Challenges in Building Natural, Low‑Latency, Reliable Voice Assistants

Voice is the most helpful interface when your hands and eyes are busy, and the least forgiving when it lags or mishears. This article focuses on the real‑world blockers that make assistants feel robotic, how to measure them, and the engineering patterns that make voice interactions feel like a conversation. Why “natural” is hard Humans … Read more

Voice Assistants: Past, Present, Future

Voice assistants used to be simple timer and weather helpers. Today they plan trips, read docs, and control your home. Tomorrow they will see the world, reason about it, and take safe actions. Here’s a quick tour. Quick primer: types of voice assistants Here’s a simple way to think about voice assistants. Ask four questions, … Read more

5 Ways Async Work Builds a More Flexible and Inclusive Workplace

Return-to-office rates have steadied, yet flexibility still ranks in the top three reasons people switch jobs, right beside pay and growth, according to recent McKinsey research. Another study also shows that employees thrive when they are allowed to work from home. Many frame flexibility around where we sit or when we log on. Besides the hours and location, the missing piece … Read more

AI Has Changed How We Diagnose, Not How We Deliver

It has been a decade of intelligence. Every new day, something new comes in that is revolutionizing healthcare and healthtech as a whole. And AI in the healthcare industry it’s not new. It’s evolved from very early clinical decision support to predictive analysis, to digital diagnostics, and is now also building generative tools for documentation … Read more

How AI Phishing Is Putting School Districts at Risk

AI is super-charging social engineering, and K-12 is still a precious target. With an average of 2,739 edtech tools per district, staff and students rely heavily on laptops and classroom tech that must be protected from the latest threats. Today, these include anything from convincing “superintendent” emails to deepfake voice notes and student-account takeovers. PromptLock … Read more

The True Guide to Omniscience And Why Everyone Lies to You About Knowledge

They lied to you about knowledge. They told you it was accumulation. Stack enough facts, read enough books, attend enough lectures, and eventually you’d know things. They sold you the fantasy of the walking encyclopedia, the polymath as hoarder, someone whose head is a warehouse of dates and definitions and disconnected trivia. This is the … Read more

AI is a Tool for Economic Progress, Not a Job Taker 

In a response to a New York Times article about Amazon planning to replace its workforce with robots, Elon Musk reaffirmed his opinion that “AI and Robots will replace all jobs.” While the statement created a buzz, reality speaks differently. This adds layers of fear and possibilities since the adoption of ChatGPT and similar platforms … Read more

Holiday Shopping Trends to Watch in 2025: What the Data Tells Us About Consumer Expectations

Holiday shopping trends in 2025 reflect several insights, including stress and uncertainty that have occurred throughout the year. The biggest holiday shopping trends for 2025 reveal that customers want to shop and celebrate weeks or even months earlier than the traditional holiday season. Not only has holiday shopping in 2025 started sooner, but it’s also … Read more

What the Big Three Consultancies are Missing About AI (And the Code That Proves It)

If you’re in a boardroom today, you’re likely hearing the same story from Deloitte, BCG, and McKinsey. A powerful consensus is forming among the world’s top strategy advisors, and it sounds something like this: We face an “imagination deficit“ (Deloitte), a gap between what technology can do and what we can envision for it. We are entering … Read more