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5 days ago |
itweb.co.za | Phillip de Wet
There's an emerging consensus among Europe's technocrats that, for practical policy purposes, World War III is already underway. The language of global war has been edging into the mainstream for a while now when it comes to Russia, with a former head of the UK's MI6 using it on TV in November before a sitting UK defence head started talking about the need for war preparation in late January. Bit by bit, it has become not hyperbole that is ignored, but something serious people say even in public.
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1 week ago |
thestack.technology | Phillip de Wet
When it started building the transformer-based foundational model it is now integrating across its stack to detect fraud and improve products, Stripe didn't actually know if an "LLM-style approach" would work in its sphere.
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2 weeks ago |
itweb.co.za | Phillip de Wet
It could have been a whole lot worse. Ahead of South Africa's big sit-down with US president Donald Trump, a lot of tactical thinking naturally revolved around Elon Musk. In part because of the personalities at play (Musk is a little less capricious than Trump) but also because the South African team felt it had better leverage when it came to Musk. Hence, some people thought long and hard about how, not to put too fine a point on it, South Africa could bribe Elon Musk.
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1 month ago |
brnw.ch | Phillip de Wet
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1 month ago |
brnw.ch | Phillip de Wet
Privacy Preference CenterWhen you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. Click on the different category headings to find out more.
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Calling dibs on "consolvent".
So similar to a toddler playing dress-up and tottering around in mummy's high heels, this. The DA assumes the trappings of news without any sign of understanding fundamentals – such as that you can't drone on for four minutes with no interjection, no cut-away, no graphics, niks.
📣 Bailouts to failed SOEs must end, the job-killing BEE legislation must be scrapped, and a cut on fuel tax and an expanded zero-rated VAT food basket must be considered. Today, the Minister of Finance must present a budget to cut food costs, fight poverty, and inspire growth. https://t.co/Z9oYlszHsM