Once again, a group of authors, including well-known names like Michael Chabon and David Henry Hwang, have sued the technology giant OpenAI over copyright infringement. Their main grievance is that OpenAI used their copyrighted works in an unauthorized manner to train its GPT large language models.
On the same grounds, Chabon and the group have also filed a similar case against Meta. The lawsuit, which demands for class-action status, emphasizes that it is obvious from ChatGPT’s ability to summarize and analyze content written by these writers that OpenAI used their works in training its GPT large language model.
According to the plaintiffs, ChatGPT’s outputs are fundamentally “derivative” works that violate their copyrights inadvertently. The legal document states that “OpenAI’s acts of copyright infringement have been intentional, willful, and in callous disregard of Plaintiffs’ and Class Members’ rights.”
It’s important to note that Michael Chabon, author of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” was one of the 10,000+ authors who previously signed an open letter requesting tech companies, such as OpenAI, Meta, and Google, to obtain permission and pay authors fairly when using their works for AI training.
This is not the first time that OpenAI has faced such accusations. Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey charged OpenAI and Meta with violating their copyright earlier in the year. In July, two authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad sued OpenAI over copyright infringement.
The chief minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, declared that artificial intelligence (AI) programmes will be introduced in all government schools in Punjab. He highlighted that 10,000 teachers will be trained to teach these courses and one lakh students would receive training in AI.
“Punjab is known for the White Revolution and the Green Revolution, but it will now be known for the education revolution,” Mann added.
A significant amount of money has been allocated by the Punjab chief minister, including ₹800 crore for building 10,000 new classroom infrastructure, ₹358 crore for building boundary walls in over 7,000 schools, and ₹25 crore for benches and other furniture.
The hiring of a “campus manager” for each school was announced by Mann, who also declared that Punjab will be the first state in the nation to offer WiFi connectivity at every school. He added that all of the state’s schools would have access to internet resources in six months.
Mann highlighted that improving educational opportunities for kids, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, was his government’s top priority.
States throughout India are taking unprecedented initiatives to jump on the AI bandwagon. Recently, Kerala has made a significant advancement in the integration of AI technology into education with the opening of its first Artificial Intelligence School in Thiruvananthapuram.
In April, R. D. Tiwari Government English School from Raipur announced artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics as a part of the Jigyasa project. Last year, the Madhya Pradesh government announced plans to introduce artificial intelligence as a subject in schools across the state.
Gemini, Google‘s eagerly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software, seems to have taken significant steps before its expected release. According to sources, the tech behemoth, which is owned by Alphabet, has granted access to the upcoming AI software to a select number of businesses.
Gemini will reportedly be prepared to compete against OpenAI’s GPT-4 soon. Given that Google has boosted its spending in generative AI this year, the debut of Gemini is extremely important to the corporation. This action is perceived as Google’s attempt to catch up, particularly in light of the fact that the IT industry was captivated by the launch of ChatGPT last year.
Gemini consists of a collection of extensive language models that power a range of applications, including chatbots and features like text summarization and content creation that is personalized for the user. Similar to ChatGPT, these tools can be used to create news articles, create music lyrics, send emails, etc. Gemini will be made available to businesses through the Google Cloud Vertex AI service, according to Google.
Gemini is also expected to help programmers with coding and assist users in generating original pictures in response to text prompts. According to sources, Google is currently giving developers access to a sizable version of Gemini, however this version is not the biggest one currently under development. It is anticipated that the larger version’s capabilities will be on par with GPT-4.
Google is investing heavily in generative AI recently. For customers in India and Japan, the company added generative AI tools to its Search tool this month. These features enable the display of text or visual outcomes in response to prompts.
The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max were formally launched by tech giant Apple on Tuesday. When looking at the features of the iPhone 15 series, one can observe that Apple has iBeacon micro-location, a digital compass, and precision dual-frequency GPS (GPS, QZSS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, and NavIC). Notably, NavIC was created by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), a regional navigation satellite system, was built by ISRO to address the country’s positioning, navigation, and timing needs. Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) was the original name for NavIC.
A network of ground stations and a constellation of seven satellites working around the clock constitute the NavIC concept. In geostationary orbit, the constellation’s three satellites are situated at 32.5°E, 83°E, and 129.5°E, respectively. With an inclination of 29 degrees and equatorial crossings at 55°E and 111.75°E, respectively, four satellites are launched into an inclined geosynchronous orbit—two in each plane. The ground network comprises a control centre, a facility for precise timing, stations for measuring range and integrity, two-way ranging stations, etc.
Restricted Service (RS) for strategic users and Standard Position Service (SPS) for civilian users are the two services that NavIC offers. Both the S band (2498.028 MHz) and L5 (1176.45 MHz) are used to deliver these two services. India and a territory stretching up to 1500 kilometres beyond the Indian border are covered by NavIC.
The user position precision of NavIC signals is better than 20m (2′) and the timing accuracy is better than 50ns (2′). The other global positioning system (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, and BeiDou) signals are interoperable with NavIC SPS signals.
Open Interpreter, a game-changing open-source tool in the realm of artificial intelligence and machine learning has been introduced by Killian Lucas and a team of open-source contributors. Serving as an alternative to the formerly named ChatGPT Code Interpreter, Open Interpreter is making waves in the AI community.
Today I’m launching Open Interpreter, an open-source Code Interpreter that runs locally.
Summarize PDFs, visualize datasets, and control your browser — all from a ChatGPT-like interface in your terminal.
This versatile tool empowers large language models (LLMs) to execute code in languages like Python, Javascript, and Shell directly on users’ local computers. Its intuitive natural-language interface, accessed via a simple “$ interpreter” command in the terminal post-installation, opens doors to a myriad of possibilities, from multimedia editing to controlling a Chrome browser for research and robust data analysis.
A standout feature of Open Interpreter is its commitment to user security. Unlike ChatGPT Plus, it operates locally on users’ machines, ensuring data privacy, which is crucial when dealing with sensitive information. Additionally, it imposes no usage time or file size restrictions, making it an ideal choice for extensive projects.
Open Interpreter’s multitasking capabilities shine through as users can effortlessly download, edit, transcribe, translate, and add subtitles to YouTube videos, all within a single, efficient interface. While it excels in data analysis, web scraping, research paper summarization, and even GIF creation, it’s essential to note that it cannot access complex sites like LinkedIn or Google Drive.
Users are advised to manage costs when using the OpenAI API and establish usage limits. Open Interpreter offers interactive and programmatic chat modes, as well as the ability to save and restore chats. Custom system messages provide a tailored experience, similar to ChatGPT Plus, available through a monthly subscription.
In order to make its artificial intelligence large language model available for developers and enterprise businesses to utilize, Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba Group said that Tongyi Qianwen will be available to the public.
Tongyi Qianwen was first shown in April as a creation of the Alibaba DAMO Academy. It was created as a large language model that is comparable to OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT. The LLM is proficient in both Chinese and English, and its initial deployment was intended to enhance user experience across all of Alibaba’s businesses.
The business unit in charge of developing artificial intelligence, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Division, said on the company’s WeChat account that Oppo, Taobao, and Zhejiang University have agreed to use Tongyi Qianwen to train their own models or create AI apps. In order to increase the AI model’s adoption by enterprises and community innovation, the company also announced that an open-source version would soon be made available.
In an internal memo earlier this week, newly appointed Alibaba Group Chief Executive Eddie Wu presented the organization’s new AI strategy. He predicted that the future of the corporation would center around AI. Wu wrote in the letter that disruptions brought on by AI in all industries will be the biggest change agent during the next ten years. “We will lose our jobs if we don’t adapt to the changes of the AI era,” he said.
The AI model is widely used throughout Alibaba’s ecosystem to improve enterprise communication, voice help, search, navigation, and assistance for users, and DingTalk, Alibaba’s digital workplace and app development platform.
With a limited-edition beverage and new AI-powered experience, Coca-Cola is inviting fans to explore what the future will taste and feel like. Coca-Cola Y3000 Zero Sugar was developed in collaboration with both humans and artificial intelligence by learning how fans imagine the future through their feelings, aspirations, favorite colors, and other factors.
Coca-Cola was inspired to develop the distinctive flavor of Y3000 by the opinions of fans from all around the world as well as insights gained through artificial intelligence. Customers can visit the Coca-Cola Creations Hub by scanning a QR code on the package. There, they can use the customized Y3000 AI Cam to filter photographs and imagine how their current reality might be in the future.
Oana Vlad, company’s senior director of global strategy said, “We set out to explore the idea of what a future Coke may taste like and what kinds of experiences it might open because we think that Coca-Cola will still be as relevant and refreshing in 3000 as it is now. The ‘Real Magic’ brand platform celebrates unexpected connections that turn the commonplace into the extraordinary, so we purposefully brought human intelligence and AI together for an uplifting expression of what Coca-Cola believes tomorrow will bring.”
The visual identity of Coca-Cola Y3000 Zero Sugar is both bright and futuristic. The design, which was jointly developed with artificial intelligence, shows liquid in a morphing, changing state, communicating this through form and color changes that highlight a promising future. A futuristic vibe is created by using a light-toned color scheme with violet, magenta, and cyan against a silver background. The distinctive Spencerian Script is a connected matrix with flowing dot clusters that merge to signify the relationships between people on our planet in the future.
Recently, the company forayed into the field of generative artificial intelligence by using the technology to create its latest advertisement. Coca-Cola introduced an AI-powered campaign, Masterpiece, that took the world by storm, showing some of history’s most renowned artworks while using phenomenal AI.
In order to provide more than 500,000 students with the knowledge and skills needed to use MongoDB Atlas, MongoDB today announced that it will launch the MongoDB for Academia program in India. MongoDB Atlas is the leading, multi-cloud developer data platform.
The MongoDB for Academia program offers training for students, educational materials for teachers, free credits to use MongoDB technology, and certifications to assist people start careers in the tech sector.
In order to narrow the technology skills gap in India, ICT Academy, a non-profit project of the Tamil Nadu government, and MongoDB are collaborating as part of the introduction of MongoDB for Academia in the country. ICT Academy trains higher education professors and students. The partnership with more than 800 educational institutions will assist MongoDB’s initiatives to upskill students and train more than 1,000 educators.
Participants in MongoDB for Academia in India will have access to credits for MongoDB Atlas worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and free MongoDB certification. They will also have free educational materials and training to assist teachers and students in developing the abilities required to develop, manage, and deploy contemporary, business-critical applications.
The program also provides access to the MongoDB PhD Fellowship programme, which gives exceptional PhD candidates the chance to conduct computer science research, network with MongoDB engineers, and present research at MongoDB events. It also offers an award of up to $50,000, with the goal of significantly advancing computer science or related fields.
MongoDB and ICT Academy will also collaborate on a number of cooperative projects, such as educator enablement sessions, academic summits, learnathons, technical bootcamps, and other educational initiatives. The MongoDB for Academia initiative is a component of MongoDB’s broader plan to support India’s expanding developer community.
Enfabrica, a Silicon Valley chip company developing networking chips for AI data centers, announced on Tuesday that it had raised $125 million in Series B venture funding round. Nvidia joined the round as a strategic investor. The startup was founded by leaders from Broadcom and Alphabet’s Google.
Enfabrica is a part of a larger trend of data centers being totally redesigned to produce generative AI technologies comparable to ChatGPT. The core of that change is a set of chips from Nvidia. The issue with Nvidia’s graphics processing unit (GPU) processors is that they occasionally remain inactive because the networks that connect them cannot provide them with data at a high enough rate.
To address this issue, Enfabrica has created a network chip that seeks to connect the various components of a data center in novel ways. The Enfabrica chip builds a network that resembles a hub and spokes. This enables the Nvidia GPUs performing the data-crunching to draw data from numerous locations without encountering speed roadblocks.
Rochan Sankar, co-founder and CEO of Enfabrica, claimed that this results in a considerably more effective use of GPUs, allowing for the completion of the same amount of computational work with just roughly half as many chips. Such an accomplishment is viewed favorably in the technology sector as these chips are more economical, he said.
Atreides Management served as the round’s lead investor. IAG Capital Partners, Valour Equity Partners, Infinitum Partners, Liberty Global Ventures, and Alumni Ventures were among the new investors added by Enfabrica. Sutter Hill Ventures, an earlier investor, also participated in the round.
In an era where technological advancements continue to reshape industries, startups are at the forefront of revolutionizing the way we approach employee training and hiring processes. With innovation driven by artificial intelligence and a dedication to redefining career growth and talent acquisition, the startup MyWays.ai is making waves in the business world. In this article, we delve into the transformative journey of how MyWays is offering a glimpse into the future of HR and professional development.
MyWays.ai
MyWays.ai is an AI-powered SaaS platform that is revolutionizing hiring and training processes for fast-growing teams. MyWays.ai acts as a career growth platform for job seekers and helps employers to easily discover, screen, interview, and evaluate entry-level candidates. With the help of AI, the platform offers Experienced freshers.
For founders, hiring managers, and Team Leads, Myways provides comprehensive solutions for hiring, training, and deployment. Employers can streamline their HR procedures, save time and effort, and job seekers can acquire relevant skills, industry exposure, and fulfilling career prospects through their offerings.
The Initial Idea
The brains behind MyWays.ai are Samyak Jain, founder and CEO (IIT Delhi) and Tanvi Jain, co-founder and CXO (University of Delhi). According to the co-founders, the concept for MyWays.ai started to take shape when they discovered a substantial mismatch in the job market in 2020. They noticed that there were just too many people applying for technical jobs, but ironically, very few of them had the qualifications to get past even the initial screening. Moreover, countless tech freshmen who were trying to establish themselves in the field actually confronted it as a hurdle. Also, in order to identify the best people, companies had to sort through a mountain of applications, which was a challenge, too.
“Instead of working on the same set of online tasks, we envisioned a system where tech freshers could be taught and developed into seasoned freshers, prepared to tackle real-world problems. We didn’t, however, end there. We learned that the conventional hiring procedure was opaque and frequently biased as we dug deeper. In order to teach IT talent and place them in companies that value their newly acquired skills, we decided to start the MyGurukul Programme,” said Anisha Gupta, Head of Growth and Partnerships at MyWays.
MyGurukul’s placement and training programme seeks to revive traditional Indian schooling for Gen Y students in accordance with market demands through NEP, apprenticeship, and practical training. “We subsequently expanded our reach by working with these businesses as tech partners and hiring facilitators, leading to development of our suite of SaaS tools,” she added.
AI-powered Offerings
The company uses a variety of AI techniques, including Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Computer vision, to deliver personalized career guidance and development resources. For example, MyWays.ai’s Profile Analyser uses machine learning to assess a user’s skills, interests, and personality traits to identify their ideal career path. The Hiring Tests feature uses natural language processing to analyze a user’s answers to job interview questions to assess their readiness for a particular role. Moreover, the JobFinder tool uses computer vision to scan job postings and identify those that are a good fit for a user’s profile.
The Upward Climb
MyWays.ai, a promising startup, embarked on its journey in 2019 when it was incubated by IIT Delhi Design Innovation Cell. The following year, in May 2020, the company marked a significant milestone with the successful launch of its product, attracting a growing user base that reached an impressive 10,000 registered users by August. In 2021, the startup continued to strengthen its foundation by hiring a dedicated founding team. By November of that year, MyWays.ai secured a spot in the prestigious CIIE.CO Incubation program, reaffirming its potential for growth and innovation. In 2022, the company reached another major milestone when it successfully raised funding through a pre-seed round, positioning itself for further expansion and development in the years to come.
Recent Funding
“Through CIIE.CO (IIM Ahmedabad), AUM VC, Knimbus, RTAF, and other Angels, we have raised $330k so far in the previous two years,” said Ms. Gupta. Ways.ai recently secured a substantial investment in a recent seed funding round. The funding was led by Realtime Angel Fund (RTAF), an angel fund registered with SEBI and known for its early-stage investments in pioneering startups. “This investment will help MyWays expand its user base and extend offerings to become a comprehensive software solution supported by dedicated services,” she continued.
“With the soft launch of the hiring tool suite, we witnessed a four times surge in weekly product access requests. This fresh infusion of funds will help us expand the user base and extend our offerings to become a comprehensive software solution backed by dedicated services,” said CEO Samyak Jain.
Pranay Mathur, CEO of Realtime Angel Fund (RTAF) said, “We are proud to have invested in MyWays, an innovative venture steered by the visionary leaders, Samyak Jain and Tanvi Jain. Their pioneering work in the deployment of AI-based solutions is set to streamline the corporate training, hiring, and deployment process, significantly cutting down the timeframes from months to a few weeks. At this exciting juncture, we are elated to empower the future of tech talent transformation through MyWays.ai.”
Future Plans
When talking about their future plans, Ms. Gupta said, “In order to attract more and more customers, we intend to improve our sales funnel and raise the top line. We intend to expand through the introduction of our SaaS technologies, which assist in automating various hiring processes and improve recruiters’ productivity.”
“Innovation, growth, customisation, and effective solutions will be our primary concerns,” she said. According to the founders, MyWays’ goal is to lead the world in tech recruiting and training, aspiring to become the largest tech-based plug-and-play HR tool in India, and consequently allowing data-backed hiring and training for white collar jobs.
