Arvind's Newsletter

1.India and Russia are discussing ways to attract Indian employees to tide over labour shortages in Russia, the Russian ambassador to New Delhi Denis Ailpov said. "It is 'common knowledge' that certain sectors of the Russian economy are facing labour shortages.

The two sides are exploring possibilities of putting in place a social security pact to attract Indian workers.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-russia-in-talks-to-attract-indian-employees-says-envoy/articleshow/99277480.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

2.Major Chinese battery companies are growing their international presences, joining forces with Western carmakers as the global electric-vehicle market expands. Tesla is reportedly considering building a battery plant in the U.S. with China’s biggest EV battery maker CATL, which already has a facility in Germany with plans for more in Hungary and Indonesia. China’s no. 2 company, Gotion, is partnering with Volkswagen to build a plant in Germany, while CALB, the third biggest, is considering doing so in Portugal. Chinese firms are also readying for the future, accounting for more than half the patents for post-lithium-ion batteries, ranking highly in a recent survey for the quality of those patents as well.

3.Google plans to add conversational artificial-intelligence features to its flagship search engine, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said in an interview with Wall Street Journal, as it deals with pressure from chatbots such as ChatGPT and wider business issues . Read on.

“Advances in AI would supercharge Google’s ability to answer an array of search queries, Mr. Pichai said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. He dismissed the notion that chatbots posed a threat to Google’s search business, which accounts for more than half of revenue at parent Alphabet Inc.

“The opportunity space, if anything, is bigger than before,” Mr. Pichai, who also heads Alphabet, said in the interview. Google has long been a leader in developing computer programs called large language models, or LLMs, which can process and respond to natural-language prompts with humanlike prose. But it hasn’t yet used the technology to influence the way people use search—something Mr. Pichai said would change. “Will people be able to ask questions to Google and engage with LLMs in the context of search? Absolutely,” Mr. Pichai said.” Read on.

4.India won’t regulate AI. It’s taking a different tack to policymakers in Europe and the US.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology acknowledged numerous ethical concerns around bias and transparency that could arise with AI’s rapid expansion but explicitly said the Indian government “is not considering bringing a law or regulating the growth of artificial intelligence in the country.” The ministry instead referred to AI as a “kinetic enabler of the digital economy,” which it believes will strengthen entrepreneurship and business and play an important strategic role for the country moving forward.

The bold proclamation comes just one week after more that 500 AI experts signed an open letter urging AI labs to pause development of new GPT4 style large language models amid increased security of the tech by lawmakers in the US and Europe.

5“The self” doesn’t exist. Instead, you constantly shape multiple selves

The self is a complex and dynamic construct influenced by personal experiences, cultural background, and beliefs about oneself and others.
Our interactions with others can affect our sense of self, and there is a tension between the desire for coherence and the desire for freedom in our self-perception. The concept of self is not static, but rather constantly evolving through social interactions and the ongoing construction of our identity.
Excerpted from the book: SELFLESS by Brian Lowery. Read in