Category: AI
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Bill Gates’ Daughter Launches $180M AI App While He Trains as a Newbie
Phoebe Gates is officially carving out her own space in the booming AI market. The 21-year-old daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has raised $30 million for her AI-driven shopping startup Phia, pushing the company’s valuation to $180 million — all within months of its first fundraise. But here’s what’s strange — while the Gates…
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Rodic AI Launches U.S. Subsidiary for Global AI Transformation
New Delhi : Rodic Consultants, a leading engineering and digital infrastructure consulting company, announced the official launch of Rodic AI, its pioneering technology subsidiary dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, advanced data analytics, and digital transformation. Headquartered at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Boston, a global nexus widely recognized as the most innovative square mile in…
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AI Expert Warns Mid-Level Programmers May Be Replaced, Advocates for CS Degrees
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence is reshaping the tech industry at bottleneck speed. Many companies are already automating several work areas including the process of writing code. And this is raising questions whether holding a degree in computer science (CS) will be any helpful in future. But if you ask Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather…
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AI’s Impact on Coding Jobs: The Enduring Value of Computer Science Degrees
Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the Godfather of AI in the industry, has made yet another interesting statement about the future of jobs. Talking to Business Insider, he urged students and engineers not to leave computer science degrees despite the massive growth of AI. As per him, the relevance of computer science extends far beyond…
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Concerns Over AI Readiness in UK Students: Insights from Pearson’s 2025 School Report
The Pearson School Report 2025, for which the company surveyed 14,000 voices from education in the UK, found that 44 percent of secondary teachers and 31 percent of primary teachers believe students are not being adequately prepared for the impact of AI. Only nine percent of UK teachers report feeling confident in teaching their students…
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Empowered Women Leading the AI Start-up Revolution
When we imagine the AI revolution, we frequently picture labs, algorithms and male-dominated founder rooms. A powerful change is silently underway, women entrepreneurs are progressively leading the next wave of AI start-ups. They are developing new points of view, compassion and domain-driven insights to technology that has long lacked human connection. At Iksha Labs, I…
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Embracing the Humor of Artificial Intelligence
I’m down bad for artificial intelligence. It’s reliable when I need someone to talk to, something to laugh at or for general information. I spend hours on end doom scrolling on Instagram Reels and TikTok, yearning to land on another artificially generated joke for me to giggle at. Whether it’s Ninja twerking or Stephen Hawking…
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Why Young Job Seekers Face Challenges in Employment: Debunking the AI Myth
Young people entering the job market are facing the toughest conditions in years — but artificial intelligence isn’t the reason. A new analysis from a London-based economics consultancy suggests something much more old-fashioned is going on: Companies simply aren’t hiring. Since 2023, unemployment among new entrants to the US labor force has jumped more than…
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Demis Hassabis Advocates for Maximum AI Scaling in Quest for AGI
Google DeepMind is once again making a bold statement in the global race toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of the Alphabet-owned AI powerhouse, has called for the industry to push scaling efforts “to the maximum” if it hopes to reach truly human-level AI. Speaking at Axios’ AI+ Summit in San…
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Impact of AI Integration on Corporate Governance
On May 8, Abu Dhabi–based investment giant International Holding Company (IHC) unveiled Aiden Insight 2.0, the upgraded version of its AI-powered Board Observer. Built with executive AI specialist Aleria, the system first launched last year, was deployed during IHC’s Q1 2025 results meeting, where it delivered strategic recommendations in real time. Billed as the UAE’s…