5 things about AI you may have missed today: Samsung to provide AI training, Truecaller eyes AI to fight fraud, more
AI roundup: Samsung launched a new program at the Visvesvaraya Technological University that will provide upskilling and training opportunities to over 1100 students about AI and IoT to make them future-ready. For growth and to combat fraud, Truecaller CEO said the company is turning to AI. Know what happened in the world of AI today.
Samsung Semiconductor India Research announces the Samsung Innovation Campus programme at the Visvesvaraya Technological University to enhance the skills of youths in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to make them future-ready. The program aims to upskill 1100 undergraduate engineering students across Karnataka. A PTI report stated, “The pilot project between SSIR and VTU is an effort to equip students with knowledge and skills of cutting-edge technologies, contributing to the growth of the technology ecosystem in Karnataka.”
During Mumbai Tech Week, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar highlighted the need for transparent rules to create economic growth while emphasising the use of AI in various sectors such as healthcare. Chandrasekhar said, “We intend to exploit AI to its fullest for achieving the goals of our economic growth, ensuring that AI makes a big impact on healthcare and drug discovery, as well as on agriculture and farmer productivity. Use cases are not about having bragging rights to compete with ChatGPT.” According to ANI report.
Samsung has integrated the new Galaxy AI features into its virtual assistant Bixby - these were available for the Galaxy S24 series earlier. Bixby will now be able to conduct tasks for Call Assist, Transcript Assist, Browsing Assist, Note Assist and Interpreter. The feature will work in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Users just have to say, “Hi Bixby” to activate the voice assistant, according to the Samsung Newsroom blog.
While sharing the fourth quarter revenue numbers, Truecaller CEO Alan Mamedi said the company is
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