Category: Quantum Brief

PhonePe SmartSpeakers ropes in Mammooty, Kichcha Sudeep and Mahesh Babu for its celebrity voice feature

Using famous celebrity voices from different regions will make the payment experience for customers as well as merchants even more interactive. (Images sources via Forbes India and Instagram)

PhonePe had previously also launched the celebrity voice feature on its SmartSpeakers in collaboration with the iconic Indian actor, Shri. Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi and English languages.

Truecaller launches AI-enabled call recording in India with transcription and call summary

Truecaller’s AI powered Call Recording solution will be available as a part of the brand’s Premium plan, starting at INR 75 per month or INR 529 per year. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The integration of AI into the newly launched call recording feature allows for a detailed transcription of the entire phone call, along with an AI-generated call summary. 

How Ballabh Prasad Agarwal’s Priyagold became a nostalgic icon

In 2023, Surya Foods achieved sales of 3000 CR. Despite Agarwal's passing at 72, Priyagold remains a prominent brand in the biscuit industry. (Representative image by Rene Porter via Unsplash)

With popular brands like Butter Bite, CNC, Snacks Zig Zag, and Marie Lite under its umbrella, Priyagold has become one of India’s favourite tea-time biscuits.

Google temporarily stops Gemini’s image tools after backlash over inaccurate pictures

Social media users reprimanded Gemini as ‘absurdly woke’ and ‘unusable’ after requests to generate representative images for subjects prompted the creation of bizarrely revisionist pictures. (Representational image: Rajeshwar Bachu via Unsplash)

On Thursday, Google announced a temporary suspension of its Gemini chatbot’s image generation tool in response to widespread criticism on social media over historically inaccurate images and bias against white people.

Air India’s new in-flight “safety Mudras” film gets mixed response on the Internet

Despite divisions in opinions over the film, many individuals expressed gratitude to Air India for introducing Indian Classical Dance forms and Indian culture to passengers through beautifully portrayed inflight instructions. (Image source: Unsplash)

While it seems like the majority of viewers have praised Air India’s new video for spotlighting Indian culture, some have said it is inadequate as an in-flight safety film.

ITC Sunfeast becomes the food partner of Royal Challengers Bangalore

ITC Sunfeast Baked Creations announced its partnership with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as the Official Gourmet Food Partner for the Women's T20 League 2024.

This partnership will see the brand integrate seamlessly into the T20 sports ecosystem, offering the widest variety of heavenly croissants and pull-apart bagels during the tournament.

Google Analytics 4 to introduce updates to its advertising space; users to get more tailored experiences

YouTube will begin to require creators to disclose when they’ve created realistic altered or synthetic content, and will display a label that indicates for people when they’re watching this content. (Representative Image: Mitchell Luo via Unsplash)

It will introduce to dedicated spaces for G.A 4 users – one for marketers, where they will be able to track and analyse campaigns and two, for behavioural insights.

Sony denies interest in acquiring stake in regional OTT platform aha

According to Bloomberg, the Japanese entertainment company made multiple filings to India’s National Company Law Tribunal(NCLT) on Thursday to pull out of the merger agreement with Zee. (Image sourced via Sony website)

Arha Media is also reportedly in talks with Sun TV as well for a stake sale deal.