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The chief executives of Alphabet's Google , Microsoft , OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and top administration officials to discuss key artificial intelligence (AI) issues on Thursday, said a White House official. The invitation seen by Reuters to the CEOs noted President Joe Biden 's "expectation that companies like yours must make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public." Concerns about fast-growing AI technology include privacy violations, bias and worries it could proliferate scams and misinformation. In April, Biden said it remains to be seen whether AI is dangerous but underscored that technology companies had a responsibility to ensure their products were safe. Social media had already illustrated the harm that powerful technologies can do without the right safeguards, he said. The administration has also been seeking public comments on proposed accountability measures for AI systems, as con...

iPhone 14 will go on sale for less than Rs. 40,000 during the upcoming Amazon Great Summer Sale. The handset that was launched by Apple last year as the successor to the iPhone 13, will be available at the discounted rate, which is inclusive of several offers including a bank discount, credit card cashback, an exchange discount, and Amazon Pay rewards. Amazon Great Summer Sale will begin at midnight on May 4, and the ecommerce company has not announced when the sale will end. iPhone 14 price in India, discounts and offers iPhone 14  will be available for as low as Rs. 39,293 during the Amazon Great Summer Sale , as part of a deal announced by Amazon. It is worth noting that this is an Amazon Prime exclusive offer and customers will have to exchange an older smartphone and avail of other offers to buy the handset at this price. Buyers can purchase the smartphone at a discounted price of Rs. 66,999 during the upcoming Amazon Great Summer Sale. They c...

A computer scientist often dubbed "the godfather of artificial intelligence" has quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology, US media reported Monday. Geoffrey Hinton, who created a foundation technology for AI systems, told The New York Times that advancements made in the field posed "profound risks to society and humanity". "Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now," he was quoted as saying in the piece, which was published on Monday. "Take the difference and propagate it forwards. That's scary." Hinton said that competition between tech giants was pushing companies to release new AI technologies at dangerous speeds, risking jobs and spreading misinformation. "It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things," he told the Times. In 2022, Google and OpenAI -- the start-up behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT -- started building systems using much l...

Shemaroo Entertainment, counted among India's most well-known media brands, is interested in exploring the ways blockchain industry can modernise India's large and diverse media and entertainment sector. In this direction, the Mumbai-based company announced a partnership with Near Foundation, that manages the eco-friendly Near blockchain, on Tuesday, May 2. The aim of this partnership is to bring immutability, transparency, as well as decentralisation to India's entertainment and media sphere. Blockchain technology has left both the government of India as well as the industry players here intrigued about its potential use cases. As part of their deal, Shemaroo will launch a Web3 innovation cell supported by Near blockchain's infrastructure and smart contract capabilities. “We believe that blockchain technology has the potential to unlock new possibilities and create new revenue streams for the industry. With Near becoming a Blockchain Operating System (BOS), it also...

Group of Seven advanced nations should adopt "risk-based" regulation on artificial intelligence, their digital ministers agreed on Sunday, as European lawmakers hurry to introduce an AI Act to enforce rules on emerging tools such as ChatGPT . But such regulation should also "preserve an open and enabling environment" for the development of AI technologies and be based on democratic values, G7 ministers said in a joint statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Japan. While the ministers recognised that "policy instruments to achieve the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI may vary across G7 members", the agreement sets a landmark for how major countries govern AI amid privacy concerns and security risks. "The conclusions of this G7 meeting show that we are definitely not alone in this," European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager told Reuters ahead of the agreement. Governments have especially paid attention...