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Instagram ‘s AI driven feed introduces a new feature

Instagram has started rolling out a new feature that allows users to view their feeds in chronological order. This method was available in the site’s early days, but that changed after the Meta-owned platform began to rely on algorithms and AI to present more’relevant feeds.’ Apart from the standard Home view, users may now choose between Favourites and Following. The change appears to be server-side, however if users are unable to view it, they should update the app from the appropriate app store. To choose Favorites or Following, users must…

Oscars 2022: AI Predicts the Winners

Unanimous AI has been predicting Oscar winners, and the results have been astounding. Using its patented Swarm Technology, the company has predicted which actors and films will win in 16 award categories with an average of 90% accuracy. What is the process behind it? The company’s Swarm AI technology optimises a group’s combined knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions into a unified output by combining real-time human input with AI algorithms – essentially creating an artificial super expert. In other words, forming hive minds. The Academy Awards will be held on…

GAISA: Born out of the desire to acknowledge the AI realm

  All India Council for robotics and automation hosts the 3rd edition of the global artificial intelligence summit and awards, an event first of its kind dedicated exclusively to discussing and highlighting the impact of AI in prominent sectors. India will witness the gathering of the global AI ecosystem on the 14th and 15th of September 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The global artificial intelligence summit and awards were born out of the desire to address and acknowledge the realm of AI and its significance among different sectors such…

Google Photos is redesigning Library and Sharing tabs

Google is introducing improvements to its Photos app to make it easier to locate some of your photos. Google said in a blog post that it is revamping the Library tab, introducing a new shortcut for screenshots and, in the coming days, a carousel of contextual suggestions for some photographs. Everything you need to know about the new features coming to the Google Photos app is right here. The search giant has revealed that the Photos app will get a new “import photos area” alongside Locked Folder, utilities, archive, and…

Google’s Android app now lets you delete last 15 minutes of search history

Google’s Android app now offers a new privacy option that allows users to remove their search history fast. According to The Verge, the corporation has begun rolling out this feature, which should be available to everyone within the next few weeks. Users of the Google app will be able to remove the last 15 minutes of search history with the latest update. This feature was first made accessible on Google’s iOS app and was first unveiled at last year’s Google I/O event in May. It is now available for Android…

FT EXCLUSIVE : Four major impacts of AI in healthcare

Artificial intelligence is on the verge of revolutionizing medical technology.  The potential for AI to deliver more accurate, efficient, and effective therapies at precisely the right time in a patient’s care is essentially endless in nearly every aspect of treatment, from chronic diseases and cancer to radiography and risk assessment. Artificial intelligence is set to be the engine pushing innovations throughout the continuum of care as the amount of available data continues to expand at an alarming rate. The advantages of AI over traditional analytics and clinical decision-making methodologies are…

India to develop its own mobile OS like Android and iOS, says Union Minister

If you have a smartphone, it is likely that it runs on Android or iOS. In the smartphone software ecosystem, there is a duopoly between Google and Apple, which not only other firms, such as Microsoft but also governments of many nations have pushed to break. The Indian government is considering developing its own mobile operating system in order to compete with both Google and Apple. As per Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, the government intends to build an environment for the development of an alternative…

AI-driven tech startup Logically raises $24M in funding to fight against misleading online information

London-based Logically.ai, an AI-driven firm that fights harmful and misleading online material, has secured $24 million (about Rs 182 crore) in a fundraising round to expand its capabilities and accelerate expansion in its three core markets of the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. Vitruvian Partners led the latest round, which included Amazon Alexa Fund, as well as current seed investors XTX Ventures and Mercia Asset Management Plc’s Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). In crucial areas such as election integrity, public health, and national security, Logically said it will…

European AI Project Hopes to Develop Precision Medicine for ALS

Precision ALS, an ambitious Irish research initiative, will integrate clinical research, data science, and artificial intelligence (AI) to discover the numerous — and potentially targetable — elements that contribute to the development and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Instead of a one-size-fits-all strategy, the idea is to use this information to decide which treatments will work for each patient. “Despite significant advances in pre-clinical models that help us understand the biology of disease in animals, the success of clinical trials has been disappointing,” Orla Hardiman, MD, the project’s director…

IIT Madras Incubation Cell and RBI Innovation Hub sign MoU to develop ecosystem for fintech startups

IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) and RBI Innovation Hub (RBIH), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to collaborate in establishing the ecosystem needed to support and expand fintech businesses in India. The two organisations will collaborate to give early-stage entrepreneurs with unique and disruptive ideas with incubation support and speed their scale-up journey. “The startup ecosystem in India makes a significant contribution to the economic prosperity of the nation. Through such incubation partnerships we intend to build a…