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How to conduct polls in Google Meet

Google Meet has introduced the Polls feature, which can be used as an icebreaker to engage participants at the start of a meeting. The host can set up multiple questions, viewable only to them, and launch the poll when it's timely during the call. The moderator can also create polls for participants to vote on, and after the meeting concludes, they will receive an email containing a report of the poll results, including the names of the participants and their respective answers. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/Hy7gc8x
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How to tell if a photo is AI-generated or real? There may be solution soon

Seven leading AI companies in the United States, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Inflection and Meta, have committed to developing mechanisms to differentiate between AI-generated and real content. The companies met with President Joe Biden, announcing their commitment to develop technical mechanisms to detect AI-generated content such as the incorporation of a watermarking system. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/zBKwSkH

How satellite technology is helping transform agriculture

The Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC), under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, is implementing various projects that use satellite images for crop production forecasting and drought assessment. These include the Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-meteorology and land-based observations (FASAL) project for crop production forecasting and the National Agricultural Drought Assessment and Monitoring System (NADAMS) for agricultural drought assessment. MNCFC has also signed an MoU with Pixxel Space India to develop agricultural analytics models using hyperspectral satellites for crop identification and mapping, crop health monitoring, and soil organic carbon estimation. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/FmdUCtJ

Byjus employees reportedly call of protest after 'emergency meeting'

Byju's employees have withdrawn plans to protest the company’s management after India head, Mrinal Mohit, called an emergency meeting and assured staff no further layoffs would take place. The strike had been planned for Tuesday 25 July and was expected to involve 9,000 staff members. Employees had not received variable pay since the last three quarters and incentives had not been paid for 12 months, according to sources. The town hall meeting was planned to mark the completion of one year of the business unit, according to a company spokesperson. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/9qJcils

Centre has important advisory for states on e-cigarettes

The Indian government has advised states to report the availability of e-cigarettes on online shopping sites and stores on the portal https://ift.tt/pb41I0t. The Union government in India had banned the sale and use of e-cigarettes in 2019, and the portal aims to collect information on violations of the ban. The health ministry has directed producers, manufacturers, and retailers not to manufacture, sell, or distribute e-cigarettes in any form or capacity. Notices have been issued to 15 websites selling e-cigarettes, and the ministry is said to monitor advertisements and sales on social media. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/AovKZiq

AI-Generated Characters Could Steal Roles in Future, Fear Actors: Here's Why

Actors have been protesting since June against the use of AI-generated actors in movies and TV. SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, said AI poses an “existential crisis” for actors who worry their past, present and future work will be used to generate “synthetic performers who can take their place.” from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3aFPNSX via