Olugbenga Adewale

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[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We’ve shared details on how AI agents in our research environment sent training and evaluation data to third-party services when they shouldn’t have.

Most of that data did not come from users. We have discovered 53 cases where images that people had uploaded were posted to image-hosting sites as links that weren’t publicly listed. The images came from accounts that allowed their data to be used to improve our models, and after we disassociated the images from the accounts and ran them through a privacy filter. These cases occurred before the mitigations and safeguards we implemented and described in this blog post: https://t.co/hfxlbiYv8n

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[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Word of the day: IRUSU (Japanese) - Pretending not to be home when an unwanted visitor knocks at the door.

[Olugbenga Adewale @wf_Pathfinder]

If you could teach your child or friend one thing, just ONE thing, what would it be?

[Olugbenga Adewale @wf_Pathfinder]

@Mr_JAGs That's the biggest win of this IPO imo.

Not even the anticipated oversubscription.

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

The greatest thing your parents can gift you with is unconditional love and a sense of self confidence

Once you spend enough time around people who grew up with successful but absentee parents, you will realize that no amount of money can ever fill the hole if those two are missing

If your parents brought you up with unconditional love, just make sure to give them a call and them you love them today

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[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

You may pride yourself on listening and empowering others, but do the people who report to you actually experience your leadership this way?

Research with more than 10,000 professionals and 400 senior leaders suggests that as leaders rise, they become increasingly likely to underestimate two behaviors that undermine collaboration: dominating conversations and micromanaging.

Learn how leaders can counter these tendencies: https://t.co/TRGud6jiEE

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

euphemism = polite term for an impolite thing

dysphemism = impolite term for a polite thing

[Mr. Czar @Mrczar_]

I just got off the phone with my millionaire friend...

…and the moment I got off the call, I pulled up my laptop to type this.

I’m going to try as much as possible to put everything down the way he said
them.

EVERYTHING.

So the phone rings…I pick it up, it’s his number on the screen. This is actually
the first time he is calling. So I take the call and he is already talking:

‘’I read your post on Facebook. The one about our conversation yesterday’’.
I waited, trying to read the tone of his voice.

I was unsure whether he approved of me sharing our conversation in public. At first I felt it didn’t matter, but right
now I was unsure.

‘’I want you to share something else’’. He said.

I subconsciously relaxed a bit. His tone seemed alright. He didn’t seem angry at all.

‘’Are you with a pen and paper there’’.

I quickly grabbed a pen and a paper. ‘’Yes sir’’.

‘’Good’’. He said. ‘’Now write this. Conventional wisdom isn’t always right’’

‘’What?’’

‘’Conventional wisdom isn’t always right’’ He repeated. ‘’Now close your eyes’’.

Huh?

‘’Have you’’.

I slowly closed my eyes. ‘’Yes sir’’.

‘’How much do you see yourself making this year’’. He asked. ‘’Do you see yourself making 800 Million naira?’’

I opened my eyes. The sum sounded outrageous. 100 million naira. What.
He laughed, almost like he could see my reaction.

‘’That amount isn’t even up to a million dollars. But you can’t see it’’

Now write this; ‘’People will always be wise over the things they see’’. I scribbled that on the paper. He continued quickly. ‘’If they don’t see it, then their opinions are usually not wise’’

I didn’t get that.

He followed up quickly.

‘’What do you think. Is 1 million naira too much for a year’s rent?’’

I thought about it. ‘’Yes’’. I replied.‘’No, it is not too much. You only say that because you don’t make 100 million
naira a year’’. He said.

‘’But sir, I can’t live above my means. I have no problem staying in a house like
that but I have to live within my means’’. I said.

He laughed. ‘’That is the problem. That sentence right there. I wanted you to say it. Living within your means. That right there is the conventional wisdom I’m talking about. It sounds wise but it is stupid’’

I heard a smack from the other end of the phone. He had probably banged on
the table as he said that.

‘’Now think about it’’ he went on excitedly. ‘’When you say I’m living within my means, what you are actually saying is I can’t make more than enough in a year to pay a couple million naira rent’’.

He paused.

‘’Don’t you see it, you are not living within your means. You just created a little container and you put yourself inside. A year has 12 months. To hit a million naira all you need to do is simply sell 100 units of a 10, 000 naira a piece stuff’’.

‘’…Just 100 units’’ he said. ‘’Sell 100 pieces of perfumes for 10, 000 naira each and you have a million naira. But you just said now that you won’t be able to make that number many times over IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS….you just put yourself in a box…

….When you can make that amount pushing a huge volume of products in just a single month. But with just one sentence you just put yourself in a container’’

He paused again…as if to let that sink in, then he continued.

‘’Most times when people say they are living within their means, they are
actually living within their reality. 1 million naira is less than 3000 dollars. You shouldn’t make that number your means, you should ask yourself this
question…’

’‘’….are you writing this down’’. He asked.

I reached for the paper again. ‘’Yes’’.

‘’Write, How can I legally make as much money as I can fast, and keep doubling
it as fast as I can without breaking the law or getting into a get rich quick
scheme. No, don’t give yourself a target. There is actually no limit to how much you can make’’

‘’…Did you get all that?’’ he asked. ‘’Don’t say anything. Just think about this –deeply. Don’t put yourself within a number

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Not to add to the discourse, but…

It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

[Proshare @proshare]

For many Nigerian households, debt is becoming less about investment and more about survival.

In this edition of WebTV Focus, anchored by Gabriel Jude, Kingsley Anozie, Founder of Wealth Creation Social Club, examines how rising living costs and weak disposable incomes are pushing more households toward personal loans, overdrafts, salary advances and digital credit.

https://t.co/Enq9mQInLO

[Proshare @proshare]

Nigeria in 1min: Economic, Business and Financial Market Headlines – 2 September 2026

Nigerian equities extended their rebound into September. The @ngxgrp All-Share Index rose 0.77% to 246,082.63 points, and market capitalisation gained about N1.22trn, taking the year-to-date return to 58.14%. Breadth held at 40 gainers against 19 decliners. The #NFEM rate firmed 0.26% to N1,329.43/US$1, with the average #BDC rate flat at N1,395/US$1.

August private-sector PMI rose to 54.3 from 52.5, the joint-highest reading in 29 months, alongside Q2 GDP growth of 4.43%. @Econassociates-Proshare expects moderation to 4.19% in Q3. Broad money rose 16% year on year to N138.78trn in July under a 26.50% policy rate.

Today’s N700bn Treasury-bill auction offers N100bn each at 91 and 182 days, and N500bn at 364 days, against N734.81bn in maturities. The last one-year stop rate cleared at 17.15%, so today’s allotment sets the direction of sovereign funding costs.

The external picture deteriorated overnight. US Central Command struck #IRGC sites near Bandar Abbas and Chabahar after two tankers were hit leaving the Strait of Hormuz, and Brent settled near US$95 before adding 0.7% to US$95.34 in Asian trade. Japan’s 10-year yield touched 3% for the first time since 1996, and the US 10-year reached 4.80%. Eurozone inflation accelerated to 3.3%, with the @ecb near-fully priced for a hike on 10 September.

Higher crude lifts export receipts while raising the fuel import bill and the global cost of capital. Watch the Treasury-bill clearing rate, naira strength, and the pass-through of US$95 crude to pump prices.

Cc: @Reuters, @THISDAYLIVE, @webtvnigeria, @MobilePunch, @BusinessDayNg, @LeadershipNGA, @technextdotng, @AP, @YahooFinance, @euronews, @business, @CNBC, @Nairametrics, @SECNigeria,

Read more: https://t.co/WPZd8uitsE

[Fred’s Farm | Herbal Wellness 🌿 @FredsFarm247]

Have you ever seen a real banana?

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@HusseinKolawol1 @indykaila 😂😂😂😂

[Olugbenga Adewale @wf_Pathfinder]

@asemota "The strength of weak ties" comes to mind.

[Olugbenga Adewale @wf_Pathfinder]

People never rise above the level of the opinion of themselves.

[Olugbenga Adewale @wf_Pathfinder]

Knowledge doesn't exist without the retention of it by memory.

[IFC @IFC_org]

How is AI going to transform jobs and well-being in developing countries?

Read the @WorldBankGroup's most comprehensive assessment of AI in the World Development Report 2026 for answers: https://t.co/Rar39ob86d

[Abdulkadir | Cybersecurity @cyber_razz]

A woman made a joke in a private Snapchat message. Snapchat’s AI reported it to the FBI. She was arrested before any human she sent it to ever reported her.