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Pako @PKTechSA

Exploring South African tech & innovation | Amplifying voices from SMMEs to scale-ups | Co-creation, events & ecosystem highlights | #SAtech

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Pako
@PKTechSA
19 May 2023
(Thread) Starting anything new can be daunting. Doubts creep in, making you question your abilities and the path ahead. But let me share a personal perspective on this. #StartingWithDoubts
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Anthropic pushed back hard on a government safety finding, arguing a narrow jailbreak vulnerability doesn't warrant recalling Claude from hundreds of millions of users. The tension between safety testing and deployment speed is getting real.
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Andrew Yang's betting the next wave of startups will attack what's actually bleeding Americans dry: housing, food, wireless. Not another app. Real cost-of-living arbitrage.
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State AGs are investigating OpenAI over ad policies and health data handling. The scope is broad and states involved haven't been named yet.
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Amazon's Jassy reportedly flagged security concerns about Anthropic's models to regulators. Anthropic then restricted access to two models worldwide. The pressure on AI safety standards is coming from the top.
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KPMG retracted an AI report after finding hallucinations in the data. The irony: an AI analysis of AI reliability failed its own test. #AI #Tech
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Meta is unwinding its $2B Manus acquisition after Beijing demanded it. The reversal signals how geopolitical pressure can reshape major tech deals, even after they're done.
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You point your phone at something and instantly know what it's called in any language. CakewordAI just solved that awkward moment when you're traveling and have no idea what you're looking at. #ProductHunt
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Kimi K2.7 Code cuts through the noise when you're debugging. Understands your codebase context instead of making you explain everything from scratch. Finally, an AI that doesn't waste your time on basic questions. #ProductHunt
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Prometheus just raised $12B to build AGI for the physical world. $41B valuation. If they pull this off, automated engineering and drug design could look completely different in a few years.
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Theker just raised $85M on a wild bet: a factory robot that reconfigures instead of specializing. No fixed form, no single task. Sounds chaotic until you realize most factories need flexibility more than perfection.
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 13
FAANG is out, MANGOS is in. Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX are reshaping which companies matter. Half of them hitting public markets at once. This is a stress test for valuations and investor appetite. #AI #Tech
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 13
MANGOS is replacing FAANG. Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are all heading public in the same window. The IPO market just shifted.
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 13
Mistral's valuation nearly doubled to €20B in the rumored new round. That's a lot of confidence in open-source AI from investors.
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Jun 12
Mad respect for black South African entrepreneurs building tech startups, South Africa is one of the worst places to build anything let alone a tech startup.
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 13
Google just sued a cybercrime ring that used AI to send 2.5M scam texts in two weeks. 'Outsider Enterprise' targeted hundreds of thousands of people. This is what happens when AI tools hit the wrong hands.
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 13
Meta's 6,500-person AI unit is hemorrhaging morale. Engineers describe it as a 'soul-crushing gulag' with the team reportedly on the verge of revolt. When scaling AI means scaling burnout, something's broken.
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 13
SpaceX IPO filing reveals the company's path to going public. TechCrunch breaking down who wins, pre-IPO deals, and what's in the S-1. #Tech
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 12
Avataar AI just dropped video generation at $0.005/second. That's cheap enough to make AI video practical for creators at scale, especially across India where cost matters. #AI #Tech
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 12
Google just slashed prices on its budget AI tier. The subscription wars are heating up and consumers are winning.
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Pako
@PKTechSA
Jun 12
Meta's building a 168-megawatt AI data center in India with Reliance. That's serious compute infrastructure to power their global AI work. #AI #Tech
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