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TCS launches its 5th global research and innovation centre in Toronto

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) launched TCS Pace Port Toronto, its fifth global research and co-innovation centre. Pace Port Toronto, which spans 16,000 square feet, gives businesses access to the latest technologies and “breakthrough thinking” from TCS Research labs, start-ups, VCs, entrepreneurs, and academia – including the University of Toronto – as well as TCS’ network of Pace Ports in New York, Pittsburgh, Amsterdam, and Tokyo, according to a company statement on Wednesday. “By connecting to this collective ecosystem of innovators and intellectual property via TCS’ Co-Innovation Network (COINTM), Canadian companies…

GAISA focuses on the power of AI in major industries

The third edition of the Global Artificial Intelligence summit and awards to raise the curtains on the 97th and 08th of October 2022 with a comprehensive focus on the strategic and tactical benefits of artificial intelligence in various sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture, smart cities, and transportation. Organized by the All-India Council for robotics and automation (AICRA), the GAISA summit is an annual event dedicated to addressing the innovations that happened in the field of artificial intelligence. This season, the summit will bring together international and regional decision-makers, experts,…

Top 5 robotic events/conferences 2022

Conferences, summits, and events are an excellent way to find and network with people who share your interests. Learners may utilize the platforms to learn about technology, techniques, and personal experiences dealing with data challenges. Robotics competitions have grown in popularity as the demand for robotics technology in a variety of industries has increased. We’ve put together a list of the top 5 robotics conferences and events to keep an eye on and attend in 2022. Technoxian world robotics championship The All India Council for Robotics and Automation organizes the…

ROBOTICS IN INDIA: GROWTH AND FUTURE SCOPE

Robots are playing an increasingly important part in people’s lives. Robots can be found in manufacturing, restaurant service, receptionists, nurses, firefighters, and even as warriors. We all know that not all robots resemble humans (i.e. they are not humanoids). As a result, we frequently overlook the robots who have quietly but steadily infiltrated practically every facet of our lives. So, why are we talking about robotics now? Robotics has progressed to the point where a convergence of technologies will lead the robotics sector to explode soon. We have artificial intelligence…

Zoom receives backlash for emotion-detecting AI

Zoom has caused a stir following reports that it is working on an AI system for detecting emotions. Protocol first reported on the system, which claims to scan users’ faces and speech to determine their emotions. Zoom went into greater detail about the system in a blog post last month. According to the company, ‘Zoom IQ’ will be especially useful for assisting salespeople in improving their pitches based on the emotions of call participants. Naturally, the system is viewed as dystopian and has received considerable criticism. over 25 rights groups…

Meta’s new AI model to improve translation quality

Meta has unveiled NLLB-200, a new AI model that can translate 200 languages and improves quality by 44 percent on average. For a long time, translation apps have been fairly adept at the most common languages. Even if they do not provide an exact translation, it is usually close enough for the native speaker to understand. However, hundreds of millions of people in multilingual regions such as Africa and Asia continue to be underserved by translation services. In a press release, Meta wrote: “To help people connect better today and…

Google Bans Several Malicious India-linked Domains

More than a dozen malicious India-linked domains and websites that were being used in hack-for-hire attacks targeting users worldwide have now been banned by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). To alert users to the threat, the company recently published a blog post in which they listed the banned domain links that were used to inject spying tools into users’ PCs/laptops by masquerading as fake login pages for websites or apps. The blog post read, “As part of TAG’s mission to counter serious threats to Google and our users, we’ve published…

Sportstech startup Hudle raises $1M in funding

Hudle, a sports tech startup based in Delhi, has raised $1 million in a Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures, with participation from existing investors Survam Partners and Indian Angel Network. Hudle, which debuted in 2018, is a mobile app that allows sports enthusiasts to discover and book sports activities. The startup currently allows users to book a variety of 30+ sports at 700+ venues across the country, as well as All Access Passes, which are sport-specific subscriptions that allow players to play their preferred sport across India…

Google India Adds 5 New Languages to Its Training Network For Journalists

Tech giant Google on Tuesday expanded its News Initiative Training Network to include five new languages: Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia and Malayalam. Google has also launched the Fact-Check Academy in partnership with DataLeads, the tech giant said in a statement. About a 100 new trainers have been inducted to help newsrooms and journalists build capacity to tackle climate misinformation and verify misleading data and claims that include false numbers, it added. The Google News Initiative India Training Network was launched in 2018, and it includes 39,000+ journalists, media educators, fact-checkers,…

UST announces ‘strategic investment’ in Israeli health-tech start-up

UST, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions, has announced a strategic investment in Well-Beat, an Israeli start-up focused on patient-centered behavioral artificial intelligence (AI). This will hasten UST’s adoption of emerging tech solutions in healthcare and the transformation of lives through the power of technology, according to a company spokesperson. UST and Well-Beat collaborated to develop a digital patient engagement Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that dynamically adapts to each patient over time, provides personalized conversational guidelines to clinicians, provides customized prompts shaped by the patient profile, and…