Ericsson has set up a Global Artificial Intelligence Accelerator (GAIA) in Bangalore to focus on research and development in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Ericsson claims that the research center will create 150 new jobs for data scientists, engineers, ML/AI architects, and software developers. The center will be a central unit for Ericsson's projects across 4 business areas and 5 market areas. Globally, Ericsson will employ over 300 data scientists, data engineers, ML/AI architects, and software developers across its Global AI accelerators. Source: Company statement ** British Telecommunications plc (BT) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are launching a collaborative research center in Bangalore 'BT India Research Centre (BTIRC)' to focus on the development of artificial intelligence, mobility and cybersecurity. BT's existing Cyber Security Operations Centre (Cyber SOC) in Gurgaon works on detecting and mitigating cyber threats in real-time. Source: Company statement ** Walmart Labs has acquired a machine learning startup Int.AI, which operates in data analytics and machine learning. Int.AI also ran its own AI-powered virtual assistant 'Gin'. The startup's team, consisting of 3 people, will be absorbed into Walmart's customer technology team. Walmart also acqui-hired micro-app startup Appsfly in September and merged its team with Walmart's customer experience engineering group. Walmart said it is looking at acquiring 3-4 startups in India. Source: The Economic Times ** Google has launched an AI program in Thailand to screen a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness. Notably, Google has been running a similar program in India. The Thailand diabetes program…
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