Eight Roads, 2 others to sell stake in Shadowfax

​ Fidelity International-backed Eight Roads Investments, Flipkart and IMM India Fund are collectively selling up to 9% stake in Shadowfax​ MUMBAI: Fidelity International-backed Eight Roads Investments, Flipkart and IMM India Fund are collectively selling up to 9% stake in Shadowfax through block deals worth around $108 million (Rs 1,048 crore), the term sheet of the…

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Weizenbaum: Computer scientist who created world’s first chatbot in the 1960s spent his whole life warning that AI should never replace humans, and the reason will shock you

Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people” Joseph Weizenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiment convinced him that people could become emotionally attached to machines far more easily than he had imagined. That discovery changed the course of…

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‘Feeling very fine’: Sonam Wangchuk seeks discharge from hospital to join ‘Chalo Sansad’ march; calls restrictions unjustified | Delhi News

Sonam Wangchuk feels well and seeks temporary hospital release to join the protest march. NEW DELHI: Sonam Wangchuk on Monday said he was “feeling very fine” and requested Safdarjung Hospital to allow him to leave temporarily so he could join the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Chalo Sansad’ march to Parliament.His supporters questioned why restrictions remained…

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‘UP ke ladke’ together again to take on BJP, but who will show ‘bigger heart’? Seat-sharing test awaits Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav | India News

‘UP ke ladke’ delivered in 2024. Can they survive the battle over 2027? NEW DELHI: What does the size of one’s heart have to do with political alliances? Perhaps quite a lot when the allies are the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, and at stake is the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.The ‘UP ke ladke’…

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SpaceX’s $100 billion bet on Louisiana Starbase: 3,000 jobs, rocket hub – why it matters

SpaceX has officially announced Starbase, a new $100+ billion spaceport in South Louisiana near Pecan Island. (Photo: @SawyerMerritt) SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex on Pecan Island in US’ southern Louisiana, an area that serves as protected habitat for dozens of migratory bird species and whose receding wetlands help…

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‘May die in 2 days, lost 8. 5kg’: Plea in Delhi HC seeks ‘force-feeding’ of Sonam Wangchuk as hunger strike takes toll on activist’s health | India News

The plea alleged that the government was treating Wangchuk ‘like a hardcore criminal, terrorist or traitor to the nation’ NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed before the Delhi high court seeking to force-feed activist Sonam Wangchuk as his hunger strike entered its 18th day. It seeks urgent directions to the Centre and the Delhi…

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