Calm down, it’s Only Monday

The internet is abuzz with mixed reactions to the Indian government’s recent release of an AI advisory, which has seemingly triggered widespread concern within the AI community. “Bad move by India,” said Aravind Srinivas, an IIT Madras alumnus and Perplexity AI founder, as he shared the screenshot of a post by industry veteran Ram Rastogi, which, ironically, appears to be AI-generated.?

On Monday morning, IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar clarified, saying that the advisory does not apply to startups. “The advisory is specifically aimed at significant platforms. Seeking permission from MeitY is mandatory only for large platforms, and it will not apply to startups.”

Further, he said it prevents untested AI platforms from deploying on the Indian internet. “The process of seeking permission, labelling and consent-based disclosure to users about untested platforms is an insurance policy to platforms, which can otherwise be sued by consumers,” he said, stating that safety and trust of India’s internet is a shared and common goal for government, users and platforms.?

Chandrasekhar has been trying to convince people that it would be beneficial for the country, companies and its people. But, the reality is that most platforms or AI systems that exist today are NOT perfect yet, and regulating something that doesn’t exist seems a bit irrational, and even far-fetched.?

This development comes in the backdrop of Google Gemini’s biased response to a query about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To this, Chandrasekhar said that these are “in direct violation of Rule 3(1)(b) of the Intermediary Rules (IT Rules) of the IT Act and violates several provisions of the Criminal Code”.

Thanks to Google, India is taking AI regulation seriously.

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Influential Data & Analytics Leaders in India’s BFSI Sector

Recognising the pioneers in data and analytics, AIM Research has listed leaders who are transforming the future of financial services. These leaders are the architects of change, confronting the daunting challenges of data security, privacy concerns, and the relentless pace of digital transformation.?

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OpenAI Goes After Blue-Collar Jobs?

Having disrupted the white-collar jobs, OpenAI is now looking to automate blue-collar jobs. The company wants to develop next-generation AI models for humanoid robots and aims to help accelerate their capabilities to process and reason from language.

OpenAI’s investment in Figure, alongside major players like Microsoft, NVIDIA, Bezos Expeditions, and others, reinforces this. This development also poses a threat to Elon Musk’s Tesla Optimus, which explains why he might have sued OpenAI to begin with. Read the full story here.?

Multimodal AI Gets Voice?

Eleven Labs, a voice technology research company developing AI for speech synthesis and text-to-speech software, recently added voice to Sora’s generated videos, showcasing a holistic example of what voice can bring to AI-generated videos. While this is not the first time for a development like this, voice modality is increasingly being brought to the forefront.?

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