Varish Mulwad

Senior Scientist @GE_Aerospace Research. PhD Computer Science @UMBC; @ebiquity alum. Tweets about Technology, Computer Science, India. Views here are personal.

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

And so it begins ..

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

Access to all other Claude models is not affected.

We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/bwn0sximKZ

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

https://t.co/iZQhGAP6F0

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

Suryakumar Yadav's successful stint as T20I captain culminated in India retaining the T20 World Cup 🏆

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

Surya bhau .. dada .. thank you!🫡

Come back strong! 💪🇮🇳

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

Suryakumar Yadav at Mumbai T20 League:

“Very happy for Shreyas Iyer. We played a lot of cricket for Mumbai and India together. Most importantly 3 back to back T20i captains for India from Mumbai now and it it very proud moment for all of us at Mumbai cricket”.

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@Mittermaniac He gave quite a few interviews during the IPL too (and not just end of the IPL).

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

Congratulations, RCB on your second IPL 🏆

With the mega auction a year away, RCB has a good chance of making a 3 peat. Only Punjab or a 15 year old kid (RR!) can stop them.

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

Though different cities and countries does makes it harder.

For me, now back in Mumbai, it means thinking about how to build a life in my 40s when my closest friends are geographically in different places. 2/2

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

This hits pretty close to home. Almost all my (adult) meaningful friendships have been due to the structure - graduate school in the US and then some at work. We’ve managed to sustain some because we’ve all taken efforts whenever we meet. 1/n

https://t.co/NPZmilA2e2

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@paraschopra Will the sessions be recorded and shared later for folks on the waitlist?

[kache @yacineMTB]

you can outsource your thinking
but you cannot outsource your understanding

[Nihal @nihalnova]

Just launched “Good Air” for India. An app that shows you the AQI around you in real time. Now live on iOS.

Thanks to @Rainmatterin and @Nithin0dha for providing an open platform OAQ that inspired and enabled us to create Good Air.

[Jayaprakash Narayan @JP_LOKSATTA]

Now that the 131st Amendment Bill failed, allocation of Lok Sabha seats will be based on 2026 census data.

As per current estimates, seven States will likely lose 35 seats: AP (-5), Telangana (-3), TN (-10), Karnataka (-2), Kerala (-7), Odisha (-4), and WB (-4).

Four States will likely gain 34 seats: UP (+12), Bihar (+10), MP (+5), and Rajasthan (+7).

BJP is widely believed to be the potential beneficiary of redistribution of seats to States based on 2026 population.

In a stunning act of self-denial, the NDA government came forward to freeze the current share of States based on the 1971 census data. There could be many reasons for BJP committing to such a freeze - putting the nation above the party, paving the way for expanding their footprint in the South, or avoiding a divisive issue when the nation has to focus on growth and prosperity in the face of global challenges. Whatever be the motivation of BJP, the seven States that lost share of population are offered an unexpected gift. You don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

Surprisingly, the parties which have great stakes in the South and East have scored a spectacular self goal. This is a classic case of cutting the nose to spite the face.

In 2001, as the freeze in seats was expiring, I was deeply involved in persuading the then Vajpayee government to continue the freeze in the number of seats allocated to States for another 25 years. An unwieldy coalition and the economic challenge posed by external sanctions after the Pokharan explosion demanded national unity, and the parties responded with the 84th Amendment. Now again a priceless opportunity arose, and the Opposition squandered it without any strategic thinking.

If political animosity makes you oblivious of your own interest, or larger interests of fostering unity and focusing on growth and harmony, it is a sign of dysfunctional politics.

I appeal to all parties to come together and find a harmonious solution to the thorny problem of seats allocation in the face of demographic imbalances. National unity and our quest for opportunity and prosperity for all demand a fair and swift resolution.

In the long run migration will resolve the imbalances. Already millions of migrant workers are building and sustaining the economies of several States in the South, West and North. That is why, despite low fertility rate, Maharashtra's share of the population is increasing.
In the US, dramatic internal migration changed the demography and representation over the years. People move freely to States where there is growth and jobs are created. In a century, Florida increased its representation in the US Congress from 4 to 28, California from 11 to 52, Texas from 18 to 38, and Washington from 5 to 10. Owing to outward migration, New York lost seats, from 43 to 26, Pennsylvania from 36 to 17, Illinois from 27 to 17, Ohio from 22 to 15, and Missouri from 16 to 8.

We should make it easy for people to migrate to other States and recognize and respect their constitutional rights everywhere and make their life easier and safe. That will resolve our demographic challenges. Most states reached low fertility levels, and Bihar, UP, MP, Rajasthan and Jharkhand too are going to reach there in a few years.

We need a reasoned and pragmatic approach to grow together and become strong. Let us persuade parties to shed inflammatory and divisive rhetoric and focus on quality education and skills and opportunities for all.

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

IPL 2026 is here.

Go and rock in every game for us, MI!

6th title loading 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

@mipaltan

[Mumbai Indians @mipaltan]

Inko sab pata hai… inhe fans kaise bulayein? 🥹

Yeh toh humaare #FansNahiFam hai 💙

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@StarSportsIndia @MarkHoward03 - Howie not doing an IPL stint this year?

[Aiden Bai @aidenybai]

just so we're clear:

Antigravity is a Windsurf wrapper

Windsurf is a VSCode wrapper

VSCode is an Electron wrapper

Electron is a Chromium wrapper

Chromium is a C++ wrapper

C++ is a C wrapper

C is an Assembly wrapper

Assembly is a Machine Code wrapper

Machine Code is a Binary wrapper

Binary is a Physics wrapper

Physics is a Math wrapper

Math is a Logic wrapper

Logic is a Philosophy wrapper

Philosophy is a Humans wrapper

Humans are a Carbon wrapper

Carbon is a Star-forged-matter wrapper

Stars are a Gravity wrapper

Gravity is… definitely not an Antigravity wrapper

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@LiveFromALounge @emirates 💯

Plus on their Dubai - US route, the snacks they provide in addition to the snacks and beverages they keep in galley whenever you want something, Emirates keeps you well hydrated and well fed!

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

It’s easy to blame GG for this, but we haven’t been able to play spin well for many years now (at least 5-7). We have been just escaping with a lower order fight back and/or a once in a while magical innings by a top order player.

Need to fix the root cause and play spin well.

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

India have now lost four of their last six Tests at home 😳

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@ConanOBrien Why does this look like an AI-generated image? Conan, did you really play cricket? 😂

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@ESPNcricinfo Feels like MI are giving Arjun Tendulkar to LSG on a loan and will get him back when he grows!

If only IPL had an official “loan” system …

[Varish Mulwad @varish]

@prajdabre Some additional AI history for the fellow!

[Tim Finin @timFinin]

https://t.co/w4QHzv8CO6 70 years ago today, on August 31, 1955, the term "Artificial Intelligence" was first used by John McCarthy in a proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. Held in 1956, it is considered a founding event of the field.