Leslie D'Monte

Eternal tech and science buff; Author #AI Rising AI Rising podcast co-host, Tech Talk newsletter

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Indian universities need to keep up with the velocity of innovation | Mint Techcetra X AWT Mumbai

Artificial Intelligence is evolving faster than ever — and Agentic AI could completely redefine how businesses operate, how people work, and even whether traditional degrees remain relevant. In this special Techcetra episode in partnership with  @salesforce , @ldmonte , Consulting Editor at Mint speaks with Vala Afshar, Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce, about the rise of AI agents, digital labour, autonomous businesses, and the future of jobs in the AI era.

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Humanoids infused with Gen AI and Agentic AI can not only execute commands, but also can increasingly reason, adapt and autonomously carry out tasks.

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AI experts are not debating the speed of progress but the definition of intelligence itself, Leslie D'Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of Mint Tech Talk.

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In this week’s edition of Mint Tech Talk:

* The rise of the AI boss
* Ilya Sutskever’s bombshell on OpenAI, Sam Altman
* AI Tool of the Week: ChatGPT Memory Sources
* What machines say about future of human jobs

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By mimicking human behaviour and adapting in real-time, AI swarms can become a potent threat to democratic processes, like elections, Leslie D’monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter.

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OpenAI plans to launch an Agentic AI phone. @ldmonte asks how different it will be from the iPhone in this week’s edition of Mint Tech Talk.

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In a world where small changes in prompts can produce widely different outcomes, rolling up one’s sleeves is not a throwback, it is a strategy, writes @ldmonte.

In this week’s edition of Mint Tech Talk:

✴️ Hiring slows but data shows AI isn’t killing jobs
✴️ Humanoid beats human record at half-marathon
✴️ AI Tool of the Week: Skills in Chrome
✴️ ChatGPT Images 2.0 ups the stakes

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In this week’s edition of Mint Tech Talk, @ldmonte takes a deep dive into the Stanford AI Index to find India’s place in the AI World Order. Also in this newsletter:

◾️ Big Tech is hiring philosophers.
◾️ Meta vs Google in ad revenue
◾️ AI Tool of the Week: Claude for Word

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In today’s edition of Mint Tech Talk:

◾️ OpenAI’s blueprint for sharing AI dividends
◾️ Some hard truths about AI’s race
◾️ Google Gemma 4’s open challenge
◾️ AI Tool of the Week: Google Vids
◾️ Anthropic’s Mythos, Glasswing

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In this week’s edition of Mint Tech Talk:

How Generative AI is reshaping advertising
AI Tool of the Week: Claude Dispatch
Why netizens are fussing over Claude Mythos
Googlers turning to Agent Smith to automate tasks
Is AI to blame for Oracle layoffs?

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖 “AGI achieved?” Not quite—agents ≠ human intelligence
🧠 AI IQ scores = pattern skill, not true reasoning
⚙️ Agentic AI rising, but still narrow
🪙 Helium risk could hit chip supply
🚀 AI race heats up, hype vs reality

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖 Nvidia bets $1T on AI chips
💼 Fewer jobs, more “tokens”?
🧠 AI tools boost biz content
🧬 Dog tumour case sparks debate
📉 Can AI predict crashes?

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

⚔️ AI divide: principles vs profit in defense deals
🤖 Agentic AI could reshape future wars
📉 Slower AI adoption = lower job displacement risk
🎵 AI tool: Lyria 3 in Gemini
🔮 Grok ‘predicts’ US–Iran strike?

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🇮🇳 India’s MANAV vision for AI
🤖 AGI in 5–8 yrs? CEOs divided on jobs
💻 Nvidia + Indian giants boost GPUs
📊 Claude in Excel = AI analyst in-sheet  

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🇮🇳 India sets 2-hr deepfake takedown rule
🤖 AI labels mandatory, Big Tech pushed
🗣️ Bulbul V3 nails Indian voices
⚔️ OpenAI vs Anthropic heats up
💰 $650B AI capex race on  

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖 Human web → agent internet
🧠 AI writes, shops & debates
🇮🇳 Budget bets on AI infra, cuts IndiaAI spend
📉 Claude sparks tech selloff
🚀 SpaceX–xAI mega merger

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖 When AI believes its own fiction
🚨 Musk: AI may outsmart humans soon
🛡️ Zero-trust AI gains ground
🔍 Yahoo enters AI search
📉 Amazon layoffs slip via email

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖 AI adoption surges, worker trust lags
💼 Side hustles define careers in 2026
💸 AI funding booms, risks loom
🌍 Davos flags AI as geopolitical power  

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖🏥 AI boosts healthcare, trust still debated
👵💰 Musk says retirement saving may fade
📧 Gemini makes Gmail smarter
🚨 X deletes 600 accounts over AI lapse

And more!

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In today's edition of Tech Talk, @ldmonte writes about:

🤖 CES 2026: Physical AI steals the show
🚗 Robotaxis, humanoids & smart homes go mainstream
🇮🇳 India, EU probe Grok deepfakes
🔍 2026 shifts from AI hype to AI evaluation

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