When Apple dropped the first iPhone on the tech scene in 2007, it rewrote the smartphone rulebook. Fast forward nearly a decade, and smartphones have morphed into these devices we spend hours on, rather than tools that save us precious time. A couple of tech startups are stepping up now to refocus on the practical…

DAVOS: Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders and corporate bosses diving into big ideas at the World Economic Forum's glitzy annual meeting in Davos. Breathtaking advances in generative AI stunned the world last year, and the elite crowd is angling to take advantage of its promise and minimize its risks. …

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Capitol Hill on Thursday and the two discussed the risks of artificial intelligence, the lawmaker’s office and the ChatGPT maker’s boss said. Why it is important The administration of Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden has been pressing lawmakers for AI regulation, but…

NEW DELHI: AI has the potential to revolutionise India's technology landscape but one must tread very cautiously, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday at the inaugural ceremony of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023, being held in Delhi. Noting that the summit is being organised at a time when a huge debate…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said only governments could tackle the risks posed by AI, a technology he said could make it easier to build chemical or biological weapons, spread fear and, in a worse-case scenario, escape human control. Speaking ahead of a global gathering he has convened next week to examine the risks of the…

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated in India and some other parts of South Asia. It typically falls on January 14 or 15 each year, depending on the Hindu calendar. The festival marks the transition of the sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn (Makar in Sanskrit), which signifies the end of the winter…