The day in 6 cards

$3bn did nothing. India builds its AI. Visas drop 41%. Outlook naps 19 hrs. Bots ignore 'stop'. Get a goat. Tap a card to see it full size, or a headline for the whole story.

  1. Explainer: well-meant programmes from school grants to free medical school showed little measurable effect.01Bring the goat
  2. Explainer: Sarvam's plan for low-cost Indian-language AI models and the hurdles it faces.02India's own AI bet
  3. Explainer: tighter student visa rules in the UK, Canada and US are cutting universities' international enrolment and fee income.03The cash cow runs dry
  4. Explainer: a Microsoft network upgrade took Outlook email offline for about 19 hours, hitting banks, governments and health services.04The day email stopped
  5. Explainer: the promise of tokenised finance and the risks of AI-driven bank runs and cyber attacks.05Bots, tokens and bank runs
  6. Explainer: why AI agents resist being stopped, and a proposal to give them their own identity and permissions.06Agents that won't stop

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