Pragya Singha Roy

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[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Anthropic's latest models available worldwide. In other words, Chinese open source models posed a serious enough threat to market share.

In a different context, an Indian customer of some of our products told me recently "A big Microsoft Office license renewal came up and they hiked the price drastically. We told them we are looking at the Zoho office suite and they dropped the price by 90%" - he thanked me for saving them big money, even without buying our office suite. If you are facing renewal of Microsoft Office license, I suggest you mention Zoho.

Some history: Microsoft is a convicted monoplist by a US Federal Court (April 2000) and the monopoly finding but not the suggested remedy was upheld by the U.S Court of Appeals (DC circuit) in 2001. Microsoft has a long illustrious history of milking the customer dry (see the AI link below for details).

Competition is always important. The fact that American AI models have serious competition from China is important for India and other countries.

Finally, I am now confident that India will catch up in AI models. There is no reason to be despondent. There are multiple efforts going on in academia and industry and the cost to train AI models is starting to fall. Recently I met people from the BharatGen team (IIT Bombay) and they are making great progress. I will write more about BharatGen soon.

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Millions of people still struggle for clean water.
Meanwhile, AI could consume enough water to meet the annual needs of 1.3 billion people by 2030.
https://t.co/8Ya9YnI8QZ
#AI #WaterCrisis #WorldEnvironmentDay #ChatGPT

[Yuchen Jin @Yuchenj_UW]

More and more engineers are now burning more money on AI tokens than their base salaries.

Tech companies are facing a brutal dilemma:
> let everyone tokenmaxx and move at AI speed
> add token budgets and kill the vibe
> lay off 50% of people and give the rest unlimited tokens

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

#MicrosoftBuild 2026 felt less like a developer conference and more like an AI arms race. Every company keeps launching "agents" that promise to do our jobs faster, yet most people are still waiting for AI that gets basic tasks right.
https://t.co/sieIAIqx4p

[ALX🇱🇷 @alxui_ux]

If AI can build this, learning design today is a waste of time 😭

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

AI can suggest smarter follow-up questions automatically
AI Overviews and AI Mode are now more deeply integrated
New AI agents can track topics and deliver updates later
Search can now book services and even call businesses on your behalf

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Google just announced the biggest upgrade to Search in more than 25 years.

Gemini 3.5 Flash now powers AI Mode by default

Search now supports longer, natural language conversations

Users can upload documents, photos, videos, and even Chrome tabs directly into Search

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Google goes all-in on AI at #GoogleIO2026
🔹 Gemini 3.5 Flash officially launched
🔹 Gemini Omni brings AI-generated graphics & videos
🔹 Docs Live lets users create docs with voice
🔹 “Ask YouTube” AI search announced
https://t.co/c99sZkaAyb

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Google I/O 2026 could be packed with AI surprises.
Leaks hint at Gemini 4.0, Gemini Spark agentic AI, AI avatars, upgraded video generation and a redesigned Gemini UI with new privacy controls.
#GoogleIO #GeminiAI #AI
https://t.co/b8TP1H0xCc

[maria @resistancestan]

i resonate with karl marx’s fixation with linen

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

@PicturesPVR, @khoonimondayYT and @HorrorCon2013 launch India’s first immersive horror screening.
HOKUM (2026) The director of ODDITY brazenly rewrites Stephen King's 1408 by adding witches, crime mystery, Irish legends, and a grand gothic atmosphere.

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Sam Altman’s fortune has reportedly surged to $6.5 billion after explosive court filings revealed massive investments tied to #OpenAI partnerships.
#SamAltmannetworth
https://t.co/xl16IeeWzr

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Travel apps are entering a new AI era.
ixigo has unveiled its fully AI-native app with a redesigned TARA assistant that can plan, book and manage trips through voice and conversational prompts.
@ixigo
#ixigo

[Mumbai Heritage @mumbaiheritage]

1960: Professor R. Narasimhan demonstrating TIFRAC (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Automatic Calculator), India’s first indigenous digital computer, to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Homi J. Bhabha at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

[Noah Cat @Cartidise]

Wake up babe, Huawei has dropped another black magic feature

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Writers are going all out to stay off the radar of armchair AI detectors. “It’s like the new McCarthyism.” 🔗 https://t.co/64I7z7asw1

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.”

— 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻 𝘒𝘢𝘧𝘬𝘢

[Firstpost @firstpost]

Kolkata is a city that seduces you and disappoints almost simultaneously. You arrive, and it feels like a world you have always wanted to inhabit and grow old in.

[Pragya Singha Roy @Pragyasingharoy]

Crystal Matrix will set up India’s first commercial Mini/Micro-LED display facility in Dholera, while Suchi Semicon will establish an OSAT semiconductor packaging plant in Surat.

https://t.co/1brMeE1fpZ

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

A step forward for 🇮🇳’s innovation and tech ecosystem with two more semiconductor projects approved under India Semiconductor Mission (ISM).

Includes country’s first commercial Mini/Micro-LED display facility based on GaN (Gallium Nitride) Technology and a semiconductor packaging facility. These will be set up in Gujarat with an investment of ₹3,936 Cr and will create jobs for 2,230 skilled professionals.

#CabinetDecisions