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Large Language Models (LLMs) are the industry’s closest friends. They are our best friends, even if they are seen as disruptors, making the scene volatile. They are a learner’s paradise. With the risk of oversimplifying, in my view, LLMs can be used in three ways: 1) LLMs as foundation models, 2) Fine-tuned LLMs, and 3)…

The Chief Justice of India and the Supreme Court judges say, time and again that doors of the Supreme Court are open to the common man. But unfortunately this proves to be a mere lip sympathy. In reality, going to Supreme Court is nightmarish. The reason is that the victim goes to the Supreme Court…

Nvidia has announced several new partnerships with Indian companies to help grow the country’s AI infra. The announcements, made at the India AI Impact Summit, cover cloud computing, payment systems, data centres, and startup funding. These moves put the American chipmaker at the centre of India’s efforts to build its own AI capabilities through govt’s…

Last week, my son was stopped at the gates of his Class 12 board examination centre. Not because he was late, or because he lacked an admit card, but because he wasn’t wearing his school tie. After a frantic few minutes of pleading he was admitted. He took the paper. He will likely to remember…

Introduction A patent pool, in simple terms, is a contractual arrangement by which several patent owners/holders license one or more of their patents to one another or to third parties.  The major reason for the formation of patent pools is the presence of complementary patents. Therefore, these patents, rather than creating barriers, must be implemented…

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has recently exposed the internal unrest within the party. “I am not a ‘Rahulian’”, said Mani Shankar Aiyar. Only he can tell why he chose this particular time to make this statement. Aiyar is known to be a part of late former Prime Minister Rajiv…

Democrats spent the weekend celebrating the US Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs, which declared most of his taxes on imported goods as illegal. Those celebrations are premature. It’s not just that Trump immediately started to bring the tariffs back by other means. But also, the politics of tariffs are more complicated than Democrats want…

Jug Suraiya The state of enlightenment that sages attain is that of ultimate tranquillity. But as many accounts attest, the ascent to the transcendence called Moksh, or Satori, or best of all that which remains without name or definition, can be an earth-shattering experience, as electrifying as a thunderbolt striking not from the blue but…

Taliban’s new penal code re-imposes total gender apartheid on Afghan women To the international community’s utter indifference, Taliban have created a horror chamber for Afghan women. In the latest – after barring women from school & work, restricting their movement and access to health, erasing women from public life – Kabul issued a new penal…

Pax Silica opens gates to big investment in India, even as the tech Cold War heats up Now that India has joined Pax Silica, anxiety over being left out in Dec should be buried, and attention should turn to making the most of this US-led alliance. What is Pax Silica? Literally, it means ‘silicon peace’,…