Jev, a System One model from TypeSafe AI, offers an interesting glimpse into a different approach to AI-powered decision-making. Technology is moving at break neck speed, keeping pace is becoming increasingly difficult. I wanted to write about Jev, a new one of its kind model that was recently launched. I usually take some time to write about anything in technology. I like to study, understand how it works and try it out before I put my thoughts down. By the time I could writ

This is the next article in my series, “AI in Everyday Apps.” This one took a little longer than I had promised. But I guess it was worth the wait. 🙂 There was a time when we actually remembered roads. Our local taxi and rickshaw drivers seemed to know every street, every shortcut and every landmark by heart. It always amazed me. London takes this to another level. To get a taxi driver’s licence, applicants have to pass an exceptionally rigorous test known as “The Knowledge.

A fascinating story originally reported by MIT Technology Review recently caught my eye. It highlights a compelling friction point where corporate messaging, medical innovation, and strict intellectual property rules intersect. When biotech company Insilico Medicine announced that it had developed a promising new drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a serious lung condition, it made headline news. In press releases and presentations, the team shared that the mole

When four-year-old Xander first met Moxie at his home, he thought he had welcomed a real alien friend into his life. Standing just 15 inches tall and resembling a soft, legless blue astronaut, Moxie was an advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) companion robot designed by a US-based tech startup called Embodied Inc. Xander, a young boy with autism, struggled deeply with "big emotions" like frequent meltdowns, severe anxiety, and an inability to voice his feelings to his parent

My meeting just wrapped up, and soon after, I received the minutes. At first glance, they were impeccable. Well-structured, slightly lengthy but seemingly complete. But something felt... off. As I read them more carefully, I realized they were less a summary of the meeting and more a faithful transcript. Every point was captured, yet the essence of the discussion was missing. The "why" behind the decisions had all disappeared. Everyone on the call seemed happy with the minute

Last week I came across an article published by ISPE (International Society for Pharma Engineering) about knowledge management which I felt was a must share. ISPE identifies Knowledge Management (KM) and Quality Risk Management (QRM) as two of the fundamental enablers of a modern Pharmaceutical Quality System. In other words, knowledge management is no longer viewed as an administrative function or an IT initiative. It is considered a strategic capability that directly contri

Most HVAC companies would agree with one statement: no two projects are ever exactly alike. A hospital project has very different requirements from a hotel. A pharmaceutical facility demands stringent environmental controls, while a data centre prioritizes uptime and precision cooling. Even within the same industry, customer preferences, building layouts, climate conditions, energy efficiency targets, and regulatory requirements can vary significantly. This makes HVAC busines

Expertise Has Always Been Limited by Cost! Over the last few days, there's been a lot of excitement around a news story from the UK. Headlines announced that an AI law firm had won a court case, and naturally, the conversation quickly turned to whether AI was about to replace lawyers. I found the story fascinating too, but for a very different reason. To me, the biggest takeaway isn't about AI replacing professionals. I don't see that happening anytime soon. What I do see is

“Haven’t we solved something like this before?” If you have spent enough time in an equipment company where every order is a project, you have probably heard this question many times. A customer requirement arrives. The engineering team begins evaluating possibilities. The proposal team starts preparing a response. Somewhere during the discussion, someone remembers that the company may have handled something similar in the past. Perhaps for another customer. Perhaps in anothe

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