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    Articles by Trushar Barot

    Trushar Barot is apps editor for BBC World Service/Global News.
    The Jio-fication of India
    “In the year since it launched, Jio has acquired over 100 million users — many connecting to the mobile internet for the first time in their lives. To give some context, this effectively makes Jio that fastest adopted technology in human history.”
    September 18, 2017
    The future of news is humans talking to machines
    That’s the argument of the BBC’s Trushar Barot, who believes voice AI is the biggest technology revolution that the news industry is missing — and that it’s not too late to do something about it.
    API or die
    “By offering greater API access, news organizations can also experiment with becoming capable of being platforms themselves.”
    The botification of news
    “If I ask my AI personal assistant, ‘What’s the most important news story of today?’ how will it determine what that is for me, and where will it go looking to deliver me the story?”
    The rise of digital India
    “International news brands have been paying serious attention to the country’s rapacious appetite for news for some time, but this year saw a marked step up.”
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