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In The News
- Hearst press release: Rajiv Pant Named General Manager of Technology Platforms and Chief Technology and Product Officer of Hearst Magazines, Hearst Autos, and CDS Global (also MediaPost article, Hearst press release)
- Talking Biz News article: WSJ’s chief technology officer promoted to News Corp. position
- Talking Biz News article: WSJ hires chief technology and product officer
- The Wall Street Journal article: New York Times CTO Rajiv Pant Joins Digital Media Startup Some Spider
- Politico article: NY Times CTO Rajiv Pant leaves to join a startup
- The CTO Series: An interview with Rajiv Pant, CTO of The New York Times by Justin Hendrix, Executive Director at NYC Media Lab
- Quartz essay: Why I left being CTO of The New York Times, joined a startup, and am pledging 20% of my equity to charity
- Honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014
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Beyond Outcomes: Why Great Leaders Prioritize Inputs
Introduction Mediocre leaders focus on outputs, good leaders focus on outcomes, but great leaders, the truly transformative visionaries, prioritize inputs. This statement might jolt the modern managerial mindset, accustomed as it is to a world where results, metrics, and end-products dominate boardroom discussions. However, an ancient verse from the Bhagavad Gita, coupled with time-honored wisdom…
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A Reflection on Accomplishments and Aspirations
Life has a way of leading us to moments of reflection, where we pause to evaluate our journey, our achievements1, and the path that lies ahead. Recently, during one such moment, I found myself reaching for a piece of wisdom from my past. Dr. Kamal Satyarthi, then Vice-Principal of my school, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, penned…
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An Executive’s Daily Routine for Productivity and Balance (Summer 2023)
My friends occasionally ask how I keep a mostly even keel despite the pressures of an industry that needs to do more with less, and how I’ve managed to complete an intense workout every day for more than 1234 consecutive days.1 Juggling the myriad responsibilities of an executive role while still making time for personal…
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The Evolution of Generative AI Platforms: How Large Language Models will Disrupt Business and Society
Large language model (LLM) powered platforms OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and You.com have captured the public’s imagination recently with their ability to generate remarkably human-like text and images. However, this is just the beginning. As LLMs become more powerful, integrating them with other systems will evolve them into full-fledged platforms and unlock their capabilities even…
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Understanding the Role of Product in Media Companies and Tech Companies
I enumerated the role of product management in my earlier article titled The Many Hats of Product Managers: Their Indispensable Hands-On Roles as Individual Contributors. I described the Roles and Responsibilities for Digital Product Development Teams to discuss the interplay of product management, software engineering, design & user research, data, and technology operations. One of…
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Yale CEO Summit June 2023: The Intersection of AI and Leadership
I’ve admired Jeff Sonnenfeld for more than a decade since I studied his book Firing Back and wrote a review. Having attended Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld’s Yale CEO Summit twice before, in 2014 and 2016 and finding the learnings there invaluable, I followed the news and insights from this year’s event with great interest, especially because…
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From Vision & Concept in 2017 to Reality in 2023: The Evolution of AI in Journalism
How AI can help with news storytelling In 2017, I shared my vision of how AI could revolutionize journalism by empowering journalists to create personalized storytelling experiences for readers. Back then, as chief technology & product officer at The Wall Street Journal, I envisioned AI crafting customized versions of a news story for different reader…
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The Poetic Power Play: A Lesson from Indian Poetry and Professor Jeff Pfeffer
In this post, my first venture into bilingual blogging, I extend my thoughts primarily towards my English-speaking readers, while also preserving the rich context of its Indian heritage. Recently, a dear childhood friend, dedicated to revolutionizing education for underprivileged children in India, reached out to me, sharing his struggles with political challenges in his career.…
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On this Father’s Day, may your life be as marvelous as your social media presence
On Social Media, Many of Us Are Happy Heroes In the age of social media, it’s easy to get caught up in the carefully cultivated personas that people present to the world. We scroll through our feeds, admiring the seemingly perfect lives of others, thinking they have it all figured out. But the truth is,…
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Why Vector Databases & Embeddings Used for Prompt Context are Limited for Personalized AI Assistants
As an artificial intelligence enthusiast who has been working in the technology and media industries all my career, I have seen the rise of personal AI assistants and their increasing popularity. In May 2023, I developed and released Ragbot.AI, an open source AI assistant powered by large language models. Like other AI assistants powered by…
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Reinventing How We Will Consume Information: LLM-Powered Agents as Superhuman Guides with Immense Knowledge and Teachers with Infinite Patience
I write this blog post to explore an emerging frontier in the way we consume information – one that will have profound implications for the way we read, learn, and interact with complex content. This new frontier is heralded by the advent of large language models (LLMs), powerful generative AI that can understand and generate…
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