Articles by Shweta Taneja
A quest of the rich for eternal life (and anti-ageing creams)
From gamification, and longevity startups to anti-death activism, the rich entrepreneurs of the world are investing billions in immortality.
Published on Sep 22, 2024 08:00 AM IST
MR Rangaswami: Meet the man who lobbies for the Indian diaspora
Rangaswami wants to increase Indian representation in the American Congress. And he runs a forum to do it.
Published on Sep 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | The ones who found quarks
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory shows that modern science needs new technology, money and infrastructure
Published on Aug 25, 2024 08:15 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | Do cyborgs think of themselves as slaves?
Is our quest for intelligent, human-like, and AI-powered machines, are we cruel to the robots we create?
Published on Aug 11, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | Concerns for society are high among AI researchers
At ICML 2024, scientists are divided between pushing the possibilities of machine learning and reflecting on how this technology affects society.
Published on Aug 04, 2024 08:30 AM IST
How India’s first garage startup became a heavyweight in the tech industry
Co-founder Arjun Malhotra reminisces about starting HCL Technologies in the 1970s out of his grandmother’s spare room.
Published on Jul 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | The ultimate battle between dogs and cats for VC money
VCs prefer dog-related businesses but cat startups are fast catching up in the competitive pet startup industry in the US
Published on Jul 07, 2024 07:30 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | Going beyond the Indus
It started as a network for the Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley but The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) of today have global ambitions
Published on Jun 23, 2024 08:30 AM IST
A startup in Berkeley is decarbonising air to solve global warming
In Berkeley, a startup is building a carbon capture device to trap CO2 from the air. And their working material comes from Home Depot.
Published on Jun 09, 2024 10:30 AM IST
OpenAI’s voice scandal sounds larger AI alarm
OpenAI CEO announced GPT-4o, a new AI model, resembling Scarlett Johansson's voice, sparking a dispute on AI's use of copyrighted material without consent.
Updated on May 27, 2024 06:48 AM IST
Shweta Taneja, San Francisco
AI is way beyond our expectations, says Google co-founder Sergey Brin
From a surprise visit by the company’s co-founder to a hologramlike video chat product and an AR glass cameo, the best at Google I/O was delightful.
Published on May 26, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | California's new gold rush
In the posh Los Altos Hills at an AI symposium, founders from across the world gather with the latest AI products in hopes of getting funded. And some do.
Published on May 12, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | Cracking the case with eDNA
Move over camera traps, environmental DNA is a new technique to survey species and protect biodiversity.
Published on Apr 28, 2024 08:30 AM IST
How Elon Musk keeps ticking along
A visionary technologist and a ruthless businessman, Elon Musk is a legend that viral media can’t get enough of. And now he’s coming to India.
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 05:34 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | How I was scammed by an AI on LinkedIn
AI-created profiles have become a headache for LinkedIn. Here’s how the world’s biggest social network for professionals is combating it.
Published on Apr 14, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Shweta Taneja | Edited by Anish Yande
Seeing Silicon | Can AI turn you into Picasso or take over the world?
The Misalignment Museum in San Francisco aims to demystify artificial intelligence one artwork at a time, but what it does to art is another matter altogether
Published on Mar 31, 2024 12:19 AM IST
‘We have enough time to experience, and adapt to AI,’ says AI researcher
Today Parmar is the reigning queen of AI, one of a handful of women founders in the ultra-alpha, ultra-competitive global AI space
Updated on Mar 14, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Shweta Taneja, San Francisco
Apple’s VisionPro promises a superhero vision — but are you ready for it?
With their enhanced technological abilities, augmented reality devices are here to stay. And it’s only a matter of time (and money) before you put one on.
Published on Mar 03, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | Why Sam Altman and other tech magnates are banking on fusion
We haven’t been able to calculate the carbon footprint of a ChatGPT query. But Silicon Valley is looking at fusion as the sustainable answer to its AI models
Published on Feb 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Seeing Silicon | Driverless cabs or robotaxis face a unique challenge. A cone.
On the wild streets of San Francisco in the United States, a dramatic human versus autonomous vehicle conflict plays out
Published on Feb 04, 2024 11:52 AM IST