Startup Manifest thinks AI can solve global loneliness
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology and other things are making people more isolated and loneliness is on the rise, can AI save the day? Love the Exponential Future?…
China’s new Hypergravity facility bests the US to simulate 1,900G
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to physically simulate gravity has lots of civilian and military benefits, and China’s new facility is the world’s most powerful. Love the…
AI models secretly learn new capabilities long before they show them
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly we are discovering what AI can do rather than inventing it, so researchers think, and this could be one reason why. Love the…
UK conducts first flights using GPS free quantum navigation tech
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly malicious states are jamming and spoofing GPS signals affecting civilian and military operations so now the UK is trying to eliminate the need for…
AI beats human experts at ING at pricing currencies
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI is getting better all the time and it’s increasingly taking over banking … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof…
Boston Dynamics humanoid robot gets to work stacking shelves
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If someone can create a humanoid robot that is as good as humans in many tasks then companies will be able to automate all kinds…
AI agents created a Minecraft civilisation complete with culture, religion, and tax
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is not the first time AI agents have created their own “surprising” behaviours and cultures, yet we’re supposed to embrace them in our businesses…
Bitcoin is flying high and countries are considering building national reserves
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bitcoin is slowly edging into the mainstream despite many years being scolded as the currency of criminals. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential…
Nigerian AI-Ese not English is the primary language of AI
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As big tech outsources the training and testing of its models to English speaking African countries English isn’t the cornerstone of many Large Language Models…
Vanta raises $150 Million to automate regulatory and cyber compliance
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regulatory compliance can cost companies up to 10% of their revenues to actually do, so everyone wants it fully automated and slowly those platforms are…