Look inside, not at your competition: Google CEO Sundar Pichai advises

Look inside, not at your competition: Google CEO Sundar Pichai advises

In an interview at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills early this week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai retorted to a question about competition in artificial intelligence stating clearly that it’s not always the competition but lack of focus within that leads to failure. “I have always held the view that you tend to go wrong […]

Emotional AI and gen Z: The attitude towards new technology and its concerns

Emotional AI and gen Z: The attitude towards new technology and its concerns

Artificial intelligence (AI) governs all that come under “smart technology” today. From self-driving cars to voice assistants on our smartphones, AI has ubiquitous presence in our daily lives. Yet, it had been lacking a crucial feature: the ability to engage human emotions. The scenario is quickly changing, however. Algorithms that can sense human emotions and […]

Textbook Shows Mosque as Source of Noise Pollution Alongwith Car, Plane

Textbook Shows Mosque as Source of Noise Pollution Alongwith Car, Plane

In a glaring oversight, an ICSE Class 6 science textbook shows a “mosque” as a source of noise pollution depicting a man below closing his ears to the sound from loudspeakers from mosques. Other noise-producing symbols like train, car and plane were seen in the picture but the osque has triggered uproar. While the textbook […]