Rana Daggubati, a Telugu actor, has entered the Metaverse with Iknoz, a firm he co-founded with Indian American entrepreneur Abinav Varma. Ikonz seeks to use NFTs to introduce culture’s most iconic figures and IP into the Metaverse. Ikonz wants to increase IP aggression by bringing together half of India’s top entertainment IPs under one roof. This entails pursuing not only actors, athletes, and other public figures, but also social media celebrities, content providers, and even media companies that specialise in rights ownership. Rana Daggubati had earlier said, “As an IP…
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UC-Berkeley born data science startup looks at product by early next year
Ponder.io, a data science startup founded by University of California, Berkeley researchers, is working with early adopters to turn its open source project—a tool to help data science teams work with large data sets—into a product by early next year, according to Aditya Parameswaran, the company’s president. Downloads of Ponder’s open source projects Modin and Lux, a data visualization tool that can help with insight discovery, anomaly detection and more, have reached close to three million, said Parameswaran. “The early customers are helping us figure the features to be needed for…
Read MoreAfter Google, now Oppo is reportedly working on its own chipset to reduce dependence on Qualcomm and MediaTek
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo is said to be working on its own chipset, which it plans to unveil in 2023. Google, Apple, and Samsung are among the companies who have released their own mobile chipsets. During Oppo’s Inno Day 2022 annual event, the firm unveiled a neural processing unit (NPU) dubbed MariSilicon X. The chipset is designed to boost the device’s photography capabilities while also giving AI power. Oppo’s integrated circuit (IC) design subsidiary Shanghai Zheku is working on an application processor (AP) chipset, according to a report by IT…
Read MorePhysiological signals could be the key to ’emotionally intelligent’ AI, scientists say
The gold standard for an AI conversation system with sentiment detection is “multimodal sentiment analysis,” which is a collection of algorithms. These methods are critical for human-centered AI systems because they can automatically analyse a person’s psychological condition based on their speech, voice colour, facial expression, and posture. The method could lead to the creation of an emotionally intelligent AI with human-like characteristics that recognises the user’s feelings and responds appropriately. Current emotion estimation methods, on the other hand, only consider observable data and ignore information contained in non-observable signals…
Read MoreJapanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time
Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of peeling a banana without squashing the fruit inside. While the dual armed machine only succeeds 57% of the time, banana peeling foreshadows a future in which machines do more complex tasks than moving metal components or delivering coffee. In a video released by University of Tokyo researchers, the robot was seen picking up and peeling a banana with…
Read MoreGoogle adding ‘Privacy Guide’ to Chrome browser, will roll this out soon
Google’s Chrome browser will now include a “Privacy Guide.” The tutorial will begin rolling out to M100 Chrome desktop users in the coming weeks, with the goal of providing a better grasp of the browser’s privacy settings. Google says in a blog post that the guide was created by the Google Safety Engineering Center (GSEC) and that it offers a step-by-step tour of some of Chrome’s existing privacy and security safeguards. This is designed to allow Chrome users to make and maintain their privacy settings all in one place. Users…
Read MoreChina wants to dominate AI & Disney+ Hotstar is helping
Dominance in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is a priority for the Chinese government over traditional western competitors such as the United States. Surprisingly, one of the large companies lining up to benefit from this effort is India’s Disney+ Hotstar, which is rapidly recruiting new AI talent from a Beijing headquarters. “At present, our team has nearly 50 members, almost all of whom graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University and other top universities in China,” a recruitment post in Mandarin distributed to students of Peking University said. The…
Read MoreGoogle Docs Now Lets You Use Emoji Reactions
Google Docs is getting support for emoji reactions that will allow users to respond to the text with a simple symbol rather than a fully written comment. The new emoji reactions feature, according to the company, is a less formal alternative to comments for expressing your thoughts on document content. “Emoji set is updated to the latest version (Emoji 14.0), reflecting the latest emoji set with options to accurately reflect your identity,” the company said in a blog post. Gender-neutral options for gender-modifiable emojis will also be available, according to…
Read MoreTalentedge’s owner takes stake in upGrad at $2 billion value after integration
UpGrad, an edtech company, announced on Thursday that it has integrated all of Talentedge’s operations, which will now operate under its own brand, after its owner, Sekhsaria Family Office, purchased a $2 billion interest in the company. UpGrad stated in December of last year that it will buy Gurugram-based edtech rival Talentedge for Rs 350-400 crore. The near 100 percent share swap transaction was done at an upGrad value of $2 billion, while Talentedge was valued at Rs 205 crore. According to the company, Talentedge is on track to surpass…
Read MoreIndiQube raises $30 million from promoters, WestBridge Capital
IndiQube, a flexible workspace provider, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired $30 million in Series B funding from the company’s creators, existing investors WestBridge Capital, and Ashish Gupta, an angel investor, as it prepares for its next phase of growth. IndiQube’s promoters have put in $17 million of the $30 million. The Bengaluru-based startup was founded in 2015.Along with Ashish Gupta, the co-working startup raised Rs 100 crore in a Series A fundraising round from WestBridge Capital in 2018. “We are extremely thrilled to have a large PE firm…
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