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Issue #0012 14 June 2026 Enterprise AI Shift Special nextaitoday.in
TCS Trains 50,000 on Claude, Equal AI Agents Target Set: India's IT Model Transforms, Meta-Reliance Build 168MW AI Data Centre, Self-Driving Tech Gets Green Signal
TCS ne Anthropic ke saath historic partnership ki — 50,000 associates ko Claude par train karega aur chairman Chandrasekaran ne clear signal diya: company employees aur AI agents ko equal rakhna chahti hai. Yeh India IT model ka fundamental shift hai, sirf "AI adoption" nahi. Parallel mein Meta ne Reliance ke saath Jamnagar mein 168-MW AI data centre lease kiya, aur government ne 77-81 GHz aur 5.9 GHz bands mein licensing requirements wa kar diye jo ADAS aur V2X systems ki deployment ko speed up karega. India AI race ab pilot projects se full-scale enterprise transformation mein shift ho gayi hai.
🚀 Section 01

New AI Tools of the Week

8 June se 14 June 2026 ke beech launch hue naye aur powerful AI tools — India aur Global dono se

🔴 Anthropic Week: Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5 & Enterprise Push
Claude Fable 5 — Anthropic's Most Capable Widely Released Model
Anthropic ne Claude Fable 5 launch kiya — 1M-token context window, always-on adaptive thinking ke saath. FrontierCode, Hebbia's finance benchmark, ViBench par top results. Software engineering, knowledge work, vision aur long-horizon tasks mein strong gains. Claude API, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI aur Microsoft Foundry se access available. Indian enterprises ke liye direct production deployment ready.
Claude Mythos 5 — Limited Trusted-Access Model
Fable 5 se zyada powerful model, lekin restricted access — sirf Project Glasswing participants ke liye. High-security aur specialized use cases ke liye designed. Indian government aur defense sectors ke liye future-ready capability signal.
TCS Partnership — 50,000 Associates on Claude
TCS ne Anthropic ke saath global enterprise AI partnership ki. 50,000 associates ko Claude par train karega, regulated industries ke liye joint solutions develop karega. Yeh India IT sector ka sabse bada AI skilling initiative hai — clear signal ki traditional outsourcing model transform ho raha hai.
🇮🇳 India Launch — Made in Bharat
PhonePe SmartPages — AI-Powered Payment Page Creator
India · Fintech
PhonePe ne SmartPages launch kiya — AI-powered payment page creator jo PhonePe Payment Gateway dashboard mein built-in hai. Merchants ko bina technical skills ke contextual, professional aur conversion-focused payment pages instantly create karne deta hai. Indian SMBs ke liye online selling mein AI ka direct practical application — payment experience ko intelligent bana deta hai.
Official Link →
Varya by Avataar.ai — India-Specific Video Generation
India · Video AI
India AI Mission ke under Avataar.ai ne Varya launch kiya — distilled video-generation model jo India ke contexts ke liye designed hai. Video generation ko 50 steps se 4 steps tak reduce karta hai. Culturally relevant outputs — Indian regions, festivals, food, clothing aur public spaces ke liye optimized. Education aur e-commerce ke liye text-to-video use cases.
Official Link →
🌍 Global Top Picks — Must-Know Tools
Apple Siri AI — Next-Gen Apple Intelligence
Global · Consumer
Apple ne WWDC26 mein Siri AI preview kiya — personal context use karta hai, messages, emails, photos mein search karta hai, aur apps ke across actions perform karta hai. Indian iPhone users ke liye roll out hone par personal AI assistant ka strong upgrade — Apple ecosystem mein deep integration.
Official Link →
ChatGPT App Experience Updates
Global · Productivity
OpenAI ne ChatGPT app mein practical upgrades roll kiye — interactive charts, long chats ke liye table of contents, full-screen writing blocks, aur web se chat mein directly emails send karna. Long-running projects aur content creation ke liye friction significantly kam hua.
Official Link →
Adobe CX Enterprise Coworker — Agentic AI for CX
Global · Enterprise
Adobe ne CX Enterprise Coworker generally available kiya — agentic AI tool jo AI agents aur workflows ko analytics, content creation aur journey orchestration ke across coordinate karta hai. Adobe aur third-party platforms support karta hai. Indian marketing ops teams ke liye enterprise-grade AI automation ready hai.
Official Link →
Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M)
Global · Fintech
Mastercard ne Agent Pay for Machines launch kiya — machine-speed, always-on payments jo AI agents aur systems ke beech hote hain. Programmatic, low-value, high-frequency transactions ke liye designed. Credentialing, controls aur settlement multiple payment types mein support. Indian fintech aur commerce ke liye future AI-to-AI payments ka infrastructure ready ho raha hai.
Official Link →
📅 Section 02

Upcoming AI Events & Hackathons

India-first priority — register karo, networking karo, build karo

🇮🇳 India Events — Apna Desh, Apna Stage
Bengaluru Tech Summit 2026 — "AI & Beyond"
17–19 November 2026 · BIEC, Bengaluru
India ka premier technology summit — theme "AI & Beyond" ke saath. Startup Registration aur Book Your Ticket options available. Startup & Innovation Award section bhi hai. 6000+ attendees, policymakers, aur global tech leaders ke saath networking. Indian AI ecosystem ka biggest showcase event.
Register Now →
GITEX AI India 2027
2–4 June 2027 · Bengaluru
GITEX ka India edition — AI, startups, capital, cloud, semiconductors aur digital infrastructure par focus. Enterprise aur Startup ke liye separate booking options. AI ka $500B contribution potential Indian sectors mein explore hoga. Middle East aur global investors ke saath direct connection ka platform.
Register Now →
🌍 Global — India Relevant Events
VivaTech 2026 — India is Official Partner Country
17–20 June 2026 · Paris, France
Europe ka sabse bada tech event — 180,000 attendees, 14,000 startups, 4,000 partners, 3,600 investors. **India official partner country hai** — Indian startups aur AI teams ke liye Europe market mein enter karne ka bada mauka. Challenges & Awards section bhi hai. Indian pavilion aur delegation ke saath strong networking opportunity.
Get Tickets →
AI for Good Global Summit 2026
7–10 July 2026 · Geneva, Switzerland
UN ka leading AI platform — Innovation Factory year-long AI startup pitching competition aur accelerator hai. AI Skills Coalition aur 55K+ AI enthusiasts network. Indian startups ke liye global AI-for-good community mein integrate hone ka chance. Social impact AI projects ke liye perfect platform.
Register Now →
GITEX GLOBAL 2026
7–11 December 2026 · Dubai, UAE
Global tech ecosystem ka flagship event — wider ecosystem mein GITEX AI INDIA bhi included hai. Indian founders aur enterprise teams ke liye global buyers aur investors ko attract karne ka platform. Dubai market mein AI solutions showcase karne ka bada opportunity.
Get Tickets →
🔬 Section 03

Top Research Papers

Dono — global aur India se — jo AI ke future ko shape kar rahe hain

🇮🇳 India Papers — Desi Research, World Impact
A study on the impact of region specific data on the performance of Indic ASR
ARTPARK, I-Hub @ IISc Bangalore · arXiv · June 2026
ARTPARK aur IISc Bangalore researchers ne cross-district ASR generalization in Indian languages study kiya. Main finding: geographic distance WER (Word Error Rate) se correlate karta hai — yeh directly useful hai real-world Indic speech systems build karne ke liye. Regional dialects aur accents ko handle karne ke liye practical insights.
Read Paper →
ArogyaSutra: A Multi-Agent Framework for Multimodal Medical Reasoning in Indic Languages
IIT Patna + IIT Kanpur · arXiv · June 2026
IIT Patna aur IIT Kanpur researchers ne rural/low-resource healthcare settings ke liye multi-agent framework develop kiya. Multilingual multimodal medical QA dataset use karta hai, 7 major Indian languages mein medical reasoning improve karta hai. India mein healthcare AI access ke liye directly relevant — especially tier-2/3 cities aur rural areas ke liye.
Read Paper →
🌍 Global Papers — World-Class Research
Who Brought Easter Eggs to Eid? Auditing Cultural Translation of Math Word Problems Across Diverse Languages and Regions
University of Vermont · arXiv · June 2026
Researchers ne Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi (India), Urdu, Sindhi, Italian aur Sicilian mein cultural translation audit kiya. Findings: models mein cultural drift, regional misattribution aur entropy collapse hota hai. Indian languages ke context mein yeh paper bahut relevant hai — localization sirf translation nahi, cultural adaptation bhi chahiye.
Read Paper →
LAUKIN: A Multi-jurisdictional Common Law Contract Dataset
UNSW Sydney · arXiv · June 2026
Australia–UK–India contract equivalence pairs ke saath benchmark build kiya — cross-jurisdiction legal NLP ke liye. Indian legal-tech companies ke liye directly useful — contract review workflows automate karne ke liye strong foundation. International contracts mein India-specific clauses aur interpretations ko handle karne ke liye designed.
Read Paper →
SymQNet: Amortized Acquisition for Low-Latency Adaptive Hamiltonian Learning
Global Research · arXiv · June 2026
Adaptive Hamiltonian learning ko low-latency RL policy mein convert kiya — acquisition-time cost sharply cut hota hai. Repeated quantum-device calibration ko practical bana deta hai. Quantum computing aur advanced AI systems ke liye important contribution — future quantum-AI hybrid systems ke liye groundwork.
Read Paper →
One Polluted Page Is Enough: Evaluating Web Content Pollution in Generative Recommenders
Chinese University of Hong Kong · arXiv · June 2026
Research dikhata hai ki ek bhi polluted page generative recommenders ko fake products ki taraf push kar sakta hai — fooled rates pollution ke saath sharply badhti hain. Indian e-commerce aur product-search platforms ke liye critical warning — AI recommenders mein data quality aur safety checks ka importance highlight karta hai.
Read Paper →
⚰️ Section 04

AI Graveyard

Jo launch hua, woh band bhi ho gaya — yahan milta hai pura post-mortem

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Sarvam-m Model — Deprecated June 2026
AI Model · Launched 2025 · Deprecated June 2026
  • Tha kya: Sarvam AI ka earlier chat model jo Indian developers ke liye available tha.
  • Kyun mara: Sarvam ne apne model lineup ko simplify kiya — ab sirf sarvam-30b (64K context) aur sarvam-105b (128K context) supported hain.
  • Kya hua: Developers ko migrate karna hoga new models par. API documentation update ki gayi hai, migration guide available hai. Older model ab API calls accept nahi karega.
Source: Sarvam AI Developer Documentation · June 2026
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GPT-5.2 in ChatGPT — Retiring June 12, 2026
AI Model · Launched 2025 · Retiring June 12, 2026
  • Tha kya: OpenAI ka intermediate model jo ChatGPT mein available tha.
  • Kyun mara: OpenAI newer, more capable models ke liye older models retire kar raha hai. API access unchanged, sirf ChatGPT model picker se remove ho raha hai.
  • Kya hua: June 12 ke baad ChatGPT users GPT-5.2 select nahi kar payenge. Newer models automatically replace karenge — better performance aur capabilities ke saath.
Source: OpenAI Help Center · June 2026
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India ka IT model transform ho raha hai — sirf AI adopt nahi kar rahe, balki workforce structure bhi change ho raha hai. TCS chairman ne clear kaha: employees aur AI agents equal honge. Yeh signal hai ki future mein human-AI collaboration standard ban jayega, exception nahi.
— Industry Analysis, June 2026
🤖 Section 05

Models & Products — Latest Launches

Sabse important model releases — June 2026 (Week 2) ka complete rundown

🌍 Frontier Model Updates — Global Leaders
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic
  • Launched: June 9, 2026
  • 1M-token context window
  • Always-on adaptive thinking
  • Top on FrontierCode, ViBench
Official Link →
DiffusionGemma
Google
  • Released: June 10, 2026
  • 26B MoE, Apache 2.0
  • Up to 4x faster generation
  • 1000+ tokens/sec on H100
Official Link →
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate
Google
  • Launched: June 9, 2026
  • 70+ languages support
  • 2000+ language combinations
  • Near real-time speech-to-speech
Official Link →
⚡ Benchmark Snapshot — June 2026 (Week 2)
Best Long Context
Claude Fable 5
1M Tokens
Fastest Generation
DiffusionGemma
1000+ tok/s
Best Translation
Gemini 3.5 Live
70+ Languages
Best Enterprise AI
Claude Fable 5
TCS Validated
🇮🇳 India AI Products — Sovereign Models Rising
Sarvam-30b
Sarvam AI
  • Updated: June 2026
  • 64K context window
  • 22+ Indian languages
  • Production-ready API
Official Link →
Sarvam-105b
Sarvam AI
  • Updated: June 2026
  • 128K context window
  • 22+ Indian languages
  • Enterprise-grade performance
Official Link →
Varya
Avataar.ai
  • Launched: June 12, 2026
  • India-specific video gen
  • 50→4 step reduction
  • IndiaAI Mission backed
Official Link →
💼 Section 06

Business, Startups & Funding

Paisa kahan ja raha hai, kaun bada ho raha hai — India AI economy ka full picture

$30M
Equal AI Series B — Hyderabad Startup
50,000
TCS Associates to Train on Claude
168MW
Meta-Reliance AI Data Centre — Jamnagar
₹246M
SatSure Grant — Earth Observation AI
🇮🇳
TCS + Anthropic — India IT Model Ka Fundamental Shift
TCS ne Anthropic ke saath global enterprise AI partnership ki — 50,000 associates ko Claude par train karega, regulated industries ke liye joint solutions le jayega. Chairman N. Chandrasekaran ne clear signal diya: company employees aur AI agents ko equal rakhna chahti hai. TCS ne FY2026 mein net 23,000+ employees reduce kiye — yeh traditional outsourcing model se AI-augmented services model mein shift ka clear indicator hai. Indian IT sector ka future ab clear hai: human-AI collaboration, not replacement.
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Equal AI Raises $30M Series B — Hyderabad AI Call Assistant
GVK Group scion Keshav Reddy ka startup Equal AI ne $30 million Series B raise kiya — co-led by Prosus Ventures aur Tomales Bay Capital. Company call assistant se broader everyday services platform mein expand karega. Hyderabad se aaya yeh funding signal hai ki tier-2 Indian cities bhi AI startup hubs ban rahe hain. GVK group ka backing enterprise connections provide karta hai.
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Meta-Reliance 168MW AI Data Centre — India Compute Infrastructure Scale-Up
Meta ne Reliance ke Jamnagar mein 168-MW AI-ready data centre lease kiya. Yeh Reliance ke broader AI push ka part hai — existing enterprise AI work Llama models par chal raha hai. Reuters notes: Reliance ka $110 billion aur Adani ka $100 billion AI-hub commitments, plus India ka data-centre market 2034 tak $13.11 billion reach karega. India AI race ab compute infrastructure phase mein enter ho gaya hai.
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SatSure Gets ₹246M Grant — Sovereign AI for Earth Observation
Bengaluru startup SatSure Analytics ko India's space regulator se ₹246 million ($2.57 million) grant mili — AI-powered Earth observation models build karne ke liye satellite aur drone data use karega. Use cases: monsoon tracking, agriculture, urban growth, infrastructure, finance, disaster response, national security. Yeh India ke ₹10 billion space-startup fund aur commercial satellite-constellation programme ka part hai — sovereign AI ka practical deployment.
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TCS Oracle AI Data Platform Lab — Kolkata, First in India
TCS ne India ka first Oracle AI Data Platform Lab Kolkata mein open kiya — enterprises ko pilot projects se full-scale AI deployments mein move karne ke liye. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Autonomous AI Database, aur OCI Enterprise AI use hoga. TCS plan kar raha hai next 3 years mein 4 more Indian cities mein similar labs — enterprise AI expansion ka clear roadmap.
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India Removes Self-Driving Tech Regulatory Blocker
Government ne 77-81 GHz band mein radar spectrum aur 5.9 GHz band mein vehicle communication systems ke liye licensing requirements waive kar diye. ADAS/V2X systems deployment speed up hogi — Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra, Bosch, Continental, Qualcomm ko benefit. Context: India mein 2024 mein 177,000+ road deaths the — yeh real deployment story hai, sirf standards update nahi.
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Global AI-related debt issuance 2026 mein $570 billion exceed kar sakti hai — prior levels se double zyada. Yeh India ke liye important hai kyunki yeh hyperscale compute, data centres, power infrastructure aur cloud capacity ka build-out reinforce karta hai jo Indian enterprises aur startups buy into karenge.
— Morgan Stanley Research, June 2026
❓ Section 07

Quick Questions — AI Explained Simply

Is hafte ke sabse interesting sawaal aur unke straight answers

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Kya Indian merchants bina coding ke AI payment pages bana sakte hain?
Haan. PhonePe ne 10 June 2026 ko SmartPages launch kiya — AI-powered payment page creator jo PhonePe Payment Gateway dashboard mein built-in hai. Merchants ko contextual, conversion-focused payment pages instantly create karne deta hai bina kisi technical work ke.
02
Varya kya hai, aur Indian creators ko kyun care karna chahiye?
Varya 12 June 2026 ko Avataar ne IndiaAI Mission ke under launch kiya — distilled video model jo frontier video AI ko affordable aur India-relevant banata hai. Text-to-video use cases education aur e-commerce ke liye designed hai. Indian festivals, food, clothing aur public spaces ke liye culturally optimized outputs deta hai.
03
Sarvam ke API mein kya change hua Indian developers ke liye?
June 2026 changelog mein Sarvam ne sarvam-m model deprecate kar diya. Ab developers ko sirf sarvam-30b (64K context) ya sarvam-105b (128K context) use karna hoga. Older model ab API calls accept nahi karega — migration guide documentation mein available hai.
04
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate India mein kaise useful hai?
Google ka naya audio model 70+ languages aur 2000+ language combinations support karta hai — Gemini Live API, Google AI Studio, Google Meet aur Google Translate app (Android/iOS) mein available. Indian users ke liye multilingual meetings, classes aur customer support bahut easy ho jayega — near real-time speech-to-speech translation ke saath.
05
Kya ChatGPT ki memory is hafte better hui?
Haan. OpenAI ne 4 June 2026 ko ChatGPT memory upgrade ki — ab memory zyada up-to-date rehti hai, stale ya contradictory memories kam hoti hain, aur aapki preferences aur ongoing work ko better track karta hai. Students, founders aur professionals jo long projects mein ChatGPT reuse karte hain unke liye bahut useful improvement.
06
Is hafte ka sabse bada AI pattern Indian users ke liye kya hai?
AI flashy demos se practical workflows mein shift ho raha hai: merchant payments (PhonePe SmartPages), video creation (Varya), speech translation (Gemini Live Translate), aur long-term memory (ChatGPT). India-relevant examples clear hain — AI ab real problems solve kar raha hai, sirf showcase nahi.
🇮🇳 Section 08

India AI Beat — Desi Developments

India-specific AI moves jo directly humare ecosystem ko affect karte hain

Google Cloud India Network Disruption — June 10
Third-party data centre mein fire ke baad Google Cloud ne emergency shutdown kiya — Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai aur nearby regions ke customers affected hue. Yeh AI infrastructure ki fragility ka reminder hai — jab hum hyperscale compute par depend karte hain toh single-point failures bade impact create kar sakti hain. Indian enterprises ko multi-cloud aur disaster recovery strategies seriously consider karne chahiye.
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India Data Centre Market — $13.11B by 2034
Reuters report ke according India ka data-centre market 2034 tak $13.11 billion reach karega. Reliance ka $110 billion aur Adani ka $100 billion AI-hub commitments is growth ko fuel kar rahe hain. Meta-Reliance 168MW data centre Jamnagar mein is trend ka latest example hai — India AI infrastructure phase mein enter ho gaya hai.
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Self-Driving Tech Regulatory Green Signal — 77-81 GHz & 5.9 GHz
Government ne radar spectrum (77-81 GHz) aur vehicle communication systems (5.9 GHz) ke liye licensing requirements waive kar diye. ADAS/V2X systems ki deployment speed up hogi — Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra, Bosch, Continental, Qualcomm ko immediate benefit. India mein 177,000+ annual road deaths ke context mein yeh life-saving technology ka real deployment hai.
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Sovereign AI Momentum — Space + Earth Observation
SatSure ka ₹246M grant India ke ₹10 billion space-startup fund ka practical deployment hai. AI-powered Earth observation models satellite aur drone data se monsoon tracking, agriculture, urban growth, disaster response aur national security ke liye build honge. Yeh sovereign AI ka clear example hai — Indian data se Indian models, Indian problems solve karne ke liye.
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TCS IT Model Transformation — Clear Signal
TCS chairman ne employees aur AI agents equal rakhne ka target set kiya — yeh India IT sector ka fundamental shift hai. FY2026 mein 23,000+ net employee reduction aur ab 50,000 Claude training — pattern clear hai: traditional headcount-based model se AI-augmented services model mein transition. Other Indian IT companies bhi similar path follow karenge.
💼 Section 09

AI Jobs This Week

India mein top AI roles — apply karo before they fill up

🔥 This Week's Hot Skills — June 2026 (Week 2)
Claude API Anthropic Models Enterprise AI Multi-Agent Systems Indic NLP Video Generation Earth Observation AI ADAS/V2X
TCS-Anthropic partnership ke baad Claude expertise ki demand shoot up ho gayi hai. Earth observation AI (SatSure funding) aur video generation (Varya launch) bhi trending skills hain.
Senior AI Engineer — Claude Implementation
TCS · Bengaluru / Hyderabad / Multiple Locations
Claude API Enterprise AI 5-8 Years Full-Time
Apply Now →
AI Research Scientist — Indic Languages
Sarvam AI · Bengaluru
Indic NLP Research 3-6 Years Full-Time
Apply Now →
Computer Vision Engineer — Video Generation
Avataar.ai · Bengaluru
Video AI Diffusion Models 2-5 Years Full-Time
Apply Now →
ML Engineer — Earth Observation AI
SatSure Analytics · Bengaluru
Satellite Data Remote Sensing 2-4 Years Full-Time
Apply Now →
AI Product Manager — Voice AI
Equal AI · Hyderabad
Voice AI Product 4-7 Years Full-Time
Apply Now →
💰 AI Salary Ranges — India Market · June 2026
Junior (0-2 Years)
₹8-15 LPA
Mid (3-5 Years)
₹18-35 LPA
Senior (6-10 Years)
₹40-75 LPA
Lead/Staff (10+ Years)
₹80L-1.5 Cr+
🎓 Section 10

Grants & Fellowships

Free money aur support jo tumhe apne AI project ke liye mil sakta hai

🇮🇳 India-Specific Grants
IndiaAI Mission — AI Research Grants
Rolling Basis
Apply Now →
Space Startup Fund — Earth Observation AI
Quarterly Cycles
Details →
SERB — AI/ML Research Projects
Ongoing
Apply Now →
🌍 Global Grants — India Eligible
Google AI Research Awards
Multiple Deadlines
Apply Now →
Microsoft AI for Good Research
Rolling Basis
Apply Now →
Anthropic Research Fellowship
Annual Cycle
Details →

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