South Africa could change the world.
Andrew Forbes South African 🇿🇦 is working on building what could become the world’s fastest internet using quantum technology.
The University of the Witwatersrand professor is exploring how lasers can transmit data thousands to millions of times faster than current systems.
The twist… this is not small research. It could completely change how data moves across the world, from communication to AI and global networks.
South Africa could change the world.
Andrew Forbes South African 🇿🇦 is working on building what could become the world’s fastest internet using quantum technology.
The University of the Witwatersrand professor is exploring how lasers can transmit data thousands to millions of times faster than current systems.
The twist… this is not small research. It could completely change how data moves across the world, from communication to AI and global networks.
These sessions on "Moonshots" changed my life. These "Mates" give such balanced clear analysis of a new world of which I understand absolutely nothing. Exciting times!!
A NOTE ABOUT THE MAIZE HARVEST PROGRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA
One thing South Africans can be assured of this year is a plentiful supply of maize. This is a comforting position ahead of what may be a challenging El Niño drought season from October 2026 onwards.
The ample grain supplies are from the 2025-26 production season, which is at its tail end. But the season faced its own challenges, leading to a late start.
Nevertheless, it continued well, and the country is now expecting a record 17.3 million tonnes of maize. But its late start also meant that the harvest is delayed compared to usual.
In the eleventh week since the start of the new marketing year in May 2026, the farmers had delivered to commercial silos about 7.8 million tonnes of maize. This is 10% behind the previous season’s pace. This implies there is a lot of work ahead, given the expected harvest of 17.3 million tonnes.
Indeed, there is some on-farm storage that may slightly distort the deliveries. Still, the season is running late.
It may as well be that the harvest will continue through to September, which will be just weeks before the start of the new season.
Another heartwarming point about this year is that most of the maize remains in good condition. Therefore, the late harvest hasn’t caused material issues for the expected ample maize supplies.
Mira Murati says human-AI collaboration needs models that can listen while they think:
"The types of models that we work with today, they're very turn-based. You talk, they talk, then they go off and think."
"While they're thinking, it's almost like they're deaf and blind. They cannot perceive anything else about what's going on."
"By contrast, our interactions with each other are very rich. There is a lot of information in our interactions when we are silent, when we're thinking, when we're interrupting one another."
"Interaction models are able to capture all of this nuance. They're not turn-based. They're more like time-based interaction, where they're continuously taking in audio, text, video, and continuously providing output."
"This enables you to catch things like interruptions and simultaneous speech, and really create a rich, high bandwidth interaction between humans and machines."
@miramurati at Bloomberg Tech live with @emilychangtv
On this day we remember Nelson Mandela, the man go gifted South Africa the ANC who broke every single oath of office, captured and sold the state for personal wealth, looted and bankrupted every single SOE, fucked every single municipality under their watch beyond repair and brought the country crippling levels of violent crime,
Fuck you Nelson Mandela.
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