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Ola valuation falls to $3 billion after raising funds from SoftBank

Ola received Rs1,675 crore from SoftBank in November as part of a bigger fund raising round that will lower the company's valuation to about $3 billion from $4.5 billion

Source: Livemint

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Grab buys Indonesia shopping platform to expand battle with Uber

Purchase of Kudo by Grab, Uber Technologies Inc.'s biggest rival in Southeast Asia, is aimed at beefing up payment services while expanding its reach across Indonesia

Source: Bloomberg

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Uber Will Now Charge The Fares Based On Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning!

The ride-hailing giant is using data science to engineer a more sustainable business model, but it's cutting drivers out from some gains.

Source: Bloomberg

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Labour and Artificial Intelligence: Visions of despair, hope, and liberation

Science-fiction scenarios of rampant AI are interesting thought-experiments but already-existing AI is here, and requires well-crafted policy

Source: Hindustan Times

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Tech giants are paying huge salaries for scarce talent in artificial intelligence

Typical AI specialists, both Ph.Ds fresh out of school and people with less education and just a few years of experience, can be paid from $300,000 to $500,000 a year

Source: The Hindu

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Microsoft sees need for regulation, laws to check AI advances

In a book titled 'The Future Computed', Microsoft believes that technology companies should maintain responsibility and take care of workers, under guidelines to enable AI.

Source: Indian Express

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CTRL+T podcast: Artificial intelligence may become a human rights issue

Welcome back to another glorious episode of CTRL+T. This week, Henry Pickavet and I explore Amazon's new cashier-less stores that promise no waiting in line - except to get in - and Uber's newest C-level executive hire.

Source: TC

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Jobs in Google, Accenture, Walmart, Amazon & More: Latest openings for Data Science, engineers, Analyst and more

The Tech Companies are hiring for various positions in India and abroad for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning. Know the eligibility criteria, job location, and profile. Find out what all is needed to work with the biggest tech-giant in the world

Source: HOB

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Gear Up Your Career With These Courses Offered By Big Tech Giants

Big tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, NIVIDIa, Baidu and Uber all have launched the popular courses for the professionals to get learn about the trending technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and many more. Not only to educate them but also trying to bridge the talent gap.

Source: HOB

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How Uber Ride Killed My Brother, I Am Fixing It With Data Science Skills

Almost two years ago missing safety features in the Uber App contributed to the death of my brother. I am a technical product manager and a data science engineer, I can fix this.

Source: HOB

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