Archives for January 2019

Facebook on Sunday said that it will create an independent Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with an initial grant of $7.5 million. In collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany, the institute will help advance the growing field of ethical research on new technology and will explore fundamental issues affecting […]

China, the world’s biggest agricultural producer, is leading the race when it comes to empowering farmers with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technologies. The aim is clear: To help the community digitally record information to cut costs and increase yields — with just a smartphone in their hands as AI leveraged Cloud computing to make sense of […]

By Facebook is one of many companies that has been using facial recognition technology for years. Is one meme going to make a difference? The was all fun and memes until last week, when a tweet moved thousands of people to worry: Are we unknowingly helping giant corporations to improve their algorithms for biometric identification […]

India’s new economy disruptors are currently confronting old-style regulatory disruption, with rules changing or, in some cases, yaw-yawing. At stake are billions of dollars of investments and many potentially game changing ideas. ET takes a look at how regulatory challenges are affecting six new economy activities: online shopping, taxi apps, online pharmacies, online groceries, fintech […]

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With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, several social media volunteers have come out in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, just like in 2014. These volunteers are not party members but professionals, who are either taking leave from their regular jobs or doing it after office hours. Social media was used effectively by […]

E-commerce marketplaces are offering discounts as high as those at peak Diwali season across categories ranging from grocery to smartphones and electronics, ahead of the government’s revised foreign direct investment (FDI) policy taking effect on February 1. Some discounts are 3-5% higher than those at Diwali and could be aimed at clearing stock ahead of […]

VKAAO, the crowd sourced theatre on demand model, jointly owned by India’s largest cinema exhibition player PVR Cinemas and the leading ticketing service BookMyShow, has seen a massive jump (over 100%) in number of shows in 2018. The service was started by PVR in January 2017 and later in November, BMS entered in to a […]

By Debashish Mukherjee, AT Kearney What do the recently updated guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in e-commerce in India mean for the ecosystem? Let’s start with the premise that there are no perfect regulations — most regulations will have positive and negative impact for different stakeholders. So, when it comes to a regulation, the […]