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Hyderabad has been selected as the location for India’s first Google Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC), the only such facility in the Asia-Pacific and the fifth globally. GSEC will focus on advanced research, AI-driven security solutions, and addressing India’s cybersecurity challenges. Hyderabad’s growing tech ecosystem, supported by global giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, along with initiatives like T-Hub, makes it a hub for innovation. The GSEC project is expected to boost employment and enhance the city’s reputation in the cybersecurity sector.

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Hong Kong’s government banned apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, and Google Drive on official computers to boost cybersecurity. This step addresses low cybersecurity awareness in the territory. Civil servants can still use these apps on personal devices, but not on government systems. The ban highlights Hong Kong’s commitment to protecting sensitive information and data integrity. This move sets an example for other regions to focus on cybersecurity.

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Google, the tech giant, has partnered with the Government of Maharashtra, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The collaboration spans sectors like agriculture, sustainability, healthcare, education, and startups. A cutting-edge AI Centre of Excellence will be established at IIIT Nagpur. Maharashtra aims for AI-driven economic development, focusing on healthcare and agriculture. The initiative includes training 500 government IT professionals in conversational AI skills and addressing healthcare and agricultural challenges with AI solutions.

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Google Doodle honoured the 182nd birthday of Czech composer and musician Antonín Dvořák, known for his significant contributions to classical music.
He gained recognition in Prague with his hymn, “The Heirs of the White Mountain,” and later composed renowned pieces like the “Symphony No. 9 From the New World.” Dvořák’s time in the US, where he was inspired by Black and Native American music, also led to his famous symphony being taken to the moon by astronauts.

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OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic have teamed up to create the Frontier Model Forum, aiming to regulate the development of large machine learning models, particularly “frontier AI models” that surpass current advanced capabilities.
These foundation models pose potential risks to public safety, and the forum will focus on ensuring their safe and responsible development, collaborating with policymakers, academics, and companies to advance AI safety research and establish best practices for deploying such models.

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OpenAI, Microsoft, Google और Anthropic ने मिलकर फ्रंटियर मॉडल फोरम बनाया है, जिसका लक्ष्य बड़े मशीन लर्निंग मॉडल, विशेष रूप से “फ्रंटियर AI मॉडल” के विकास को विनियमित करना है।

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Late Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has been honoured with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 93rd birthday.
She won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in New Jersey, an award for Distinction in Sculpture from the Sculpture Center in New York, and the Commander Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta in Poland.

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The Reserve Bank of India has prepared a 10-point action plan for strengthening cyber security in financial transactions.
This includes talks with tech companies Google and Apple to secure mobile devices and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in cyber security design.

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भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने वित्तीय लेनदेन में साइबर सुरक्षा को मजबूत करने के लिए 10 सूत्री कार्ययोजना तैयार की है। इसमें मोबाइल उपकरणों को सुरक्षित करने और साइबर सुरक्षा डिजाइन में कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता (AI) और मशीन लर्निंग (ML) को अपनाने के लिए तकनीकी कंपनियों Google और Apple के साथ बातचीत शामिल है।

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Kamala Sohonie’s 112th birth anniversary was observed recently. She was the first Indian woman to get a PhD degree in a scientific discipline.
She won the Rashtrapati Award for her work on Neera, a palm extract that could fight malnutrition among children from tribal communities in India.