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Kamala Sohonie's scientific legacy

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Kamala Sohonie's scientific legacy  The Indian Woman Who Turned Rejection into Revolution: Kamala Sohonie's Untold Story.   Unravel an unspoken story of Kamala Sohonie. Discover how the first Indian woman in science won over rejection in order to achieve the groundbreaking research on Neera and transform nutrition.   The Indian Lady Who Transformed Rejection into a Revolution: The Untold Story of Kamala Sohonie. History tends to make people see famous names. But thousands of visionary minds are in the background. One such revolutionary is Kamala Sohonie. She became the first Indian woman to get a PhD in the scientific field. It is a test of strength, and her story is highly symbolic of academic achievement rather than a mere success story. She turned unambiguous discrimination into a lifelong scientific and social improvement quest. In turn, her legacy provides important career advice on how to break professional obstacles. This is an article that reveals her se...

AI Technology - The first AI PC is Here

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   AI Technology - The first AI PC is Here.   Microsoft is taking a bold step by integrating generative AI into Windows and the PCs running it. During its annual Build developer conference, the company introduced a new lineup of Windows machines called Copilot+ PCs. These devices are designed with an AI-first approach, featuring dedicated chips known as NPUs (Neural Processing Units) to power AI experiences. One of the standout features is Recall, which assists users in finding apps, files, and other content they’ve previously viewed.   Recall: AI-Powered Search   Recall leverages generative AI to sift through a user’s entire history of interactions and files. With simple prompts, it retrieves relevant information, making it easier for users to locate what they need. Whether you’re searching for an app you used last week or a document from months ago, Recall streamlines the process.   Cocreator: Image Generation   Another exciting feature enabled ...

AI Technology - What Happens if "Us" Isn't "We"?

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   AI Technology - What Happens if "Us" Isn't "We"? The Future of Autonomous Agents and Multimodal Memories What happens if "us" isn't "we"? We're getting it whether or not we're prepared for a "Total Recall"! "It's all up to us now" (excellent). This week at MSBuild, Microsoft unveiled "Recall," to wildly divergent reactions ranging from enthusiastic to frightened. With the help of 40 mm "small language models," our computers will soon possess multimodal "photographic memories" that will allow them to observe and arrange everything on our decisions through "timeline retrieval," "enhanced interaction," "local processing," and "semantic search." This will undoubtedly open the door for autonomous agents. When we consider that Microsoft has also announced that it is collaborating with Cognition, the company behind Devin, an autonomous cod...

AI Technology - Spotify's use of AI may be controversial, is it evil ?

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  AI Technology - Although Spotify's use of AI may be controversial, is it evil? These claims and disclosures are astounding!   In this video, music historian Ted Gioia is interviewed by musician, producer, and well-known YouTuber Rick Beato for his YT show. Ted states that Johan Röhn, an artist on Spotify, has 15 billion streams of his 2,700 songs spread across more than 650 aliases. However, there are a few noteworthy points that warrant further discussion, including:   • Spotify promotes songs under all of the aliases in addition to on their official playlists; • Gioia claims that Röhn isn't a real person (this is debatable); • With their current payout/distribution model, this quantity of streams generated roughly $50M;   • Röhn's advertised "alter-egos" tracks had more downloads than those of Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, ABBA, Elton John, and other superstars with large fan bases.   The "real" Johan Röhn appears to have received compensa...

World Music Day - 2024

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  World Music Day - 2024 A song is composed by Mamata Banerjee on World Music Day. To put it briefly, June 21 is designated as World Music Day. Over time, music has served to bring people from different nations and cultures together. Musicians such as BTS, Arijit Singh, and Taylor Swift have the world in their grasp. Oh, it's World Music Day! June 21st is the day we celebrate the power of music, the universal language that never needs to be translated. Although it has always been a language that unites people from different backgrounds, generations, and cultures, it is currently functioning as a kind of magical glue. Through the soulful interpretations of Bollywood ballads, the enticing hooks of pop anthems, or the heart-pounding beats of K-pop, music is creating a tapestry of global harmony. And let's be honest we need all the harmony we can get in a world that occasionally seems to be falling apart. Let's begin with BTS, the reigning royalty of the world music...

India's First AI Story - Indian Music Industry - Zakir Hussain

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Indian Music Industry - Zakir Hussain https://youtu.be/dN13n7FWcEI?si=DvSVFxW1gOMSlRu5   Everyone's beloved world famous Tabla player, Musician, Padma Bhushan Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain was born on 9 March 1951 in Mahim in a Punjabi family. Although his family name is Qureshi, Zakir was given the surname Hussain. His father was a tabla 'Ustad Allah Rakha' of the Punjabi family tradition of tabla playing. Ustad Alla Rakha used to teach him Pakhwaj from the age of three. His father used to wake him up early in the morning and teach him singing by reciting different taals in the morning. This gave him musical culture from an early age. He was educated at St. Michael's High School in Mahim and did his college education at St. Xavier's College. At the age of seven, he presented his art for the first time in a concert. From the age of eleven, he started participating in public events. In the year 1970, he toured America with the famous satarist Ravi Shankar. After the ...