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PODCAST
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A Warning About AI From a Founding Father of the IT Age
TECH LIFE ON BBC SOUNDS
Bhaskar Chakravorti joins Steve "Woz" Wozniak on BBC News to share their views on generative AI and its impact on the future of AI innovation.
PERSPECTIVES
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The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Harvard Business Review
Bhaskar Chakravorti lays out eight qualities of successful DPI projects, and how the public and private sectors can coordinate to build them.
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How GPT Mania Could Harm AI Innovation: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Foreign Policy
The scramble to win the GPT race could divert essential resources from the development of more socially meaningful uses of AI.
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
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Beyond Access: Fostering Sustainable and Inclusive Climate Solutions Through Digital Technologies
The private sector has an important role to play in tackling sustainable development challenges. In the last compendium of our Beyond Access case study series, we analyze three innovative companies—Nexsis, ThredUp, and Husk Power Systems—harnessing technology to foster a more inclusive and sustainable future.
DIALOGUE
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The Missing Piece
ChatGPT is a powerful and intriguing tool in today's tech landscape. Its efficiency and creativity has captivated the world's imagination and dominated the conversation around AI. Does the initial hype around its potential threaten to overshadow the future value of AI?
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Scripps News Live
Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses the TikTok ban in Montana and its potential impact nationwide. As data privacy becomes increasingly scarce, what is the role of government regulation?
ANALYST OF THE MONTH
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Oliver Martínez
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I'VE BEEN WORKING ON
The AI for Good project, which seeks to better understand the key players in the AI agriculture landscape in select Sub-Saharan African countries while shedding light on how AI adoption can boost agricultural output and maximize profits.
AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED
The implementation of affordable and accessible AI technologies in agriculture offers massive potential for smallholder farmers to mitigate the risks of crop losses as a result of fluctuating weather patterns, pests, and diseases.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT
Leveraging research to drive policy decisions that aim to tackle complex global challenges in developing economies for the benefit of the public and private sectors.
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IN THE NEWS
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Meta to begin fresh layoffs, cutting heavily among business staff   |  The Washington Post
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