Zoom unveils AI-powered collaboration platform, Zoom Workplace, to reimagine teamwork

Users can enhance their productivity and be better prepared for their workday with Ask AI Companion, which will gather, synthesize, and share information from Zoom Meetings, Mail, Team Chat, Notes, Docs, and more. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Ask AI Companion will also help prepare users for and recap meetings, show relevant action items, draft agendas, and summarize chat and email threads, as well as documents.

Google collaborates with Election Commission to enable voters to discover critical voting information

CEO Neal Mohan confirmed that the service is now the most frequently used destination for listening to podcasts, marking a significant shift in the evolution of the medium.

Google has information panels that indicate funding sources from publishers that receive public or government funding, and information panels giving topical context for topics prone to misinformation.

Perfect Corp on beauty tech, supporting women-owned small beauty brands and retailers and more

Through the AI Skin Analysis, consumers can scan their faces, identifying up to 14 skin concerns. This data enables skincare brands to offer personalized product recommendations and tailored skincare routines, effectively addressing individual need. (Image sourced from Perfect Corp website)

Tanuj Mishra, Country Head, Perfect Corp takes us through Perfect Corp’s journey, supporting women-owned small beauty brands and retailers, elevating the beauty tech industry and more.

Google’s approach to protect users from the risks of AI generated media

Google is addressing Advancing AI responsibly by striking a balance between maximizing its positive impact and addressing its potential risks.(Representational image by Jeffrey Ho via Unsplash)

Google is partnering with the government to continue the dialogue on AI. The partnership includes Google’s upcoming engagement on the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit.

Government issues high-risk warning for Samsung mobile users

Attackers could take advantage of these vulnerabilities and bypass security restrictions, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary code on targeted systems. (Image source: CNBC TV18)

These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to bypass security restrictions, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary code on targeted systems

Ethical Marketing in edtech – The balance of profit and purpose

Trouble begins when the makers and marketers of one kind of product start trying to build stories that cater to a people that aren’t meant to be your customers in the first place. And trouble grows when those customers sooner or later discover that your product’s ecosystem is built around a foundation they don’t subscribe to. Do this enough times and trouble really explodes. (Representative image by Melanie Deziel via Unsplash)

Telling potential and existing customers a story that’s not authentic to your purpose is a fool’s errand, because there’s no way to back it with the credibility that comes with all the interventions and avenues one has (hopefully) built in the service of said purpose.

88 percent of workers anticipate regular utilisation of generative AI in the coming years : Report

Indians felt that the application of AI will be important across health, security and climate, but equally in personalised education, improved accessibility and space exploration. (Representative Image: Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

89 percent say poor technology impacts productivity, with 40 percent set to quit due to poor technology

MAdtech Point: Metrics in advertising technology must evolve to be more holistic

Privacy regulations are now kicking in and consumer information needs to have consent for advertising, making retail media the most compliant and qualified channel for advertising. Even before we start planning based on engagement, the industry is rapidly moving towards commerce now.(Representative image: rupixen.com via Unsplash)

The metric that really matters for advertising is holistic channel planning, where we measure readership, viewership, engagement and transaction, all on a common estimated universe.