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Mondays Masterclass - A to Z of Time Management

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  Most of us want to manage our time wisely and it is imperative to manage our time well. As it is often said time is an equal opportunity employer. There are so many time management books and with the advent of technology we thought we will get more control which may not be the case. Here is my A - Z of time management which can help you towards getting the most out of the 24 hours we get every day. Attention  – You get in life what you pay attention to. It is important to pay attention only to the important things to you and ignore everything else. The more attention you pay to the things that matter to you the better control you have over your time. For example we might want to keep up with all the latest developments but it can also stress us out. So it is better to check in with the news once or twice a day. If we overdo the point of keeping up with every news item which comes up we will feel more stress. Be focused  – We all have 100 things pending. We have books we...

ChatGPT Turns 3 and The future of AI is here

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ChatGPT officially debuted in November 2022, marking a watershed moment in the history of artificial intelligence. Its launch was significant because it introduced large language models to the broader public in a highly accessible and user-friendly format. For the first time, millions of users could directly interact with an advanced AI capable of holding meaningful conversations, generating creative content, assisting with problem-solving, and more. This democratization of AI not only accelerated awareness of its potential but also sparked widespread discussions about its implications for various industries, education, and society at large. The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 is often credited with igniting a new wave of innovation and adoption of AI technologies, making it a pivotal moment in the AI revolution. Now let me take you through a brief trip down memory lane to see how we arrived here. In 1936, Alan Turing introduced the concept of a universal machine (the Turing Machine...

GenAI Boom: Faster Code, Smarter Tests, Ethical Wins

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   Generative AI, a part of artificial intelligence that creates new content, is changing the software industry in big ways as we all have heard and continue to hear. The recent development is Llama 3.1 which is Meta's latest offering in the battle for AI dominance and it goes at a speed by the time this written something else will be the latest. The 405B parameter model beats rivals at math, coding and multilingual tasks as advertised by Meta. Video is now the next landmark of scaling where everyone's eyes are on. Right now all the major players are testing the video feature and we are entering the next frontier. Other recent developments include Claude Opus 4.5 achieving 80.9 percent on SWE-bench verified beating all competitors including human engineers. This marks a pivotal moment in the advent of AI. With all these developments we need to understand that Generative AI helps with everything from writing code to designing user experiences. As someone who has been closely wa...