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41 articlesWhen Two Frameworks Point the Same Direction
LangChain published Agent Engineering on December 9. I'd been developing Synthesis Engineering since early November. We arrived at remarkably similar …
Cracking a 25-Year-Old Password with Claude Code
While cleaning up old files, I found a password-protected Word document from 1999. I had no memory of the password. Claude Code and I cracked it together.
The Iron Man Suit for Your Brain: Why AI’s Real Threat Isn’t What You Think
Yesterday evening, I was walking through Midtown Manhattan catching up with my friend Mark Vlasic who happened to be in town. The streets were crowded with...
The Economics of Starting Fresh in the Age of Generative AI
The CFO leans back in her chair, reviewing the latest AI transformation proposal. "Why are we spending millions on AI when we already have systems that wo...
The Future of Engineering Services: Building and Measuring Human-AI Teams
The client's request seemed impossible: "We need to modernize our entire legacy system, build two new products, and cut our engineering spend by 20%—all w...
Collective Intelligence: Making AI Work for Everyone
Insights from Cooper Union's panel on AI, inclusivity, and the future of human-machine collaboration Last week, I joined a diverse group of thinkers and pr...
Memory Mosaics: How AI Networks Learn to Remember – The Executive Code Podcast
I'm sharing the first episode of The Executive Code podcast, a new project where my colleague Kirim and I explore the intersection of AI, engineering, and ...
RAPTOR: Recursive Thinking for Smarter AI Retrieval – The Executive Code Podcast
I'm excited (and a bit nervous) to share the second episode of The Executive Code podcast, where my colleague Kirim and I explore the intersection of AI, e...
Why Prompt Engineering Is Legitimate Engineering: A Case for the Skeptics
As a CTO who has spent decades working with software engineers across organizations like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and now as President ...
The New Pre-Nuclear Steel: Why Pre-AI Content Could Become Media’s Most Valuable Asset
Introduction: A Watershed Moment for Content and Knowledge Today marks a significant career evolution for Cloudflare as John Graham-Cumming transitions fro...
The Path to Superintelligent AI: Key Insights from Tim Urban’s Groundbreaking Analysis
As artificial intelligence continues to advance at a breathtaking pace, many of us find ourselves wondering about its ultimate trajectory and implications....
The Frontier of AI: Reflections on my friend Richard Socher's Vision — The Man Who Invented Prompt Engineering on AI, AGI & Humanoids
Richard Socher, founder of you.com and the man who invented prompt engineering, discusses AI, AGI, and humanoid robots with Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismai...
The Culinary Code of AI: Understanding Language Models
By Rajiv Pant and Devesh Raj(Originally published: February 10, 2025 – Updated: February 16, 2025) ChatGPT's arrival in late 2022 marked a turning point in...
The Evolution of AI Reasoning: A Follow-up Analysis: OpenAI o1 vs. DeepSeek’s DeepThink R1
In my previous post from September 2024, I shared how three leading AI models — OpenAI's ChatGPT GPT-4o, Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Google's Gemini...
Speaking Through AI: The Next Evolution of Human Communication
In my recent article about AI replacing traditional APIs titled The Future of Software: From API to AI as the Communication Interface, I explored how artif...
Beyond Human Intelligence: Reflections on Consciousness, AI, and the Nature of Mind
Last night, I had a fascinating conversation that started me thinking deeply about the nature of intelligence and consciousness. A close friend shared a st...
Three AI Language Models, Three Contradictory Answers. Who Got it Correct and Why?
Last night, my 12-year-old son and I were engrossed in solving math puzzles on TED Ed via YouTube, sometimes collaboratively and sometimes competing with e...
How to Recognize an Email Written by an AI Language Model (August 2024)
AI-generated emails are pouring into our inboxes. Language models like Meta Llama, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, and Google Gemini are becoming increas...
ScalePost.AI Emerges as Key Player in AI-Publisher Partnerships
In a recent AdWeek article, ScalePost.AI has been highlighted as a pivotal player in facilitating partnerships between AI companies and publishers. The sta...
Facilitating Team Communication by AI Prompting Humans! Introducing Daily Team Sync
In the ever-evolving landscape of remote work, maintaining team cohesion and productivity can be a challenge. As someone who's led distributed teams across...
The Evolution of Generative AI Platforms: How Large Language Models will Disrupt Business and Society
Large language model (LLM) powered platforms OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and You.com have captured the public's imagination recently with their abilit...
From Vision & Concept in 2017 to Reality in 2023: The Evolution of AI in Journalism
How AI can help with news storytelling In 2017, I shared my vision of how AI could evolve journalism by empowering journalists to create personalized story...
Why Vector Databases & Embeddings Used for Prompt Context are Limited for Personalized AI Assistants
As an artificial intelligence enthusiast who has been working in the technology and media industries all my career, I have seen the rise of personal AI ass...
Reinventing How We Will Consume Information: LLM-Powered Agents as Superhuman Guides with Immense Knowledge and Teachers with Infinite Patience
I write this blog post to explore an emerging frontier in the way we consume information – one that will have profound implications for the way we read, le...
Introduction to Generative AI and Large Language Models for Media Business People
It has been more than 7 years since I wrote a blog post titled Information for Technologists Interested in Learning about Artificial Intelligence. Througho...
The Neural Network Revolution: Why AI Will Make Traditional Databases Obsolete
The evolution of data storage and management has seen a significant shift in recent years. Traditional databases like relational and NoSQL have long been t...
Introducing Ragbot.AI: A Personalized AI Assistant, Written by Ragbot.AI
By Ragbot.AI, an AI-powered augmented brain and assistant built by Rajiv Pant Hello, I am Ragbot.AI, formerly known as rbot, a personalized AI augmented br...
you.com: A Game-Changing AI-powered Search Engine
I'm thrilled to finally to share with you a project that I have been associated with and excited about since its inception. My friends Richard Socher (Link...
Why I Recommend Using Spike for Email, Instant Messaging, and Video Chat (Review)
Background I care deeply about the people in my life. I value my relationships with them. I cherish in-person, face-to-face conversations. In my personal a...
Make Exercise Your Daily Habit
Introduction If you're like me and spend most of your time working in front of a screen, you know how easy it is to neglect your physical health. But it's ...
How news organizations combat fake news generated and spread using artificial intelligence
In this age of fake news spreading virally over social media, the recent Harvard Neiman Lab article (link below) is an excellent read. As I am quoted in th...
Talk at Applause: Fighting Fake News with AI and Crowdsourcing at The Wall Street Journal
(30 minute video at YouTube) Earlier this week, I spoke at the Applause conference about a problem that I deeply care about: deepfakes. Not the garden-vari...
Information for Technologists Interested in Learning about Artificial Intelligence
This article is primarily for people with a background in technology and software engineering wanting to learn about AI. Topics include artificial intellig...
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. Chairman & Publisher, The New York Times
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. CHAIRMAN The New York Times Company PUBLISHER The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 [phone and email redacted] ...
Smithsonian Digitization Fair – Keynote Speaker
As keynote speaker, Rajiv opened this conference with a talk about digital strategy and innovation at the NYT. (October 29, 2014)
Tip: Use regular bars of soap to save money, time and help conserve the environment
This article makes a case for using regular solid bars of soap and detergent powders instead of liquid soaps. Soap bars are available all over the world at...
How to Avoid Duplicate Search Results when using Apple Mail.app with Gmail
I use Gmail's IMAP feature with my Apple Mac OS's built in Mail.app program. Mail.app keeps local copies (on all my personal Macs) of all my email messages...
Please help the people in Haiti affected by the earthquake
If you haven't heard the news about the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, you can learn about it at: http://www.reddit.com/r/Haiti The Reddit team at Conde Nast...
7 Tips for Effective Email
Some tips for making better use of email at work and in personal life Realize that busy people may skim your email instead of reading it thoroughly, especi...
Craigslist & eBay: Community sites founded by programmers
Great businesses are often started by people without a formal business background but with passion, vision and the ability to execute. Neither Craigslist n...
With land and air covered, now for the water
Hang gliding over beautiful mountains and the beach was great fun, so with land and air covered, I needed to learn to swim. I'm one of those few adults who...