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Microsoft unveils new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge

Microsoft unveils new Bing, Edge browser backed by upgraded OpenAI language model Microsoft yesterday announced the new AI powered browser – prompting me to try it for the first time ever 😉 “We’ve updated the Edge browser with new AI capabilities and a new look, and we’ve added two new functionalities: Chat and compose. With …

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Ep 7 : Transitioning from an IC into a people manager? 5 pointers to succeed

Transitioning from an IC into a people manager? Here are 5 pointers to succeed The first time I became a people manager, the area I struggled with the most is in having difficult conversations Over time you realise that not being candid with feedback around performance is doing disservice to the individual and the larger …

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Addressing the Challenge of getting more Women into Tech Leadership

Why do so many girls top their classes at school and college and yet so few remain in the workforce a decade later?   What results in women dropping out of the workforce before they reach management positions – especially in Tech/STEM?   A McKinsey report shared a concept called the “broken rung”   “Yet …

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Can Food Waste be a preventable problem?

Can Food Waste be a preventable problem? What if one could increase the shelf life of vegetables and fruits we consume? How much of economic waste would that help tackle? GreenPod Labs states that 40% of the vegetables and fruits are lost due to spoilage/over ripening. As an Agri-biotech company they are working on sustainable …

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Book recommendation – AI, Sci Fi and reality

So I read this Blake Frost’ Sci-Fi book over last weekend It made me deeply uncomfortable – like most good stories that border on reality do Black Mirror-esque, it explores man’s relationship with AI, ethics of ‘what is right’, sentience and free will. A rudimentary AI that expands on a set of progressions, its relationship …

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The Forward Collection – What Happens when future of tech comes true

What happens when the future of the tech arrives? Across Singularity, Super-intelligence and Sentience, Inter-Galactic travel, Genetic Engineering to Quantum Computing? That is the thought experiment this Sci-Fi series – Forward Collection sets out to explore “Take a leap. For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant …

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Data Informed Product Building – Why Data science matters?

How does Data Science help in building products in a startup? A 101 guide On my journey back home from my vacation, I met a tech startup founder who asked ‘what is the role of data science in building products’? While it is easy for folks to conflate AI and data science in terms of …

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