India lags in data skills, must focus on building them: Report
Bengaluru: Strong foundational skills like machine learning and mathematics notwithstanding, India lags in data skills and must focus on building…
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What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru
In April 1998, two Stanford grad students named Larry Page and Sergey Brin presented an algorithm called PageRank at a conference in Australia. A month…
Snapchat Adds Language-Learning Lenses for Bengali, Punjabi, More Dialects
Snapchat has made it easier to learn Indian languages by adding 'Learn Langauge' lenses for some Indian languages. The lenses combine augmented reality (AR)…
Southwest Airlines Automates Some Job Recruiting Tasks as Air Travel Takes Off
Southwest Airlines Co.
is leaning more on digital job placement tools, including chatbots, to speed up…
Google Hopes AI Can Turn Search Into a Conversation
Google often uses its annual developer conference, I/O, to showcase artificial intelligence with a wow factor. In 2016, it introduced the Google Home smart…
Covid Brings Automation to the Workplace, Killing Some Jobs
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, a fast-food chain in Ohio, hardly seems an obvious venue for cutting-edge artificial intelligence. But the company’s…
Supercomputer Embarks on Effort to Help Map the Universe, Dark Energy and All
A national laboratory in California, armed with a powerful supercomputer, is set to create a highly detailed, three-dimensional map of the universe.The…
Self-Driving Cars Could Be Decades Away, No Matter What Elon Musk Said
In 2016, Lyft CEO John Zimmer predicted they would “all but end” car ownership by 2025. In 2021, some experts aren’t sure when, if ever, individuals will be…