Elon Musk’s son named after S Chandrasekhar, Union IT minister discovers at UK AI Summit; know who that is

India is closing in on an agreement with Tesla Inc. that would allow the US automaker to ship its electric cars to the country from next year and set up a factory within two years, according to people familiar with the Indian government's thinking.

On Friday, Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI as CEO. Within hours of that, in the face of intense pressure from Microsoft and other investors, the board tried to get him back, but failed. He wanted the OpenAI board to be sacked as his biggest condition for re-joining OpenAI. After talks failed, Satya Nadella announced, that Altman was joining Microsoft to lead a new team of AI researchers. It was an announcement that shocked and awed in equal measure as it heralded a virtual coup by Nadella in getting Altman to join Microsoft. Now OpenAI has appointed former Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear as interim CEO of the company. After the news of Altman joining Microsoft was announced, industry personalities and others, shared their thoughts about the entire event. Check out what CEOs and tech experts around the world are saying about this huge shift in the artificial intelligence power structure.

The US transition to electric cars has hit a speed bump, with concerns about vehicle range and limited charging capacity adding to core affordability issues.

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On Friday, November 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the galloping problem of deepfakes in India. For the unaware, deepfake is an artificial intelligence (AI) technology where media, such as photos, videos, and audio are hyper-realistically manipulated to make it seem extremely real even though it is fake. The latest case was of actress Rashmika Mandanna, who became a victim of the latest such horrific attack. PM Modi was addressing journalists at the Diwali Milan program at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

India is considering tax cuts on the imports of completely-built units of electric vehicles, for a period of up to five years, as it tries to entice the likes of Tesla Inc. to sell and eventually make its cars in the country.

Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to visit the US from November 13-17 to attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ministerial meeting and has been invited to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in San Francisco.

On November 5, a video of actor Rashmika Mandanna emerged online where she can be allegedly seen entering an elevator. The video went viral on social media, but soon it was revealed that it was not Mandanna at all. In fact, it was a masterfully created deepfake video where the actor's face was superimposed on that of a British-Indian influencer. The video has now created a huge row over just how dangerous is this AI-powered technology, how can it be spotted to mitigate misinformation, and how can people protect themselves from being impersonated.

AI Roundup: Karnataka's Mysore Sales International Ltd (MSIL) is set to introduce a groundbreaking AI-powered platform to enhance its chit-fund business. In a separate development, Alibaba's Ant Group received Chinese government approval to deploy AI products based on its Large Language Model (LLM) called Bailing. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar also issued a warning for social media platforms about their responsibility in countering AI-powered deepfakes and misinformation.

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has issued a stern warning to social media platforms today, emphasising their legal obligations in the fight against deepfakes and all other forms of misinformation. The trigger for his message was the shocking actress Rashmika Mandanna deepfake video that went viral. Originally, the video showcased Zara Patel, a British-Indian influencer, but it had been manipulated to replace her face with Rashmika Mandanna using deepfake technology.

Elon Musk's venture into the realm of artificial intelligence has taken a curious turn with the recent unveiling of his latest AI creation, Grok chatbot. While the name may raise eyebrows, it's not entirely unexpected given Musk's penchant for unconventional names, as evinced by his children's unique names. However, there's a deeper meaning behind Grok, and it's intimately tied to Musk's enduring fascination with Mars - the Red Planet.