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Saying 'thank you' to ChatGPT is costly but maybe it's worth the price
Saying “please” to AI may waste energy and money, but experts argue it fosters human courtesy, affects behavior, and reflects cultural values. While AI lacks feelings, politeness might shape how we treat others—and how AI evolves to mirror human norms and emotions.
AI startups hiring sees two-fold increase; absorbing talent from Google, Meta, Amazon: Report
Economists compare this to the industrial revolution, saying AI-augmented workplaces will unlock new economic value and redefine competition. With major AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic securing billions in investment, and legacy companies like IBM overhauling workflows to integrate AI, the report’s message is clear: companies that embrace AI-driven transformation will lead the future, and those that don’t risk being left behind.
Should we start taking the welfare of AI seriously?
It's hard to argue that today's AI systems are conscious. Sure, large language models have been trained to talk like humans, and some of them are extremely impressive. But can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights? Many AI experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close.
Databricks commits $250 million to India in AI, R&D, and skilling push
Databricks is set to significantly expand its presence in India, investing over $250 million to tap into the country's burgeoning AI talent pool. The San Francisco-based firm plans to increase its Indian workforce by more than 50%, aiming for over 750 employees by fiscal year-end.
How AI is rewriting the rules of coding at Indian startups
Tech leaders such OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei have predicted a future where AI generates most of the world’s code. In March, the chief executive of Y Combinator noted that around 25% of the startup accelerator’s current startups were already using AI to write 95% or more of their code.
Should we start taking the welfare of AI seriously?
As AI systems grow more advanced, some researchers are beginning to explore whether these models could one day become conscious and deserve moral consideration. While today's AI lacks true awareness, the debate raises ethical questions about how we treat intelligent machines—even as many believe the focus should remain on protecting humans.
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AI firm Anthropic announces 100 roles in Europe, new EMEA head
Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, plans to create 100+ jobs in Europe, mainly in Dublin and London, across sales, engineering, and research. Appointing Guillaume Princen as EMEA head, the company expands amid growing demand for AI. It recently raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion valuation.
Infy lays off trainees; Amazon, Flipkart warehouses raided
IT major Infosys has laid off more trainees from its Mysuru campus. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
Artificial intelligence is changing how Silicon Valley builds startups
The old Silicon Valley model dictated that startups should raise a huge sum of money from venture capital investors and spend it hiring an army of employees to scale up fast. Profits would come much later. Not anymore.
'Hard to find high-quality data for complex reasoning'
Niki Parmar, a member of Anthropic’s technical staff and co-author of the paper Attention is All You Need, says it has become hard to find high-quality data for complex reasoning we want models to do.
New-age stock slump; Cognizant CEO interview
Nearly half of the new-age companies listed since 2021 are trading below their IPO price. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Lightspeed’s Bejul Somaia on the India opportunity; Q-comm’s EV ride
Happy Monday! India holds an important place for Lightspeed despite the global reset in the tech sector, top official Bejul Somaia told us. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
OpenAI rolls out AI agent Operator in India, but how does it work?
Operator has now rolled out to Pro users in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK, and most places ChatGPT is available.
TCS under visa lens; Musk’s Grok 3 is here
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is facing scrutiny over its alleged misuse of L-1A manager visas in the US. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
DeepSeek: Who is Luo Fuli, the ‘baby-faced’ 29-year-old engineer who almost gave up on computer science
China's AI startup DeepSeek has surged ahead in the competitive AI landscape, outperforming global players like ChatGPT and Gemini. Founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2023, the company has rapidly gained prominence, with its chatbot topping app store charts. Key to its success is a team of young AI experts and a focus on cost-efficient, high-performance large language models. DeepSeek's rise has impacted global AI stocks and reignited discussions on China's role in AI innovation.
Is Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI frosty? Salesforce's Marc Benioff says friendship cracked when Satya Nadella hired Mustafa Suleyman, rival of Sam Altman
The relationship between Microsoft and OpenAi has reportedly become frosty with passing days and recent developments revealed that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff asserted that the relationship started deteriorating back on that day when Satya Nadella ended up hiring Mustafa Suleyman who is eventually the rival of Sam Altman.
Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revamp
Amazon's new Alexa, set to launch in October, will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude AI models instead of Amazon's own. The upgraded version, named 'Remarkable', will cost between $5 to $10 monthly. This move is aimed at improving functionality and potentially increasing revenue, as the current free version has struggled to generate significant sales.
The new AI deal: buy everything but the company
While big tech companies typically buy startups outright, they have turned to a more complicated deal structure for young AI companies. It involves licensing the technology and hiring the top employees — effectively swallowing the startup and its main assets — without becoming the owner of the firm.
Startups see their AI bills shrink as global LLM price war escalates
Overall, the price of API access to closed models has come down by 65%-90% over the last 12 months, which is helping startups like InVideo, Yellow.ai, Haptik, Gnani.ai, Shorthills.ai to expand their margins, invest in research and development, improve performance, hire more talent as well as price their products competitively.
Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI staff prompts UK probe
UK's CMA is investigating Microsoft's $650 million deal and hiring of Inflection AI staff, founded in 2022 by Mustafa Suleyman, involving investors Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates. Decision due Sept. 11. Microsoft's ties with OpenAI, Mistral AI, Amazon-Anthropic are under review. Microsoft, relinquishing an OpenAI board seat, asserts hiring promotes competition in an emailed statement.
FTC seeking details on Amazon deal with AI startup Adept
The FTC is investigating Amazon’s hiring of Adept's David Luan amid AI competition with Google and Microsoft, following a January inquiry. Amazon invested $4B in Anthropic. Adept, backed by $400M, released open-source models but lacked commercial success. The FTC also examines potential merger disclosures, pricing, and personnel strategies.
Eye on AI: AI boosts growth for cloud giants, US newspapers sue Microsoft, OpenAI
In the January-toMarch quarter, Amazon’s cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure and Google Cloud grew at 17%, 31% and 28%, respectively, the companies reported. Analysts said this was a sign that AI is contributing to the growth and that overall cloud spending is also accelerating, Reuters reported. On the other hand, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in its earnings call emphasised the company’s longterm investment in AI, which led to its shares sinking by 19% on Wednesday, wiping out over $200 billion in market capitalisation.
Microsoft and Amazon's AI partnerships draw UK watchdog scrutiny
CMA investigates Microsoft-Mistral AI, Amazon-Anthropic partnerships, Open AI collaboration. U.S. FTC orders data from generative AI firms, cloud providers. Report by Shabong, Sandle, Coulter.
No NCLT stay on Byju's Friday EGM; reality check for laid-off startup CXOs
Four investors — led by Prosus — moved the NCLT, seeking a stay on the planned EGM to effectively block the rights issue. The matter will now be heard on April 4.
Amazon invests $2.75 billion in ChatGPT-rival Anthropic, takes total investment to $4 billion
The investment comes six months after Amazon invested $1.25 billion in Anthropic, making the San Francisco start-up Amazon’s most important AI partner. Amazon said at the time that it had the option to bring its total investment to $4 billion. It had until the end of March to do so, according to financial filings.
AI talent war heats up in Europe
The competition for technical talent in Europe's AI industry is heating up as startups like OpenAI, Cohere, and Anthropic vie for the same pool of talent as Google DeepMind. The influx of foreign AI firms and rising salaries have intensified the battle for the region's best minds.
Researchers poke holes in safety controls of ChatGPT and other chatbots
When artificial intelligence companies build online chatbots, like ChatGPT, Claude and Google Bard, they spend months adding guardrails that are supposed to prevent their systems from generating hate speech, disinformation and other toxic material.
Researchers poke holes in safety controls of ChatGPT and other chatbots
In a report released Thursday, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco showed how anyone could circumvent AI safety measures and use any of the leading chatbots to generate nearly unlimited amounts of harmful information.
Inside the white-hot center of AI doomerism
At long cafeteria tables dotted with Spindrift cans and chessboards, harried-looking engineers are putting the finishing touches on Claude's new, ChatGPT-style interface, code-named Project Hatch.
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