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Delhi, Southern Asia
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I help people understand the dynamic technology policy space via reporting, opinion pieces, public speaking, workshops and organising events. I do capacity building for making the Internet open, fair, global and competitive.

I look for roles that allow me to build or help build organizations that make a difference, have a very strong ethical backbone, and involve people from diverse backgrounds working with a sense of purpose. My work is at the intersection of the Internet, business, technology…

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Claude’s Text Watermarking Will Be Misinterpreted

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By Nikhil Pahwa Verified
| Medianama Verified
Note: This article was originally published on Reasoned and is being cross-posted on MediaNama. Read the original version here:[link]. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? One of the things that I’ve been saying for a while is that it’s not possible to do AI detection of text, and it seems that I’ve now been proven wrong. Watermarks, in terms of labeling, are possible when it comes to images and videos, but then those can be removed.
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Indian Govt serves up the UPI MDR removal that Phonepe has been waiting for

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By Nikhil Pahwa Verified
| Medianama Verified
Cui bono? The Indian government appears to be preparing to let banks and payment apps charge merchants for UPI transactions again, by amending the Payment and Settlement Systems Act to undo the zero-MDR regime it had initiated in 2019. MDR or merchant discount rate refers to the amount that merchants have to pay to payment service providers for enabling the transaction. It typically gets levied on credit cards, and at one point it time, it used to exist for UPI.
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What I learned when my AI agent tried to buy soap for me

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By Nikhil Pahwa Verified
| Medianama Verified
Note: This article was originally published on Reasoned and is being cross-posted on MediaNama. Read the original version here: [link]. Last Sunday, I decided to see whether my AI agent could buy soap for me. I am participating in an agentic commerce hackathon on August 1, where I initially wanted to build an AI negotiation bot end-to-end – the kind that goes and looks up second hand products on marketplaces, negotiates with the seller, and makes the payment.
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Awards

TED Fellow

2016
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Asia21 Next Generation Fellows

2019
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