The first brain scale neuromorphic computer is about to go online
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The kind of AI that noone’s talking about neuromorphic computers will revolutionise AI as we know it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential…
Critical flaws in open source AI frameworks let hackers run rife
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By using bugs in AI open source models hackers can do everything from destroy to coerce your AI’s to do all kinds of things they…
Altman says AI will make workers more efficient and scare the crap out of them
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sam Altman wants to develop AI’s that outperform human workers in all economically valuable work and is likely underestimating the “holy crap” moment many people…
US Government launches a technology strike force to target national security threats
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly powerful technologies are creating new threats everywhere, and finally the US government has a strike force to try and get ahead of them. …
New analysis suggests AI could upend everyones pay and flatten wages
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you can use AI to get your under performing staff to be as good as your expert staff then why would you need to…
New IARPA cyber attribution program hunts down hackers via their code
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Trying to find the people behind a cyber attack, and then attribute it, is very hard so now IARPA is upping its game with a…
Researchers have created the first ever graphene semiconductor
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Graphene is a 2D wonder material with amazing properties which make it ideal for computing applications, but so far it’s been hard to create a…
Nanoscale computer accurately controls the behaviour of cells for the first time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We think computers have to be big, but in fact they can be nanoscale, and now they’re being used to control protein functions in cells…
Scientists have teleported data between two sites for the second time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you never had to use a network to transmit data but could teleport it instead and thereby prevent it being hacked or intercepted?…
Pika Labs new AI cinematic video generation tool wows Twitterati
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Using text and images to generate decent video is hard, but there are now more companies breaking boundaries. Love the Exponential Future? Join our…