Sunday, August 16
As artificial intelligence fuels an explosion of data in global markets, renowned valuation expert Aswath Damodaran cautions investors that having more numbers does not necessarily lead to better decision-making.In his latest annual data update for 2026, Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at New York University and one of the world’s most influential valuation experts, argues that markets are awash with data, making it harder to distinguish meaningful signals from noise.While data continues to be a vital aid in navigating uncertainty, he cautions that false precision, biases, and growing overconfidence are skewing investment decisions—especially at a time when investors feel better informed than ever.Damodaran’s data update—an exercise he has carried out since the early 1990s
Social media platform X has acknowledged lapses in handling content on its platform and conveyed to the Indian government that it will fully comply with Indian law, government sources told ANI. As part of corrective action, X has reportedly blocked around 3,500 pieces of content and deleted more than 600 accounts, while assuring authorities that it will not allow obscene imagery on the platform going forward.The actions were taken following directions issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to remove vulgar, obscene and unlawful content, particularly content generated through X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.X under Centre's scrutiny over Grok-generated contentX has previously told Centre that it is introducing additional guardrails for Grok, incl
