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A list of countries that have developed LLM-scale models trained from scratch, from initial pre-training on large datasets to a final usable stage (publicly released, privately deployed, or government-backed). These models are trained independently and are not based on fine-tuning existing foreign models.

No LLM models built in Africa but there are some Initiatives
Source: wikipedia and internet

#AIModels #LLM

Just saw the news, OpenAI shut down the Sora app today, only six months after the massive hype of its launch.

The root cause of this massive failure seems to be copyright issues, the "ultimate killer" in this industry. After a wave of complaints from Hollywood and various rights holders, OpenAI tightened its content filters to avoid lawsuits, which completely frustrated users. Turns out the hype only lasted about a month before the reality set in.

#sora #openai

I completely agree with this speech.
great idea is worth no more than 5% of the final success. The remaining 95% comes down to two things, timing and execution.

Timing is everything. We’ve all seen incredibly simple ideas turn into million-dollar businesses not because the concept was revolutionary, but because the timing was perfect and/or the execution was relentless. Great execution can make an average idea shine, while poor execution can kill even the best one.

What fascinates me most is how universal ideas really are.

Almost every time a friend excitedly approaches me with “a new idea,” I’ve already thought about it, or know someone monetion similar idea. sometimes years earlier. If you’ve ever been at AASTU, you probably remember how many developers independently came up with the same concept …”building a campus delivery app” for cafes like K.K. It wasn’t one person’s stroke of genius it was something many of us had imagined.

Over time, I’ve come to believe that true “invention” is almost extinct in recent decades. What we call innovation today is usually just intelligent recombination connecting existing pieces in smarter, faster, or more convenient ways. I hope you know this qoute “If you want to reinvent the apple, you’d first have to create the entire universe.”

It’s also amusing how some people still try to hide their ideas, as if secrecy alone could protect them.

So the next time you get excited about a startup or product idea, remember this
Someone, somewhere, has probably already thought of it.

The real question you should ask yourself isn’t “Is this idea original?” but
“Why am I the one who can actually make this successful?”

That single shift in mindset changes everything.

@codeitlab

Dagmawi Bedilu is one of the thoughtful people I know. In this video, he discusses "Game Thinking," the startup ecosystem, and the education system in Ethiopia. It is definitely worth watching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GePpkI3H9X0

Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's source code 😮

What happened:
On March 31, 2026, they released version 2.1.88 of the @anthropic-ai/claude-code npm package. It included a large source map file (cli.js.map ~60MB) that wasn't supposed to be there. This map pointed to a zip archive with the full unobfuscated TypeScript source.

What was exposed:
- Nearly 2,000 files
- Over 512,000 lines of code
- The entire CLI/agent architecture, tool-calling, streaming, telemetry, internal feature flags, and hints at unreleased features (like planning modes, undercover/anti-distillation tricks, etc.)

What was NOT exposed:
- Core Claude model weights
- Training data
- Any customer data or credentials

Anthropic confirmed it was human error in the build/packaging process (not a hack). They pulled the package and are adding safeguards. The code has already been mirrored widely on GitHub.

A wake-up call for release processes in fast-moving AI teams. The "harness" around the model is now public interesting times for agent devs!

Github is actively scanning and taking down recently created repositories of leaked source code.

#Claude #AI #Leak

Sometimes, I find myself pausing to consider how radically the era of software development has shifted. We have adopted AI into our workflows so deeply that the "old way" of writing code the manual, line-by-line construction of logic is starting to feel nearly impossible, or at least unnecessarily thing. It makes me wonder if we are experiencing a form of "learned helplessness" or a subtle "chatbot psychosis." It’s that creating sensation that you are incapable of solving a problem unless there is a prompt box waiting to catch your thoughts.

I often look back and ask mayself: How on earth did I build anything before 2023?

Fortunately, I have the evidence. I look at old applications I built years ago like AASTU Students App in 2021, now it help me as testament to my "past self." Back then, code was done by of granite. We wrote it line by line...we spent all day through Stack Overflow, copy-pasting snippets that failed 80% of the time, forcing us to actually understand the "why" behind the "how."

Yet, look at what we achieved. Before the era of LLM humans built the most complex systems on the planet we even built the AI itself. Millions of lines of hand-written code, integrated together by nothing but human persistence and logic. Those developers worldwide deserve a unique kind of honor...

Ultimately, I realize we aren't losing ourselves, we are simply doing what our species does best...which is adapting. The true beauty of human intelligence isn't found in the tools we use, It's in our uncanny ability to master a new reality and make it our own. We are not becoming weaker, we are becoming the orchestrators of a higher level of complexity.
@codeitlab

#AI #VibeCoding

https://claude.ai/settings/usage


claude is giving away some amount of reimbursement u might be eligible i got 20 usd u might get some check now.

Telegram's CDN and Custom lightweight protocol is So advanced that you can use telegram to check if your internet is working or not

It works well with weak internet because it uses a custom lightweight protocol called MTProto, which is highly efficient and resilient on low-bandwidth, high-latency, or unstable connections.

For popular content, Telegram encrypts files and distributes copies to regional CDN nodes worldwide. This brings data closer to users, reducing distance and improving speeds even in remote or congested areas, without the CDN being able to read the content.

The app also supports smart routing, easy proxies (especially MTProto proxies), and resumable downloads, allowing it to handle flaky networks better than most competitors.

Telegram was designed from the start for mobile and unreliable connections, making it snappy where other apps struggle and it works starting from 2G/3G network

#telegram
@codeitlab

Continued..As you know, telegram have roughly 30-40 engineers, But Durov hand-picks top programmers (often math olympiad winners, ACM ICPC champions, and elite competitive coders with sky-high ratings).

His brother Nikolai Durov, a brilliant mathematician and cryptographer, personally designed the core MTProto protocol, which make telegram efficiency on weak networks.

They have no HR department, no middle managers, no office. Durov acts as the sole product manager and developers communicate directly with him, making fast decisions, and avoid meetings/waste. This keeps everyone focused on high-impact coding.
They build everything from scratch that scale with minimal maintenance (lightweight protocol, distributed servers, automation, cloud infrastructure). Many routine tasks (support, moderation) run on bots and automation even before AI era.
#telegram

@codeitlabs

Lol

Ethiopia has been added to the supported countries for the Claude API. I just tested it and was able to use the model in my editor’s Claude extension and CLI without a VPN.

However, the main chat website (claude.com) still redirects to 'country not supported.' I expect it to be fully available in Ethiopia soon! 🇪🇹

https://www.anthropic.com/supported-countries

@codeitlabs