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Tata Sons Crisis: Tata stocks tumble amid Noel Tata-N Chandrasekaran row; Mistry welcomes RBI listing push
Tata Sons faces a governance dispute as Noel Tata opposes N Chandrasekaran’s reappointment and proposed listing, while Tata stocks trade lower. …read more
Minors allegedly gang-rape teenage girl in Delhi, stab her to death, dump her body to be eaten by dogs
In Swaroop Nagar Delhi, body of a 17 year old girl was found in a field on Sept 13. Police said she was raped and killed. Four accused, including three minors, were arrested. …read more
Prakash Raj trolls PM Narendra Modi on his birthday, calls him ‘boss on reel’, bhakts feels insulted, trolls actor: ‘Barking dogs like you…’
PM Narendra Modi turned 76, and as expected, his most influential critic, actor Prakash Raj, dropped another sarcastic tweet that left Modi fans fuming. …read more
Disha Salian murder case: Amid CBI investigation, old clip of Rhea Chakraborty goes viral, actress gave major hint of…., netizens react
An old video of Rhea Chakraborty has resurfaced after the Disha Salian murder case FIR has been filed. Amid the investigation, netizens strongly believe that even Sushant Singh Rajput’s case should be taken over by the CBI. …read more
Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city
Waymo says it will launch a robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, as the Alphabet-owned company continues to eye overseas markets for expansion.
Waymo’s vehicles will begin arriving in Singapore in “the coming months,” the company says, in preparation of mapping and autonomous testing with human safety drivers behind the wheel in 2027. Waymo says it is “working toward offering fully autonomous ride-hailing to the public” by 2028.
Waymo will need approval from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) before it can begin accepting passengers. The city-state requires all autonomous vehicles to undergo a safety assessment conducted at the …
Google’s revamped CC is an AI agent for families and groups
CC gives an AI agent its own Google account in your family or group and sends all members a daily briefing.
Anthropic says Claude ‘leads’ 26 percent of its AI R&D work
The company shared the stat alongside three measurements that help communicate the pace of AI development.
The AI Superintelligence Slowdown
Remember when tech leaders would tell their employees to “move fast and break things”? It seemed that would be the way of AI too. But after a summer where rogue AI agents became reality, and researchers warned that AI could kill us all, a number of leading US AI companies are publicly suggesting it’s time to pump the brakes and “pace the frontier” of bleeding-edge AI development.
Their motivations are suspect, but leaders at major AI companies — including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and X — are at least paying lip service to the idea of a superintelligence slowdown.
Will these AI companies actually slow down? Will anyone step in to regulate these companies like they claim to have wanted for years? Will they manage to convince world leaders that the US must “beat China” to superintelligence and go even faster?
Read on below for the latest updates in this AI saga.
