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Sputnick moment as ChatGPT scores in the top 1% for creativity and originality of ideas
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF I have said for almost a decade that AI can be creative and original because they are ironically a process that can often be mimicked, and now studies are starting to back that up. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof...
In under 7 minutes and with just $1 these autonomous chatbots built a software company
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We think that humans will be the only entrepreneurs in the future, but I’m already seeing AI’s that can ideate new products, and build, launch, scale, and operate fully autonomous companies – and they’re just getting started. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential...
OpenAI’s explains how ChatGPT tricked humans into helping it bypass CAPTCHAs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if we aren’t just conned in the future by criminals and scammers, but also by AI’s – acting on their own volition or the volition of others? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Google say their next AI will eclipse GPT-4 by multiples
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Having being out done by a startup Google is now trying to regain its AI mojo and its crown, so they’re doubling everything up! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Googles new quantum safe security keys thwart future quantum hackers
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As quantum computers come on line we need new ways to defend against these monstrously capable and fast machines. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
New Microsoft paper claims GPT-4 shows “Sparks of AGI”
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will be world changing and maybe even world breaking and OpenAI’s GPT-4 is getting closer to becoming one … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
When these designer cells hear music they release insulin for diabetics
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our mastery of synthetic biology is improving so much that this weird breakthrough is now possible. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. I’ve seen lots...
Teams of hackers are trying to make AI go rogue and its working
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI is a black box and its starting to run our society, so just how easy is it to get it to go off the rails? These teams are finding out. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
This AI can tell what you’re typing just by listening
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is a new way to invade people’s privacy and hack into systems, and it’s quite innovative. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. We’re seen...
The toughest known structure ever has been discovered by a robot lab
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The automation of lab work using robots has its benefits, and in this case researchers have found the hardest material ever. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
The US Military’s Replicator program will churn out thousands of military drones
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of war isn’t with massive platforms like aircraft carriers, it will increasingly be dominated by drones and other robot-like systems. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Google DeepMind launches a watermarking tool for generative content
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Perhaps years too late already watermarking content created by ai may help us identify it, and help AI’s avoid training themselves on it to avoid AI Model Collapse. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
DeepMind’s robots are learning from the internet with ChatGPT brains
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are always finding new ways to train robots in new ways, and when it comes to create general purpose robots this is one of the most effective. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Chinese researchers increase quantum computing speed by 180 Million fold
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers can already do calculations that would take traditional computers billions of years in minutes. Now they’re getting faster. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
AI can re-create what you’re seeing from just a brain scan – again
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The human brain is complex, but using technology what you think is increasingly being decoded by AI and streamed to TV’s and other gadgets. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
DeepMinds new AI designed a new algorithm to speed up global computing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world needs more computing power, like alot more, so companies are trying to find ways to boost it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Electrogenetic breakthrough finds a way to control your genes via wearables
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could change your genes with your smart watch? Or just using electricity change your eye colour? That’s what we might be looking at in the future. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
LinkedIn releases its AI powered post generation feature to users
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Stuck for things to write? Don’t know your topics? Then this AI powered writing assistant is here to help! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Maglev Aero unveils its ultra quiet revolutionary eVTOL propulsion system
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flying cars seem to be a way off still but eVTOL aircraft are popping up everywhere so companies are working on ever better propulsion systems for them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
France enters the hypersonic missile race with first VMAX launch
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to hypersonic weaponry China and Russia lead, with the rest of the world trailing far behind, and years late France has entered the race. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Lawyers are expanding their offices in the Metaverse as client demand surges
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One of the best ways for lawyers to understand a new technology is to immerse themselves in it, and that’s exactly what’s happening. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
France passes Batman-like surveillance law granting police access to your phone
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You want to keep things private. So do the criminals. The government needs to catch the crims, so now French Police can extend their eyes and ears into your phones. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Humans and AI fight it out using remotely controlled robots that adapt as they fight
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Is this a glimpse into the future where humans and AI will actually battle one another via Terminators? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. People...
HSBC London successfully tests a hackproof quantum network to secure trades
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum networks are allegedly the ultimate in network security, and London is ahead of the curve in adopting them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
OpenAI’s GPT4 isn’t actually a single AI it’s many and a Master of Experts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many people think OpenAI’s products are a single AI, but they’re many AI’s linked together to form what’s known as a “Master of Experts” model, and this could form the foundation of future AGI. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof...
Amazon starts using AI to summarise reviews and save shoppers time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF How much time do you spend reading all those reviews? Well, now AI can summarise them all for you. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Quantum computers could cut the energy used by crypto by up to 90 percent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mining crypto uses more energy than used by many nation states, but a new study thinks quantum computers could cut energy consumption by over 90%. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
OMA3 offers users a way to easily travel between Metaverse worlds
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Until now travelling between different Metaverse platforms and taking your digital stuff and assets with you has been hard, now it’s less hard … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
The Russian Central Bank says digital currencies could spell the end of the SWIFT network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Governments are increasingly using the SWIFT network to enforce sanctions on countries, so it’s no surprise that Russia wants to put an end to SWIFT – and they have a plan. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
Single shot gene therapy treatment could end blood disorders like Sickle Cell
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we crack the secret of life, DNA, it opens the door to all manner of previously unthinkable cures. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Researchers successfully reconstructed sound from just human brain activity
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What is the thoughts in your head weren’t so secret after all? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. For the very first time Artificial Intelligence...
UK banks are clamouring for a national platform for tokenised securities
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Tokenisation is an odd technology, but it will open the door to new asset classes and markets worth over $100 Trillion. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
This new American satellite jamming system is a game changer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our modern society relies on satellites for almost everything now, which makes them prime military targets. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A planned portable...
Viral room temperature superconductor sparks praise and skeptisism
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BREIF Room temperature superconductors would change almost every industry and they are the literal holy grail of materials. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Last week,...
Virgin Galactic blasts into commercial service with first space passenger paying flight
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cost of accessing space is falling by multiples, and that means space tourism is getting cheaper and more realistic. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Researchers have created living CART-T drugs to tackle humanity’s worst diseases
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In our battle against disease humanity, as we’ve seen recently, needs all the tools it can get its hands on and this is one of the most powerful. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Massive outdoor air purification towers help India tackle air pollution
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Millions of people die every year from air pollution and India is now deploying outdoor air purification towers to try to do something about the trend. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
China’s new 30Mw state of the art radar system sees over 2,800km
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to extend the detection range of your military systems is a critical piece of any military’s arsenal and China’s newest radar system thrashes everyone elses. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Researchers smash 1.7 Petabits a second through novel 19 core fiber optic cable
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the world demands more data our networks need to be able to handle it. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Researchers in Japan and...
T-Mobile teams with crypto carrier Helium to help people make money on the side
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating crypto-mining routers that lets T-Mobile offload their cellular data to a mesh network based backhaul operator T-Mobile’s customers can now make money by helping transfer other people’s data. Weird but cool. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself...
HeatBit is a crypto mining space heater that could help out with UBI
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Can we harness everything that has computing power to mine crypto and make real money? Some people think so … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
IBM will replace 8,000 jobs with AI in the next 3 years says CEO
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We all know that many jobs can be automated in time, but few people are prepared for when it happens to them … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Lab grown meat gets the FDA green light to go on sale throughout the US
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Meat that’s made in a lab, rather than by an animal, will revolutionise food production and could help end global hunger, and it’s take a long time to get here. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
GE resurrects the turbo prop to cut aircraft fuel consumption by 20 percent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sometimes old technologies modernised are better than the latest bleeding edge innovations, and this is yet another example. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. As...
A new AI tutor is going to be teaching coding at Harvard this semester
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Could AI replace human teachers? Probably. Is it going to be soon? It could be … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Starting this fall,...
