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What if indian govt. Built GitHub 🥸

@fooobar I’m sorry, but what has Reliance Industries achieved in the field of AI despite having huge resources? I mean, we’re even hearing that Tech Mahindra is training a 1T model, but Reliance is not even in the talks.

Building a strategy on someone else’s model is like being the world’s best interior designer for a house where the landlord holds the keys, owns the walls, and can raise the rent whenever they like!

@nihalnova @Rainmatterin @Nithin0dha Any plans for an Android release? A web version could work just as well! Excellent job 👏

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.

@anandmahindra you're not!!

For those who worry that Indian companies are not focusing enough on R&D & innovation…

@anurag_bhatia Are these enough?? I mean technically that's around 12000 IPs across India and if more people will switch to Starlink quickly. Do they even use CGNAT here or dedicated IPs per terminal?

This week Starlink allocated bunch of pools in their GeoIP file for Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai.

@elonmusk So, should I complete my CS degree or not?? Be clear, man!! I'm tired 🫪!!

Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.

@archiexzzz So, they’re still gatekeeping the Mythos benchmarks. I thought they might compare it in their new release but they're playing differently!!

I tested Opus 4.7 for over an hour now: the speed is really good. accuracy is much better than Opus 4.6. The reasoning is solid. The Opus 4.7 System Card has 331 mentions of "Mythos Preview" mostly on the lines of "highlighting" how bad of a model is 4.7 compared to Mythos.

@_Jason_Dean_ really??

Lmao

@archiexzzz @priyamucharla What the…??? That’s the worst thing that can happen!! I thought it’s almost non-penetrable because passport has multi-level security checks and all. All the officials/persons involved in this should be hanged!! it’s literally deshdroh.

@priyamucharla you're not going to believe me:

All passport seva kendras services are run by TCS, should be investigated thoroughly

@IndianTechGuide Should also ban all the unregistered chana/chips sellers. They start yelling from 4 in the morning, especially in UP, Bihar, and Jharkhand. Even AC coaches are getting cramped because of them.

🚨 Indian Railways is bringing a new rule forbidding listening to music or speaking loudly on phones between 10 PM and 6 AM on trains.

@IRCTCofficial @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva umm...just for your reference!! This is not acceptable at all!!

Indian Railways doesn’t use pest control or deep cleaning in coaches? I’ve already found 2–3 cockroaches crawling on my bed. One was literally on my ear. And please don’t ask for my PNR, I’ll share it only after I deboard the train… just to be on the safer side 🫪!@IRCTCofficial

@AnthropicAI How are they doing so much at the same time? I mean, I’ve never seen any company push great products at this rate. Very impressive and concerning at the same time. Though something like Mythos was much needed tbh!!

Introducing Project Glasswing: an urgent initiative to help secure the world’s most critical software. It’s powered by our newest frontier model, Claude Mythos Preview, which can find software vulnerabilities better than all but the most skilled humans. anthropic.com/glasswing

My urgent message to Mr @narendramodi ji. Why are you still silent on today's killing of innocent 2 babies while sleeping with her mother in midnight with rockets by Kuki militants? Manipur is not a part of India? Manipur deserves justice now. No Justice, No Rest. 😢🙏

@KITKAT That's weird!! Who took em??

Regarding recent press coverage

@Ravisutanjani Patna traffic police have been using body cams since last year.

🚨 Govt Should Make Bodycam Mandatory For Police, Traffic, Govt Officers Dealing with Public US Has 80% Police Deptt with Bodycam China Has Also Equipped Over 1.3 Million Active Duty Officers with Body Worn Cameras This Will Reduce Corruption By Good Level

@PattyInnovate How much thrust can it generate??

A shot from one of our test cells. Compact. Dense. Built for performance.

first time hitting the Codex rate limit… resets tomorrow incredible timing honestly

@siddharthb_ No model, no APIs, no numbers… but somehow not a wrapper 😭 At this point it’s not AI, it’s just vibes-as-a-service 🥸 Still rooting for you though, go big.

Clarifying a few things, starting with the MoU. Are you taking taxpayer money? No. The MoU signed with the UP Government is structured as a public-private partnership. It does not involve any cost to the taxpayers of Uttar Pradesh. On the contrary, it brings investment into the state. The project will be executed in phases, with support from external investment partners. We have not taken any money, any GPUs, or any other form of support from the Government. The only part of this MoU that involves citizens is that they'll receive free access to AI, in their own language and through familiar interfaces, via AI Commons. Is your revenue ₹42.9 lakh? No. This is a bug in Google’s AI, which has confused Puch AI with another company called Pucho AI. The ₹42.9 lakh revenue figure belongs to Pucho AI, not Puch AI. Puch AI’s revenue is not public. What’s your valuation/annual revenue? Are you bootstrapped? We’ll share those details when the time is right. For now, as a private company, we’re not required to make our valuation or revenue public. But, if you’re curious, we're not bootstrapped. We’re a well-funded startup. Do you have a foundational model of your own? No, and we do not believe it is necessary for our mission to build one at this stage. What is your mission? We want to bring AI to everyone in India. Today, many people already use tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, but millions still cannot. Your parents, shopkeepers, drivers, and many others are being left out because AI, in its current form, is not built for them. What exactly is Puch AI doing? Puch AI is building the domestic consumer AI offering for the masses. We're bringing AI to people through simple, familiar interfaces like WhatsApp and voice calls, so that it is easy to use even for those who cannot type and prefer to interact through voice. Why don’t you have your own app? We understand the frustration people feel about this, and at times it is frustrating for us as well (currently fighting Meta on the WhatsApp policy). But so far, this has been a conscious choice. A new app becomes one more thing to learn and one more barrier for the millions of people who are currently not using AI. Try teaching your parents a new app! So are you asking me to not use ChatGPT or other AIs in the name of nationalism? No, not at all. People should use whatever AI works best for them. Our effort is simply to expand access to AI by bringing it to millions who, today, are unable to use the existing tools. Is Puch AI just a wrapper? Wrappers are generally defined as making API calls to AI providers like OpenAI and Anthropic. So no, Puch AI is not a wrapper. We do not use any APIs. We have built our entire infrastructure in-house on top of open-source models, and engineered it for the Indian context. However, if you define a wrapper as any company that does not have a foundational model pretrained from scratch, then yes, Puch AI is a wrapper. What is the point of Puch AI if you haven’t even built a model? The problem is data. Today, ChatGPT and Gemini are the default go-to AI apps for almost everyone in India who uses AI. As more people use them, these companies keep getting more and more data to improve their models. That data will never help Sarvam, BharatGen, or any other domestic AI model builder. More importantly, the bulk of India will end up accessing information through OpenAI or Google: their systems and their narratives that may ultimately be shaped by foreign actors. With Puch AI, we are trying to build sovereign distribution, so that India has at least one alternative, no matter how hopeless it may seem to compete with OpenAI or Google’s marketing. Puch AI seems relatively simple. I can build it in a weekend. Are you even doing anything? The choice of a simple interface is deliberate, but the underlying infrastructure is far from simple. Happy to give ₹50 lakh to anyone who can build it in a weekend, match our performance in Indian languages, and offer it for free at our consumer scale. How was your experience building for India? It is a very interesting situation, where the Government understands the importance and wants to do good, but it becomes difficult to do any good when so many bad actors are rooting for you to fail. Thousands of paid accounts are ready to try to shape narratives to fit their own political agenda. Everything from Community Notes to actual news articles and journalism gets weaponized against you, because your failure gets more views. Will you keep fighting? Not sure. Quite exhausted. Maybe this is the time to sign off.