Today's popular stories center around India:
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇨🇳 Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models - Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
🇮🇳 Can we train AI to choose safety over speed? - Delivery platforms use sophisticated weather algorithms to profit from storm demand, while shifting all the physical risk onto workers trapped by pay incentives.
🇨🇳 With Moonshot’s free Kimi K3, China changes the sovereign AI playbook - Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.
🇨🇳 Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models - Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
🇮🇳 Can we train AI to choose safety over speed? - Delivery platforms use sophisticated weather algorithms to profit from storm demand, while shifting all the physical risk onto workers trapped by pay incentives.
🇨🇳 With Moonshot’s free Kimi K3, China changes the sovereign AI playbook - Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.
India in trending in 2 out of 3 of today's most popular stories:
🇹🇼 Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips - As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
🇹🇼 Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips - As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
🇨🇳 Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models - Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
🇨🇳 With Moonshot’s free Kimi K3, China changes the sovereign AI playbook - Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
🇨🇳 Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models - Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
🇨🇳 With Moonshot’s free Kimi K3, China changes the sovereign AI playbook - Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.
India is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇹🇼 Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips - As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
🇹🇼 Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips - As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
🇨🇳 Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models - Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
🇨🇳 Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models - Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
Today's popular stories focus on India:
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇮🇳 Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution - In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇮🇳 The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom - Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇹🇼 Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips - As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇹🇼 Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips - As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
A number of our more popular stories focus on India:
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
🇮🇳 The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns - Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers - Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇮🇳 How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn - The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇳 Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home - Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home - Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
China in trending in 2 out of 3 of today's most popular stories:
📘 “It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” - Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
📘 “It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” - Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇨🇳 A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China - Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”
🇨🇳 Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home - Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇨🇳 A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China - Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”
🇨🇳 Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home - Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
A number of our more popular stories focus on China:
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇧🇷 Why we should all be worried about AI in elections - Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.
China in trending in 2 out of 3 of today's most popular stories:
🇨🇳 A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China - Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”
📘 “It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” - Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
🇨🇳 Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home - Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
🇨🇳 A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China - Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”
📘 “It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” - Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
🇨🇳 Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home - Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
🇨🇳 Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded - Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
🇰🇷 The online shopping trend where you buy nothing - On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
🇨🇳 Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet - Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇮🇷 The UAE is fighting AI hackers with AI of its own - Attacks on the country’s banks, aviation, and energy systems have climbed since the war with Iran began. Its answer is a homegrown AI security industry.
🇨🇳 A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China - Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”
📘 “It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” - Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
🇮🇷 The UAE is fighting AI hackers with AI of its own - Attacks on the country’s banks, aviation, and energy systems have climbed since the war with Iran began. Its answer is a homegrown AI security industry.
🇨🇳 A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China - Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”
📘 “It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” - Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.