According to an internal document obtained by a renowned media outlet, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, intends to fire some 3,600 workers who have been deemed low performers. The decision, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is an attempt to "raise the bar on performance
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This article has been contributed by Samyak Jain, Co-Founder, and CEO, Zeko AI. 2024 saw the application of generative AI at all levels in organizations. The revolution of HR technology with AI-powered recruitment, performance measurement, and retention has begun and 2025 will witness more changes driven by new trends and
For a monetary consideration of INR 3 Cr (about $353K), Redstart Labs, a subsidiary of online classified firm Info Edge, plans to purchase an additional investment in Brainsight Technology, increasing its ownership of the Bengaluru-based healthcare startup from 4.68% to 5.27%. The company, which is led by Sanjeev
Startups and other pertinent parties have been asked to submit ideas for developing AI-powered tools that can identify deepfakes to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Ministry has requested five suggestions for the creation of domestic technical AI tools, rules, frameworks, and standards in order to establish
According to the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), 19 service providers have put in bids to supply cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) computing services under the INR 10,738 Cr IndiaAI Mission. Cloud service providers, managed service providers, micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs), and data centre service providers—
Google Cloud Security and HCLTech have announced a new partnership to provide cutting-edge AI-driven security solutions to businesses globally. Using Managed Detection and Response (MDR) capabilities, the alliance aims to improve organisations' capacity to identify and address cyber attacks. The collaboration was announced on December 2, 2024. Universal Managed
While reorganising its operations last week, 80–100 workers were let off by Mumbai-based audiobook platform Kuku FM. Additionally, contracted staff were affected by the exercise. According to the reports, 300 workers, both on and off the roll, lost their jobs overall. The exercise had the biggest effect on the
At an AI firms summit in Bengaluru, tech giant Google unveiled a number of initiatives and collaborations aimed at boosting the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) firms in the nation. These initiatives assist early-stage AI entrepreneurs in developing, expanding, and gaining clients for their Google Cloud-based solutions. Google announced the
Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, said on his first visit to India that the business is proud that India is one of its fastest-growing markets and that it has one of its best teams globally, with offices in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Suleyman, who is well-known for having founded
As per the recent media reports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is developing an AI-enabled system that will alert people in real time about financial scams. An AI-based warning system would identify suspicious transactions as they are going to be made, and individual banks will access a central bank
On October 24, Sarvam AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm supported by Lightspeed, unveiled Sarvam 1, a Large Language Model (LLM). According to a tweet on X (previously Twitter), the business says it is India's first indigenous multilingual LLM, trained from scratch on domestic AI infrastructure in ten
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