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Mumbai : Markets regulator Sebi has proposed a five-point plan for adoption and use of artificial intelligence-machine learning (AI/ML)based technologies in the Indian securities market. Those are model governance, investor protection disclosure, testing framework, fairness & bias, and data privacy & cyber security measures.The regulator has come out with a consultation paper titled ‘Guidelines for responsible usage of AI/ML in …

A representational image of a hospital ward. — AFP/File KARACHI: Chronic illnesses affect nearly half of all households in the country, The News reported citing an opinion poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan. Published on June 2, the survey drew responses from a nationally representative sample of adult men and women across Pakistan. Respondents were asked whether anyone in their household …

Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2024, attends the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 10, 2025. — Reuters LONDON: Artificial intelligence pioneer and head of Google’s DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, on Monday said that greater international cooperation around AI regulation was needed but “difficult” to …

xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. — Reuters As misinformation exploded during India’s four-day conflict with Pakistan, social media users turned to an AI chatbot for verification — only to encounter more falsehoods, underscoring its unreliability as a fact-checking tool, AFP reported.  With tech platforms reducing human fact-checkers, users are increasingly relying on …

Muslim pilgrims perform Hajj at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, June 16, 2024. — Reuters With artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million Hajj pilgrims amid extreme summer heat.  Saudi Arabia’s Hajj Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah told AFP on Thursday that efforts to mitigate the searing desert heat remained a top …

US first lady Melania Trump gives a speech during a reception she hosted on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, US September 26, 2018. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US First Lady Melania Trump has released a new audiobook — but it’s not her real voice doing the talking. Instead, the US First Lady used artificial intelligence …

The logo for Google’s annual developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. — AFP MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google on Tuesday said it was enhancing online search with even more generative artificial intelligence, as it continues to embrace AI despite concerns about the impact on its advertising-based business model. CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the company’s annual developers’ event, said …

Microsoft signage is seen at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US, January 18, 2023. — Reuters REDMOND: Microsoft envisions a future where any company’s artificial intelligence agents can work together with agents from other firms and have better memories of their interactions, its chief technologist said on Sunday ahead of the company’s annual software developer conference. Microsoft is holding …

It is often said that we live in a strange world, where life seems stranger than fiction– and rightly so. In a bizarre new development, news is that Google is now paying its top techies to do absolutely nothing.According to a recent report by Business Insider, Google is now putting some specific employees— mostly from its AI division DeepMind— on …

CHENNAI The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is piloting a ‘federated model’ in collaboration with banks to eliminate frauds using UPI transactions. India’s umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems is also leveraging AI and machine learning tools to detect suspicious transactions through UPI. NPCI chief risk officer Viswanath Krishnamurthy said that NPCI and banks can share …