This is big: all access to Mythos and Fable AI models disabled for everyone outside America.
First thoughts:
1. Technology is the ultimate weapon. National sovereignty, national security, all of it is now about technology.
2. Globalization is dead and Bharat must find her own way ahead.
We must keep these two ideas in mind.
What can our government do right now? Ensure that orgs in India embrace smaller models, both Indian and Chinese open source ones. With a bit of effort, we can make them work. Anyway, why pay money to people who don't even want to sell to you?
We must deepen our R&D. Sarvam has been on it and we have been on it but remember that the latest models cost not only huge GPU budgets to train, the GPUs themselves are restricted. So we can't afford the scale of money (of the order of $100+ billion to even get in the game!) and even if we could come up with the money, we can't get all the GPUs. I would not like to ask the government to fund tens of billions of dollars on this anyway - the money has far better uses.
Zoho has been pursuing alternative R&D approaches that are far, far less expensive but by its nature cutting edge R&D takes time and we are patient. I am confident we will get there.
Any remaining people in India who have delusions about globalization should wake up now.
Norway’s Aftenposten depicted PM Modi as a “snake charmer” in a cartoon published during his visit to Oslo.
But this is more than a cartoon. It revives colonial-era racist stereotypes long used to portray India as backward and uncivilised.
From the NYT mocking Mars mission to Aftenposten's snake charmer caricature, sections of Western media still seem uncomfortable with India’s rise.
https://t.co/o542Rrszl4
Beware, Gen Z of India!
The USA-based ecosystem is using your emotions to fulfill its goal of regime change in India.
I will write in detail about how this psychological warfare is being carried out by some local assets of a foreign power!
Single handly destroyed india-norway relationship...
@jonasgahrstore Mr. President, you should have invited credible journalists, not street-level propagandists pretending to be journalists.
@norwayinindia@IndiainNorway
We believe you. You are not a Spy. Spies are smart. You are just a LW Paid Stooge who doesn't understands the difference between a Press Briefing and a Press Conference but calls yourself a Journalist.
In India, we call jokers like you Toolkitiyas. Enjoy you 2 minute fame of being an embarrassment to your Nation.
Joseph D'Souza, perhaps you've not heard of him. He did not build just one church; he built a multi-layered, corporate missionary network. He is the kingpin of the “Christians under attack” fake narrative.
Who is this anti-Hindu, anti-India scamster under ED scanner? Read 🧵
THE MEA TOOK THE BAIT. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE.
The question was never India’s to answer. If a Norwegian journalist asks, “Why should we trust India?”, that is fundamentally a question for Norway’s leadership. There's no need for India to seek validation from anyone on this account.
Too often, the Indian establishment still craves affirmation from legacy Western institutions. That colonial reflex needs to end. India has nothing to prove.
He actually slid into a foreign troll journalist's DMs to apologize on behalf of all Indians after she demeaned the country on press freedom. The desperation is embarrassing. 🤡
ASI has employed a Muslim women to Explain Hindu History
She wears slippers in Temples, to which a tourist objected
Why does ASI act so secular and employe Muslims at Hindu Heritage Sites?
"Modi has not done a single press conference in 12 years."
So what?
Not taking questions from the press is not some moral crime in itself. The media is not a council of high priests conducting a legitimacy exam that every Prime Minister must clear for democratic certification.
In a democracy, legitimacy comes from public mandate and governance, not from standing before cameras to satisfy a section of the media that mistakes access for accountability.
As such, today's media ecosystem is not some sacred, neutral institution operating above politics. Much of it is deeply polarized. Different political camps have their favorite journalists, narratives, and ecosystems. Questions are designed less to seek answers and more to manufacture headlines, extract viral moments, or build personal brands.
And those who hold frequent press conferences are not automatically standing on higher moral ground either. We have all seen planted easy questions from pliable journalists and difficult questions brushed aside with “aap rival party ki bhasha mat boliye,” deflections, or outright evasions.
The number of press conferences a leader does is not a certificate of transparency. Otherwise, by that logic, Trump, who interacts with the press almost daily, should automatically be considered the most transparent, most democratic, and the finest leader in the world.
This is Helle Lyng
She created her whole personality around questioning PM Modi & got support of Anti India brigade
But then she made a mistake & exposed herself
While giving interview to an Indian channel she clearly says that it was just a press briefing and there was no time for questions
Yet she shouted & made video just for TRP
Norwegian reporter Helle Lyng went viral after heckling PM Modi, but her own profile raises serious questions.
Limited India reporting, recent X verification, China tilt, Rana Ayyub mutual, and suspected coordination with The Hindu.
Was this journalism, or a planned anti-India spectacle during PM Modi’s Norway visit?
writes @LekhakAnurag
https://t.co/3ykWZjVPiI
The Soros gang wanted to embarrass the Indian prime minister in a foreign land. One Indian who is Christian by birth shut everyone's mouth; he was so effective that the planted journalist ran away in shame. My prime minister doesn't need to respond to such presstitutes; it's below his dignity. There are enough CB George in India to take on our ideological enemies, both inside the country and worldwide. United we stand divided we fall.
“We knew in advance that there would not be any questions”
Helle Lyng says she was well aware that it was a press briefing and neither leader would take questions.
Then why did she heckle PM Modi?
She exposed herself. It was nothing more than a hit job!
A coordinated hit job on the Indian PM, immediately followed by scheduling an exclusive interview with Rahul Gandhi.
The playbook is getting entirely too predictable.
India must be asking Norway to officially apologize for what its Epstein linked diplomat said about killing Indians. Instead India, the world's largest democracy, officially invites DS plants and small time sellouts to try prove something to them in Norway. Very disappointing.