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When our memory starts to feel strained, we instinctively turn to the world around us — writing, sorting or rearranging things to help us think better. This is known as cognitive offloading. While humans are good at this and have been doing it for a long time, a new review in Nature has reported that…
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The global shift toward sustainability is driving a new era in the concrete industry, led by advancements in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), circular economy practices, and government-led green procurement mandates, said Amar Choudhary, Chief Executive Officer, 1Lattice, a consulting firm, while speaking at the World of Concrete India 2025. “Over the next decade, technologies…
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Aveva Group Limited. File | Photo Credit: aveva.com As Indian enterprises embrace the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), industrial intelligence—the convergence of AI, IoT, robotics, and big data analytics—is driving a profound shift toward smart factories, optimised operations, and resilient supply chains, said Aveva, which provides industrial software and is part of the Schneider Electric…
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At a time when the newly elected U.S. President, Donald Trump, is making a pitch to reshore manufacturing to America, its companies operating out of China are having second thoughts about what was considered a miracle economy. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Trump made a simple pitch that if companies…
Las Vegas: Home appliances that do chores, cars that know your favorite cafe, and robot pets aiming to please are among artificial intelligence-infused offerings at the Consumer Electronics Show opening Tuesday. All these will compete for attention at the annual CES extravaganza in Las Vegas, as vendors behind the scenes seek ways to deal with…
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Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian computer scientist who is often referred to as the “godfather” of artificial intelligence (AI), has raised concerns that the technology may lead to human extinction in the next 30 years. Prof Hinton, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this year for his work in the field, estimates a “10% to…
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Social media users have been left shellshocked by a ‘dystopian’ employee “productivity monitoring” AI software that aims to scrutinise every move of the workers whilst suggesting ways they can be replaced by automation. A Reddit user claimed that during a sales pitch for such a tool, they were made aware of the software suite that…
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San Francisco, United States: A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models — the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future — may be slowing down. Since the frenzied launch of ChatGPT two years ago, AI believers have maintained that improvements in…
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made a landmark agreement on Saturday, emphasising the importance of human decision-making over artificial intelligence when it comes to nuclear weapons. “The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,” said a statement from the White House. “The…
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From assisting doctors with diagnoses to suggesting advanced treatments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming health and medicine. But AI has predominantly been developed by men, based on data sets that prioritise men’s bodies and health needs. That means many AI models are riddled with gender and sex biases – posing a health risk to women,…
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