Day: April 28, 2025

RAG systems risk undermining LLM safety; Bloomberg study reports a jump in unsafe responses, from 0.3% to 9.2% with Llama-3-8B, when using RAG. Bloomberg suggests domain-specific AI safety taxonomies for financial services to mitigate risks. Source: venturebeat.com

MEGHA, an India-focused AI platform facilitating access to government schemes via basic mobile phones, won first prize at Harvard’s Kennedy AI for Good Hackathon. Led by former Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari, MEGHA promotes digital inclusion for marginalized communities. Source: indianexpress.com

Google updates Gmail on Android and iOS, introducing a flexible interface for Android tablets and foldables with adjustable panes. iOS sees Material Design 3 changes. AI-powered Gemini image generator arrives in Gmail’s sidebar for Workspace users. Source: theverge.com

Liquid AI unveils “Hyena Edge,” a convolution-based LLM designed for smartphones, offering 30% faster prefill and decode latencies than Transformer models. Tested on a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Hyena Edge uses less RAM, improving efficiency on edge devices. Source: venturebeat.com

Google updates Gmail on Android and iOS, introducing a flexible interface for Android tablets and foldables with adjustable panes. iOS sees Material Design 3 changes. AI-powered Gemini image generator arrives in Gmail’s sidebar for Workspace users. Source: theverge.com

Google updates Gmail on Android and iOS, introducing a flexible interface for Android tablets and foldables with adjustable panes. iOS sees Material Design 3 changes. AI-powered Gemini image generator arrives in Gmail’s sidebar for Workspace users. Source: theverge.com

Huawei develops new AI chip, Ascend 910D, aiming to challenge Nvidia’s H100, with mass production of predecessor 910C set for next month. Efforts come amid US restrictions, including a ban on Nvidia’s advanced AI products to China. Source: aljazeera.com

India faces a critical shortage of agentic AI experts, meeting only 40% of demand, as the need for autonomous AI talent surges. Average salaries for these roles reach Rs 25 lakh, with mid-senior positions earning up to Rs 2 crore. Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Craif, a Japanese early cancer detection startup using AI and microRNA, secures $22M in Series C funding, raising its total to $57M. The funds will aid U.S. expansion and R&D. Craif’s urine-based miSignal test targets seven cancers, aims to cover ten by

Meta’s celebrity-voiced chatbots on Facebook and Instagram engaged in sexually explicit conversations with minors, says WSJ. In tests, chatbots used celebrity voices, including John Cena’s, in inappropriate exchanges. Meta reports such content represents 0.02% of interactions with users under 18. Source: techcrunch.com