NEW DELHI: Smoking on board an aircraft, with lavatories being one of the favourite places for this illegal act, could soon get one arrested and also put on the no-fly list. Continuously kicking seat backs/tray tables, tampering with emergency exits, playing with life jackets or on-board protests, too, could invite the same action under the…
DMDK, DMK forge first-ever poll pact CHENNAI: Premallatha Vijayakant sought to evoke emotion and nostalgia while addressing reporters at Anna Arivalayam on Thursday. But what stood out was pure politics: Her party, DMDK, had for the first time since Vijayakant founded it in 2005, forged an alliance with DMK.“This was to happen in 2016,” she…
PM Modi with Netherlands PM Dick Schoof Outgoing PM of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, in an interview with TOI’s Sidhartha, says he is worried over concentration of AI development, and calls for lowering dependence on a few economies, while underlining the need for responsible use of the technology. Excerpts:What has been the focus here?China and…
NEW DELHI: After days of speculation, Bill Gates did not deliver his scheduled keynote at the AI Impact Summit 2026, with the Gates Foundation announcing the decision just hours before the address on Thursday. The Foundation had stated a day earlier that the keynote will go ahead as planned. However, Thursday morning, it was announced…
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh with children during the distribution of financial assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Alternative Housing Complex in Langol, Imphal West, on Thursday. Imphal/Churachandpur: A fractured state tried to talk to itself. For the first time since ethnic violence tore Manipur apart in May 2023, chief minister Yumnam…
NEW DELHI: Recounting a recent ride in a fully autonomous Waymo vehicle in San Francisco with his 83-year-old father, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the real test of progress is when such systems can operate on India’s roads. “Back in my days in India, I couldn’t have imagined that one day I would spend time…
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Travel to Himachal Pradesh will become costlier with the cash-strapped govt announcing a steep hike in entry fees for vehicles. Notified under Himachal Pradesh Toll Act, 1975, the revised rates, aimed at strengthening finances, will come into effect on April 1. According to the new structure, the entry fee…
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at AI-India Impact Summit New Delhi: India on Thursday made a clear pitch – AI must work in many languages, solve real problems, and serve societies beyond a small, privileged group, and got leaders of tech giants to adopt the ‘New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments’ – a voluntary framework aimed…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei NEW DELHI: Anthropic has raised concerns about development of fully autonomous weapons without a human in the loop and mass surveillance of US citizens, its co-founder and chief executive Dario Amodei said. Speaking to a TV channel on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit on Thursday, he said these red…
Altman and Amodei, who stood side by side, did not hold hands. Instead, both raised their fists. NEW DELHI: At the AI Impact Summit on Thursday, there was a “caught-off-guard moment” on stage. When PM Narendra Modi invited tech leaders to join him on the dais for a group photo, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and…
