AI’s twin impact: Better security, worse dangers
Source: Live Mint AI-powered cyberthreats supercharge traditional attacks, making phishing, malware, and impersonation faster, stealthier, and more convincing. Read Full Article
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AI Tool of the Week | How to make ChatGPT forget any sensitive information
Source: Live Mint ChatGPT’s ability to remember and reference past conversations allows it to personalize responses, making interactions more seamless and context-aware. For example, you can ask, “Based on our past conversations, what do you know about me?” and it will tailor answers using stored data. While this “long-term memory” enhances human-AI interaction, it poses…
I let ChatGPT manage my money for 30 days and the results shocked me | Mint
Source: Live Mint A month ago, I did something both reckless and oddly responsible: I handed over control of my personal finances to ChatGPT. Yes! The chatbot almost everyone is hooked on for coding help and LinkedIn posts. But can it actually manage money? I decided to find out. The backstory: From budget burnout to…
The Digital Shoulder: How AI chatbots are built to ‘understand’ you | Mint
Source: Live Mint As artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are becoming an inherent part of people’s lives, more and more users are spending time chatting with these bots to not just streamline their professional or academic work but also seek mental health advice. Some people have positive experiences that make AI seem like a low-cost therapist….
Mary Meeker’s AI report: Decoding what it signals for India’s tech future
Source: Live Mint India is mentioned less than five times, and only once in a headline, in Mary Meeker’s 340-page Trends: Artificial Intelligence report. Yet, it has been making waves in the technology community since its release in May. One reason for its popularity is that Meeker, an influential technology analyst since the early days…
The transformer birthed GenAI. Meet the man who built it.
Source: Live Mint India-born Vaswani, whose startup Essential AI works on building foundational models, now wants to establish an India team, access graphic processing units, find clients and spot a local strategic investment partner. “We’re building foundational AI models to automate coding and tasks in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) applications. The core idea…
Welcome to the AI trough of disillusionment
Source: Live Mint For many companies, excitement over the promise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has given way to vexation over the difficulty of making productive use of the technology. According to S&P Global, a data provider, the share of companies abandoning most of their generative-AI pilot projects has risen to 42%, up from 17%…
Codex, Operator and Deep Research: What can the 3 AI agents on ChatGPT do? | Mint
Source: Live Mint OpenAI released its latest AI agent Codex on Friday, marking the third such release by the company this year. While Deep Research and Operator are aimed at wider audience, the new Codex tool looks to do many of the tasks of a software engineer and help users with little coding experience build…
Why AI is central to the new browser wars
Source: Live Mint Despite launching Chrome only in 2008, Google turned it into the world’s most popular browser, with a 65% share. Chrome played a key role in Google retaining its monopoly in search, where its share is nearly 90%. Now, in an ongoing trial, the US government may force the tech giant to sell…
GenAI for investing: Smart money moves or risky bets?
Source: Live Mint This futuristic scenario is already becoming a reality for Indian investors. GenAI is different from traditional AI—it doesn’t just analyse data; it creates content like financial advice, market summaries, or personalised budgets instantly. India, now the fastest-growing market for ChatGPT, highlights how rapidly this tech is penetrating everyday financial decisions. From fintech…