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OU, Cyient Foundation to collaborate for Industry 4.0

SRMIST organises international conference on advancements in electrical and electronic tech

The international conference was held on Recent Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Ubiquitous Communication and Computational Intelligence

Amazon Web Services collaborates with SHI India for indigenous AI model development

AWS shared that SHI India has provisioned offerings such as Amazon SageMaker

AI is not eating up Chinaโ€™s software market but turbocharging it: HSBC analyst

Chinaโ€™s artificial intelligence model companies are unlikely to โ€œeat upโ€ the domestic software market because they lack the deep industry know-how and experience to meet enterprise needs, according to an HSBC analyst. Unlike the US, Chinaโ€™s less developed software-as-a-service (SaaS) market stands to gain even as AI models continue to improve, with the most likely outcome being a collaborative approach where model companies and legacy software firms serve enterprises in tandem, said Yiran Liu,...

Chinaโ€™s edge over US in AI world models: abundant data, faster deployment, executive says

Chinaโ€™s world models are benefiting from early integration with the countryโ€™s strong industrial base, which gives the domestic ecosystem greater momentum than that of the US, according to an executive at a leading Chinese world model start-up. World models simulate 3D environments and physical dynamics, and are expected to help train the next generation of physical artificial intelligence applications, including robots and autonomous vehicles. Wang Xiaofeng, an algorithm partner at GigaAI, said...

Quantum computing: A tech race Europe could win?

With some promising computing companies in the field, could Europe be a leader in quantum tech?

Racing to build a quantum computer in Hyderabad

Hong Kong, mainland China sign โ€˜milestoneโ€™ MOU on promoting digital economy

Hong Kong authorities have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with mainland Chinaโ€™s top internet regulator to promote the digital economy, with the cityโ€™s leader pledging to contribute to building a strong technological nation. The MOU was signed on Sunday by Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong and Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), and covers topics including artificial intelligence (AI) promotion, cross-boundary data...

China family creates AI clone to comfort elderly mum after only son dies in car accident

After a man in China was killed in a road accident last year, his family hired an artificial intelligence (AI) technology team to create a digital version of him to comfort his elderly mother. The AI creation is able to chat with his octogenarian mother online and help her live with the reality of her only childโ€™s death. The incident was exposed by the AI team leader Zhang Zewei, who is based in eastern Jiangsu province, according to the media outlet Litchi News. The family, who live in Shandong...

IIT Madras director advocates Sanskritโ€™s role in advancing AI technology

Curtains come down on The Hindu Deep Tech Summit 2026

Ananth Kumar, Associate Director, Directorate of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (DEI), SRMIST gave the vote of thanks