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Thinking Machines Lab, the artificial intelligence startup founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, said on Tuesday it has raised about $2 billion at a valuation of $12 billion in a funding round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The fundraise also saw participation from AI chip giant Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, Cisco, AMD and … Read more
A broad coalition drawn from the ranks of multiple AI companies, universities, and non-profit organisations have called for deeper scrutiny of AI reasoning models, particularly their ‘thoughts’ or reasoning traces. In a new position paper published on Tuesday, July 15, the authors said that monitoring the chains-of-thought (CoT) by AI reasoning models could be pivotal … Read more
With tech giants pouring billions into artificial intelligence, the technology has seen rapid advancement in the past few years. From medical science to problem-solving, AI models are proving to be more effective than humans in some areas. Now, Google has announced that its AI agent has stopped a cyber attack even before it happened. In … Read more
Elon Musk-led Tesla entered the Indian automotive market recently, launching the Model Y as its introductory electric car in the market. The Model Y is Tesla’s first compact cross-over electric SUV, which is now available at a price starting from Rs 59.89 lakh (ex-showroom price). Tesla entered the third-largest automobile market in the world on … Read more
LG Electronics India has unveiled its 2025 lineup of OLED evo and QNED evo smart TVs, powered by advanced AI features and personalised user experiences. The new range introduces an upgraded AI Magic Remote with a dedicated voice command button. From the moment you switch it on, AI Welcome greets you, while AI Voice ID … Read more
CD Projekt Red is all set to launch Cyberpunk 2077 on Apple devices. Set in the year 2077, the game will be available on the Mac App store, Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG.com. Optimised for Apple silicon, the sci-fi RPG will run on a range of Macs, from the earliest M1 machines to the … Read more
Amid a talent war between Meta and OpenAI, Calvin French-Owen, an engineer who worked at the ChatGPT-maker and left the startup three weeks ago, described what it’s like to work there. The MIT graduate, who joined OpenAI in May 2024 and left in June, published a detailed blog post reflecting on his journey at OpenAI, … Read more
Google has been steadily adding new AI features to the mobile Gmail app. Earlier this year, in June, the company rolled out a new feature that used Gemini to show a summarised version of emails or long threads. While the functionality is useful, a newly found security flaw suggests that Gmail’s AI email summaries can … Read more
YouTube has made Hype, a feature that lets creators gain more traction and reach the Leaderboard, available in India. With the feature, creators now have the ability to “Hype” their videos, and it will help creators get discovered, as “reaching new viewers can be a hurdle,” said Google India in a blog post published on … Read more
Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has aided rival Amazon in the fierce satcom race by successfully launching the next batch of Kuiper internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday, July 16. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, United States, at approximately 2:18 am ET (11:48 am India time) with 24 of Amazon’s … Read more