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New comment by gopkarthik in "Google Told to Share Search Data with AI Rivals in EU Proposal"

gopkarthik — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:08:20 +0000

The proposed measures under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, or DMA, would give access to ranking, query, click and view data to enable third-party online search engines to “optimize their search services and contest Google Search’s position,” according to the Brussels-based commission. If adopted, they could entail opening up that data to Google’s biggest competitors in AI, such as OpenAI and Anthropic PBC.

Google Told to Share Search Data with AI Rivals in EU Proposal

gopkarthik — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:08:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/google-told-to-share-search-data-with-ai-rivals-in-eu-proposal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792427

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by gopkarthik in "Google Gemini Introduces Personal Intelligence"

gopkarthik — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:26:11 +0000

Alphabet Inc.’s Google said its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant can now proactively tap into users’ data across Gmail, Search, Photos and YouTube, an attempt to make its consumer-facing AI product more personalized.

Google has made Personal Intelligence an opt-in experience, meaning users must choose to turn it on — and they can choose which apps are connected to Gemini. For example, you could set it up to ignore your search history but factor in your email, photo library and YouTube viewing history.

Google Gemini Introduces Personal Intelligence

gopkarthik — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:26:11 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/personal-intelligence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618043

Points: 12

# Comments: 4

New comment by gopkarthik in "OpenAI Completes Share Sale at Record $500B Valuation"

gopkarthik — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:25:51 +0000

OpenAI has completed a deal allowing current and former employees to sell about $6.6 billion worth of shares in the company at a $500 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the matter.

As part of the deal, OpenAI’s employees sold stock to a group of investors including Thrive Capital, SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, Abu Dhabi’s MGX and T. Rowe Price, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is private.

OpenAI Completes Share Sale at Record $500B Valuation

gopkarthik — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:25:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-02/openai-completes-share-sale-at-record-500-billion-valuation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45446560

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by gopkarthik in "Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords"

gopkarthik — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:44:04 +0000

In India, almost all websites & apps, send a OTP to either mobile or email & ask you to enter that to login. Most of them have even disabled password based login flows. Really grinds my gears.

New comment by gopkarthik in "What went wrong for Yahoo"

gopkarthik — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:22:44 +0000

It is fitting that GP's username is `findingMeaning`.

New comment by gopkarthik in "The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. Thank the lab-grown variety"

gopkarthik — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 06:25:33 +0000

> Diamond threads are forever!

Haha, upvoted for this, if not for the effort :D

New comment by gopkarthik in "The details of Jane Street's alleged 'sinister scheme' in India"

gopkarthik — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:07:46 +0000

https://archive.is/dnE3V

The SEBI report https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/uploaded-fi...

The details of Jane Street's alleged 'sinister scheme' in India

gopkarthik — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:07:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/41c4789a-afa6-462c-a6ea-9704c2ba78a7

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44464199

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by gopkarthik in "New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles"

gopkarthik — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:56:51 +0000

> What is their SEO dept doing to get ahead of Bloomberg in Google search results?

I thought ET/Hindustan Times etc showed up in Google Search results since I search from the region. But if they show up before Bloomberg/FT/WSJ etc for other regions too, then ET's SEO team is doing something terrific.

New comment by gopkarthik in "Everyone knows all the apps on your phone"

gopkarthik — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 17:18:44 +0000

^ This.

You can read the reports at https://blume.vc/reports/indus-valley-annual-report-2025 or archives at https://www.indusvalleyreport.com/ .

The ppt in the blog is from the 2024 report - https://docsend.com/view/zqgfupfzyud499hn. The India 1-2-3 framework is old though. IIRC it was coined by a retail sector founder (Kishore Biyani) in the 2000s.

Also Koramangala, HSR layout are also the more affluent localities in Bengaluru.

New comment by gopkarthik in "Everyone knows all the apps on your phone"

gopkarthik — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 04:32:19 +0000

Because the substack's author focuses on Indian web. From their description: "tales from indian web rabbit holes."

New comment by gopkarthik in "Carl Sagan Predicts the Decline of America (1995)"

gopkarthik — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:56:31 +0000

They acknowledge the irony in the very next sentence:

"Matt Novak cautions against falling back into superstitious thinking in our praise of Demon Haunted World. After all, he says, “the ‘accuracy’ of predictions is often a Rorschach test” and “some of Sagan’s concerns” in other parts of the book “sound rather quaint.”"

New comment by gopkarthik in "New York Times Tech Workers Strike Ahead of Election"

gopkarthik — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:01:36 +0000

Mods usually merge them.

New comment by gopkarthik in "FTC: Vast Surveillance of Users by Social Media and Video Streaming Companies"

gopkarthik — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:11:48 +0000

Agreed. Mid-sized/smaller players are the places which have very poor data & security practices. Especially when they require PII as part of their operations.

Meta, Google are much better stewards of their users data. One misconception I see is claiming these companies sell user data. I'd instead say that they sell user attention.

New comment by gopkarthik in "LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool"

gopkarthik — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:53:33 +0000

Thanks!

New comment by gopkarthik in "Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging their own rates"

gopkarthik — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:19:55 +0000

Uber/Ola at Indian airports do not actually assign you specific driver/car. You are given a PIN & asked to go queue at the relevant counter (Premier, Electric, XL, Go etc). You just get into the car then, tell your PIN & the ride starts.

New comment by gopkarthik in "Google and Apple Face Billions in Penalties After Losing E.U. Appeals"

gopkarthik — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:49:36 +0000

What's ironic is that the escrow account is now lesser because they used that money to buy eurozone government bonds which have since fallen.

From https://www.ft.com/content/d6b7d0fd-a41b-45a9-a830-9cacb10c5...

> The total in the account has fallen from the original €14.3bn set aside in 2018, as the money was invested in eurozone government bonds, which have dropped in value.