ChatGPT promises to democratize artificial intelligence, and is already making it relatively easy for non-data-scientist types to partake in the wonders of machine-generated wisdom. Google and Microsoft are following suit and souping up their search engines. Does this portend reduced demand for AI talent? Relief from AI talent shortages isn't likely anytime soon, but democratized AI may expand the meaning of business intelligence. "We are trying to teach business users to speak AI instead of teaching AI to speak business," says Arijit Sengupta, CEO and Founder of Aible.

New Delhi: Metaverse, the new buzzword amongst healthcare, a collective virtual shared space is no more a mystery box. This new emerging technology which is more prominent in the cryptocurrency market and gaming segment is now slowly proliferating in the healthcare domain. Some of the big hospitals are already adapting the digital virtual space of'metaverse'. ETHealthWorld explores what does this new technology'really' mean for healthcare? How will this technology make transformational changes, break the physical rules of the real world and redefine the future of the health domain.

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, who has announced a new AI startup with USD 50 million fund, believes India has the potential to become a world leader in artificial intelligence but the key to this is integrating AI into the country's education system in a massive way. India is at "an inflection point" when it comes to AI or artificial intelligence, Sikka said. Over the next 20-25 years, AI is going to be "a very, very big disruptor" for the Indian society because what one is seeing now in terms of automation and job losses because of automation is just the beginning, said Sikka, who announced his startup Vianai Systems last week. "But on the other hand, if we are able to bring AI education, the ability to build AI systems to India at a very large scale, and I'm talking about like billion plus people, then India can really leap frog and become the world's leader in artificial intelligence, in AI skill and AI talent," Sikka told PTI in an exclusive interview. Doing that requires working on multiple dimensions in parallel, he said.

Businesses will reap more success from artificial intelligence projects by setting short-term, achievable goals instead of pursuing extremely ambitious ones, industry executives advise. Clive Swan is Oracle's senior vice president of applications development. The hype around AI, the set of statistical techniques that teaches software to make decisions based on past data, pushes many companies to rush adoption and launch "moon shots" that are hard to bring to fruition, said Clive Swan, Oracle senior vice president of applications development, at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in September. Typical mistakes include not adequately preparing corporate data or failing to augment it with third-party information sources such as news stories, press releases, and financial or corporate information, Swan said. Bill Briggs, chief technology officer at Deloitte Consulting, used a baseball metaphor, saying during another discussion at Oracle OpenWorld that businesses can do better playing "small ball."

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, who has announced a new AI startup with USD50 million fund, believes India has the potential to become a world leader in artificial intelligence but the key to this is integrating AI into the country's education system in a massive way. India is at "an inflection point" when it comes to AI or artificial intelligence, Mr. Sikka said. Over the next 20-25 years, AI is going to be "a very, very big disruptor" for the Indian society because what one is seeing now in terms of automation and job losses is just the beginning, said Mr. Sikka, who announced his startup Vianai Systems last week. "But on the other hand, if we are able to bring AI education, the ability to build AI systems to India at a very large scale, and I'm talking about like billion plus people, then India can really leap frog and become the world's leader in artificial intelligence, in AI skill and AI talent," Mr. Sikka told PTI in an exclusive interview. Doing that requires working on multiple dimensions in parallel, he said.

You don't see a startup get a $50 million seed round all that often, but such was the case with Vianai, an early-stage startup launched by Vishal Sikka, former Infosys managing director and SAP executive. The company launched recently with a big check and a vision to transform machine learning. Just this week, the startup had a coming out party at Oracle Open World, where Sikka delivered one of the keynotes and demoed the product for attendees. Over the last couple of years, since he left Infosys, Sikka has been thinking about the impact of AI and machine learning on society and the way it is being delivered today. He didn't much like what he saw.

Two years after Vishal Sikka stepped down as the CEO and executive vice chairman of Infosys, an Indian IT services company, he has launched a new venture in artificial intelligence. Vianai, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup, last week announced its arrival with $50 million in seed financing. Sikka believes AI has the potential not just to transform business but also to "amplify humanity," as he puts it. He sees AI as a force multiplier that can tackle issues ranging from climate change to self-improvement. "I would love to see tens of millions of people to be able to build intelligent systems, and billions to be able to bring basic intelligence into anything that they do," he says. Sikka, who holds a Ph.D. in AI from Stanford University, demonstrated the Vianai platform at a keynote address at the Oracle OpenWorld conference on September 17. Before his tenure at Infosys, he spent 12 years at German software company SAP, where he was last a member of its executive board. Sikka also serves on the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Intelligence (HAI).

The traditional HR functions are undergoing a sea of change because of recent advances in technology. Several repetitive tasks are fastly disappearing, making the life of HR managers easy. But at the same, they are facing a peculiar challenge from technology - Should they give priority to tech or touch? Or, in other words, should they function in a mechanised way, as the technology ordains, or keep the human element alive in whatever they do to help the company succeed? Top HR bosses and industry experts tell Zee Business Online about their priorities and how technology is impacting the HR department.

Bengaluru: Infosys Ltd is looking to partner with companies that offer data analytics or artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, including International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), but has no plans to abandon its own Nia platform. Infosys, India's second largest software services firm, is seeking to use these platforms to help it win more business from its own customers. Infosys wants to scale up the business model that allows it to sell a cognitive platform that will help its Fortune 500 clients run their businesses more efficiently. For this reason, the Bengaluru-based firm wants to sell solutions like IBM Watson along with its service offering, according to an executive with direct knowledge of the development. Infosys, under chief executive officer Vishal Sikka, who stepped down in August, had earlier made its own proprietary AI platform, Nia (formerly called Mana), the cornerstone of its strategy of transforming itself into a new-age services company.

When Vishal Sikka, the then CEO of Infosys and the now the vice-chairman, arrived in a driverless golf cart at the firm's Bengaluru Campus recently, it showed the world how artificial intelligence or AI may become the new world order in the years to come. The software, 'driving' the cart, had been developed by Infosys together with IIT-Delhi. The vehicle can be used on a pre-determined route. "This is an example of the kind of things we are using to teach our employees," said Mr. Sikka. "We built the autonomous systems in the cart to teach our employees to build autonomous driving technology."