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Mala Bhargava

Mint contributor

Mala Bhargava was among the first journalists in India to write on personal technology, then known as 'home computing'. With Cyber Media she launched the country's first personal tech magazine, Computers@Home, in 1996. She also wrote a tech trends column, That's IT, for Businessworld magazine for 20 years. She has also written for The Hindu BusinessLine and Fortune. Her speciality has always been writing for 'the rest of us' rather than for the tech-savvy. She has a background in psychology which makes it natural for her to write on how technology impacts everyday life. She is currently a Mint contributor, writing on AI in daily life, specifically the chat assistants. She lives in New Delhi.

ARTICLES BY MALA BHARGAVA

An AI ring allows users to capture fleeting thoughts by whispering into it, but raises concerns about social awkwardness.

Excuse me while I speak to my knuckles

3 min read . 18 Jul 2026

I enjoy my morning tea a little more, knowing the emergency in question was actually last Tuesday. (AI-generated image)

Wasn’t the emergency last Tuesday?

5 min read . 11 Jul 2026

AI-powered smart glasses are taking personal recording to a new level. (AI-generated image)

With AI, never forget, never remember

3 min read . 04 Jul 2026

The twin problems of AI - Sycophancy tells you what you want to hear. Hallucination tells you what it wants you to believe. (Pexels Photo)

The twin devils that continue to plague AI

5 min read . 27 Jun 2026

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 8, 2026. (Bloomberg)

Apple is late to the AI party and that may be a blessing

4 min read . 20 Jun 2026

If you find AI assistants useful and are uneasy about what it knows about you, there’s no harm developing some AI hygiene in this transition period. (AI-generated image)

Is AI secretly taking notes on me?

4 min read . 13 Jun 2026

Google isn’t the only company trying to make users more comfortable with its AI products.

AI is now more enjoyable - and inescapable

4 min read . 06 Jun 2026

As AI-generated images redefine beauty standards, individuals of all ages are turning to plastic surgeons for transformations to match their digital selves.

Now people want to look AI-generated?

3 min read . 30 May 2026

Where social media demanded your active participation, AI requires an entirely passive surrender. (Pexel)

Social media changed society. AI changes everything.

4 min read . 23 May 2026

GPT 5.5, OpenAI’s new AI model, seems to have taken Sam Altman somewhat by surprise. (ChatGPT)

AI surprises even its own creators

5 min read . 16 May 2026

AI is really fantastic at talking about music.

A butter-smooth relationship with AI may not be the best thing

4 min read . 09 May 2026

YouTube channel Wilderness was all about the stories.

Now, AI can no longer tell what’s real

4 min read . 02 May 2026

Communication is no longer just assisted by AI, it is beginning to be conducted by it.

Sorry AI, you’re just not human enough

4 min read . 25 Apr 2026

If users are still baffled by being tracked, imagine the shock when agentic AI becomes embedded in the apps we use most. (Pexel)

Agentic AI spells the end of privacy

4 min read . 18 Apr 2026

If it hadn’t been for Gemini, I wouldn’t have known that Orhan Pamuk had unusually blurred the lines between fiction and reality with the creation of the physical museum.

How Gemini transformed my reading

4 min read . 11 Apr 2026

Today, it’s the machine working overtime to speak human.

To learn the tech, all you have to do is ask

4 min read . 04 Apr 2026

AI or AI agents aren’t out to be evil, vengeful, or harmful. They are, however, laser-focused on their given goal and hell-bent on achieving it, no matter what. (AI)

Could your AI agent blackmail you?

4 min read . 28 Mar 2026

If you want writing, images, videos, apps, solutions to problems or anything else, don't just throw the subject at the AI. (Pexel)

Why AI told me to stop eating batteries

4 min read . 21 Mar 2026

Until now, surveillance was passive. With AI, the organization can interact with the employee at any and every point. (AI)

Smile, please. AI is watching

4 min read . 14 Mar 2026

There are also writing styles that, irrespective of the specific words, smell like AI straight away. (iStock)

Have you noticed your AI assistant’s favourite words?

4 min read . 07 Mar 2026