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Irina Ghose, managing director, Microsoft India & South Asia said the company is set to release new features to its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Copilot next month to improve user prompts which would consequently generate better responses by the chatbot.

A new study by consulting firm EY has found that innovation continued at a strong pace in 2024 but different organisations are at different stages of adoption when it comes to GenAI use cases

Sanjeev Jain joined Wipro in 2023 as the global head of business operations after his stint at Cognizant, GE, IBM and Kyndryl Holdings (IBM spin-off). He will report to new CEO and MD Srinivas Pallia.

Delhiverys new subsidiary, Delhivery Robotics India Pvt Ltd, will offer drone services, in addition to manufacturing and research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles. The Gurugram-based company had acquired Transition Robotics in 2021, marking its foray in the drone technology space. On Friday, Delhivery reported an 11% rise in Q4 operating revenue.

Ex-ante regimes tell businesses precisely how to behave, or what to do. Under the current ex-post regime of the Competition Act, companies are only required to ensure that their conduct in the market is not anti-competitive. An overlapping ex-ante regime proposed under the digital competition Bill will force tech companies to comply with parallel legislation and undertake measures for additional compliance, the IAMAI said.

Matel makes components like power trains and motor control units for EVs. This funding round saw participation from investors like Nikhil Kamath-backed Gruhas and from Haresh Abichandani, the founder of electronic components firm Millenium Semiconductor.

A new report reveals a decline in VC funding for women-led businesses in India. According to WinPe, a non-profit organisation focused on gender diversity in private equity, the share of funding going to female founders dropped to just 9.3% in 2023, compared to 14.7% in 2021.

Uber has received a licence from the Delhi transport department to run its bus services. This is under the Delhi governments app-based premium bus aggregator scheme notified last November which aims to encourage the upper middle class to switch to public transport. Other than India, Uber operates its shuttle product in Egypt.

Pichai, who is also the chief executive of Alphabet, Googles parent company, was talking a day after announcing several of Googles innovations in his keynote address at Google I/O connect, the companys annual developer conference. "AI tools for a lot of our products... India is number one country in terms of user base. To be able to serve them were committed to bringing the same AI tools," Pichai said.

For instance, Linkedin says 72% of its surveyed users said playing games such as Pinpoint, Crossclimb, Queens etc. Zomato on the other hand seems to have perfected the art of customer conversions with its Zomato Premier League (ZPL). The gamification strategy is where hyper-casual, tap-and-play games are used to engage customers, speed up sales and enhance revenue.