Artificial Intelligence

8 AI firms sign agreement with UNESCO on ethical AI

8 AI firms sign agreement with UNESCO on ethical AI

February 6, 2024

Eight major firms involved in development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence around the world have signed an agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), providing a major boost to the initiative of the UN organisation to pr...

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Airtel and Jio get into 5G sprint

Airtel and Jio get into 5G sprint

October 8, 2022

Last week as the 5G network was officially launched in India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India Mobile Congress (IMC), two of the biggest players in telecom, market leader Reliance Jio and its closest rival Bharti Airtel announced their own plans to start rolling out th...

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On Indian Teachers’ Day a message to today’s teachers

On Indian Teachers’ Day a message to today’s teachers

September 5, 2022

On this Indian Teachers’ Day, I would like to draw a comparison between the teachers of yesteryears and the teachers of the present. Gone are those days where a child at school looked up to the teacher as the supreme mentor in their lives. Whatever the teachers said was GodR...

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Transforming small cities into smart cities: SRMIST & TERRE Policy

Transforming small cities into smart cities: SRMIST & TERRE Policy

May 26, 2021

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TERRE Policy Centre which is a non-profit organisation dedicated to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Our campus in Chennai is like a small city and our aim ...

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Kerala Digital University: Towards digital excellence

Kerala Digital University: Towards digital excellence

February 26, 2021

The first digital university in India seems like a huge step towards digital education in India. While the university looks promising for sure, quality digital education still has a long way to go.

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Facial recognition raising hackles

Facial recognition raising hackles

February 11, 2020

Facial recognition is being touted as a major technological breakthrough. Easy to abuse, its adoption needs to be strictly controlled.

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Coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus outbreak

February 6, 2020

India’s neighbourhood first policy dates back almost 100 years ago when a doctor led a medical team to help Chinese Army battle the Japanese invasion. In face of Coronavirus outbreak, it may be time for India to replicate the gesture.

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Google services make Android phone and PC even smarter

Google services make Android phone and PC even smarter

October 6, 2018

The number of website users in India is expected to soar to 536 million by 2021, as Google added a new feature to Google Go, its search app, where users can access web pages in 28 native languages.

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Technology elevating museums in India

Technology elevating museums in India

August 31, 2018

Museums these days are not only about showcasing artefacts but with the technological interventions like artificial intelligence, 3D models and HD displays museums in India are reinventing themselves.

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The rise of AI in Indian healthcare industry

The rise of AI in Indian healthcare industry

June 27, 2018

Artificial intelligence, an "invisible hand" in the healthcare sector in India.

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Maurice Levy

Maurice Levy

May 31, 2018

Maurice Lévy, chairman of the supervisory board, Publicis Groupe, spoke to Biz@India about the digital media, how social media giants are taking away business from traditional media and ad agencies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and also how the Indian market is doing. The global...

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Artificial Intelligence comes to the rescue of banks

Artificial Intelligence comes to the rescue of banks

May 29, 2018

The Indian banking sector is beginning to adopt AI (artificial intelligence) quite aggressively for both the back-office and customer facing purposes. According to a data provided by RBI, among state run banks in India, PNB topped in the number of loan fraud cases across India wi...

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