Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

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

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

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

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

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.

In this episode of The Indian Express' tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Arjun Ghose, CEO & Co-Founder, Veera. One of the very first and definitely most used application on the world wide web is the browser, and to make it localised and accessible for the average Indian, Arjun Ghose has come up with Veera, a browser for Indians. But in a world where there is no dearth of browsers, what makes Veera stand apart? Is being a mobile specific browser a boon or a bane? And what role does AI play in this? To find out this and more, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices. Introduction 00:00 How is Veera different as a browser? 1:09 How a browser impacts it's device 2:20 Browser monopoly 6:13 Creating a browser for India 7:02 Is browser a Super App? 8:03 Browser wars 10:04 Being a mobile specific browser 14:25 AI and browsers 16:25 AI and personalisation 18:56 Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration, Cisco. With every passing day, the importance of cyber security is increasing. And according to our guest, Mr Patel, we need to assume that every organisation at some point in time will get breached. So, how do we deal with this? Through the concept of cyber resilience. But, what is cyber resilience? Does AI play a part in detecting and dealing with cyber threats? Where does India stand in terms of cyber security? To find out all of this and more, tune into today’s episode of Our Own Devices. Introduction 00:00 What is Cyber Resilience 00:31 How does Cisco cater to organisations and governments 01:58 How does AI help in cyber security 04:23 Does the size of a company co-relate to its use of AI? 06:43 India and cyber security in 2024 07:36 Security index of Cisco 09:36 3Es of cyber security 10:46 Challenges to cyber security in 2024 12:35 Future of AI in the industry 14:18 Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Paras Sharma, Director & Head of Content & Community Partnerships, Meta. Instagram has evolved from just being a photo sharing app to becoming a massive part of our lives through the medium of its content. Growth in content has led to a growth in the concept of Content Creators and in this episode, Paras shares how Indian creators have become trend setters. The gen Z seems to be taking the lead in enhancing focus towards health and relationships via their content. To understand how content is changing and how Instagram is becoming a reflection of a more inclusive India, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices. Introduction 00.00 Evolution of Instagram 00:43 Connected in Real Time 03:26 Trends specific in India 04:34 Why creators are growing 08:46 Multi-platform content 09:45 Gen Z and cultural involvement 11:10 Trends popular amongst Gen Z in India 13:43 Diversity of content 16:09 2024 Prospects for Instagram 19:22

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Miriam Karthika Daniel, Vice President - Maps Experiences, Google. Google Maps has become an integral part of our lives in the last couple of years and in this episode, they explore how it reached where it is today. Miriam also shares how AI is increasingly coming handy in making the user experience even more accurate through Google Maps. In the episode, they also discuss how Google Maps is working to solve the challenges specific to India and what all can be done to make people's commute quick and comfortable. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Introduction 0.00 Evolution of Google Maps 00:26 Google Maps and road traffic 04:29 Exploring the world through the comfort of your home 06:08 Street view in maps 07:04 AI in Google Maps 08:53 Users aiding Google Maps 11:01 Business growth through Google Maps 12:15 Multi-modal journeys 14:21 Upcoming Innovations in Google Maps 15:33

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Balakrishna DR, Executive Vice President and Global Head, AI Automation and ECS, Infosys to talk about Artificial Intelligence and how it's use is growing in the business space. Balakrishna talks about the accountability that comes with AI and the challenges that businesses face when they use AI. To find out how people are learning to adapt to AI, what kind of rules and frameworks are being worked upon and how has Infosys embraced AI, tune into today's episode of Our Own Devices. 0.00 Introduction 0.41 How is business intelligence AI driven? 3:13 Who is accountable in AI 4.05 Does AI give companies an unfair advantage, framework and rules 7.21 Challenges of AI 9.07 Adapting to a new technology 12.00 Industry wise specifications 13.45 Infosys' success story