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The biggest lie about ChatGPT 💧

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🇮🇳 India drops an 8 exaflop supercomputer and goes full sovereign AI

⚡ Sam Altman shuts down the AI water panic

🚨 Google says thin GPT wrappers are in danger

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  • G42 and Cerebras are deploying an 8 exaflop AI supercomputer in India, hosted locally under Indian data laws. This is about national compute control, not just capacity expansion.

  • The system will support universities, government bodies, and SMEs. It is meant to make large model training and inference accessible inside the country.

  • Massive capital is flowing into Indian AI infrastructure from Adani, Reliance, OpenAI with Tata, and US cloud giants. The country is entering a full-scale compute buildout phase.

  • The shift is strategic. India wants to own its models, data, and language systems instead of renting intelligence from abroad.

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  • Sam Altman said viral claims about ChatGPT using extreme amounts of water per query are false. He argues those numbers are outdated and disconnected from current data center practices.

  • He admitted that total AI energy usage is a real concern as adoption grows. His solution is faster investment in nuclear and renewable energy.

  • There is no mandatory public disclosure of AI energy or water use. That leaves room for speculation and exaggerated estimates.

  • Altman reframed the debate by comparing AI inference efficiency to human cognitive energy cost. His message is that AI may already be more efficient than people assume.

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  • Google’s startup head warned that thin LLM wrappers are no longer defensible businesses. Adding a UI on top of GPT or Gemini is not enough.

  • Startups now need real differentiation through vertical focus, proprietary data, or workflow integration. Surface-level products will struggle.

  • AI aggregators face margin pressure as model providers expand their own enterprise features. Middle layers risk getting squeezed out.

  • The core test is simple. If OpenAI or Google can ship your feature next quarter, your moat is weak.

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