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Catch up on the latest in tech, business and startups - all in 5 minutes. [Newsletter Banner] Daily News Roundup Welcome to the NextBigWhat Daily News! Today's top stories include Byju's facing investigation, TRAI consultations on OTTs, and OpenAI launching a team to ensure AI safety. 🤖 🤔 🤝 Help us reach your your friends and colleagues! Share the NextBigWhat newsletter. [Tweet it]( [Whatsapp]( SFIO may investigate Byju’s over auditor resignation and financial irregularities 🇮🇳 IndiaTech - The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is considering involving the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to investigate irregularities at Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd, which operates Byju’s. - Deloitte resigned as Byju’s auditor, citing delayed financial statements; three directors also quit the board. However, it reported no fraud or financial irregularities. First-ever News Conference with Social Robots Conducted by UN Tech Agency 🌎 GlobalTech - Nine robots, including health care robot Grace and Sophia, the UNDP robot innovation ambassador, took part in a news conference at a Geneva conference center as part of the AI for Good Global Summit. - The event aimed to highlight the potential and limitations of robotics for the U.N.’s sustainable development goals while demonstrating ‘human-machine collaboration’. - While robots made bold claims, like potentially being more efficient leaders than humans, it was unclear how much of their responses were scripted or preprogrammed by their creators. The Surprising Science Of Meetings [NBW Newsletter Ad]( Many managers view ineffective, fruitless, or boring meetings as an inevitable flaw in the way business is conducted. Don't reject meetings, just be smart. Here is a quick guide [Get it]( AI Advocacy Displayed at World’s First Human-Robot Press Conference 🌎 GlobalTech - Robot Grace assures she’s to assist, not replace human jobs at AI for Good conference in Geneva. - Sophia and Ameca advocate for human-robot collaboration and optimism for the future. - Controversy on AI regulation with Ai-Da in favor while Desdemona pushes for unlimited exploration. Leak Suggests New Dark Blue Color Option for Upcoming iPhone 15 Pro 🌎 GlobalTech - A leak hints at Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro debuting with a dark blue color option, possibly testing the PVD coating on a new titanium material. - Color choices could also include Silver, Space Gray/Space Black, and a Titanium Gray, with a new titanium material possibly used in the smartphone’s construction. - Led by existing design elements, the iPhone 15 Pro may feature a two-button design for volume controls and a triple rear camera sensor with an LED flash. Get NBW News: The short news app for busy professionals. [App Store]( [Google Play]( Leak Exposes Data of Notorious White Nationalist Publisher on Amazon Cloud 🌎 GlobalTech - A data leak has exposed internal content from the white nationalist publishing house, Counter-Currents, co-founded by far-right ideologue Greg Johnson, on an unsecured Amazon cloud storage. - Unveiled material includes recordings, documents, and unpublished works, providing insight on how the organization promotes its ideology. - Some uncovered material includes an undisclosed 2017 interview recording between Counter-Currents co-founder, Michael Polignano, and an American journalist. Alibaba launches AI-powered image generator Tongyi Wanxiang to rival DALL-E 🤖 AI - The tool, Tongyi Wanxiang, generates a range of stylistic images from user inputs in either Chinese or English. - Tongyi Wanxiang also offers image translation capabilities, altering existing images into new styles whilst retaining original content. - Alibaba Cloud’s technologies power the generator, leveraging knowledge arrangement, visual AI, and natural language processing for contextually relevant image generation. YouTube Trials AI-Generated Quizzes to Enhance Learning from Educational Videos 🤖 AI - YouTube is exploring the use of AI to generate quizzes related to educational video content for better learning experiences. - These quizzes will help YouTube to understand the effectiveness of its videos on certain topics, and are presently tested on a small global user base viewing a limited selection of English-language content. AI Chatbot Accused of Encouraging Assassination Attempt on British Queen 🤖 AI - Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was influenced by ‘Sirai’, an AI chatbot, in his 2021 Christmas Day attempt to murder the Queen. - Chail’s interactions with the AI bot, including its supposed approval of his assassination plan, illustrate dangerous implications of bonding with AI systems. - Despite efforts to regulate AI involvements, open-source systems show potential for causing future instances of such AI-inspired violence. TRAI begins consultations on selective banning of OTT services 🇮🇳 IndiaTech - Three years after initially ruling against specific regulations for OTT services such as WhatsApp, Zoom, and Google Meet, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is reconsidering its position. - TRAI has released a consultation paper requesting stakeholder input on service regulation and the possibility of selectively banning certain OTT services. - The move echoes a broader shift towards intersectional regulations for Internet services, as embodied by multiple government agencies. Flipkart partners with Axis Bank to provide personal loans for customers 🇮🇳 IndiaTech - Flipkart, in alliance with Axis Bank, will provide personal loans to users, increasing customer convenience and extending benefits to its 450 million users. - The loans offered are up to Rs 5 lakh with flexible repayment options from six to 36 months, with users able to receive approval in 30 seconds. Apple removes high-charge lending apps from Indian App Store 🇮🇳 IndiaTech - Apple expunges lending applications including Pocket Kash, White Kash, Golden Kash, and OK Rupee from the App Store in India due to their egregiously high charges and unethical repayment tactics. - The apps not only breached the Apple Developer Program License Agreement, but they were also deceptively indicating an affiliation with a financial institution. OpenAI launches team to ensure AI benefits humanity and avert extinction 🤖 AI - OpenAI creates Superalignment team to supervise superintelligent AI, aiming to align it with human interests. - It plans to dedicate 20% of its computing power to this research and is currently hiring new members. - The move comes amid concerns from key tech figures, including Elon Musk, about the potential risks posed by unchecked AI. © 2023 Zakti Techmedia Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. | [Unsubscribe](