Posted in Mains Practice Questions - PYQ

Q. Introduce the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI). How does AI help clinical diagnosis? Do you perceive any threat to privacy of the individual in the use of AI in healthcare? [150 Words, 10 Marks]

UPSC PYQ – CSE Mains – 2023

Posted in Mains C A GS 3 Science and Technology

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI, with Microsoft’s backing, has recently upgraded ChatGPT to be multimodal, enabling it to analyze images and engage with users through its mobile app using speech.

Junk DNA
Posted in Science & Technology Biology Biotechnology

Junk DNA

Researchers utilizing artificial intelligence have identified potential cancer-causing elements concealed within the so-called ‘junk’ regions of DNA.

AI in elections
Posted in Mains C A Constitution | Polity Editorial Analysis GS 2 Science and Technology

AI in elections, the good, the bad and the ugly

The widespread application of Artificial Intelligence is likely to cause a paradigm shift in almost every aspect of an election.

UPSC Prelims Facts
Posted in Prelims Facts Corner

UPSC Prelims Facts – 14 December 2023

Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence | FAO Report on Food Security | NARCL

emerging technologies
Posted in Mains C A GS 3 Science and Technology Security

A renewed focus on emerging technologies

Indian military and defense organizations consider emerging technologies crucial, including artificial intelligence and cyber technology.

Posted in Science & Technology ICT

Bletchley Declaration

“Bletchley Declaration,” recognized as the world’s first agreement on Artificial Intelligence (AI), was signed at the UK AI Safety Summit.

Posted in Science & Technology ICT

Large Language Models (LLMs)

India will set up a “high powered committee” to explore the development of large language models or LLMs, tools that harness artificial intelligence to create applications that can understand and process human language.

Posted in Editorial Analysis

Children, a key yet missed demographic in AI regulation

India is to host the first ever global summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in October(2023).

Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET)
Posted in Energy and Infrastructure Economy World Affairs

Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET)

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his U.S. counterpart, Jake Sullivan, discussed opportunities for closer collaboration through the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET)

A modified UBI policy may be more feasible
Posted in Mains C A Economic Development Editorial Analysis GS 3

A modified UBI policy may be more feasible

As a core issue is financial feasibility, what may work best in India is using a modified policy as a base to which other transfer policies can be added as and when appropriate.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
Posted in Science & Technology Biology Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for contribution to Machine Learning