AI can make everyone more productive, says IBM CEO Arvind Krishna

Meta has started rolling out its Meta Quest v57 update for its Quest virtual reality headsets. The update brings a range of new features and upgrades for Quest users such as unsending image messages, horizon feed, and more. But one of the most important feature upgrades to come from the update is an improvement to the avatar creator, as the company adds better customization options for users to fine-tune their appearance. Users will now be able to do a bunch of customization previously not possible such as adding highlights to hair, using a slider to pick a specific base hair color, and even choosing the color of your eyebrows. This was a feature many had asked for in the past and Meta has finally delivered.

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Nokia is getting ready to launch its new phone, the Nokia G42 5G, in India on September 11. Before the big launch, Nokia gave us a hint about the price from it official X (formerly Twitter) account. Plus, there's some exciting news for folks outside India as Nokia is introducing a new pink colour option for this phone in global markets. The Nokia G42 5G will be available for purchase on Amazon India.

AI Roundup: Nvidia has partnered Reliance Industries for AI applications in India, while the Tata Group will announce its partnership with the US chip maker today. On the other hand, Alibaba-owned Ant Group unveiled its financial large language model alongside two other AI-powered solutions. G20 delegates will witness India's AI prowess with the ‘Jugalbandi' conversational AI bot on display at the G20 venue.

Xiaomi is rumoured to be getting set for the launch of its new smartwatch, the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro. The launch date for the smartwatch has not been revealed yet, however, leaks suggest that it will make its debut at the end of October. The Xiaomi watch may come with a circular display just like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. Recently, the specs and designs of the smartwatch were leaked by a tipster. Let's have a look at what's likely coming in the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been dealing with the growing volume of unclaimed deposits in the last few years. For the unaware, unclaimed deposits are balances in the savings or current accounts that have not been accessed in 10 years, or term deposits that have not been claimed within 10 years from the date of maturity, according to RBI. The unclaimed funds are moved to the “Depositor Education and Awareness” (DEA) Fund, although they can still be claimed by the depositor.

AI Roundup: Morgan Stanley has announced the development of its AI chatbot to deal with wealthy clients, while Google Cloud announced a partnership with CERT-In to hold cybersecurity AI hackathons for government officials.  On the other hand, AI-powered AADHAR innovations were unveiled by UIDAI at the Global Fintech Festival 2023 in Mumbai.

After the successful landing of India's Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon, there is another spacecraft gearing up to touch down on the lunar surface Japan SLIM Moon Lander. In fact, Japan had recently announced the launch of its first-ever moon mission. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has confirmed that it will launch the Moon lander on its H-IIA rocket.

PhonePe launched its SmartSpeakers for merchants last year and since then it is utilised by thousands of hop owners in India on a daily basis. The SmartSpeaker is an accessory that makes a verbal announcement whenever an amount is added to the UPI account. This is helpful as merchants do not have to open the app repeatedly during busy hours just to know whether money was sent or not. But now, PhonePe is making this feature more fun to use by adding a cool quality-of-life feature. At present, it has a default neutral voice that can be customized for different regional languages. However, this will be upgraded with a new celebrity voice feature using which users will be able to listen to famed actor Amitabh Bachchan's voice on PhonePe SmartSpeakers while receiving payments. Sound cool right? Know how the new feature works.

Popular online multiplayer battle royale game Garena Free Fire is all set to make a comeback in India. The game was banned in February 2022 by the government of India, along with a long list of other apps.

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries said on Monday that Jio Platforms wants to lead the effort in developing India-specific Artificial Intelligence models and solutions across domains, aimed at delivering the benefit of the new-age technology to Indian citizens, businesses and government.

Jio unveils plans for custom AI models for public and businesses; OpenAI's ChatGPT flouts political usage ban, raises concerns of misuse; Sensually designed AI chatbots pose complex challenges for fan communities; SpeechGen.io revolutionises AI text-to-speech with support for 150 languages - this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.