Abubakar @IAtalkspace

Analyzing tech and media businesses. MBA @Cornell. Ex: Tech Journalist @TheInformation; Knight-Bagehot Fellow @Columbia; Advisory Board Member @InsideTheCabal. NYC Joined October 2009

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

7 hours ago

Capex makes sense if viewed as an accelerated attempt to achieve AWS-type cloud capabilities within a short time frame. But some "known unknowns" are sustainability of demand and emergence of cheaper high quality alternatives; the latter is less of a mystery though.

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

9 hours ago

Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement. It will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools. wired.com/story/anthropi…

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Kylie Robison @kyliebytes

a day ago

Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement wired.com/story/anthropi…

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Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo @ChinasaTOkolo

a day ago

Exactly a year ago today, I was officially named as one of the world’s most influential people in AI on the 2nd edition of the @TIME 100 AI list! Receiving the news was quite unexpected, and I’m grateful for all of the opportunities that have come since. time.com/7012894/chinas…

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Trung Phan @TrungTPhan

a day ago

BREAKING: Meta has acquired Meek Mill’s new AI startup for $1B and he will promptly join the company’s Superintelligence Lab.

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UNCLE DEJI™️ @DejiAdesogan

2 days ago

Sujimoto declared wanted by EFCC

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Yèyé Balógun Efe @efearue

2 days ago

Oyá o young people trying to enter IB apply o.

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

3 days ago

Vitol: the secretive trading giant minting fortunes for its employees. The Commodity house is among the world’s most profitable companies and has returned $20bn to its 600 senior staff over the past three years. ft.com/content/e18f47…

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

4 days ago

Another good week where my Twitter timeline is blessed with tweets from journalists announcing their new jobs.

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Ed Ludlow @EdLudlow

4 days ago

NEWS: Google is not required to sell Chrome in ruling from antitrust/Google search remedy case but the Judge has barred Google from exclusive contracts for internet search $GOOGL storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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Emily Shugerman @eshugerman

4 days ago

NEW: OpenAI has been claiming for months now that the groups opposed to its for-profit transition are secretly backed by billionaires. We examined the evidence.

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

4 days ago

AI start-up Anthropic valued at $170bn in expanded funding round ft.com/content/c701ea…

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Abubakar Suleiman - previously blue ticked @suleimana

5 days ago

There’s something else truly special about 2nd September but that’s topic for another day. linkedin.com/posts/abubakar…

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Amy Wu Martin @amytongwu

5 days ago

Anecdotally, I’ve heard how tough the job search has gotten post-college. Now the data confirms it: AI is automating entry-level roles across devs, and also consulting, legal etc

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Nathan Hayes @NathanHayesEIU

5 days ago

A few emerging markets have also sought to issue samurai bonds from Japan. BoJ maintains a loose monetary policy, so borrowing costs in Japan lower than in peer economies. Sustained yen weakness supports samurai bonds against US dollar-denominated debt ft.com/content/36f822…

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Business Insider @BusinessInsider

5 days ago

From kiss cams to hat theft, CEOs keep going viral for the wrong reasons trib.al/EwRMHy5

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

5 days ago

"From what I read online, I trust my own information", said a Nigerian who has read wrong information from an obviously unreliable source during a short web search. What's sad is the arrogance that they display while being misinformed. Sigh.

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Financial Times @FT

5 days ago

Revolut staff were told on Monday that they would be allowed to sell up to 20% of their shares to make way for future investors, according to people with knowledge of the matter and a document seen by the Financial Times. on.ft.com/4mHLkUg

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Abubakar @IAtalkspace

5 days ago

This the problem with bad writing, it causes confusion. 🥲 Would have been better to say: "Titan Trust rebrands as Union Bank following acquisition of the 108-year-old Nigerian bank." 🫠

Nairametrics @Nairametrics

5 days ago

This the problem with bad writing, it causes confusion. 🥲 Would have been better to say: "Titan Trust rebrands as Union Bank following acquisition of the 108-year-old Nigerian bank." 🫠