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Stock market today: Wall Street hits records despite tariff talkGeoffrey Hinton says he doesn’t regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. Read this article for free: Already have an account? As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to keep you safe and informed. Now, more than ever, we need your support. Starting at $14.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content as it appears on our website. or call circulation directly at (204) 727-0527. Your pledge helps to ensure we provide the news that matters most to your community! Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn’t regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn’t regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. The British-Canadian computer scientist often called the godfather of AI said over the weekend that he doesn’t have any guilty regret, which he said is when someone has done something when they know they shouldn’t have at the time. “In the same circumstances, I would do the same again,” he said of his research, which dates back to the 1980s and has formed the underpinnings of AI. “However, I think it might have been unfortunate in that we’re going to get superintelligence faster than I thought, and I wish I’d thought about safety earlier.” Superintelligence surpasses the abilities of even the smartest humans. Hinton thinks it could arrive in the next five to 20 years and humanity may have to “worry seriously about how we stay in control.” Hinton made his prediction during a press conference in Stockholm, where he is due to a receive the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. Hinton, a University of Toronto professor emeritus, and co-laureate John Hopfield, a Princeton University professor, are being given the prize because they developed some of the foundations of machine learning, a computer science that helps AI mimic how humans learn. Hinton kicked off his Nobel week on Saturday with the press conference, where he appeared with laureates in chemistry and economics and was asked about AI safety and regulation. Hinton left a job at Google last year to speak more freely about the technology’s dangers, which he has said could include job losses, bias and discrimination, echo chambers, fake news, battle robots and even the end of humanity. On Saturday, he said he considers lethal autonomous weapons to be a short-term danger. “There isn’t going to be any regulation there,” he said, pointing out that European regulations have a specific clause exempting military use of AI from restrictions. “Governments are unwilling to regulate themselves, when it comes to lethal autonomous weapon, and there is an arms race going on between all the major arms suppliers like the United States, China, Russia, Britain, Israel and possibly even Sweden, though I don’t know.” A day later, Hinton put his concerns about AI aside to deliver a lecture with Hopfield explaining the research that earned them their Nobel. “Today I am going to do something very foolish.” Hinton said in introducing his portion of the pair’s hour-long speech. “I am going to try and describe a complicated technical idea for a general audience without using any equations.” The audience chuckled. The talk began with Hopfield describing a network he invented that could store and reconstruct images in data. It led Hinton to later create the Boltzmann machine, which learns from examples, rather than instructions, and when trained, can recognize familiar characteristics in information, even if it has not seen that data before. Hinton said students in his lab and others run by fellow AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun were using Boltzmann machines to pre-train neural networks — machine learning models that make decisions in a manner similar to the human brain — between 2006 and 2011. By 2009, two of Hinton’s students had showed the technique “worked a little bit better than the best existing techniques for recognizing fragments of phonemes in speech and that then changed the speech recognition community,” Hinton said. Phonemes are small units of sound that can change the meaning of a word. Google later began working on technology based on Hinton’s discoveries and “suddenly the speech recognition on the Android got a lot better.” Even though the kind of Boltzmann machines Hinton was working with back then are no longer used in the same ways as he used them, he said “they allowed us to make the transition from thinking that deep neural networks would never work to seeing that deep neural networks actually could be made to work.” Nobel Week will continue Monday with a discussion about the future of health before an awards ceremony and banquet is held Tuesday. Hinton has said he will donate a portion of the prize money — equivalent to about C$1.45 million — he and Hopfield will be given to Water First, which is working to boost Indigenous access to water, and a charity supporting neurodiverse young adults. He is also reportedly due to donate an early Boltzmann chip to the Nobel Prize Museum. The Nobel is not the only prize Hinton scooped up this month. On Friday, he, Bengio, LeCun, Chinese-American computer scientist Fei-Fei Li and Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, were awarded the Vin Future Prize, a US$3 million prize for science breakthroughs in a ceremony in Vietnam. Hinton, Bengio and LeCun previously won the A.M. Turing Award, known as the Nobel Prize of computing, together in 2018. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Dec. 8, 2024. Advertisement Advertisement16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Max review: The pinnacle of the portable Mac
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It’s been a rough stretch for the 49ers in recent weeks and they are taking out their frustrations on the Bears. Wide receiver Jauan Jennings caught two touchdown catches in the first half, tight end George Kittle has been unguardable and the 49ers went into the locker room at Levi’s Stadium with a 24-0 halftime lead. Kittle has five catches for 138 yards after being held to one catch in last Sunday night’s loss to the Bills and Jennings has five catches for 40 yards. Rookie running back Isaac Guerendo ran nine times for 50 yards and a score while also catching two passes for 50 yards. While the 49ers were racking up 319 yards, their defense was holding the Bears in check. The visitors picked up four yards of offense over the first 30 minutes as the 49ers sacked quarterback Caleb Williams four times and limited the Bears to one first down. All that leaves the 49ers in position to end their three-game losing streak and improve their chances of getting back into the playoff race should teams ahead of them stumble.AT&T to Retire Traditional Landlines by 2029 (Except in This State)
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NEW YORK (AP) — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January. “The first term, everybody was fighting me,” Trump said in remarks at Mar-a-Lago . “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” Tech companies and leaders have now poured millions into his inauguration fund, a sharp increase — in most cases — from past pledges to incoming presidents. But what does the tech industry expect to gain out of their renewed relationships with Trump? A clue to what the industry is looking for came just days before the election when Microsoft executives — who’ve largely tried to show a neutral or bipartisan stance — joined with a close Trump ally, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, to publish a blog post outlining their approach to artificial intelligence policy. “Regulation should be implemented only if its benefits outweigh its costs,” said the document signed by Andreessen, his business partner Ben Horowitz, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the company’s president, Brad Smith. They also urged the government to back off on any attempt to strengthen copyright laws that would make it harder for companies to use publicly available data to train their AI systems. And they said, “the government should examine its procurement practices to enable more startups to sell technology to the government.” Trump has pledged to rescind President Joe Biden’s sweeping AI executive order, which sought to protect people’s rights and safety without stifling innovation. He hasn’t specified what he would do in its place, but his campaign said AI development should be “rooted in Free Speech and Human Flourishing.” Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, has spoken openly about the need to boost electricity production to meet increased demand from data centers and artificial intelligence. “The AI battle affects everything from defense to healthcare to education to productivity as a country,′′ Burgum said on Nov. 15, referring to artificial intelligence. “And the AI that’s coming in the next 18 months is going to be revolutionary. So there’s just a sense of urgency and a sense of understanding in the Trump administration′′ to address it. Demand for data centers ballooned in recent years due to the rapid growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, and local governments are competing for lucrative deals with big tech companies. But as data centers begin to consume more resources, some residents are pushing back against the world’s most powerful corporations over concerns about the economic, social and environmental health of their communities. “Maybe Big Tech should buy a copy of ‘The Art of The Deal’ to figure out how to best negotiate with this administration,” suggested Paul Swanson, an antitrust attorney for the law firm Holland & Hart. “I won’t be surprised if they find ways to reach some accommodations and we end up seeing more negotiated resolutions and consent decrees.” Although federal regulators began cracking down on Google and Facebook during Trump’s first term as president — and flourished under Biden — most experts expect his second administration to ease up on antitrust enforcement and be more receptive to business mergers. Google may benefit from Trump’s return after he made comments on the campaign trail suggesting a breakup of the company isn’t in the U.S. national interest, after a judge declared its search engine an illegal monopoly . But recent nominations put forward by his transition team have favored those who have been critical of Big Tech companies, suggesting Google won’t be entirely off the hook. Cook’s notoriously rocky relationship with the EU can be traced back to a 2016 ruling from Brussels in a tax case targeting Apple. Cook slammed the bloc’s order for Apple to pay back up to $13.7 billion in Irish back taxes as “total political crap.” Trump, then in his first term as president, piled on, referring to the European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who was spearheading a campaign on special tax deals and a crackdown on Big Tech companies, as the “tax lady” who “really hates the U.S.” Brussels was eventually vindicated after the bloc’s top court rejected Apple’s appeal this year, though it didn’t stop Cook from calling Trump to complain, Trump recounted in a podcast in October. Trump hosted Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly. Neither Apple nor the Trump transition team has commented on the nature of their discussions. Altman , Amazon and Meta all pledged to donate $1 million each to Trump’s inaugural fund. During his first term, Trump criticized Amazon and railed against the political coverage at The Washington Post, which billionaire Bezos owns. Meanwhile, Bezos had criticized some of Trump’s past rhetoric. In 2019, Amazon also argued in a court case that Trump’s bias against the company harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract. More recently, Bezos has struck a more conciliatory tone. He recently said at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York that he was “optimistic” about Trump’s second term, while also endorsing president-elect’s plans to cut regulations. The donation from Meta came just weeks after Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago. During the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg did not endorse a candidate for president, but voiced a more positive stance toward Trump. Earlier this year, he praised Trump’s response to his first assassination attempt. Still, Trump in recent months had continued to attack Zuckerberg publicly. And Altman, who is in a legal dispute with AI rival Elon Musk, has said he is “not that worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence in the incoming administration. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging that the maker of ChatGPT betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits.NEW YORK (AP) — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January. “The first term, everybody was fighting me,” Trump said in remarks at Mar-a-Lago . “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” Tech companies and leaders have now poured millions into his inauguration fund, a sharp increase — in most cases — from past pledges to incoming presidents. But what does the tech industry expect to gain out of their renewed relationships with Trump? A clue to what the industry is looking for came just days before the election when Microsoft executives — who’ve largely tried to show a neutral or bipartisan stance — joined with a close Trump ally, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, to publish a blog post outlining their approach to artificial intelligence policy. “Regulation should be implemented only if its benefits outweigh its costs,” said the document signed by Andreessen, his business partner Ben Horowitz, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the company’s president, Brad Smith. They also urged the government to back off on any attempt to strengthen copyright laws that would make it harder for companies to use publicly available data to train their AI systems. And they said, “the government should examine its procurement practices to enable more startups to sell technology to the government.” Trump has pledged to rescind President Joe Biden’s sweeping AI executive order, which sought to protect people’s rights and safety without stifling innovation. He hasn’t specified what he would do in its place, but his campaign said AI development should be “rooted in Free Speech and Human Flourishing.” Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, has spoken openly about the need to boost electricity production to meet increased demand from data centers and artificial intelligence. “The AI battle affects everything from defense to healthcare to education to productivity as a country,′′ Burgum said on Nov. 15, referring to artificial intelligence. “And the AI that’s coming in the next 18 months is going to be revolutionary. So there’s just a sense of urgency and a sense of understanding in the Trump administration′′ to address it. Demand for data centers ballooned in recent years due to the rapid growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, and local governments are competing for lucrative deals with big tech companies. But as data centers begin to consume more resources, some residents are pushing back against the world’s most powerful corporations over concerns about the economic, social and environmental health of their communities. “Maybe Big Tech should buy a copy of ‘The Art of The Deal’ to figure out how to best negotiate with this administration,” suggested Paul Swanson, an antitrust attorney for the law firm Holland & Hart. “I won’t be surprised if they find ways to reach some accommodations and we end up seeing more negotiated resolutions and consent decrees.” Although federal regulators began cracking down on Google and Facebook during Trump’s first term as president — and flourished under Biden — most experts expect his second administration to ease up on antitrust enforcement and be more receptive to business mergers. Google may benefit from Trump’s return after he made comments on the campaign trail suggesting a breakup of the company isn’t in the U.S. national interest, after a judge declared its search engine an illegal monopoly . But recent nominations put forward by his transition team have favored those who have been critical of Big Tech companies, suggesting Google won’t be entirely off the hook. Cook’s notoriously rocky relationship with the EU can be traced back to a 2016 ruling from Brussels in a tax case targeting Apple. Cook slammed the bloc’s order for Apple to pay back up to $13.7 billion in Irish back taxes as “total political crap.” Trump, then in his first term as president, piled on, referring to the European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who was spearheading a campaign on special tax deals and a crackdown on Big Tech companies, as the “tax lady” who “really hates the U.S.” Brussels was eventually vindicated after the bloc’s top court rejected Apple’s appeal this year, though it didn’t stop Cook from calling Trump to complain, Trump recounted in a podcast in October. Trump hosted Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly. Neither Apple nor the Trump transition team has commented on the nature of their discussions. Altman , Amazon and Meta all pledged to donate $1 million each to Trump’s inaugural fund. During his first term, Trump criticized Amazon and railed against the political coverage at The Washington Post, which billionaire Bezos owns. Meanwhile, Bezos had criticized some of Trump’s past rhetoric. In 2019, Amazon also argued in a court case that Trump’s bias against the company harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract. More recently, Bezos has struck a more conciliatory tone. He recently said at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York that he was “optimistic” about Trump’s second term, while also endorsing president-elect’s plans to cut regulations. The donation from Meta came just weeks after Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago. During the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg did not endorse a candidate for president, but voiced a more positive stance toward Trump. Earlier this year, he praised Trump’s response to his first assassination attempt. Still, Trump in recent months had continued to attack Zuckerberg publicly. And Altman, who is in a legal dispute with AI rival Elon Musk, has said he is “not that worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence in the incoming administration. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging that the maker of ChatGPT betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits.With hybrid work and global teams becoming the norm today, remote control tools have become essential for seamless collaboration. In this landscape, SetMe emerges as a powerful remote control solution, designed to simplify remote work and enhance productivity. This review explores SetMe’s capabilities to assess its suitability for modern work environments. This is a sponsored article and was made possible by Techinline. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author, who maintains editorial independence even when a post is sponsored. The SetMe solution is the latest innovation from TechInLine, a company renowned for its decades-long expertise in remote support technology, including FixMe.IT, a software that has been around for 17 years. Designed for B2B use, SetMe has the power to transform workflows in IT and related industries. For service providers, explaining software installations or feature usage to clients can be time-consuming and frustrating. SetMe eliminates the hassle by allowing you to take direct control. SetMe prioritizes security, using end-to-end encryption to ensure safe remote connections. The app relies on stable cloud services for reliable connectivity, as I experienced firsthand. The quickest way to connect to a remote PC is by using the portable application on the client’s end, which I tried first. I tested remote connectivity between my Windows 11 laptop and a couple of other Windows devices. I was impressed by how easy it was to set up. All it took was creating a free account on the SetMe website from the admin PC and hitting the green button to install the expert console. After installing SetMe on the admin PC, I directed the client (in this case my friends) to download the portable client app, a lightweight app that does not need installation and simply stays in the remote computer’s temp folder. A new window will appear on the client’s PC, containing a client ID. I input this into the admin PC to connect the two devices. That’s all it takes. The client’s desktop will be visible on the admin device. Techinline also simplifies deploying the client application across multiple Windows PCs by using an MSI file, eliminating the need for individual installations. The initial setup requires administrative privileges, but once installed, remote users can launch the app without admin access. Once connected, the remote PC can be controlled via a user-friendly options bar conveniently located at the top. What immediately stood out to me was the built-in chat window as a quick solution to keep the client up to date with developments. This can be quite handy, especially if the other party is anxiously waiting to regain control of their PC. In my case, I was able to let my friends know in real time how long I had to keep using their devices. Other features you can access via the bar include: I particularly enjoyed using the laser pointer. It’s an easy solution if I want to show my friends how to handle things themselves. I could easily pinpoint the steps for doing something like installing a program. In addition, you can access more features from inside the SetMe expert console available on the admin computer, such as: With these features, you can perform almost any task directly from the admin PC. However, please note that while remote connections are possible without admin rights, certain programs requiring such privileges will not be accessible through SetMe on the remote device. You can launch the client app as an admin from the console on the admin PC. File transfer via SetMe benefits from end-to-end encryption and is a feature I found particularly useful. You can drag and drop files between devices seamlessly, avoiding the need for extra software and maximizing time efficiency. Actually, SetMe has become my go-to solution for transferring music and TV show episodes between my Windows devices at home. It’s just so easy to connect them to each other and then initiate the transfer. In addition to facilitating easy file transfers between computers, SetMe also supports clipboard sharing through standard copy-paste. This allowed me to seamlessly send content like text, graphics, images, and even Excel data – and without any size limitations. I also greatly appreciated the feature that allows clipboard content to be sent as keystrokes. This proves invaluable when dealing with sensitive data, like passwords, that may be restricted from traditional copy-paste methods. During my sessions using SetMe, I experienced minimal lag. The connection was never interrupted, even as I transferred larger files from one device to another or installed software on the remote device. While testing, I took breaks from the remote PC area on the admin device to uninstall programs or browse the Web. Upon returning, I found that the remote session resumed smoothly without any issues. In the past, I had used TeamViewer and often noticed performance issues as sessions dragged on, but that wasn’t the case with SetMe. Additionally, unlike older software that disconnected sessions when the remote PC went to sleep, SetMe allowed me to resume effortlessly, without extra steps. Unlike older solutions, SetMe was designed using the latest technologies to deliver a superior performance without hiccups. Managing multiple devices from the SetMe admin console also proved to be a breeze. I had no issues switching between remote devices and even transferring files at the same time. SetMe eliminates the worry of delayed tasks by offering a solution for situations where the remote user is unavailable – whether they’re busy in a meeting or taking a personal day. It allows you to continue servicing the PC and meeting deadlines without a hitch. I didn’t need to rely on my friends being at home to connect to their PCs remotely. Start using Unattended access by accessing the Downloads page in the SetMe web dashboard on the admin PC. From here, I created a profile for the remote PC I wanted to connect to via unattended access. A name, description, or tag can be added. Next, I downloaded the installer. You can also PIN the device, which prevents the remote user from removing unattended access. I then transferred the installer to the remote computer. Once that’s done, it’s easy to access the remote device. The profile for the device I created (under the Unattended tab) is visible in the SetMe desktop client on the admin PC. I pressed the Connect button to establish the connection. Once the two PCs are connected, start taking control of the remote computer using any of the features mentioned above. If you need to revisit past remote sessions, the Reports section in the admin web console has you covered. It organizes my session history by time period and includes session notes, making it easy to find the information I need. You can also print the data or export it in CVS format for more in-depth analysis, from the same panel. In addition, you can generate console usage and user performance reports for an additional overview of your activity while using SetMe. SetMe is designed to be easy to use, but if you encounter any difficulties, the online knowledge base is your go-to resource. With its extensive library of tutorials and articles, it’s sure to provide the answers you need. Should you need further assistance, support is just a message away, with a promise of a quick response. Though SetMe is already feature-rich, TechInLine is actively developing additional capabilities in response to user suggestions and feedback. Check the product roadmap page to see what’s in the pipeline. SetMe comes with a 15-day free trial, with no credit card details needed, which is something I deeply appreciate. Beyond that, you will need to subscribe to a premium plan to keep using the service. Both options include one concurrent user per seat, three licensed users per seat, unlimited attended devices, unlimited unattended devices, and unlimited concurrent support sessions per seat. Note that a concurrent user per seat refers to the number of users from the admin team that can simultaneously connect to remote computers. Licensed users are the number of individual users with access to the software. Throughout my experience with SetMe , I found it to be a reliable and user-friendly solution for remote PC connections. Its intuitive interface ensures ease of use, while its session-tracking capabilities provide added value for professionals. Stability is a top priority for any remote solution, and SetMe delivers on this front. To top it off, the Unattended Access feature provides unmatched flexibility, empowering remote admins to work at their convenience. While connecting Windows PCs is seamless, the absence of mobile apps limits usability. Mobile access, even with the restricted screen estate, could greatly aid support teams by allowing them to quickly evaluate the severity of an issue even when away from their desks. Our latest tutorials delivered straight to your inbox Alexandra is passionate about mobile tech and can be often found fiddling with a smartphone from some obscure company. She kick-started her career in tech journalism in 2013, after working a few years as a middle-school teacher. Constantly driven by curiosity, Alexandra likes to know how things work and to share that knowledge with everyone.Mumbai: With India emerging as one of the top targets for cyber-attacks, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is prioritising advancements in cyber defence and cyber deterrence, DRDO chairman Samir Kamat said on Tuesday during his address at Techfest, the annual science and technology festival of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. “Cyber warfare is continuous. It is not a declared war; it happens every day. India is among the most attacked countries in the world,” said Kamat. He compared cyber security to the strategic nuclear domain and emphasised the dual importance of cyber defence and cyber deterrence, saying, “You need deterrence capabilities to discourage attacks. Both cyber defence and deterrence are crucial, and this is where young minds can contribute significantly.” The DRDO chairman said all future battles would be network-centric and technologies like satellite communication and software-defined radios would play a pivotal role in ensuring a decisive edge. “Sensors and shooters may operate from different locations, but data must flow seamlessly,” he said. Speaking about DRDO’s initiatives to foster innovation, Kamat said that in 2020, the organisation launched five ‘Young Scientists Laboratories’ focusing on cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, cognitive technologies, asymmetric technologies, and smart materials. He also spoke about DRDO’s efforts to develop next-generation platforms like the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), a fifth-generation stealth aircraft featuring internal weapon bays that can operate in real-time during combat. The DRDO chairman referred to ongoing global conflicts, saying disruptive technologies were transforming warfare. “Unless we quickly adapt to these technologies, we risk falling behind. My goal is to show where the world is heading in defence research and development and inspire some of you to join us in this journey,” he said. One of the key areas identified by DRDO for future development is underwater domain awareness. “Detecting submarines at depths beyond 200 metres remains a significant challenge. Current technologies rely on acoustics, but emerging methods, such as space-based sensors using magnetic anomalies caused by submarine movements, show promise. Developing capabilities in this area will be a major focus for us,” he said. Eagle robot takes centre stage IIT Bombay’s Techfest 2024, which commenced on Tuesday, features an impressive array of lectures, exhibitions, and technological innovations from both Indian and international developers. It aims to inspire young minds and provide a platform for collaboration in fields like artificial intelligence, robotics, and sustainable technology. Among the highlights at the three-day festival is Eagle Robot, a teaching assistant created entirely in India by Eagle Robot Lab. Currently deployed in schools across Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, the robot assists students by answering their questions accurately in multiple languages, including English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Bengali. “Eagle Robot is revolutionising classroom learning by enabling seamless interaction in domestic and foreign languages. Around 40 robots are operational in schools across three states,” said Vignesh Rao, director of Eagle Robot Lab. The company plans to launch an upgraded version named Eagle 7 by February 2025. Another major attraction at the festival is the Unitree G1 humanoid robot from China, which is making its first appearance in India. Known for its advanced artificial intelligence capabilities and sustainable design, the humanoid robot has garnered significant global attention.
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