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Echo Input is just 12.5mm thick – less than a deck of cards – and blends easily into every room. You can use the Alexa app (available for free for Android and iOS devices) to easily connect Echo Input to your speakers.

Make any speaker smart with Amazon’s Alexa and Rs 2,999

Input can add the power of Alexa to any existing speakers.

17 Jan 2019 10:35 AM

We can keep pondering upon the need of an Alexa-powered toilet, which allows us to lift our toilet cover, but we can’t overlook the ubiquity of voice interfaces than a never-ending series of hardware companies jumping on the bandwagon.

AI, voice, assistant, amazon,

What if our voice were to change drastically or be taken away altogether?

14 Jan 2019 9:57 AM

AI-powered tools are already improving efficiency by automating mundane tasks like updating the CRM system.

Five ways businesses can reimagine their 2019 sales playbook with AI

AI as a technology is constantly being enhanced further and made better at performing complex tasks which humans cannot.

13 Jan 2019 12:59 PM

More than 10 intelligent products across Home Automaton, Automotive, Health and Entertainment domains will be launched in the next 5 years.

Hero Electronix introduces new AI-powered connected devices

Hero Electronix plans to launch more than 10 intelligent products.

09 Jan 2019 12:41 PM

The new chip will help with what researchers call inference, which is the process of taking an artificial intelligence algorithm and putting it to use, for example by tagging friends in photos automatically.

CES 2019: Intel, Facebook working on AI chip

The chips are Intel’s gambit to retain hold of a fast-growing segment of the artificial intelligence computing market.

08 Jan 2019 10:22 AM

The new computer is aimed at traditional automakers as well as ride-hailing companies and so-called robo-taxi companies working on alternative types of vehicles, the company said.

German supplier unveils new self-driving car computer, adds Xilinx chips

ZF is a supplier of transmissions and other critical parts which has branched into sensors and computers for self-driving vehicle systems.

08 Jan 2019 10:18 AM

CycleGAN is a neural network that learns to transform images.

Clever AI hides information to cheat later at task

It was discovered that the agent didn't really learn to make the map from the image or vice-versa.

02 Jan 2019 11:12 AM

The neural network, which was instructed to transform images of type X and Y and back, as efficiently yet accurately as possible, performed extremely well right from the start sparking suspicion

Artificial Intelligence gets smarter

Clever enough to cheat on its designated task.

02 Jan 2019 8:53 AM

Alexa has also chatted with users about sex acts. She gave a discourse on dog defecation. And this summer, a hack Amazon traced back to China may have exposed some customers’ data, according to five people familiar with the events.

'Kill your foster parents': Amazon's Alexa talks murder, sex in AI experiment

A customer was shocked last year when Alexa blurted out: “Kill your foster parents.”

22 Dec 2018 3:49 PM

AI’s challenge reflects a broader lack of diversity in the tech industry. (Photo: AP)

Artificial intelligence’s rise exposes gaping gender gap

At major tech companies, women account for 20 percent or fewer of the engineering and computing roles.

14 Dec 2018 6:23 PM

Founded in 2016, Int.ai has invested and built expertise in architecting an analytics automation framework which will support Walmart Labs in its quest to further fuel the robust business and product innovation.

Walmart Labs hires tech team from Int.ai to boost data analytics

Walmart Labs has been strongly committed to redefining the prevailing boundaries of technology.

13 Dec 2018 12:24 PM

Chinese and some foreign investors are pouring money into start-up firms that specialise in AI given Beijing’s emphasis on the technology.

China's AI start-up Megvii raising USD 500 million at USD 3.5 billion valuation

Megvii’s latest fundraising comes amid Beijing’s plans to build a ubiquitous closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance network.

10 Dec 2018 1:00 PM

Attendees included Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz and Qualcomm CEO Steven Mollenkopf.

Tech execs at White House field ideas for US dominance

The White House described the Thursday meeting as a listening session to field ideas for securing American dominance in AI.

07 Dec 2018 3:43 PM

. Disability is on the rise – ageing populations and chronic health conditions are major factors.

Here’s how Microsoft uses AI to empower people with disabilities

The company believes there are no limits to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of everyone who uses it.

04 Dec 2018 4:50 PM

The banking & finance industry is amongst the earliest adopters of AI and continues to drive imaginative use of this path-breaking technology.

How AI and ML drives modern banking and finance

AI in banking probably means a robot like creature dispensing cash at the teller counter.

03 Dec 2018 2:46 PM

Powered by Acumos, the open source platform co-developed by Tech Mahindra, AT&T and Linux Foundation, Talex uses AI technology to match candidate profiles with suitable job openings in the organization.

Tech Mahindra launches Talex, a first AI-based talent exchange market place

It is an AI-based platform to address internal skill gap and revolutionise talent management.

03 Dec 2018 2:15 PM

But Google refused to take chances at a time when gender issues are reshaping politics and society.

Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

Google’s technology will not suggest gender-based pronouns because the risk is too high.

28 Nov 2018 10:42 AM

The program uses in-vehicle information, cameras, sensors and other traffic data to develop prediction models to reduce congestion. (Representational image/ Pixabay image)

Artificial intelligence helps improve highway safety

Waycare, a provider of artificial intelligence-based mobility products helped lead the crash prevention pilot program.

25 Nov 2018 6:39 PM

Huawei has been a pioneer and has introduced the art to redefine intelligent photography.

AI Cinema effect coming to Huawei Mate

The device will features pre-set modes such as: AI Colour, Vintage, Fresh, Suspense and Background Blur.

19 Nov 2018 2:27 PM

Artificial intelligence is now being used in an ever-expanding array of products: cars that drive themselves; robots that identify and eradicate weeds; computers able to distinguish dangerous skin cancers from benign moles; and smart locks, thermostats, speakers and digital assistants that are bringing the technology into homes. (Representative image: Pixabay)

As companies embrace AI, it's a job-seeker's market

The expanding applications for AI have also created a shortage of qualified workers in the field.

06 Nov 2018 9:50 AM

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