In the world of Engineer-to-Order (ETO) and Make-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing, every machine is a unique project. This means preparing the technical documentation such as the manuals and maintenance guides is often the last thing to be completed. It is a slow, manual process that usually involves a frustrated design engineer taking screenshots of CAD models and copy-pasting part numbers from an ERP system into a Word document. While some claim that Generative AI (GenAI) can n

I was scrolling through Zomato one evening, not really sure what I wanted to eat. Within a few seconds, I found myself looking at a list of dishes that felt oddly familiar, almost like the app had read my mind. My usual comfort food, a place I had ordered from recently, and a couple of new options that were surprisingly close to my taste. I hadn’t typed anything yet. I was just browsing. This wasn’t just a food delivery app anymore. It was quietly making decisions for me, eve

If you’ve been scrolling through your feed lately, you might have noticed a new term popping up: Vibe Working. It sounds like something meant for a weekend at a music festival, but it’s actually becoming a significant part of our professional vocabulary in 2026. But what does it actually mean? Is it just another buzzword, or is it a genuine shift in how we get things done? From Tasks to Intent For decades, work has been "task-first." You open a specific software, find the rig

Image generated using Nano Banana I recently spent some time experimenting with Claude co-work, and the experience was quite different from the usual “prompt and response” flow most of us are used to. Instead of asking questions and getting answers, I tried to make Claude part of how I actually work through tasks. I started small. One of the first things I built was a simple meeting brief skill . The idea was to give Claude a structured way to prepare me before a meeting. I d

TL;DR Sarvam AI recently launched new India-focused AI models aimed at supporting multiple Indian languages. I tested them using real-world prompts in English, Hindi, Marathi, and mixed-language queries. The models show good potential in multilingual interaction and accessibility. However, areas like factual accuracy, policy details, and deeper cultural nuance still need improvement. Building AI for India is uniquely challenging due to language diversity, limited datasets, an

8th March 2026! This birthday was planned to be a short trip to explore the Pandav Caves (Trirashmi Caves) in Nashik. I hadn’t really planned to write about it, but somehow I couldn’t stop myself. South Indian Breakfast and the Teak Wood Resort We started on Friday morning, not very early! Our first stop was at Dakshinayan, the restaurant offering authentic south Indian food. We savoured south indian breakfast and started our journey. We took a part of the Samruddhi Expresswa

It was a lazy Sunday morning. I woke up at my usual early time. Sundays are when I like to sit quietly and just think. I usually sit on the sofa and look out at Airoli creek. The view is beautiful and calming. For a long time, I wanted to create Indian-style seating near the window. Sitting on the floor, maybe with cushions, felt nice in my head. But when we discussed it properly, we dropped the idea. The simple reason was this. Most people today are not comfortable sitting o

Imagine this. A field technician sees a machine component on a factory floor, takes a photo of it, and the system instantly retrieves the relevant manual or maintenance documentation. No part numbers. No exact keywords. Just a photo! This kind of search experience is becoming possible with multimodal embeddings. In simple terms, embeddings convert things like text or images into numerical representations that capture their meaning. When two things are conceptually similar, th

Strange as it may feel, I’m sitting inside Google Docs, writing an article about the AI that’s been helping me all along. Google Docs is one of those apps where AI has been quietly working for years , long before “AI features” became a marketing headline. In Microsoft Word, AI is easy to spot—Copilot is front and center. In Google Docs, it’s different. The AI has been there for a long time, quietly helping users without making a big deal about it. That’s what this article exp

We are a group of six friends who have been together through thick and thin. The kind of friends who show up for birthdays, crises, random chai meets, and everything in between. So one day, in the middle of our usual chatter, someone said, “Let’s plan a trip.” And somehow, after a lot of back and forth, we landed on Cambodia. Why Cambodia? Honestly, don’t ask. There were debates, dramatic arguments, strong opinions, rejected destinations, and at least three almost-final decis

This was my first international leisure trip. I have travelled a lot over the years, but mostly for work. Vacations were always within India. So this one felt special. Almost symbolic. My first proper holiday outside the country. We started on a Friday around 1:30 pm IST. And strangely, till that very day, the trip hadn’t fully sunk in. In fact, I even squeezed in a few hours of office work before leaving. That is so typical of me. It was only when we finally began that it fe

Image by Rajashree Rajadhyax WhatsApp is one app that we use everyday. I’m sure with many that is the default way of staying connected with the world. Its easy to use, always available and the best thing is that its associated with your mobile number. I think the success behind WhatsApp over any other messaging tool is its association with the mobile number. While the interface is clean and simple and there is no bragging about use of AI, yet AI is working in the background t

I was reading an article and they talked about some 10 breakthrough technologies for this year. While my interest generally is around AI, I was keen to know which other technologies are defining the future. I thought of sharing them with you. Of course this list has been curated after reading articles from the top research analysts firms like Gartner, MIT and others Geopatriation Geopatriation means moving company data and applications out of global public clouds and back int

I still remember the day I created my Gmail account. It felt like a small milestone. Back then, email was something you signed up for with a bit of excitement. I mainly used it to exchange notes with friends, share college updates, and coordinate group work. In India, Hotmail was the big name at the time, and having an email ID felt new and slightly special. Fast forward to today, and Gmail has quietly woven itself into everyday life. My day begins with emails and often ends

Illustration by Rajashree Rajadhyax AI is a really powerful tool, but if not safeguarded can be misused causing serious damage. AI is as good as the knowledge it is fed with at the time of training and the intentions of the trainers. There have been a number of incidents when an AI tool had to be withdrawn because it was gullible to training at the hands of people with incorrect intentions. Take for example Gallatica, the AI chatbot by Meta released in 2022. It was trained o

I was reading about some recent advancements in AI, and I came across an article on how researchers are trying to measure pain using artificial intelligence. It immediately caught my attention. Pain is such a personal and complicated feeling, so the idea that AI could somehow understand or quantify it sounded very interesting. That curiosity made me read a few more papers and articles on the topic. It was only a cursory read, but even then I felt the work was interesting enou

Imagine this: It's 1930 in London, and you need to wake up early for work. You’re not worried about missing your morning routine because, right on time, a knocker-upper arrives. Armed with a long stick, they tap persistently on your window until you're awake. For those on the upper floors, they might even shoot dried peas at the glass to make sure you’re roused! Strange as it sounds, this was a genuine profession before alarm clocks became affordable and reliable. Today, it’s

AI Agent Glossary. Infographic by Rajashree A new frontier in the field of Artificial Intelligence are AI agents. We have looked at what AI agents are in my previous article here. Just as humans evolved, AI too is evolving and the progress is in the direction of autonomy. Sophistication and capability of AI is slowly being judged by how autonomous it is. How much human intervention is needed to complete the goals. AI is transitioning from software that is trained for specific

Image by Rajashree Rajadhyax It was the end of a long day, and I'd been focused on a challenge common to my work: getting an AI to align...

The Truth About AI Agents (in 60 Seconds) AI Agents Explained. Image by Rajashree Rajadhyax Everyone’s using chat companions like Chat...