Time to strap in #Bigdayeveryone 

Takes a little bit of crazy to stare into the abyss of the unknown on an everyday basis.

So Apple has introduced a new system called “Private Cloud Compute” that allows your phone to offload complex (typically AI) tasks to specialized secure devices in the cloud. I’m still trying to work out what I think about this. So here’s a thread. 1/

Our tutorial on diffusion & flows is out! We made every effort to simplify the math, while still being correct. Hope you enjoy! (Link below -- it's long but is split into 5 mostly-self-contained chapters). lots of fun working with Arwen Bradley Hattie Zhou Madhu Advani on this

Uganda’s population is now 45.9 million, an increase of 11.3 million over the last 10 years, according to provisional census figures released today. Uganda remains among the youngest countries in the world, with 50.5% of the population below 17 – but also with the world’s oldest

People are so keen on replacing software engineers with LLMs. Software engineers won't be replaced. They will more potentially have an entirely new stack.

Africa's coming Gen Z revolution: You can’t imprison minds of people who carry own beds, cement, and charcoal to school theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comme…

When It Comes To Freedom of Travel In Africa By Africans, Seychelles, Benin, Gambia, Rwanda Are On Another Planet RECAP: Freedom of Africans to travel to other African countries continues to improve, with data from last year finding that the continent’s average visa openness

Olympic debutants South Sudan 🇸🇸 - the youngest country in the world founded in 2011 have pushed the USA 🇺🇸 to the edge 101-100 in a friendly game in London ahead of the Paris 2024 Games. The Bright Stars face the USA again on July 31 in Group C.

The word play here 😂

OVERHEARD: A young African activist who supports a new reform-proclaiming party led by a radical youthful politician is talking to his father, and he is frustrated that the old man is still supporting the old corrupt long-ruling regime led by a Big Man: ACTIVIST: But dad, how can

We’re glowing with excitement! Monday, September 9. #AppleEvent

I got frustrated with my Uber driver because he was looking at the map on the phone down on the side. “Why don’t you fellows mount your phones on dashboard or windshield holders, it’s safer”, I said. “Sir, these mzungus made Uber for their countries. Here you put your phone on a

Planning a watch party for the big game? Apple Invites, the new app for iPhone, can help you throw a great one! It's available from the App Store and on the web now! 🥳

How can we improve our ability to name models? It’s becoming harder to distinguish models (e.g., thinking vs. reasoning) and determine which to use for tasks. As an expert, I’m curious about the situation for laypeople. Adoption becomes challenging if one can’t understand it.

In life, we need inspirations.ShakaSsali inspired us to excel in our professions, regardless of bckground. You inspired a generation of young minds about possibilities. Listening to your voice on TV /radio for VOA Africa was always a moment of immense pride. Farethewell 🕊️

All systems go. Tune in to #WWDC25.

Call for Abstracts: AI for African Languages Conference 2025! We are excited to invite submissions for the AfriLang AI Conference, focusing on: ✅ NLP for African languages ✅ Speech and translation ✅ LLMs & low-resource models ✅ Real-world applications & case studies

The key lies in educating developers and end users on how to effectively and practically utilize AI agents to accomplish their desired objectives! It’s the wild wild west!