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Speaker 3: Absolutely, absolutely, that's been my favorite subject for some time.

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Speaker 1: And just with that, I think we'll leave it this.

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Speaker 1: I thank you so much for your time.

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Speaker 2: And JBS listening to you.

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Speaker 4: I would like to visit Hyderabayt the next time I'm

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Speaker 3: You are welcome, Ashish, I think you should visit. The

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Speaker 1: All right. Thank your Shish, Thank you, JVS.

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Speaker 2: Thank you what pleasure talking to both of you.

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Speaker 3: Thank you Graham for the time and ashes. Thank you

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Speaker 3: pleasure meeting you all.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to A SHOESH and JVS for the insights

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Speaker 1: to today's episode of Technically Speaking. Many of you listening

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Speaker 1: to this podcast will have experienced the frustrations of city

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Speaker 1: low power, highly efficient edge devices will reduce the time

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Speaker 1: If the adoption of smart city technologies saves you just

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Speaker 1: According to the World Bank, currently fifty six percent of

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Speaker 1: that city is with a high livability score will attract

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Speaker 1: utilize their new trends in AI, edge devices and computing

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Speaker 1: techniques to improve the life of residence. As with all technology,

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Speaker 1: privacy protections of the individual must be topmost in mind,

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Speaker 1: as we may fall into an unwonted scenario of feeling

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Speaker 1: like we're always being watched. However, I am confident that

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Speaker 1: smart city technology and use AI ethically, we will see

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Speaker 1: metropolises from all corners of the globe continue to grow

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Speaker 1: and prosper. Join us again on Tuesday, June fourth, we'll

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Speaker 1: be exploring the technologies impacting the future of retail. Technically

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Speaker 1: Speaking was produced by a Ruby Studio from iHeartRadio in

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Speaker 1: partnership with Intel and hosted by me Graham Class. Our

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Speaker 1: executive producer is Molly Socio Our EP of post production

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Speaker 1: is James Foster, and our supervising producer is Nikir Swinton.

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Speaker 1: This episode was edited by Sierra Spreen and written by

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Speaker 1: Nick Firshaw.