TECHNOLOGY

ChatGPT can't be credited as an author on research paper: Springer Nature
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First, no large language models (LLMs) tool will be accepted as a credited author on a research paper. "That is because any attribution of authorship carries with it accountability for the work, and AI tools cannot take such responsibility," said Nature in an article. Second, researchers using LLM tools or AI chatbots should document the use in the methods or acknowledgements sections.
Spotify back after brief outage
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Spotify tweeted: "Everything's looking much better now! Get in touch with @SpotifyCares if you still need help." According to the platform's community page, the outage took place on Thursday. The platform also confirmed that the outage was not "limited to the Spotify website. The Spotify app on different platforms is also affected."
WhatsApp working on new text editor for drawing tool
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The first feature will provide users the ability to quickly switch between different fonts by just tapping one of the font options displayed above the keyboard. The second feature relates to the flexibility of text alignment. Users will be able to align the text to the left, centre or right with the help of this feature, giving users more control to format the text in photos, videos and GIFs.
Coca-Cola to launch branded smartphone in India?
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Sharma claims that the company will collaborate with a smartphone manufacturer to bring the device to the market.  “Here's the all new #Cola Phone. Can confirm that the device is launching this quarter in India. Coca-Cola is collaborating with a smartphone brand for this new phone," Mukul Sharma posted on Twitter. He also shared an image of the upcoming Coca-Cola phone.
Musk changes his name to 'Mr Tweet' on Twitter
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Musk revealed that he got stuck with his new name as Twitter is not letting him change it back. "Changed my name to Mr Tweet, now Twitter won't let me change it back," he tweeted accompanied by a laughing emoji. It is well-known that the billionaire owner makes out-of-the-blue decisions and tweets at times.
Tech major IBM lays off 3,900 employees, bets big on hybrid cloud, AI
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The layoffs will cause a charge of $300 million in the January-March period to the company, according to IBM Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh. "We have taken a number of significant portfolio actions over the last couple of years, which has resulted in some stranded costs in our business," he said during the company's earnings call late on Wednesday.
Google complies with CCI order, changes its rules for Android platform in India
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Indian users will now have the option to choose their default search engine via a choice screen that will soon start to appear when a user sets up a new Android smartphone or tablet in the country, the tech giant said in a statement. "The CCI's recent directives for Android and Play require us to make significant changes for India, and we've informed the CCI of how we will be complying with their directives," said Google.
Metaverse adoption at mass level likely 8-10 years away: Nasscom
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Significant private equity/venture capital investments and strong merger and acquisition commitments were announced in the first half of 2022 in the metaverse space, amounting to more than $120 billion in value. Now, enterprises are starting to implement metaverse use-cases across the value chain.
'For You' tab to stay on users' preferred timeline on Twitter for web
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"Were any of you (all of you) asking for your timeline to default to where you left it last?," the company tweeted. "Starting today on the web, if you close Twitter on the "For you" or "Following" tabs, you will return to whichever timeline you had open last," it added. The microblogging platform also said that the feature will also be coming to iOS and Android soon.
The age of AI is upon us and Microsoft is powering it: Satya Nadella
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In a conference call with analysts after posting quarterly results, Nadella said that we're going to lead in the AI era, knowing that maximum enterprise value gets created during platform shifts. "We have the most powerful AI supercomputing infrastructure in the cloud. It's being used by customers and partners like OpenAI to train state-of-the-art models and services, including ChatGPT," said Nadella.
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