proceed with other aspects of a lawsuit he filed last…
OpenAI समेत दूसरी कंपनियों को टक्कर देने के लिए Amazon ने कमर कस ली है. बताया जा रहा है कि कंपनी जून तक अपना AI मॉडल लॉन्च कर देगी, जो एडवांस्ड रीजनिंग कैपेबिलिटीज के साथ आएगा. कंपनी इसे जनरेटिव AI मॉडल की Nova सीरीज के तहत लॉन्च कर सकती है, जिसका दिसंबर में ऐलान किया…
EdTech Industry में UpGrad ने कैसे अपना नाम बनाया? इस खास Interview में, हम UpGrad Founder, Mayank Kumar से उनकी Journey, संघर्ष और Startups की दुनिया के छिपे हुए पहलुओं पर चर्चा कर रहे हैं। क्या Startups का Bubble कभी फूटेगा? भारत में Online Education का भविष्य क्या है? और क्या EdTech में निवेश करना…
Teleperformance, the world’s biggest call centre operator, is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to “neutralise” Indian accents for clients from Western countries, according to The Telegraph. The French company said it was using real-time AI software on phone calls to increase “human empathy” between two people while speaking over the line. Teleperformance has offices in several…