Softbank CEO Son says AGI will arrive within the next ten years
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today’s AI will impact up to 80% of jobs, allegedly, and AGI is much much more powerful and capable so its impact will be multiple…
Google’s AI alone might be using more energy than all of Ireland
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Training and running giant AI models like GPT4 and BARD use huge amounts of energy, and it’s all starting to add up. Love the…
Hitachi’s new synthetic protein for lab made meat could drop prices by 90%
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many people query the ethics of using foetal bovine serum to grow lab based meats, but this new synthetic protein not only solves that but…
This new iPhone VFX app is already blowing minds
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF These renders are so real and interactive that you could be fooled into thinking they’re in the room with you. Love the Exponential Future?…
In a world first scientists have observed the creation of matter from light
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Matter has to be come from somewhere, and now scientists have just observed it happen for the very first time. Love the Exponential Future?…
A dead gradma story fooled Bing chat into helping solve a CAPTCHA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Is human psychology the next great weapon in trying to get AI’s to do things their guardrails are supposed to stop? Love the Exponential…
This new quantum computing algorithm could crack the world’s encryption faster than before
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Companies and governments are moving to new quantum computing resistant encryption systems, but what if their timelines just got halved? Love the Exponential Future?…
These bacteria eat plastic waste and turn it into useful products
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nature and synthetic biology are finding new ways to combat humanity’s waste and pollution problems. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future…
Samsungs new Amex credit card can track you so you can find it
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Companies have been trying to tie up online and offline purchase behaviours and data for years, and this seems like it plugs that gap for…
Zuckerberg’s new life-like avatars laugh off the old critics
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cartoon avatars that dominate today’s Metaverse could soon be yesterday’s news and make human interactions more ‘real.’ Love the Exponential Future? Join our…