Google and OpenAI’s AI models win milestone gold at global math competition

Google and OpenAI’s AI models win milestone gold at global math competition

Alphabet’s Google and OpenAI said their artificial-intelligence models won gold medals at a global mathematics competition, signaling a breakthrough in math capabilities in the race to build powerful systems that can rival human intelligence. The results marked the first time that AI systems crossed the gold-medal scoring threshold at the International Mathematical Olympiad for high-school […]

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Who is Varun Mohan, Windsurf CEO who triggered a talent war between Google and OpenAI?

Who is Varun Mohan, Windsurf CEO who triggered a talent war between Google and OpenAI?

The AI talent raid seems to be intensifying. Google has now onboarded several key members from Windsurf, a startup that works on AI code generation. Varun Mohan, co-founder and CEO of Windsurf, has been brought in along with co-founder Douglas Chen and other senior research and development staff from the company.  Talking about the latest […]

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Alphabet-owned company to begin human trials for cancer drug developed using AI

Alphabet-owned company to begin human trials for cancer drug developed using AI

Pharmaceutical firm Isomorphic Labs is set to initiate human clinical trials for its oncology drugs created using AlphaFold 3, an AI tool developed by the company in collaboration with Google DeepMind.  Founded in 2021, Isomorphic Labs is a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet. It is currently  preparing to dose the first patients with the AI-engineered […]

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Google Veo 3 video generation model now available in India

Google Veo 3 video generation model now available in India

Veo 3, Google’s latest generative AI video tool, is now available in India. The video generation tool was teased at the Google I/O a few weeks ago. At present, Veo 3 will be only available to users with a Gemini ‘pro’ subscription.  The Veo 3 model lets you create eight-second clips with audio, where you […]

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‘AI is a tremendous tool to augment you’: Manish Gupta of Google DeepMind

‘AI is a tremendous tool to augment you’: Manish Gupta of Google DeepMind

“Whatever you want to do, whatever excites you, AI can make you a superhuman at that… it is such a tremendous tool to augment you.” Manish Gupta, Senior Director, Google DeepMind, is sure Google Gemini can help take Indian creativity to the next level, especially in light of a new Kantar study which found that […]

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Google DeepMind CEO predicts AGI in 5-10 years but says AI still lacks imagination

Google DeepMind CEO predicts AGI in 5-10 years but says AI still lacks imagination

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has said that artificial general intelligence (AGI) or AI systems capable of human-level cognitive abilities could be five to ten years away. However, the Nobel Prize-winning AI researcher ruled out that today’s AI systems possess any form of consciousness. He also acknowledged that these AI tools are lacking in imagination. […]

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Google may be paying some of its AI staff to do nothing for a year: Here’s why

Google may be paying some of its AI staff to do nothing for a year: Here’s why

Google is reportedly paying some of its AI software engineers working in the DeepMind division to do nothing for an entire year. According to Business Insider citing four former employees, DeepMind staff in the United Kingdom with noncompete agreements are being put on what it calls “extended garden leave”  for 12 months. This means that […]

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