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Seeing Silicon | How I was scammed by an AI on LinkedIn

AI-created profiles have become a headache for LinkedIn. Here’s how the world’s biggest social network for professionals is combating it.

Technology

Published on Apr 14, 2024 08:10 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja | Edited by Anish Yande

Seeing Silicon | Can AI turn you into Picasso or take over the world?

The Misalignment Museum in San Francisco aims to demystify artificial intelligence one artwork at a time, but what it does to art is another matter altogether

Audrey Kim, curator and artist, talks about the piece

Technology

Published on Mar 31, 2024 12:19 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

‘We have enough time to experience, and adapt to AI,’ says AI researcher

Today Parmar is the reigning queen of AI, one of a handful of women founders in the ultra-alpha, ultra-competitive global AI space

Niki Parmar sat down for an interview with HT in the noisy but cosy Farley’s Cafe in San Francisco’s trendy Potrero Hill Valley on a rainy Saturday afternoon in February. (HT PHOTO)

India News

Updated on Mar 14, 2024 06:36 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja, San Francisco

Apple’s VisionPro promises a superhero vision — but are you ready for it?

With their enhanced technological abilities, augmented reality devices are here to stay. And it’s only a matter of time (and money) before you put one on.

Technology

Published on Mar 03, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

Seeing Silicon | Why Sam Altman and other tech magnates are banking on fusion

We haven’t been able to calculate the carbon footprint of a ChatGPT query. But Silicon Valley is looking at fusion as the sustainable answer to its AI models

TOPSHOT - This undated handout image taken and received by the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) on December 1, 2023 shows the JT-60SA, the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor constructed to date, before its planned inauguration in the city of Naka, Ibaraki prefecture on December 1. Harnessing nuclear fusion, the same process which powers the Sun, has been described as potentially humanity's best energy source for the future but the technology is in its infancy. (AFP)

Opinion

Published on Feb 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

Seeing Silicon | Driverless cabs or robotaxis face a unique challenge. A cone.

On the wild streets of San Francisco in the United States, a dramatic human versus autonomous vehicle conflict plays out

The city of San Francisco, home to tech hub Silicon Valley, gave self-driving cabs or robotaxis from two companies — Cruise owned by GM and Waymo owned by Google (pictured above) — the permit to operate within city limits in August 2023.(AP File Photo)

Analysis

Published on Feb 04, 2024 11:52 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

In a world of hashtags and -isms, is it impossible to fight for equal rights without becoming a ‘feminist’?

More time is wasted on demeaning the term than on understanding and accepting it

According to the dictionary, the word ‘feminist’ refers to ‘an advocate of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes’(iStock)

lifestyle

Published on Jul 01, 2017 10:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByShweta Taneja

Putting a stop to mobile addiction

In May, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) opened a first of- its-kind clinic in the country—a centre to treat teenagers’ obsession with social networking, instant chatting apps, texting and mobile games. In other words, addiction to mobile phones.

cities

Updated on Jul 06, 2014 11:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByShweta Taneja, Chandigarh

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AI-created profiles have become a headache for LinkedIn. Here’s how the world’s biggest social network for professionals is combating it.

The Misalignment Museum in San Francisco aims to demystify artificial intelligence one artwork at a time, but what it does to art is another matter altogether

Today Parmar is the reigning queen of AI, one of a handful of women founders in the ultra-alpha, ultra-competitive global AI space

With their enhanced technological abilities, augmented reality devices are here to stay. And it’s only a matter of time (and money) before you put one on.

We haven’t been able to calculate the carbon footprint of a ChatGPT query. But Silicon Valley is looking at fusion as the sustainable answer to its AI models

On the wild streets of San Francisco in the United States, a dramatic human versus autonomous vehicle conflict plays out

More time is wasted on demeaning the term than on understanding and accepting it

In May, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) opened a first of- its-kind clinic in the country—a centre to treat teenagers’ obsession with social networking, instant chatting apps, texting and mobile games. In other words, addiction to mobile phones.

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