Episodes

  • How AI has evolved over the past decade

    How AI has evolved over the past decade
    Jun 24 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India & South Asia. IBM is one of those organizations that has been at the forefront of AI development. In fact, they brought out their own AI platform - Watsonx. Sandip Patel shares how watsonx is making strides in the world of AI. He also talks about how India is definitely an early adopter of AI and how companies are benefiting from it. Interestingly, a major part of employee - HR interaction at IBM happens via a chat interface without any human intervention. But does that mean artificial intelligence will render us humans redundant? To find out tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Introduction 00:00
    IBM and AI 0:55
    IBM's AI platform - Watsonx 2:24
    Working with Indian companies 7:27
    Challenges 9:20
    Skill requirement for AI 12:60
    AI and India 18:26

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    24 mins
  • Do-it-yourself designing for enterprise

    Do-it-yourself designing for enterprise
    Jun 17 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Robert Kawalsky, Head of Product, Canva. Canva is known to make design easy and for everyone. And now it is expanding its DIY approach to enterprises. Canva has come up with a new enterprise specific update by way of which it can cater to the content needs of an organization. Canva enterprise has developed an organization specific interface while maintaining its simplicity. And to make it easier, they have introduced Canva Courses for employees of the enterprise to get accustomed to the new interface. To find out in what ways Canva can facilitate the needs of an organization, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.


    Introduction 00:00
    Helping organizations design (1:20)
    Decentralization of design in an organization (3:06)
    Canva catering to the needs of an organization (4:50)
    Enterprise specific interface (7:16)
    Different ways in which enterprises can incorporate Canva (9:15)
    Maintaining simplicity (11:48)
    Canva courses (13:19)
    Bespoke services for organizations (14:47)

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    18 mins
  • Embracing the Technological Frontier of Biohacking in the Digital Age

    Embracing the Technological Frontier of Biohacking in the Digital Age
    Jun 10 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Sajeev Nair, Founder and Chairman, Vieroots Wellness Solutions. Over the past couple of years people have started paying more attention to their health, wellness and wellbeing. They follow healthy diets, join gyms and look after themselves. But, what if there was a way to accurately figure out what health issues and diseases one is prone to and to get a super personalised solution to the same? The study of one's genetic make up can make that happen. Sajeev Nair shares how Vieroots Wellness Solutions is working towards helping people find out their triggers and guiding them to live a healthier life ahead. But can 'hacking' your health really make death just an option? To find out tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Introduction 00:00
    What is Biohacking? 00:30
    How to 'hack' your health 01:36
    How to block the triggers that can cause a major health risk 06:15
    Why is the study of the genetic makeup not a regular medical practice? 08:45
    Is the practice growing? 11:47
    Can the study of your genetic makeup change your destiny? 13:50

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    17 mins
  • How AI strategy is interlinked to good data policy

    How AI strategy is interlinked to good data policy
    Jun 3 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Baris Gultekin, Head of AI, Snowflake. A major component of AI is data. Data and how it is being utilised is a big part of using AI the right way. And this is exactly what Baris highlights. There is a difference when it comes to AI being used by a customer and it being used by an organization. How can an enterprise use AI to its advantage? And how is the enterprise's data kept safe in the process? To find out tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Introduction 00:00
    New developments in AI 00:57
    How things changed for AI over the years 3:20
    Snowflake and AI 5:29
    How to deal with different data approaches 8:03
    AI and Data policy 9:40
    AI becoming a way to conserve an organization's collective intelligence 11:27
    Responsible AI and Data 13:15
    Emerging trends in AI and are they geographically specific 14:40
    Snowflake and the future of AI 15:50


    Edited and Mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    18 mins
  • How AI can help make companies more sustainable

    How AI can help make companies more sustainable
    May 27 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Fan Ho, Executive Director and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Lenovo, Solutions and Services Group. With AI taking over the world, it brings along with itself technologies that can make organizations more sustainable. And Lenovo is here with LISSA, an AI powered advisor that makes sure that your organization works in a sustainable manner. Lenovo has kept the Sustainable Development Goals in mind while working on this. To find out how they created LISSA, how it stores all the data that it requires and can it do anything more than giving advise, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Introduction 00:00
    AI and Sustainability 00:49
    The concept of LISSA 3:57
    How does LISSA get all the required data 7:18
    Can LISSA only give advise? 12:39
    Sustainability in a Hybrid world 13:38
    How to make other companies more Sustainable 16:20
    Lenovo and Sustainability Goals 18:19

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    24 mins
  • How AI powers a phone Lock Screen revolution

    How AI powers a phone Lock Screen revolution
    May 20 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Piyush Shah, Co-founder at InMobi Group, and President & COO at Glance. With AI taking over the world, newer ways of keeping the consumer engaged are coming up. And the very first surface that catches a person's attention is their phone screen. InMobi and then further Glance has revolutionized the 'screen experience' by being pioneers of utilising just the screen to connect to the user and get them personalised content. But how do they do this? How do they keep the user engaged and are we headed towards an app-less world? To find out, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Introduction 00:00
    How InMobi and glance created 0:56
    Creating for India 4:05
    The world of 'Glancing' 6:30
    How to keep the consumer upto date with everything that is happening 9:33
    Glance and personalisation through AI 10:34
    Making users Co- creators 14:34
    taking Glance beyond phones 15:37
    An App-less future? 18:28

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    22 mins
  • Indian elections and the menace of deep fakes

    Indian elections and the menace of deep fakes
    May 13 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Anand Trivedi, Director, CyberProof, a UST company. India at the moment is in the process of Lok Sabha elections with parties campaigning via all the available mediums. Amidst such a crucial time, the menace of deep fakes has surfaced. Anand in this podcast talks about the large extent to which fake videos, audios and doctored images and content has been circulating related to the elections. But how to judge whether what you are seeing is real or not? How to make sure you are not being fed synthetic content? To find out, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan.

    Introduction 00:00
    What are deep fakes 00:43
    Fast paced development of the technology 3:55
    Use of deep fakes in the elections 4:53
    Rules, Regulations and detecting deep fakes 6:55
    How can public save themselves from falling prey to deep fakes during elections 8:55
    Disadvantages of adopting it as a technology 9:23
    Platform level warnings and alerts 11:24
    Can it be made less profitable and expensive to reduce it's misuse? 12:20
    To what extent should one trust the things they see online 13:43

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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    16 mins
  • How Amazon uses machine learning to make purchases smoother

    How Amazon uses machine learning to make purchases smoother
    Apr 29 2024
    In this episode of The Indian Express tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Rajeev Rastogi - Vice President of International Machine Learning at Amazon. Now, two terms that are often used together or even interchangeably are Machine Learning and AI, however they are not entirely the same. And Rajeev Rastogi explains the difference between the two. He also talks about how Amazon uses machine learning to understand customer demands and behavior. Interestingly enough this procedure has very less human intervention. But how does machine learning understand the customer's needs and predict the demands? How do regional demands and personalization come into the scene? and are robots working on our Amazon orders? To find out this and more, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices.

    Intro 00:00
    Difference between AI and Machine Learning 00:44
    Amazon - a pioneer for Machine Learning 02:29
    Machine learning forecast for demand for products 05:47
    How data helps with providing a better service 07:24
    Is there no Human intervention in the whole process? 08:46
    How does the knowledge of demand help 11:22
    How Amazon is giving customers more options and choices 12:05
    Personalization based on customer behavior 13:26
    Gen AI and ecommerce 15:54

    Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar.
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    21 mins