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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Articles by Charles Assisi

Why we choose to confess to AI rather than humans

Why we choose to confess to AI rather than humans

Updated on Jul 11, 2026 03:32 IST

Why we chose to confess to AI rather than humans

As people increasingly share personal information with AI, the bigger question is why we trust algorithms with our deepest fears and secrets. (Representative photo)

Updated on Jul 10, 2026 14:00 IST

Should the government own a piece of AI companies?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of India AI Impact Expo, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Sarvam AI co-founder Pratyush Kumar also seen.

Updated on Jul 5, 2026 11:13 IST

Bite-sized cruelties: What we’re getting most wrong at restaurants

Don’t be that guy: Penny (Kaley Cuoco), a waitress, deals with an exasperating customer in The Big Bang Theory.

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 11:29 IST

Should the government own a piece of AI companies?

Should the government own a piece of AI companies?

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 03:11 IST

Risks and rewards of India’s software products

Risks and rewards of India’s software products

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 09:18 IST

Maturity leave: Charles Assisi writes on watching heroes age

Metallica offers hope, via reinvention. Band members don’t live like they’re still in their 20s. They have treated aging somewhat like elite athletes do, following strict health regimens and travelling with physical therapists and trainers. (Redferns via Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 11:27 IST

Artificially yours: AI and intimacy

Artificially yours: AI and intimacy

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 01:22 IST

Will increasing lack of curiosity also make us stupider?

AI(Artificial Intelligence) and Financial Technology. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 21:36 IST

Will increasing lack of curiosity also make us stupider? Charles Assisi on AI

The 600-million-year-old human brain hasn't suddenly rewired its internal algorithms just because a new software update has arrived. What is atrophying is not cognitive capability. It is the cognitive drive.

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 12:50 IST

Zoom out, tune in: Charles Assisi on embracing abstractation

Life rarely unfolds with photographic clarity. The trick, therefore, isn’t gathering more clues but spotting patterns in the incomplete. (Above) At first glance, Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky’s Improvisation 31 (1913) seems obscure. Look closer, and a battle at sea emerges. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 14:07 IST

How the middle-class should adjust to AI economy

FILE PHOTO: A message reading "AI artificial intelligence", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Updated on May 30, 2026 13:25 IST

How the middle-class should adjust to AI economy

Business and technology concept. Internet of Things(IoT). Information Communication Technology(ICT). Aritificial Intelligence(AI). (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on May 30, 2026 24:50 IST

Ctrl + Alt + Deplete: Charles Assisi writes on why we all seem overwhelmed

Untitled (1967), by Mozambican painter and poet Malangatana Ngwenya, set during the country’s War of Independence from Portugal. Most of us do not live amid conflict, threat or need. Yet, even when nothing seems wrong, the unease remains. (Tate Galleries)

Updated on May 23, 2026 15:23 IST

Will big-tech data centres colonise India once again?

Will big-tech data centres colonise India once again?

Updated on May 23, 2026 24:22 IST

The evolution of speech recognition and its future

The evolution of speech recognition and its future

Updated on May 16, 2026 02:00 IST

Will, and Grace: Charles Assisi writes on euthanasia

(HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)

Updated on May 9, 2026 10:29 IST

Are white collar workers the new blue collar class?

India’s IT workforce faces a harsh reset as automation and AI disrupt traditional software jobs, exposing vulnerabilities in mid-career professionals. (Representative photo)

Updated on May 8, 2026 14:11 IST

Frauds powered by AI: Evolution of the Jamtara boys

Frauds powered by AI: Evolution of the Jamtara boys

Updated on May 2, 2026 24:18 IST

Insta ads and their instant gratification

Advertising concept with outdoor billboard with ad and marketing icons set vector illustration

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 22:52 IST

Insta ads and their instant gratification

I wasn’t looking to buy a phone holder for my car. (Amazon/ Representative photo)

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 11:24 IST

Early souring of an AI dream

Robot handshake human background, futuristic digital age (rawpixel.com / Benjamas)

Updated on Apr 11, 2026 24:38 IST

Early souring of an AI dream

(shutterstock/ Representative photo)

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 16:18 IST

Watch this pace: Is time really ‘slipping by’, asks Charles Assisi

One of British artist Antony Gormley’s life-sized sculptures on Crosby Beach, England. What is the passage of time but a mirror image of what we’re doing with it? (Wikimedia)

Updated on Apr 4, 2026 07:12 IST

The oracle has spoken, spelling out a tragedy for Indian techies

The oracle has spoken, spelling out a tragedy for Indian techies

Updated on Apr 4, 2026 24:44 IST

The oracle has spoken, spelling out a tragedy for Indian techies

Oracle cuts 30,000 jobs worldwide, 12,000 in India (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 3, 2026 10:31 IST

The not-so-hidden cost of a faraway war

Thane, India - March -27, 2026: Even after booking a gas cylinder and receiving a confirmation message on their mobile phones, citizens have not yet received the delivery of the gas cylinders., Due to the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, a shortage of cooking gas cylinders is being felt in countrie. Amid this situation, a crowd of citizens has been seen outside the Bharat Gas company office in Thane Ghodbander road thane , seeking information regarding gas supply ,in Mumbai, India, on, Friday, March -27, 2026. ( Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 28, 2026 01:26 IST

The not-so-hidden cost of a faraway war

On the black market, cylinders that once cost around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,800–2,000 are now changing hands for <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4,000–6,000 or more. The restaurant’s fuel costs have spiralled by over 300%. (Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Time)

Updated on Mar 27, 2026 17:10 IST

I admire those who refuse to pay the ‘status tax’, says Charles Assisi

Matthew Macfadyen as the social climber Tom Wambsgans in Succession. It can take all one’s energy to live this way, fretting over fripperies and desperate to impress.

Updated on Mar 21, 2026 11:53 IST

The error-prone ‘human’ bot is here

A robot appears next to a person at a testing site in Beijing, China. (Reuters)

Updated on Mar 20, 2026 11:08 IST

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