Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida has said that the country supports the development of industrial uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Kishida met Sam Altman, the Chief Executive of Microsoft-backed OpenAI in Tokyo in April, and supposedly said that the Group of Seven (G7) summit meeting from May 19-21, 2023 in Hiroshima will address “international rules” on generative AI. OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman had said he was considering opening an office and expanding services in Japan after a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 25 laid the foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Park is envisioned as a key research facility to develop digital products and services by industry and business units in collaboration with academia. As a third-generation Science Park, it will house common facilities to support the development of products in the area of Industry 4.0 Technologies like AI, data analytics, cyber security, smart materials etc, said the PMO statement. The state-of-the-art basic infrastructure will support high-end applied research by in
The Union Cabinet on April 27 approved the National Medical Devices Policy to boost domestic production and trim down imports of the equipment. The new policy will ease organised growth of the medical device sector and help address the public health objectives of access, affordability, quality, and innovation, the government said. It aims to help the medical devices sector grow from the present $11 billion to $50 billion in the next five years. Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the sunrise sector is expected to realise its full poten
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted to congratulate the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for its successful launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C55 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ISRO’s PSLV-C55 mission was launched on April 22 and marked the space agency’s third major launch of the year. The 228-ton vehicle lifted off and entered a low inclination orbit in the eastward direction. Saturday's launch was the 57th flight for the PSLV, which has established itself as a reliable and cost-effective option for satellite launches.
India has become a major smartphone market for US phone maker Apple. The Cupertino-based tech giant has created over one lakh direct jobs in manufacturing in the past two years in the country, said Minister of State, Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrashekhar. About 70 per cent of the said jobs are taken up by women in the age bracket of 19-24 years, who are starting their careers, acquiring skills and improving the ease of living for their families. Apple CEO Tim Cook recently opened the company’s first two retail stores in India, Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18 and Apple Saket in New
India has covered 600 districts with 5G services in less than 200 days – one of the fastest expansion accomplished by the technology in the world – said Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan on April 17 in Hyderabad. “India has the second largest telecom network with the lowest data rate in the world, and development of indigenous 4G, 5G technologies in a short span of time has surprised the world,” the minister said at the second meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG). In his address, Union MoS for Social Justice and Empowerment A Narayanaswam
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that digital public infrastructure (DPI) is inclusive by design and can help countries fast pace their development processes and deliver huge benefits. India has opened a record 462.5 million low-cost bank accounts with 56 percent account holders being women by leveraging the potential of identity and payments through DPI, the finance minister underlined. Speaking at a conference on April 14 in Washington, US, Sitharaman said that DPI has transferred tremendous transformational potential by facilitating innovations continuously by invol
To establish itself as a carbon services and trading hub, Singapore sees a boost in green economy jobs to help businesses decarbonise and realise their net-zero strategies. Companies looking to hire foreigners for certain roles in this sector will find it easier to do so with a new points-based Employment Pass framework that will be launched on September 1. Four roles – namely carbon verification and audit specialist, carbon trader, carbon programme manager and carbon standards and methodology analyst – will draw extra points on top of criteria such as educational qualification and sal
Scientists at the Italian Institute of Technology have developed a rechargeable battery that has been made completely from edible substances. The battery can break up safely in the stomach once it is done with its job. The prototype device outlined in a new study published in Advanced Materials operates at 0.65 volts and provides a current of 48 microamperes for 12 minutes – enough to power tiny electronics. Its future potential uses range from edible circuits and sensors that can monitor health conditions to the powering of sensors for monitoring food storage conditions. “Moreover, gi
The United Kingdom has become the first European nation to allow hands-free driving technology, as Ford's BlueCruise technology has received approval. It means that drivers are allowed to take their hands off the wheel and allow the car to drive itself. However, they must still pay attention to what it is doing, and will receive alerts if the car detects they are looking elsewhere. The new technology is currently available in Ford’s 2023 Mustang Mach-E, a pure electric vehicle. Five radars track the position and speed of other vehicles, while a forward-facing camera detects lane markings