The race for the best conversational AI is on as Apple’s AI chatbot takes on OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
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What’s new today: Tech Mahindra headcount declines by 4,354 in third quarter
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Apple is quietly ramping up its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts to transform the capabilities of its next-generation iPhones. This is a calculated step towards the future. The IT giant is poised to be at the forefront of AI innovation through a series of acquisitions, major hires and hardware upgrades. Notably, this change not only deviates from Apple’s usual behind-closed-doors approach, but also sets the stage for a possible conflict with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
In line with the overall industry trend of slowing hiring amid macroeconomic headwinds and demand uncertainty, IT services firm Tech Mahindra announced a net headcount reduction of 4,354 people sequentially for the quarter ended December 31. In the third quarter, a total of 146,250 people were counted. Tech Mahindra hired 2,307 new employees in the last quarter. After a downward trend since the start of fiscal 2023, the attrition rate fell from 11% in the second quarter to 10% in the third.
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Dylan Run, a banking executive headquartered in Shanghai, began allocating some of his funds to cryptocurrencies in early 2023 after seeing that China’s stock market and economy were in decline. Since 2021, China has banned the mining and trading of cryptocurrencies. Run cryptocurrencies purchased from gray market dealers using bank cards issued by small rural commercial banks, capping each transaction at 50,000 yuan ($6,978) to avoid detection.