How now, thou chatbot Bard?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 8, 2023
Anyone who likes words will probably agree that the Bard has a better ring to …
Read MoreGoogle’s LaMDA vs Ishiguro’s Klara
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2022
What’s the difference between LaMDA and Klara? The first, an acronym for language model for …
Read MoreDave Eggers’ new novel is a Dickensian take on the perils of Big Tech getting bigger
by Rashmee
Posted on December 15, 2021
I’m reading Dave Eggers’ ‘The Every’, sequel to ‘The Circle’, so a mind-numbing fictional take …
Read MoreA Russian exercise in re-selection
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2021
Why cover the Russian exercise as an election? On Sunday, September 19, two days after …
Read MoreHow the cookie crumbles
by Rashmee
Posted on March 12, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Google recently declared that it will “not build alternate identifiers to track individuals …
Read MoreIt’s not clear Europe can really take on ‘Gafa’ and ‘Bat’
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2019
Brussels is finally trying to become something more than a lifestyle and values superpower. According …
Read MoreWas 2017 the year we didn’t Google the obvious? Like how to become a racist?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 4, 2018
Google tells us that the world’s quest for information (as manifest in its search questions) …
Read MoreDid you know Iran has the very best brains on artificial intelligence? Google it
by Rashmee
Posted on November 10, 2017
On November 1, Google basically questioned the intelligence of anyone who wants to ban artificial …
Read MoreIn the battle against fake news, we can learn from the war on drugs
by Rashmee
Posted on October 18, 2017 / The National
There are reports that Google, Facebook and Twitter are working overtime to stamp out the …
Read MoreNot rotten to the core: Apple Inc and the Double Irish
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2013
As the European Union (EU) discusses tax evasion today (evasion is illegal, avoidance is not), …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK