Isla Cook

Business Analyst | VOICE OVER ARTIST | Humanitarian | Business, Economics, and Political Commentary | Retweets ≠ Endorsements!

[𝑹𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒊❣️ @BaisaRakhi]

Education brings progress, the way the #govtschools have performed and supported by ministers like Nara Lokesh is simply outstanding

[Soma @som124558]

@sanasathishbabu @naralokesh Govt schools once struggling for admissions now display “NO ADMISSIONS” boards! A true triumph of Nara Lokesh’s revolutionary education reforms. Real change, real results. #EducationRevolution #AndhraPradesh #NaraLokesh #GovtSchools

[Maithili Thakur @maithili121]

@sanasathishbabu @naralokesh From empty classrooms to full capacity — Nara Lokesh has transformed government schools into corporate-standard institutions. Even critics can’t ignore this transformation anymore. #EducationForAll #APEducation #Lokesh

[Paresh Rawat @paresh_raw45724]

@sanasathishbabu @naralokesh The Pithapuram constituency’s Kothapalli-Moolapeta school is a shining example of AP’s education transformation under Nara Lokesh. Technology and vision driving real change. #EducationRevolution #Kakinada

[Piyali Chakraborty @piyali671]

@sanasathishbabu @naralokesh Kothapalli-Moolapeta school in Pithapuram, Kakinada stands as living proof of technology-driven education reform under Nara Lokesh. Even Sakshi had to acknowledge it! #EducationRevolution #Pithapuram #AndhraPradesh

[Sana Sathish Babu @sanasathishbabu]

గతంలో అడ్మిషన్ల కోసం వెతుక్కున్న ప్రభుత్వ స్కూళ్లు.. నేడు సగర్వంగా "NO ADMISSION" బోర్డులు పెడుతున్నాయి!
ఇది విద్యాశాఖ మంత్రి @naralokesh గారి విప్లవాత్మక సంస్కరణల విజయం.

రాష్ట్రవ్యాప్తంగా ప్రభుత్వ పాఠశాలలను కార్పొరేట్ స్థాయికి తీసుకెళ్లారు విద్యాశాఖ మంత్రి @naralokesh గారు. టెక్నాలజీతో కూడిన ఈ విద్యా విప్లవం చూసి, ప్రభుత్వంపై ఏడుపు ఏడ్చే 'సాక్షి' @SakshiNews మీడియా సైతం,
కాకినాడ జిల్లాలోని పిఠాపురం నియోజకవర్గం, కొత్తపల్లి - మూలపేట పాఠశాలలో వాస్తవాన్ని ఒప్పుకుంటూ కథనాలు రాయక తప్పని పరిస్థితి వచ్చింది.

మా��ల్లో కాదు, చేతల్లో విద్యా విప్లవాన్ని సాకారం చేసిన లోకేష్ గారికి నా అభినందనలు..

@naralokesh
@JaiTDP

#APEducation
#APSchools
#GovtSchools
#AndhraPradesh
#MPSanaSathishbabu

[VIEW @viewsoff]

Tuscany, Italy

[Maximiliano Bretos @MaxBretosSports]

The FIFA World Cup 2026™ is here which means soccer broadcasters have to be locked in all 104 games.
One of the best times to sharpen my play-by-play skills is traveling to my soccer destination.
I have a great teammate in the all-new 2027 Kia Telluride Hybrid, together we are going to the Final!! And with Kia serving as FIFA's Official Mobility Partner, it's the perfect ride for the journey.
GOOOOOAAALLLL! @Kia

[Tathvam-asi @tathvamasi6]

Breathtaking visuals of Vande Bharat Express crossing Chenab Bridge. 😍

Engineering Marvel. Enjoy the visuals.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

A very warm welcome to India, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

We are delighted to host you on your first visit to India and I look forward to our wide-ranging discussions tomorrow that will further deepen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

Through our joint efforts, we will continue to advance peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

@takaichi_sanae

[soumitra dutta @soumitradutta]

Is it time for a new Non-Aligned Movement—this time for AI?

During the Cold War, India helped found the Non-Aligned Movement to preserve its strategic autonomy. Today, a new Digital Cold War is emerging.

In our latest op-ed for ThePrint, Alicia García-Herrero and I argue that frontier AI is no longer just about technology—it is a matter of national security.

Countries that depend entirely on foreign AI infrastructure risk losing control over their data, narratives, and strategic decision-making.

India once championed geopolitical autonomy. It can now lead the world toward algorithmic autonomy.

Read more:
https://t.co/U1nSBxo5ar

#SovereignAI #DigitalNAM #TechSovereignty #AI #India #Geopolitics

[soumitra dutta @soumitradutta]

Pleased to discuss the implications of AI with executives at SRM University AP. A key question ahead is whether public and private sector leaders will have the courage to make the right decisions, even if they are hard decisions about work and society.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Mon vizit Sesel in ranpli avek bann rezilta konkret ki pour amelyor lanmitye Lenn-Sesel.

Mon kapab dir ki byen ki sa senkant lannen relasyon ki'n pase in marke par konfyans profon e progre partaze.

Sa prosen senkant an pour ganny definir par inovasyon, soutenabilite ek prosperite partaze.

Mon kontan pour kapab partisip dan selebrasyon Lazournen Nasyonal e sa sirtou letan ki Sesel in selebre 50 an son lendepandans.

Mon remersye Prezidan Herminie, gouvernman ek pep Seselwa pour zot lafeksyon.

@StateHouseSey

[VIEW @viewsoff]

Japan 🇯🇵

[Alicia GarciaHerrero 艾西亞 @Aligarciaherrer]

Sharing the Op-Ed that I co-author with Soumitra Dutta for @ThePrintIndia: "#India’s best defence against an #AI cut-off is a coalition it should help lead."
"On 12 June, the United States Department of Commerce gave Anthropic, one of America’s leading artificial intelligence companies, 90 minutes to restrict its two most powerful models to US citizens. Rather than building nationality checks at that notice, the company withdrew the models — Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — from the market altogether. Overnight, researchers, doctors, educators, and developers in more than a hundred countries, India among them, lost access to tools many had built their work around.

For everyone outside the United States, it was a live demonstration of what dependence on foreign AI infrastructure now means: access can be switched off by a government you do not elect, in roughly the time it takes to read this article.

India should study that demonstration closely, because it is more exposed than its recent progress suggests. The IndiaAI Mission has assembled a shared compute pool of more than 34,000 graphics processing units, and home-grown models such as Sarvams, trained on Indian hardware across 22 Indian languages, are genuine achievements. But the structural picture is unchanged. Only two countries — the US and China — are building full-stack AI sovereignty: the chips, models, clouds, energy, talent, and legal frameworks that together amount to real independence. Everyone else, India included, lives in managed dependence. Every Indian GPU is imported; the frontier systems Indian developers benchmark against, and the clouds that serve them, are controlled abroad. When access is withdrawn, as it was this month, there is no domestic frontier model to fall back on — only the hope that diplomacy restores what a directive removed."

For full article, please access:
https://t.co/GWijEFBNsJ

[soumitra dutta @soumitradutta]

The Trump-Xi Summit is over. What does it mean for the future of Big Tech and AI?

President Donald Trump’s high-stakes state visit to Beijing just wrapped up. While the official headlines focused heavily on trade stability, global conflicts, and Boeing jet orders, the real "elephant in the room" was the global battle for technological supremacy.

If your business relies on AI, advanced compute, or global hardware supply chains, here are the 4 key takeaways from this week’s summit:

1. Tech Diplomacy Took Center Stage
Air Force One looked less like a diplomatic vessel and more like a Silicon Valley board meeting. With outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla/SpaceX/xAI CEO Elon Musk, and last-minute addition Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in attendance, the administration made it clear that American tech leaders are now front-line diplomats. The goal? Leveraging corporate power to negotiate directly on IP protection and market access.

2. The Struggle for the "Compute Advantage"
AI was the core subtext of the talks. While Nvidia’s Huang hoped to secure smoother delivery for the U.S.-approved H200 chips in China, Washington is facing intense domestic pushback. Concerns are peaking regarding "distillation attacks" (where foreign entities copy or clone U.S.-developed frontier models). The message is clear: the U.S. is not ready to blink on its advanced hardware chokepoints.

3. A Shift Toward Centralized AI Oversight
In a fascinating twist, while promoting American innovation abroad, the White House is taking cues from more stringent regulatory models. With the Department of Commerce’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) securing national security review deals with top labs (including Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI), we are moving closer to an executive order requiring mandatory federal reviews before advanced frontier models can be released.

4. The Supply Chain Balancing Act Continues
For consumer giants like Apple, whose iPhone 17 just saw record-breaking success in China, maintaining a footprint in Beijing is critical. However, the macro trend hasn't changed. Big Tech is playing a double game—protecting current Chinese market revenue while aggressively accelerating "friend-shoring" manufacturing efforts into countries like India and Vietnam to hedge against future tariff volatility.

The Bottom Line: The era of borderless, unmonitored AI and tech development is officially over. Artificial intelligence and advanced semiconductors are no longer just commercial products—they are treated as highly regulated, sovereign resources vital to national security.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechPolicy #Semiconductors #Geopolitics #SupplyChain #Innovation #TrumpXiSummit

[soumitra dutta @soumitradutta]

The AI Backlash Nobody Predicted: Why Gen Z is Leading the Rebellion

Recent pieces in in the media highlight a massive shift: the loudest critics of AI aren't Luddites—they are Gen Z and young millennials.

As universities and corporations double down on AI, they are hitting an unexpected wall of human resistance. Here is what's happening and how leaders must respond:

1. The Reality: This isn't fear, it's fatigue.

Young people are rejecting AI not because they don't understand it, but because they do. They are pushing back against:

The "Dead Internet": A fierce rejection of synthetic social media content in favor of raw, authentic human connection.

Devalued Creativity: The feeling that AI tools plagiarize their data to replace entry-level creative and coding jobs.

Consent & Privacy: A deep skepticism toward corporate data-harvesting models.

2. The Market Shift: A premium on the "Human-Made"

The assumption that tech adoption is inevitable is dead. We are entering an era of deliberate "opt-out" movements (analog tools, dumbphones) where "100% Human-Created" is becoming a premium, highly marketable luxury badge.

3. The Pivot for Universities: Techno-Humanism

Higher education cannot force AI integration on a population seeking to reclaim human agency. Institutions must:

Protect Analog Options: Accommodate students who choose to write, create, and think without algorithmic assistance.

Teach Critical Evaluation: Focus heavily on data ethics, copyright law, and bias—not just how to write prompts.

Double Down on the Inimitable: Prioritize what AI can't replicate—vibrant seminar debates, hands-on labs, and deep human mentorship.

The Bottom Line: Gen Z isn't anti-technology; they are pro-humanity. If our AI strategy ignores human dignity and autonomy, the very generation we are trying to reach will walk away.

Opinion | The Generation That Grew Up With A.I. Hates It - The New York Times

#AI #HigherEducation #GenZ #FutureOfWork #TechEthics #Universities

[soumitra dutta @soumitradutta]

The Real Battle Was Never About OpenAI

The Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman courtroom drama was never really about OpenAI. It was the first major governance war of the AI age. Behind the personalities and legal filings lies a much bigger question:

Who controls the intelligence infrastructure of the 21st century?

A nonprofit?

Founders?

Investors?

Governments?

Or the companies that own the compute?

OpenAI began as a mission-driven organization warning about concentrated AI power. But frontier AI changed the economics completely. Training leading AI systems now requires enormous amounts of capital, compute, energy, and geopolitical positioning. AI has rapidly evolved from an open research ecosystem into a race for infrastructure dominance.

But as the infrastructure centralizes, the public trust is fracturing. Weeks of leaked texts and bitter billionaire vendettas have triggered a massive shift in how the public perceives AI. We are no longer dealing with a standard tech-adoption curve; we will be facing a psychological barrier. While society readily adopts superficial AI tools for routine tasks, high-stakes sectors like healthcare, education, and law are hitting the brakes.

The irony is striking: The organization founded to democratize AI may become one of the most centralized intelligence institutions ever created. And that centralization is about to become permanent.

With massive, multi-trillion-dollar public offerings on the horizon for OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX’s unified tech layers, an unprecedented wave of Wall Street capital is hitting the accelerator.Once these companies go public, the pressure to monetize may override any remaining ethical pledges.

This is why the Musk–Altman conflict matters. It reflects the defining tension of the AI era:

Can mission-driven governance survive trillion-dollar AI economics?

Oil infrastructure shaped the 20th century. Financial infrastructure reshaped globalization. AI infrastructure may define the next global order.

We may eventually look back at this case as the moment AI stopped being viewed merely as software to adopt…

…and became recognized as critical global infrastructure we are challenged to govern in an inclusive and beneficial manner.

#AI #OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance #Geopolitics #Technology #Leadership #PublicTrust

[Isla Cook @IslaCookk]

Thousands of residents in remote mountain villages are benefiting from improved access to water thanks to the efforts supported by the Hinduja Foundation. These initiatives are helping families focus on farming, education...

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[Isla Cook @IslaCookk]

Women’s health and education have emerged as key priorities for the Hinduja Foundation. Through a combination of awareness initiatives, counselling programmes...

#NamrataHinduja #NamrataHindujaGeneva #NamrataHindujaSwiss

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