The dark side of big data

Latest Facebook data breach episode is a reminder that rise of Big Data represents a massive engineering of society with ominous implications for …

Rise of the machines: Why India need not be afraid

Artificial intelligence, robotisation and automation would open avenues for new jobs rather than generating job losses

My robot Valentine: could you fall in love with a robot?

Imagine if your Valentine's Day date was not human, but a machine. Could there ever be a romantic bond between a human and a robot?

Simply Put: Origin of Man

We created holograms you can touch – you could soon shake a virtual colleague’s hand

It is a step beyond the current generation of virtual reality

Simply Put: Big Brother is watching

Simply put: Robots grabbing jobs

STI council leverages science & tech through 9 missions

Projects to be in areas ranging from biodiversity to artificial intelligence 

Humans should always be in control of AI and Robots says ILO report

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) wants people to be given priority over Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation. In its new report …

Revisiting Gandhi in the age of social media

For the Mahatma, “science without humanity” was one of the "seven deadly sins", due to which, people could become slaves or victims …

AI can track bees on camera. Here’s how that will help farmers

These simple interventions can ensure a higher rate of pollination success, and a higher yield of market-quality fruit

Simply Put: ChatGPT

New approach to assess fracture healing

This technique can also help the surgeon choose the right implant or procedure

How artificial intelligence systems could threaten democracy

The advent of digital repression is profoundly affecting the relationship between citizen and state

Artificial intelligence can create better climate change models

AI techniques like machine learning and neural networks can resolve more dynamic convective cloud systems that trigger rainfall, other weather …

Look back at the decade: The virtual world

The WikiLeaks exposé showed us the significance of the internet in today’s interconnected world

ICMR releases guidelines for artificial intelligence use in the health sector

Guiding document outlines 10 key patient-centric ethical principles for AI application in health sector 

ChatGPT threatens language diversity. More needs to be done to protect our differences in the age of AI

When writing tools prioritise one way of writing over another, they reinforce existing hierarchies that unfairly position Standard American …

Simply Put: New year, old madness

AI called GPT-3 can now write like a human without thinking like one

GPT-3 is capable of producing excellent syntax. It boasts a wide range of vocabulary, owing to an large knowledge base from which it can generate …

A Hippocratic Oath for data science? We’ll settle for a little more data literacy

Part of the issue is the ease with which machine learning algorithms can be applied, making data literacy no longer particular to mathematical …

'If humans, robots work together productivity will be higher'

Naresh Kantoor, managing director of Gurugram-based Encon Systems International, a firm that assembles industrial robots, says these machines do …

New algorithm may help heart patients in remote areas

The new algorithm promises to help transmit heart parameters even on a low-bandwidth network and make it easier for cardiologists to interpret …

ICMR, IISc to jointly develop hi-tech hub-and-spoke system for improved healthcare

The system will collect and curate data through institutions across the country to facilitate research

How technology can help save India’s groundwater

Technology-guided decision-making would help distinguish groundwater abuse and promote efficient use