Lenders May halt funding over 'Sin' tag: ONGC Chief
The rising concern about climate change has prompted some capital providers in the developed world, including banks as well as debt and equity funds, to avoid funding projects with high emissions. In India, fossil fuel projects or oil companies haven't yet faced much funding constraints, but the fear has been growing. Key Points
Economic Times'Ultra Woke' Gemini Lands Google In Trouble | How Can AI Chatbots Be Trained On Bias? | Chapters
In less than a month of launching its new Gemini AI image generator, Google has had to pull it down. Gemini's apparent inability to generate images of white people and accurately depict historical images has led to widespread backlash. In a blog post, Google apologised for the faulty rollout, and for the embarrassing and wrong pictures that were being generated. But this brings us to the question, how exactly are chatbots really trained - and what goes into ensuring that they give accurate responses that are not biased or offensive -- and how can this be controlled considering we're in the age of AI and in the middle of an election year? Key Points
https://www.livemint.comHow the ad industry is making AI images look less like AI
Generative AI has the power to massively speed up the creative process and deliver personalized ads to customers on a large scale. But many images AI models generate feature cartoonish smoothness, telltale flaws or both. Key Points
mintGovind Jhawar who manages Rs 500 cr in AUM unveils his 3-step methodology to generate return with safety
Index long-term strategy is to generate equity returns with safety. This strategy is the combination of 3 smart steps: investing money in Index as the index provides us the confidence that it will never become zero and will rise sooner or later as it is the average of the Top 50 stocks of the country, believing in Equity + Safety = Prosperity , and trying to reduce the cost by doing Interest arbitrage. Key Points
Economic TimesRise in investments will generate more jobs this decade: CEA
V Anantha Nageswaran anticipates more job opportunities with improved capital formation, evidenced by positive signs in various sectors. The economy shows potential for growth with streamlined policies and a focus on job creation. Key Points
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Time to be contrarian? These 6 bank stocks can give over 18% returns
While the bank nifty might be facing pressure in today’s trading session, it is because of the three private banks with high weightage in the indices witnessing selling pressure.For contrarian and short term traders there might be an opportunity given the fact that it has been witnessed that such moves are followed by short covering sooner or later. But again this probably is trade for high risk traders or investors who have the ability to take a stand against market narrative. Check out Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, for price targets of over 4,000 listed stocks along with detailed company analysis focusing on five key components - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum to generate standardized scores. SR+ Reports is a complimentary offering to ETPrime members. Key Points
Economic TimesNifty IT index stocks: Will strength in US dollar help in reviving them?
With some strength in the US dollar coming back, there is global trade which is getting started, metal prices have come down and sectors, which benefit from weaker local currencies have seen a recent bump up. The question is whether the domestic IT companies, which have been witnessing a phase of underperformance, especially the largecaps, will have any recovery due to the rupee factor? Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, is a comprehensive research report that evaluates five key components of 4,000+ listed stocks - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum to generate standardized scores. Key Points
Economic TimesIndia may aim to monetise $24 bn worth of highways by 2027
The Indian government aims to generate revenue of around $24.1 billion by monetising highways in the coming years, according to rating agency CareEdge. The plan involves building thousands of kilometers of new roads annually and using an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) or a toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model to generate revenue from these assets. Key Points
Economic TimesGovernment aiming to monetise $24 bn worth of highways by 2027
The Indian government aims to generate revenue of around $24.1 billion by monetising highways in the coming years, according to rating agency CareEdge. The plan involves building thousands of kilometers of new roads annually and using an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) or a toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model to generate revenue from these assets. Key Points
Economic TimesHuawei and Alibaba among companies seeking Chinese deepfake approvals
China's cyberspace regulator has received 110 applications from Chinese technology companies such as Huawei (HWT.UL) and Alibaba (9988.HK) for approvals related to models that can be used to manipulate visual and audio data. Key Points
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Nifty healthcare index stocks; Staying bullish on select pharma and hospitals
While they clubbed together, the operating matrix of a pharma company making drugs and hospital and a diagnostic company are very different. We take a look at what analysts are saying about different stocks from each of these segments. Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, is a comprehensive research report that evaluates five key components of 4,000+ listed stocks - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum to generate standardized scores. Key Points
Economic TimesMeta will allow users to generate music from text using ‘AudioCraft family of models’
Meta's parent company, Facebook, has unveiled a new generative AI tool called AudioCraft, which allows users to create high-quality audio and music using text prompts. The tool includes audio models MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec, which can generate music and audio from text prompts. Key Points
mintNifty IT index stocks: Hold recommendations galore; will analysts be right?
Gone are the days, when a single company was considered a bellwether for IT sector stock. Today, whether it is a large or mid sized company, all have different focus areas and hence their quarterly results tend to differ from one another. Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, is a comprehensive research report that evaluates five key components of 4,000+ listed stocks - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum to generate standardized scores. Key Points
Economic TimesNeed to focus on infra, investment, innovation, inclusivity for sustainable growth: Nirmala Sitharaman
Elaborating on the four Is, the Minister said investment is essential to spur infrastructure development, which has a potential to generate jobs. The third I is for innovation, she said adding innovative solutions from startups are required to deal with issues facing the countries. Key Points
Economic TimesLong term wealth creation: Looking at basics makes the difference
Every industry has different operating conditions which have high correlation with the kind of ROE they generate and how sustainable that number is. Of all the stocks, which our algorithms come up with, we took companies from three sectors, biologics, engineering and an auto ancillary company which is focussed on EV space and has been able to get an early lead. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy . Key Points
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Biden administration seeks input on AI safety measures
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday said it will spend the next 60 days fielding opinions on the measures that could ease consumer concerns about these new systems. Key Points
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