View: As machines turn smarter with AI, leaders need to be more human

AI is not new, but critical factors such as massive data generation and increased processing power, connectivity and speed have combined to present significant potential.

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Niti Aayog, IIT developing Indian-language bot

A senior government official told ET that NITI Aayog has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna, under director Pushpak Bhattacharyya to develop a natural language processor (NLP) for commercial use.

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Two in three Indian businesses not fully digitised: Study

The findings showed that nearly 40 per cent of Indian businesses believe their IT environments are more or significantly more complex than two years ago.

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Indian IT firms' lobbying spends jump nearly 40% in Donald Trump era

A report by investment firm CLSA shows that IT majors TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, Infosys and industry body Nasscom were collectively spending up to $2.4 million for lobbying in the US in fiscal year 2015.

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Citrix report states that IT staff use non-business-approved apps to get the work done

While this indicates that the IT function is still not providing enough tools for employees to be productive, it also poses a huge security risk for organisations

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I would love to do another Dell, says NTT data services CEO

Pryor talked to about his firm’s plans and prospects, and how India is critical to its push to platform-based services.

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Qualcomm hopeful of faster 5G deployment in India

5G services is expected to provide download speed over 1,000 megabits per second on mobile devices is expected to be deployed across countries like the US, Korea and China in 2019.

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