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Nilesh Christopher
@NilChristopher
Technology journalist | Harvard Nieman Fellow 25' Bylines: @Wired, @TheAtlantic, @RestofWorld & others DMs open. On Signal: nileshchristopher.09
Joined December 2012
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    My latest for @latimes: I travelled to southern India to document the rise of the AI "arm farms" — where young engineers strap GoPros to their foreheads and fold laundry or pack boxes to teach humanoid robots how to do chores. latimes.com/business/story…
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    India's ruling party used AI-generated Deepfakes videos for online election campaigning targeting 15 million people via 5800 WhatsApp groups; BJP Party candidate is seen saying things he never said, in a language he doesn't know. It's impossible to tell! bit.ly/2SYRaE6
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    NEW: WhatsApp is now a spammers’ paradise in India WhatsApp that was once a private & intimate space to chat with friends & family now feels like a busy main street crowded with hawkers My latest for @restofworld is on the rise of WhatsApp corporate spam
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    NEW: Inside Pakistan's Amazon scam boom, and its ruinous impact on local sellers For months, a screwed crop of scamsters outsmarted Amazon, & defrauded customers. When Amazon found out it banned 13000 seller accounts — @SiddiquiZuha & I report🧵 restofworld.org/2023/amazon-pa…
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    1/8 If you are one of those interested in reading about how Chinese apps like TikTok, Bigo and Likee have shaped Indian communities and their identities, bookmark this thread and browse through 🧵 It includes some fantastic reporting from eminent friends and colleagues as well
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    My first story for WIRED: I describe in detail the way casteist hate speech spreads on TikTok based on previously unseen court documents, on-ground reporting and going down the rabbit hole of hate wired.co.uk/article/tiktok… #TikTok #HateSpeech
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    While Big Tech comes to South Asia for the elusive “next billion” users, India’s tech guru says his latest app caters to the 1% @kunalb11 talks about his early life, @CRED_club, & why he drives a Vespa & not a designer car Also, the photos are🔥
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    NEW: Myntra — India's Shein — is slapping extra fees, denying cash on delivery, & suspending accounts of frequent returners, alienating some loyal users. We are entering a more frugal era in e-commerce where cos don't want users returning their orders
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    SCOOP: How a tiny tweak to Zomato’s algorithm led to lost delivery riders, stolen bikes and missed wages in Bangalore🧵
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    New from me: The growing cult of Facebook commerce in Bangladesh 🧵 For @restofworld I dig into Bangladesh's Facebook economy where everything from parrots to pyjamas is bought and sold on Facebook. And it has a name: F-commerce
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    Telegram has over 40m users in India, making the country its largest user base. Free (pirated) content, mentors, and a vibrant knowledge sharing community has made Telegram the go-to test prep center for government jobs in India-2 bit.ly/2FOQTzu
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    NEW: Deepfake tech until now has suffered from association with unethical use in non-consensual celebrity porn. My latest talks about how deepfakes are now gaining a toehold in the corporate world 🧵 1/ Bollywood star @iHrithik wishing me on Rakhi restofworld.org/2021/creating-…
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    Work Update: I've joined @restofworld as a reporter-researcher. Really looking forward to working with the supremely talented team If you are an entrepreneur, VC or technologist working in India or South Asia let's talk at [email protected]
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    Silicon Valley's race to build humanoid "butler robots" has led to a frenzy to collect real-world data. A growing global army of trainers is helping AI escape our computers and enter our living rooms, offices and factories by teaching it how we move.