India, July 29 -- One year ago, we sent out the very first edition of HT Neural Dispatch. Our goal was simple: we wanted to build something that didn't just report on AI breakthroughs, but truly decoded the true strategic and human implications (of which there are many).

What a year it has been. In terms of the tech, the geopolitics and indeed the narratives. As it was then, we still find ourselves firmly in a moment where artificial intelligence is still trying to define how we live and work, perhaps too fast for anyone's comfort and as I've regularly pointed out, often without direction or a concern for any destruction in its wake.

But what has made this past year truly special isn't just the technology we covered-it is you, the reade...