Satyen Bordoloi

While companies hide behind AI to fire thousands, one Chinese billionaire is choosing to retrain his workers even while automating, something few in the world are doing, even when research finds it’s profitable, finds Satyen K. Bordoloi Richard Liu, founder of JD.com, China’s answer to Amazon, is a very rich man. Not as rich as Jeff Bezos, but after what he’s done, he surely will become more popular among workers than Bezos, with his billions, can ever dream.

From charging balls before matches to hair’s touch deciding offside – is there too much tech killing the beautiful game, asks Satyen K. Bordoloi. The scoreboard reads 1-0, in the Round of 16: Argentina versus Egypt. Egypt striker Mostafa Ziko scores a beautiful goal, and Egyptian fans erupt. Then, an abrupt pause. The referee’s hand went to his earpiece. VAR was checking. What happened next will be talked about for years.

India need not build a foundational AI model if we can figure out the tools that the LLM engine should power, writes Satyen K. Bordoloi It is Mannheim, Germany, January of 1886. A three-wheeled, bulky contraption sputters down a cobbled street at ten kilometres an hour. Horses are terrified, adults are amused, and kids are delighted to see it.