Naveen Tewari, founder and CEO of InMobi and Glance, thinks AI makes it easier for Indian tech firms to build for global markets. India has strong payments and quick commerce players, but few global names yet.
He says reach now matters more than the product itself, so speed and experimentation count. He admits InMobi's 2015 AI agent, Beep, failed publicly, but calls failure part of innovation.
Tewari also expects advertising to make AI accessible to billions, as it did for internet search, with ad budgets moving toward platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini.
Scarlett Johansson has pursued two separate AI disputes in seven months, and neither has produced a court ruling so far. In October 2023, her team went after an image app that ran an unapproved ad on X, mixing Black Widow footage with a voice that imitated hers.
In May 2024, she accused OpenAI of copying her voice for a ChatGPT voice named Sky, after she declined an offer to provide it herself. Sam Altman denied this, saying the voice was never meant to resemble hers, and OpenAI has since paused Sky.
A North Carolina man is suing OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT helped his estranged wife plan to poison him, and the case also names CEO Sam Altman.
He grew suspicious after finding a handwritten note listing substances and dosages, some marked lethal. The suit says she used the chatbot to look into lethal amounts of oleander and ways to hide it.
Criminal charges against her were dropped in April for lack of evidence. Gates wants unspecified damages, and OpenAI says it banned the user and shared information with law enforcement.
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