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KOLKATA: Forty-eight hours after he was relieved by the EC as the special observer on May 7, retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed adviser to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The appointment order came within hours after Adhikari took oath as CM at a ceremony at Brigade Parade Grounds.The state also appointed IAS…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s CTO for B2B applications, Srinivas Narayanan, has announced that he will leave the company next week after nearly three years. Based in San Francisco, Narayanan said he plans to spend time in India with his “aging parents” before deciding on his next professional move. He shared the update on the professional networking…
Oracle announced to cut jobs across its global office last month, impacting thousands of employees. The layoffs, which were communicated through an early 6am email, have triggered reactions across the tech industry. Amid this, a former Microsoft senior executive has shared a LinkedIn post with a message for the laid off Oracle employees. Sara N,…
NEW DELHI: Finance and corporate affairs minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced fresh amendments to the Companies Act, which seeks to decriminalise several procedural defaults, provide flexibility in buyback of shares and recognise new instruments for executive compensation.The bill, which has been referred to a joint Parliamentary committee for examination, provides for allowing restricted stock…
Walmart’s partnership with Sam Altman-led OpenAI to enable shopping through ChatGPT has not delivered strong results so far. According to a report by Wired, the feature that allows users to buy products directly within the chatbot, has seen lower sales compared to traditional online shopping methods. As per the report, Walmart made around 200,000 products…
NEW DELHI: Sadanand Date assumed charge as executive director at Sebi on March 4 to head the investigations department. Date is a 2007-batch IPS officer. Prior to joining Sebi, he was on central deputation to CBI, where he served in several key roles, including SP in the anti-corruption branch. Source link
Amazon India has introduced a sweeping reduction in seller fees, calling it a ‘structural fee change’ designed to boost small businesses and across the country. The ecommerce major has announced zero referral fees on over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 expanding coverage more than tenfold from 1.2 crore items last year. The new…
Anthropic’s AI, Claude Code, now generates nearly all internal code, prompting questions about its 100+ open engineering roles. Executives clarify human engineers are crucial for prompting, customer interaction, and strategic decisions. This shift elevates engineers to focus on system design and product direction, with AI handling repetitive coding tasks. The trend signifies a significant evolution…
AI companies like ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI are racing to hire the best engineers and researchers. In the past, reports have suggested that these companies have offered high-paying packages as well as other incentives such as stock options to lure them. But it seems that the latest battleground for hiring the world’s top…
Elon Musk targeted Anthropic philosopher Amanda Askell on X, questioning her AI ethics role due to her lack of children. Askell responded, emphasizing her care for humanity’s future, while Musk’s criticism of Anthropic’s AI ethics took a more personal turn, highlighting a broader debate on defining AI morality. Elon Musk went after Anthropic philosopher Amanda…
