Recently, Italy made headlines by becoming the first Western country to ban the use of advanced chatbot, ChatGPT, over privacy concerns. Created by US start-up OpenAI and backed by Microsoft, ChatGPT had become popular among millions of users since its launch in November 2022. However, concerns over data privacy and the potential risks of artificial […]
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Recently, Google released its AI chatbot called Bard to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing chatbot. However, Bard did not receive positive reviews and was criticized for its limited capabilities. In response, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has promised to upgrade Bard soon using Google’s more capable PaLM models, which can improve reasoning, coding, and […]
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As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to advance, AI chatbots have become an increasingly popular tool for users to quickly access information on various topics. ChatGPT is one such AI chatbot that has gained widespread popularity due to its ability to provide quick and accurate answers to user queries. Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot is another […]
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WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps worldwide, and its parent company Meta has announced exciting new features coming to the platform in 2023. These updates are designed to make the app more versatile, user-friendly, and secure. Here are five upcoming WhatsApp features that you can expect to see in 2023: These new […]
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India’s National Payments Corporation (NPCI) has announced that using Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) for transactions through UPI will attract an interchange fee. This charge will be levied if the transaction is more than ₹ 2,000. NPCI has also notified that an interchange fee of up to 1.1 per cent will be applicable on merchant UPI […]
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Unacademy, the Indian edtech unicorn, has announced its fourth round of layoffs in the past 12 months. The SoftBank-backed company has reportedly sacked around 380 employees, which accounts for around 12% of its workforce. This comes as Unacademy looks to make its core business profitable and adjust to the current realities it faces. In a […]
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Indian startups have established strong ties with US banks, especially Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which has been a key player in the Indian startup ecosystem. SVB provides banking services to many Indian startups, including payment processing, foreign exchange, and lending. The collapse of a large US bank, such as SVB, could have an impact on […]
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GitHub, the popular open-source developer platform owned by Microsoft, has reportedly laid off its entire engineering team in India. The move has come as a surprise to many, given that India is the platform’s second-largest developer community after the United States. It is estimated that the company has let go of around 100 engineers in […]
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The Walt Disney Company, one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world, is set to lay off 7,000 employees in the coming months. The decision to downsize comes in the midst of a global pandemic and a period of industry uncertainty, with theme parks and movie theaters remaining closed or operating at […]
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