AI Usage Targets: Are Companies Measuring Real Work or Just AI Theatre?

AI Usage Targets: Are Companies Measuring Real Work or Just AI Theatre?

Companies are pushing employees to use AI because leaders want proof that expensive AI investments are producing change. That pressure is understandable, but the mistake starts when usage itself becomes the main success metric. If workers know they are being measured on AI activity, they may start using tools for unnecessary tasks just to look … Read more

Amazon Tokenmaxxing: Are Employees Faking AI Work to Please Bosses?

Amazon Tokenmaxxing: Are Employees Faking AI Work to Please Bosses?

Amazon’s reported “tokenmaxxing” problem has gone viral because it exposes the ugly side of forced AI adoption at work. According to reports, some Amazon employees allegedly began using internal AI tools for unnecessary tasks to increase visible AI usage scores after the company pushed workers to adopt AI more aggressively. The concern is simple: when … Read more

FDE Jobs Explained: The AI Career Role Indian Engineers Should Watch

FDE Jobs Explained: The AI Career Role Indian Engineers Should Watch

Forward Deployed Engineer jobs are getting attention because AI companies are realising one uncomfortable truth: selling AI tools is easy, but making them work inside real companies is hard. Google’s careers page describes its GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer as an embedded builder who helps customers move from frontier AI products to production-grade systems inside their … Read more

Google’s New AI Job Role: Why Forward Deployed Engineers Are Suddenly Hot

Google’s New AI Job Role: Why Forward Deployed Engineers Are Suddenly Hot

Google Cloud is pushing deeper into enterprise AI, and its new focus on Forward Deployed Engineers shows where the AI job market is moving next. India Today reported that Google plans to hire hundreds of FDEs, while Google’s own careers page describes the GenAI FDE as an “embedded builder” who helps customers turn frontier AI … Read more

Sarvam AI’s Trillion-Parameter Plan: Can India Build Its Own ChatGPT Moment?

Sarvam AI’s Trillion-Parameter Plan: Can India Build Its Own ChatGPT Moment?

Sarvam AI has put India’s artificial intelligence ambitions back in the spotlight after co-founder Pratyush Kumar said the company plans to train its first trillion-parameter AI model within the next nine months. Speaking at the CII Business Summit 2026, Kumar argued that India cannot remain only a passive consumer of global AI systems if it … Read more

India’s Homegrown AI Push: Why Being Only an AI Consumer Is Risky

India’s Homegrown AI Push: Why Being Only an AI Consumer Is Risky

India’s homegrown AI debate has become sharper after Sarvam AI co-founder Pratyush Kumar argued that the country cannot afford to remain only a consumer of global artificial intelligence systems. His point is simple but serious: if India depends entirely on foreign AI models, it may use the technology but not shape its rules, priorities or … Read more

Bengal Political Violence: Why One Murder Case Has Raised the Heat Again

Bengal Political Violence: Why One Murder Case Has Raised the Heat Again

Bengal’s post-election violence debate has returned sharply after the murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of Suvendu Adhikari. Rath was killed in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas, soon after the Assembly election results, and the case quickly became politically sensitive because of his association with one of Bengal’s most powerful political figures. The CBI has … Read more

Suvendu Aide Murder Probe: Why CBI Taking Over Changes the Case

Suvendu Aide Murder Probe: Why CBI Taking Over Changes the Case

The murder of Chandranath Rath, personal aide to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, has taken a major turn after the Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case from Bengal Police. Rath was killed on May 6 in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas, just two days after the West Bengal Assembly election results were declared. … Read more

Rajasthan Summer Travel: Beautiful Trip or Heat Trap? What Tourists Should Know

Rajasthan Summer Travel: Beautiful Trip or Heat Trap? What Tourists Should Know

Rajasthan in summer is beautiful, but pretending it is easy travel is foolish. The forts, palaces, lakes, deserts and markets are still stunning, but the heat can turn a poorly planned holiday into exhaustion within hours. Recent reports said Barmer touched 46.8°C as heatwave conditions intensified across Rajasthan, with several areas crossing 45°C. This does … Read more

Mumbai Temperature: Why Humidity Makes the City Feel Hotter Than It Is

Mumbai Temperature: Why Humidity Makes the City Feel Hotter Than It Is

Mumbai’s temperature today may look like a normal summer figure on paper, but the real discomfort comes from humidity. Current conditions show Mumbai around 35°C, with the day’s high expected near 36°C and night temperature around 29°C. That sounds manageable until humidity enters the picture and makes the body feel much hotter than the thermometer … Read more