Bangladesh will procure 1.50 lakh tonnes of rice under direct procurement method (DPM) from India
AI: Aid to the Mind, Not a Substitute for the Mind
The frightening possibility is not that AI becomes more capable than humans. It is that humans stop exercising capabilities they already possess, or have not yet developed, because AI can perform those functions for them.
Months Ahead of the Monsoon: Can AI Give Us an Earlier Warning About El Niño?
AI may genuinely extend the horizon over which seasonal climate risk can be estimated. For communities across South Asia living under the influence of the monsoon, a longer view could mean the difference between a farmer adjusting her planting in time and a family receiving a flood warning too late to act.
AI at the Crossroads: Who Is Driving Humanity?
The central danger is, therefore, not simply that AI will be monstrous if the accelerator is pressed hard on the speed of technology. It is that the accelerator on human institutions also needs to be pressed harder to govern increasingly powerful technology.
America Has the Brain, China Has the Body: The Next US–China Tech War Will Determine Who Wins the Race for Global Dominance
The fear of Chinese robots being the Trojan horse that can affect American and Western tech dominance and undermine cyber and military advantage will always be a strategic concern, despite attempts to view these fears as overblown.
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Chinese Railway says pending payments an impediment to completing Bangladesh project
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Modi's self-reliance doctrine energises dying small-scale industries
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Envoy seeks more Indian investment in Bangladesh
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US to continue oil, gas exports to India despite climate-change prioritization
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Modi invites India's private sector into defence manufacturing
In his fresh call to make India 'Aatmanirbhar' (self-reliant) in the defence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday invited the private sector to come forward in manufacturing as well as in the design and development of defence items to spread the country's glory worldwide
PayPro, Pakistan's digital payment platform, gets $46K funding from USAID
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