Four Indian startups in Google DeepMind Accelerator; What happens when AI makes thinking cheap? An IISc professor weighs in

Festive-season preparations are in full swing across India’s e-commerce space.Amazonsaid it has expanded its operations network across the country, launching 20 fulfilment centres, six sort centres and 150 last-mile delivery stations. All six new sort centres are situated in Chikkaballapur, Hassan, Meerut, Ramanagar, Raipur and Varanasi, while seven of the 20 new fulfilment centres are coming up in non-metro cities. As concerns grow over increasingly powerful AI systems,Microsofthas laid down ground rules. On Monday, the tech giant unveiled an internal draft code of conduct for its AI. The code comes on the heels of warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urging a slowdown in frontier model development, alongside safety-team resignations over extinction risks. Microsoft’s proposed rules directly target these alignment fears: its AI must never resist a shutdown order, must communicate transparently, and must treat any policy breach as a total system failure. Meanwhile, China on Monday pushed back on calls by US AI executives for companies to slow down the development of the technology,CNBCreported. In today’s newsletter, we will talk about Here’s your trivia for today: What tech company developed the first commercially available mouse and early graphical user interface (GUI) at its PARC research facility? Four Indian climate-tech startups, Terrastack, Varaha Climate, Farmers for Forests, and Climitra Carbon, have been selected for the inaugural Google DeepMind Accelerator: AI for the Planet (APAC) cohort. They are among 16 regional organizations chosen to receive three months of technical support, access to Google's AI stack, and expert mentorship to tackle pressing environmental challenges using frontier artificial intelligence. As AI commoditises human intellect, Dr. Pratosh, an IISc faculty member believes society faces a profound shift across employment, education, and human purpose. When raw thinking becomes cheap, fast, and mass-produced, the economic value of routine knowledge work could fall sharply, widening wealth inequality while forcing educational institutions and workers to pivot toward uniquely human, real-world problem-solving. What tech company developed the first commercially available mouse and early graphical user interface (GUI) at its PARC research facility?

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