Sarvesh Mathi

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Penalties for non-compliance can be up to 10% of global turnover. For more: https://t.co/497h4HMuzQ

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Ex-ante rules for digital platforms in India, like the EU DMA, have been in discussion for a while. On March 12, the government released the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, for public feedback. Here's a detailed summary of the Bill:

https://t.co/497h4HMuzQ

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Thresholds for being designated as SSDE:

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Apart from Play service fees, startups have also told us that they pay Google a significant part of their revenue for advertising services. But this is hard to estimate as it is discretionary spending and varies company to company.

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

An illustration of the Google Play billing policy in India, which is at the heart of the longstanding issue between Google and app developers.

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Can 10/10 vouch that she’ll be great for any company

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

So Moneycontrol reports that AI platforms will have to seek government permission before launching any AI product in India. Seems that the @GoI_MeitY has sent an advisory to AI platforms.

Meity should clarify the legal basis for this advisory, because the IT Rules and the
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[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Can @IndusAppstore really take on Google Play in India? Maybe. Here are the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. @medianama

https://t.co/2NMK2TPFah

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model.

Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions.

https://t.co/YYpOAcrXQ3

Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy Tokyo city is bustling. The camera moves through the bustling city street, following several people enjoying the beautiful snowy weather and shopping at nearby stalls. Gorgeous sakura petals are flying through the wind along with snowflakes.”

[Casey Neistat @Casey]

Vision Pro isn't just great, it's the single greatest piece of tech ive ever used

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

Deep Fakes are in the news again, and this time it's the unfortunate case of Taylor Swift's deep fake. X/Twitter had imposed an ineffective search block, and it is believed that Microsoft tools were used to create these deep fakes. Some thoughts on this:
1. There need to be
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[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

OpenAI has quietly changed its terms to allow it to work with Military and for Warfare
https://t.co/L2bkETyClo

This is a worrying development, esp since OpenAI has scraped a large amount of publicly available data from across the world. While it says that it's tech should
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[sanjoy ghose @advsanjoy]

Former philosophy professor Roop Rekha Verma, over 76 years of age, seen in this clip distributing pamphlets to promote communal harmony was one of the petitioners in the Bilkis Case. The idea of India survives because she still has daughters like her!

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

@gifsagar @pooniawalla @nsitharaman @Naba_Kr_Sarania RBI refused to share any whitelist to our RTI request. The appeal was also denied. https://t.co/XHS9U6vDQQ

Indian Express later reported that there’s no list at all. https://t.co/2kBf5BXqiE

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Job alert 🔔 @medianama is hiring a journalist and sub-editor, sign up here if you’re interested: https://t.co/69iu0aZkJA

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Google plans to appeal the decision, so more twists and turns are possible. But for now, this is the biggest setback to Google in its home market. More detailed story coming up on MediaNama. (5/5)

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Epic has won its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google in the US with the jury finding both Play and Play Billing to be illegal monopolies 🧵(1/5)

[Sarvesh Mathi @sarveshmathi]

Epic CEO is rightfully elated. The case goes back all the way to August 2020 when Google took down Fortnite from Play for using its own billing system, prompting Epic to file this lawsuit. (4/5)
https://t.co/a9ic8rpDcy

[Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic]

Victory over Google! After 4 weeks of detailed court testimony, the California jury found against the Google Play monopoly on all counts. The Court’s work on remedies will start in January. Thanks for everyone’s support and faith! Free Fortnite!