Back in 2011, the world held its breath after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan suffered a failure of its cooling systems, in the wake of the country getting hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami. The worry was not unfounded: the resulting meltdown — which spread highly radioactive material in multiple directions […]
Basecamp Research taps $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’
While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic continue to popularize the idea of people using ordinary language to ask artificial intelligence agents to answer their questions, write their proposals, and draw pictures, a London startup called Basecamp Research has raised $ 60 million to tackle a new frontier: an AI that not only answer any question […]
Google taps India’s love for gold to boost its credit play
Google is leveraging India’s deep-rooted affinity for gold to expand its reach in the lending market of the world’s most populous nation. The company said on Thursday that Google Pay has partnered with Muthoot Finance, India’s largest gold-backed loans provider, to offer secured loans to users across the country. Google said the move aims to […]
Airtel taps AI to combat India’s rampant spam calls problem
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, said on Wednesday it’s rolling out an AI-powered spam detection solution to all its customers to curb the raging spam calls and messages problem in the country. The company claims the solution is India’s first network-based, AI-powered, spam detection system. The feature will alert Airtel’s customers in real-time to […]
Amazon taps long-time exec to lead India business as competition intensifies
Amazon has named long-time executive Samir Kumar as the new head of its India consumer business, a month after its domestic business’ head resigned amid intensifying competition in the key market. Kumar, who has been with the e-commerce giant for 25 years, will become Country Manager for India, the company said. This role would be […]