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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2025 · 32 MIN

India's AI dream, capping movie tickets, and stranded NASA astronauts to return home

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First, we talk to The Indian Express' Vidhatri Rao about India's quest to create its own Large Language Model. She talks about Swecha, an NGO that is collecting data to create a Telugu LLM, by way of which she explains the nuances that developers will require to focus on in order to create an Indian LLM.Next, The Indian Express' Sanath Prasad talks about the Karnataka government's announcement regarding capping all movie tickets at Rs 200, including multiplexes. He explores why the Kannada film industry is in favour of the decision while the multiplexes are not. (15:49)Lastly, we speak about the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule reaching the International Space Station making way for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to return back home after nine months. (29:26)Hosted by Niharika Nanda Produced by Niharika Nanda and Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Vidhatri Rao about India's quest to create its own Large Language Model. She talks about Swecha, an NGO that is collecting data to create a Telugu LLM, by way of which she explains the nuances that developers will require to focus on in order to create an Indian LLM.Next, The Indian Express' Sanath Prasad talks about the Karnataka government's announcement regarding capping all movie tickets at Rs 200, including multiplexes. He explores why the Kannada film industry is in favour of the decision while the multiplexes are not. (15:49)Lastly, we speak about the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule reaching the International Space Station making way for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to return back home after nine months. (29:26)Hosted by Niharika Nanda Produced by Niharika Nanda and Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

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