Google has launched 'Project Gameface', a virtual cursor that allows users to control a device using head movement and facial gestures, on Android. The cursor uses a device's camera and a database of facial expressions to perform multiple functions like click or drag. Google has open sourced more code for 'Project Gameface', which developers can use to build Android apps.

Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy said Indians have become good at applying ideas generated elsewhere and using them for their betterment. "That's a...good thing...We were not like this 40-50 years ago, but we have come here," Murthy said while talking about AI. He added that India will also be able to invent new things but "it's a gradual process".

Cognizant told the employees to come back to the office otherwise they would soon face termination. Despite many reminders, the employees had been ignoring the company's directives to follow the return-to-office policy. Cognizant sent a letter on April 15 to ask the defiant employees to return to the workplace and meet in-office expectations.

Astra represents a real-time, multimodal AI assistant that operates across various modalities, is capable of understanding the context, and responds promptly to user queries in real-time via text, audio, or video inputs in a conversational manner. CEO Sundar Pichai refers to Astra as their “Vision for the future of AI assistants,” underscoring the commitment of the company to its development.

Apple announced new accessibility features to iPad and iPhone that will come later this year. The new features include Eye Tracking, Music haptics, Vocal shortcuts and many others. Eye tracking helps the user to control their iPad or iPhone with their eyes. Music haptics helps to listen to millions of songs with just taps, textures and vibrations.

A cybersecurity study by 'Information is Beautiful' examined 3.4 million PIN numbers from data breaches. According to the study, the least common 4-digit PIN numbers are 8557, 9047, 8438, 0439, 9539, 8196, 7063, 6093, 6827, 7394, 0859, 9480, 6793, 8398, 0738, 7637, 6835, 9629, 8093 and 8068. On the other hand, 1234 and 0000 are among most common PIN numbers.

OpenAI research scientist Prafulla Dhariwal has received CEO Sam Altman's praise for his work on the startup's new AI model GPT-4o. "GPT-4o would not have happened without the vision, talent, conviction and determination of Prafulla," Altman said. Born in Pune, Prafulla has been working with OpenAI since 2016. He completed his undergraduate studies at MIT.

The US Senate Committee has advanced two significant bills aimed at countering AI manipulation in elections. These bills seek to address the growing concern over the use of artificial intelligence to spread disinformation and influence voters. The legislation is part of broader efforts to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process and ensure fair and transparent elections.

The Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi launched the Falcon 2 series, featuring the text-based Falcon 2 11B model and the vision-to-language Falcon 2 11B VLM model. This initiative showcases the UAE's commitment to AI innovation. With Falcon 2, they aim to compete globally, as nations and businesses strive to develop their own large language models post-OpenAI's ChatGPT release.

Online astrology platform InstaAstro has raised $2.30 million (₹18.50 crore) in a pre-series A round led by Artha Venture Fund. LogX Ventures, Singularity Ventures, IR Capital Partners, Blume Founders Fund, and industry luminary Aloke Bajpai, MD and CEO of Ixigo, also participated in the round.