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AI is teaching a generation to sound smart. That's not the same as being informed

India, Dec. 8 -- Artificial intelligence didn't storm into education. There was no grand moment when classrooms suddenly changed. Instead, AI arrived slowly - through shortcuts during late-night study... Read More


India risks becoming an AI rule-taker unless it builds standards fast

India, Dec. 1 -- Recently I reviewed a policy briefing circulated by an international standards consortium and followed it with a long exchange of emails with regulators and practitioners. One line st... Read More


When the market learns to think: How AI is rewriting India's economic consciousness

India, Nov. 24 -- Recently, while ordering dinner from the same neighbourhood restaurant I have trusted for years, I noticed something unsettling. The price of my usual dish had risen by nearly twelve... Read More


The forgotten Indian theory now powerfully driving the quantum age

India, Nov. 20 -- A hundred years ago, a young physics teacher in Calcutta quietly rewrote the way nature counts. On November 20, the idea he discovered-now known as Bose-Einstein statistics-turns 101... Read More


Colonisation Won't Come With Flags This Time - It Will Come With Code

India, Nov. 11 -- Most conversations around AI in India are positive - new apps, innovative startups, and rising productivity. That optimism is understandable. But beneath the excitement, a more serio... Read More


India's AI boom comes with a power bill

India, Oct. 27 -- Every question we often ask an AI system carries a hidden cost. Behind the digital magic of chatbots, image generators and predictive models, a quiet physical process unfolds - one t... Read More


Cities learning to think, but for whom?

India, Oct. 20 -- On a humid evening in Bengaluru, a stretch of road clears itself of traffic without a single policeman intervening. Sensors beneath the ground detect congestion forming a kilometre a... Read More


The Cage Without Bars

India, Oct. 13 -- For years, one image has stayed with me: a dog in a cage. At first it fights to escape, scratching at the bars and whining at the shocks that come without warning. Then, slowly, it s... Read More