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NEW DELHI: Months after a high-stakes assembly election, politics in Bihar is once again heating up following chief minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to resign from the top job for a Rajya Sabha seat.According to reports, Nitish is likely to submit his resignation as CM and vacate his official residence on April 14.Janata Dal (United) working…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a lengthy blog post hours after a Molotov cocktail was hurled at his San Francisco home, sharing a photo of his family and writing that he was “pissed” and had “underestimated the power of words and narratives.” Altman reflected on his mistakes, called for AI to be democratized, and urged…
KOLKATA: Mukul Choudhary was destined to be a cricketer even before he was conceived. His father Dalip, himself a big cricket fan, had decided before his marriage that if he had a son, he would make him a cricketer. On Thursday, Mukul played the sort of knock which can propel an IPL cricketer to stardom…
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Atul Bora (left); Gaurav Gogoi, Lurin Jyoti Gogoi, Akhil Gogoi (Right) NEW DELHI: As the people of the “tea state” prepare to elect a new government on April 9, “Asomiya jatiyotabad” (Assamese nationalism) remains a core issue for Assam. For decades, the state has wrestled with anxieties over protecting its cultural and…
Your brain is incredibly lazy; it likes to make a quick judgment and then stick to it so it doesn’t have to keep thinking. This is why the first few seconds of an interaction act as an “anchor.” If you walk into a room looking scattered and unsure, that’s the lens people will view you…
Elon Musk criticises OpenAI’s shift to closed-source, profit-driven AI. OpenAI has stepped up its criticism of Elon Musk, accusing the billionaire of attempting to reframe his legal challenge against the company’s nonprofit arm as the case moves closer to trial.In a sharply worded statement, OpenAI said Musk had filed a motion “at the eleventh hour”…
Self-styled godman-cum-astrologer Ashok Kharat NEW DELHI: Self-styled godman-cum-astrologer Ashok Kharat allegedly sexually exploited women by claiming he possessed “divine power” and threatening to cause the death of their family members or defame them if they did not comply, investigators said.Kharat was arrested in March after a married woman accused him of raping her repeatedly over…
An Iranian government official has called on citizens—particularly young people—to gather around the country’s power plants at a fixed hour on Tuesday.In a video broadcast on state television, Alireza Rahimi, introduced as secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, urged “young people, athletes, artists, students and university professors” to assemble at 2 p.m….
Chandigarh: To improve energy efficiency and reduce operational costs of industry, the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) will conduct comprehensive energy audits of 1,875 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the state.The initiative is intended to help MSMEs understand their energy consumption patterns and identify areas for savings. For enterprises operating on thin margins,…
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has said that the company still lacks the computing power needed to build systems at the largest scale. This comes even as the software giant continues to invest in expanding its capabilities and reducing reliance on external partners. “We are not able to build models in the very largest scale…
