Weekly Roundup – 22nd to 26th July 2024

This week had long term impacts on the whole world. Be it Russia meeting Hamas supporters while Israel meets with the USA or the start of the Paris Olympic 2024!

Did you know this Olympics’ theme song? It is called “Hello World” by Gwen Stefani, One Republic, and more!

And, lest we forget, Typhoon Gaemi and its impact in the Philippines have been worsened with the oil spill!

We hope all will be well and present you with the top 7 news of the week!

Google Map’s 6 new features!

Google Map has launched six new features, which makes it six times better for Indian users via AI integration.

They are,

• Narrow Road Avoidance
• Flyover Navigation
• Metro ticket booking
• EV charging station availability
• Curated Local Recommendation
• Easier reporting of Road Incidents and more

It has been made possible via the alignment of Local partnerships and AI!

They will be rolled out this week!

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OpenAI launches SearchGPT, their very own search engine

OpenAI came up with their very own search engine by the name of SearchGPT!

SearchGPT will be able to access the real-time information. It will be later integrated into ChatGPT!

AI companies have been facing the ire of news channels and search engines for using their data to train their AI models. Just recently, OpenAI was sued by 8 big news companies in the USA.

SearchGPT is currently available to 10,000 test users, and later it will open for the world!

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Reddit bans all search engines except Google

Reddit just took a major step and banned all search engines and AI chatbots except Google.

Why? Because they now have made access to their data a paid service!

Google has paid USD 60 million to Reddit to keep their access going and will be using it to train its AI models.

Starting from July 1st, 2024, Reddit updated their robot.txt file to take out search engines like Bing, Duck Duck Go, Mojeek, Qwant, and more of the free services.

This is big news, as it means that Reddit data will now be sold to the paying AI models and search engines!

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Google’s DeepMind AI can now solve complex Math

Google’s DeepMind AI just proved its mathematical prowess by solving 4 out of 6 problems presented to it.

Its two components, AlphaGeometry 2 and AlphaProof, solved questions that were provided by the International Mathematical Olympiad, or IMO. They won the Sliver Medal!

IMO is used to judge the math skills of high school students and find the best!

These math problems are not easy for AI, and this is the first time any AI has been able to do it.

Weird right? AI is still learning high school math and winning medals while competing with school students!

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How should CTOs and CIOs react after the CrowdStrike blunder at Microsoft?

The Microsoft Windows outage caused by the infamous CrowdStrike update last weekend really shook the world.

Everyone was worried that their Windows 10 and 11 will be stuck in BSOD, or blue screen error. But later it was found that only the big enterprises that use CrowdStrike for their network security were affected.

That means that the big enterprises need to rethink their network security!

A few changes that the CTOs and CIOs can undertake are,

• Having a third-party security provider (except Microsoft)
• Making remote access and recovery easier by removing extra encryption layers
• Having more control over the solutions getting deployed for their companies
• Enabling IT teams to resolve issues internally (BSOD can be temporarily resolved by going to Safe Mode and restoring to a Restore point)

These times can be challenging, and that’s why we tried to help with this blog!

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Google steps back on Third Party Cookies Removal

Google has just made an announcement that they will not be removing third party cookies from Google Chrome.

They came up with an announcement that they would remove them in 2020. In April 2024, they informed that third party cookies will be removed in 2025.

This latest announcement is great news for marketers, as the data collected via third party cookies helps in creating ideal user personas and retargeting the best possible users.

But for the users, it takes away their hopes of keeping their data secure. Google has promised something that protects the data privacy rights of Chrome users in the near future.

Meanwhile, you can read our Marketing Director’s take on this!

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The current standing of Railway, Defence, and Power PSU stocks post Budget 2024

The Budget of 2024 was just launched by the Government of India this week!

Previous week, the stocks of defence PSUs were booming, along with the railways and power sector.

But how did the budget impact these three sectors?

PSU stocks declined as the government did not make any notable changes to the capex or capital expenditure for them.

While these three sectors saw significant growth due to the interim budget.

The government further came up with,

• Capacity expansion
• Policy Support
• Infrastructure Development
• Financial Performance and more.

Experts predict a positive outlook for all three sectors.

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This brings our 12th edition of Weekly Roundup to an end!

As we can see in the news above, there were a lot of changes in the tech department. These changes promise a better future for the whole of humanity.

Now, it is up to us to adapt and always stay relevant in the market!

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