With AI making almost everything cheap to produce, the most valuable corporate skill may consequently become knowing what not to produce, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/ai… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

Big Tech says AI agents are uncontrollable. Its own technology suggests otherwise, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/ar… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The question is less about whether students should use AI in classrooms than how they should use it, Leslie D’monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/th… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The machines may become more capable, by way of artificial intelligence, but humans must decide how, and whether, to wield that power, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/ai… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

AI is beginning to change not just where advertising appears, but what is being bought and measured. The blue links are gone and “decisions” are in, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Mint Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/ai… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

A humanoid robot may soon outperform an adult in strength and endurance while remaining less capable than a child at daily tasks, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/hu… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

Five technologies are quietly helping build a digital layer that is changing how Indians travel, transact, grow food, access healthcare, and work. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/in… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/ By Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte)

As the architect of Aadhaar and the driving force behind UPI, few are better placed than Nandan Nilekani to rethink how the country conducts high-stakes examinations. Still, it’s a tough task at hand, for a fix requires much more than just technology, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/wh… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The current wave of vertical integration is not a permanent restructuring of the tech industry. The winners of the AI era will be the ones that know which layers to own and let go, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/th… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The scarce asset is no longer merely data, but institutional knowledge embedded in how a company solves problems, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Mint Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/mi… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The assumption is that whoever builds the most intelligent model will dominate AI. The postulation, however, is being revisited, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Mint Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/th… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The advent of open-weight AI models are changing the economics of intelligence. In other words, the future of AI competition may hinge less on who builds the model than on who controls its deployment, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in the second part of his newsletter that explored ‘The evolving economic of AI’. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/th… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

AI has claimed more than 100,000 human jobs in the first six months of 2026. Now, it's faltering at being human at the workplace. Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) breaks down the Economics of AI in the first of a two-part series. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/th… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

As AI moves from prompts to agents, the focus is on optimising Human-AI workflows. That’s simply an AI evolution of customer-facing roles, Leslie D’monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/pr… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

Robot competitions may show how far technology has advanced. Human sport reveals who we are—and what we can become, Leslie D’monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/wh… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

The super app is the oldest trick in the technology playbook. OpenAI is staking its IPO valuation on AI to make it work, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/op… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

Barely two years after Silicon Valley touted AI PCs as the future of computing, Nvidia and Microsoft have moved on to the next big idea, Leslie D’Monte (@ldmonte) writes in this week’s edition of his Tech Talk newsletter. Read: techaimint.substack.com/p/th… Subscribe: techaimint.substack.com/

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. #AI #AgenticAI #Salesforce #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #Techcetra #Mint #GenerativeAI #DigitalLabour #Automation #ValaAfshar #AIJobs #AutonomousAI #Agentforce #FutureTech