Are AI Shopping Agents As Far Away As Pinterest CEO Claims?
MediaNama’s take: Pinterest CEO Bill Ready’s comment about completely agentic AI shopping assistants being far off appears to come from…
MakeMyTrip’s Myra AI Assistant Sparks Competition Concerns
MediaNama’s Take: MakeMyTrip’s new GenAI assistant does more than help users plan trips. It takes over the entire decision-making journey….
How India’s First Crypto Unicorn CoinDCX Lost Rs 368 Crore
An X post by Sumit Gupta, CEO of Indian cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinDCX, announced a loss of around Rs 368…
IAMAI Bats For DPDP Act’s Exemption For Training Of AI Models
MediaNama’s Take: The demand to exempt AI training from the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act raises serious concerns. The…
Zepto Pharmacy Launches 10-Minute Medicine Delivery
MediaNama’s Take: Currently, India doesn’t have a proper legal framework for the online sale and home delivery of medicines, including…
Elon Musk Adds Ads to Grok AI Chatbot Responses
Elon Musk announced that Grok, the AI chatbot on X, will start displaying advertisements in its responses beginning August 7,…
Airtel Q1FY26 Earnings – Entry-Level Plans Hurting ARPU Rise, MD Says
MediaNama’s Take: Major telcos Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have been talking about tariff repair for a long time now….
What Trump’s 100% Semiconductors Tariff Means for Tech Firms
US President Donald Trump has announced a 100% tariff on all imported computer chips and semiconductors, in a move aimed…
Will Mobile Number Validation Solve The Fraud Problem? #NAMA
Digital businesses question whether mobile number validation by itself would be an adequate solution to digital fraud. This point was…
Why DigiYatra Shouldn’t Become A DPI
Nikhil Pahwa’s Take: DigiYatra has a chequered history of mismanagement. The app suffered multiple outages, including an unannounced migration to…