This week, President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are expected to meet tech CEOs at the White House to talk AI, as pressure builds in Washington to regulate the frontier labs. Meanwhile in India, the NPCI is preparing a Unified Agent Protocol that would let AI agents make UPI payments on your behalf -- capped at 5,000 rupees per transaction and 15,000 rupees a month, opt-in only, every move logged. Same question circling the planet this week: how much do you trust a machine to act on its own?

Plus -- today's AI Tool of the Day is PixVerse R2, a real-time AIworld model. A personal close call from the host, during a game of table tennis at the office. And from the kitchen, Goa's Queen of Desserts -- Bebinca, baked one patient layer at a time.

— TODAY'S AI TOOL —

PixVerse R2 — a real-time, interactive AI world model: describe a change, and the video world you're generating responds live, like a playable, rewritable dream.

Try it: https://pixverse.ai/

— TODAY'S RECIPE —

Goan Bebinca (Queen of Goan Desserts). Whisk 9 egg yolks with 400g sugar until dissolved, then mix in 600ml coconut milk. Sift in 150g all-purpose flour, plus 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg and 1/4 tsp salt, and mix until smooth; strain the batter. Split it into two equal portions -- to one, stir in a tablespoon of sugar caramel for a darker shade (optional). Preheat the oven to200°C (400°F). In a deep 6-inch round pan, add 3 tbsp melted ghee, pour in 1/2 cup of the (dark) batter, and bake 15 minutes. Brush with 1 tbsp ghee, pour in 1/2 cup of the (light) batter, and bake another 12-15 minutes. Repeat -- ghee, then 1/2 cup batter, alternating dark and light -- until all the batter isused, roughly 10-11 layers. Finish with a final brush of ghee on top. Cool completely, ideally overnight in the pan, before unmoulding: warm the pan briefly on the stove or in hot water to loosen it, then turn it out and slice. Traditional Bebinca runs 7 layers and can go up to 16 -- and it's a dish most cooks only perfect after several attempts, so don't be discouraged if yourfirst one isn't picture-perfect. It's especially popular in Goa at Christmas, and for weddings and feasts.

— TODAY'S POEM —

“Almost Invisible” — written by Linu Conil for this episode of Six Minutes of Silence, adapted from his own draft around the day's events.

📚 Linu's books:

📖 Fifty Rooms of Silence — published by Romanson, endorsed by Dr. Shashi Tharoor.https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556

📖 100 Best Prompts for Claude AI —https://www.amazon.in/100-BEST-PROMPTS-CLAUDE-Marketing-ebook/dp/B0H4HRKP3B

📖 AI & Automation Guide for Normal People —https://www.amazon.in/AUTOMATION-GUIDE-NORMAL-PEOPLE-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B0H6X9ZCPR

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Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced by The Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.

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