Fists Instead of Hands: That Awkward India Summit Moment and the Real AI Power Games
Fists Instead of Hands: That Awkward India Summit Moment and the Real AI Power Games I didn’t expect a staged summit photo to irritate me this much, but it did. Something about that moment on stage at India’s AI gathering felt like a crack in the carefully polished story the tech world keeps selling us. This matters right now because the people in that image aren’t random executives — they’re steering the systems that are quietly reshaping work, search, creativity, and power. And when unity looks forced, you start wondering what’s really happening underneath. The Outline Chapter 1 – The Viral Photo That Shifted the Mood The India AI summit stage moment and why it struck a nerve globally. Chapter 2 – OpenAI vs. Anthropic: A Rivalry Made Public The ad war, hiring tensions, and how competition between frontier labs affects progress. Chapter 3 – Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro Counterpunch The ARC AGI 2 leap, pricing strategy, and why Google’s comeback rebalanced the race. Chapter 4 –...
