The ethics of AI: Protecting jobs while boosting productivity

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By Ankush Jagga, Co-founder and CEO of UnfoldXR

With every major technological evolution, comes a certain level of both excitement and anxiety, and the AI revolution is no different. At every crossroads of history, when industries changed how they function, one question kept surfacing across manufacturing floors, warehouses, maintenance sites, and field operations – What happens to workers?

In the 1970s and 80s, when computers entered workplaces, many feared job loss and the pressure to adapt to unfamiliar technology. But instead of removing job roles, computers ended up creating new skills and roles, and reshaping work as a whole. The current anxiety around AI feels remarkably similar.

We forget that even in highly automated industries like manufacturing or oil & energy, operations still depend heavily on human judgement and experience. Which is why the real question today is not whether AI will enter frontline work, because it already has; the...

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IIT Ropar’s ANNAM.AI, Syngenta and Google Launch ‘HACK CORE  2026’, a National AI Hackathon to Build AI-Enabled Solutions for Farmers and the Agri Ecosystem across India

ANNAM.AI, India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, hosted at IIT Ropar under the Ministry of Education, Government of India has launched HACK CORE 2026, a National AI hackathon in collaboration with Syngenta and Google, inviting innovators to develop AI-driven solutions for crop health,