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To: editet@timesgroup.com Subject: No More Business Class? Dear Editor of Economic Times: This has reference to the op-ed titled “No More Business Class?” by Ludovic Subran in today’s edition of Economic Times. Having lived in several European countries for many years and observed the regulatory regime in the Continent up close, I totally agree with … Read more
There’s a lot of public discourse about media neutrality (or the lack of it). People keep telling journalists, “Just state the facts and spare the opinion.” According to me, unbiased media is a myth. As Hunter S. Thompson said 50 years ago, objective journalism is impossible barring a few exceptions like box scores for sports … Read more
To: editet@timesgroup.com Subject: Big Tech, Don’t Be A Big Brother Dear Editor of Economic Times: This has reference to the op-ed entitled Big Tech, Don’t Be A Big Brother by Dhanendra Kumar, Former Chairman, Competition Commission of India (CCI), in The Economic Times. This article is full of factual and logical inaccuracies. Let me list … Read more
On the one hand, there are 48 Payments Services Providers offering UPI payments in India. Which is a lot. On the other hand, many people say there are very few UPI players and claim that there’s a huge concentration risk in UPI. This FUD narrative has scaled new heights after RBI recently cracked down on … Read more
OpenAI released GPT-4o yesterday. Pronounced “Four Oh”, the latest version of GPT combines audio, vision, and text in a single Large Language Model. I got access to GPT-4o earlier today. (For the uninitiated, existing users of ChatGPT don’t have to look for any subscription / invitation link for 4o. As and when it’s enabled for … Read more
In Ten Revolutionary Things About AI – Part 1, we described five gamechangers about ChatGPT and other Generative Artificial Intelligence platforms. In this Part 2, we shall cover five more revolutionary things about AI. 6. Weird Regulatory Proposals There are broadly two lobbies for regulating Gen AI: A) Closed Source (via Sam Altman and Vinod … Read more
On a marketing blog, you’d be expecting to read about five (or more) ways to attract customers. After seeing the title of this post, if you’re wondering whether you’ve landed up on an anti-marketing phishing site, worry not. This is indeed GTM360 Blog. To attract customers, you need to repel customers. Why? No product can … Read more
Artificial intelligence is promising to disrupt a wide array of legacy practices. – Dan Primack, Axios PRO Rata. Based on my firsthand experience with the AI tsunami over the past 9-10 months, I can wholeheartedly get behind the above prediction. In fact, I’ve already noticed 10 revolutionary things aka gamechangers about ChatGPT and other GenAI … Read more
After reading a reference to HAWAII by James A. Michener in a recent book entitled THE LAST KINGDOM by Steve Berry, I went back to the old classic that I’d read in the late 1980s. The book begins millions of years ago when the ocean that we now call Pacific Ocean rises and submerges dozens … Read more
No, there’s no typo in the title. In the past, whenever I bought a fridge, washing machine or any other white good item from this leading electronics chain, I’d settle on the brand and model of the product with the store’s sales rep. Before I’d reach the checkout, I’d be accosted by a bunch of … Read more