26 year old Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr. Beast, runs the world’s most subscribed YouTube channel with 307 million subscribers. Known for generosity and stunts, he has spent 24 hours in an ice house, given away…
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On Perplexity and the challenge it poses for Digital Media
Perplexity is a fascinating AI application that I sometimes use to read the news, but it has me worried for a while now. It takes a Wikipedia-like approach to compilation of news and information: it…
Deepfakes and elections
Two things stood out for me from our discussion on deep fakes and democracy on Wednesday: Firstly, Gautham Koorma pointed out that detection of deep fakes becomes much difficult when they’re published on social media,…
On OpenAI and the use of AI in warfare
OpenAI has quietly changed its terms to allow it to work with Military and for Warfare. This is a worrying development, especially since OpenAI has scraped a large amount of publicly available data from across…
Two ideas for social media platforms to protect users who are receiving targeted abuse.
A journalist for another publication just rang me up asking about what can be done in India for addressing online abuse against the LGBTQI community. I really don’t have community specific solutions, but I do…
On the Broadcast Bill and its impact on online streaming
I was on an excellent panel discussion a couple of days ago organised by CCAOI, about India’s Broadcast Bill which seeks to change the way online streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are…
The real problem with AI fakery
As we hurtle towards India’s Deep Fakes Elections, I write in today’s Time of India about the risk of 2024 being India’s Deep Fake Elections. A few points: 1. The rise of deep fakes presents…
Digital Payments mess: On the impact of recurring payments and tokenisation
I spoke with Suprita Anupam of Inc42 for a story he did on the impact of the Reserve Bank of India’s recurring payments and tokenisation on consumers and businesses. It’s a thoroughly researched article, and…