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Research shows up to 80 percent of jobs are exposed to ChatGPT automation risks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI will have a profound impact on jobs, it will fully automate some, partially automate others, but also augment many more. 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,...
New material absorbs triple the amount of CO2 as existing carbon capture materials
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the Earth heats up the need to recover more CO2 from the atmosphere increases, and we need better technology and materials to do that effectively. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
New algorithms save lives by taking seconds to calculate future Tsunami impacts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Currently it takes half an hour to calculate what regions will be worst hit by a Tsunami by which time it’s too late to evacuate people, now it takes one second. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
EY launch immersive lab Wavespace to help clients realise the potential of Web 3.0
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being told about opportunities in Web 3.0 and the Metaverse is one thing, but experiencing them first hand in immersive reality brings them to life. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Chicago O’Hare International and UA plan to launch flying taxi services from 2025
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why take taxis through congested city streets when you can just fly to your final destination? 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 while ago...
Ultra high capacity bacterial made DNA hard drives get a boost with new funding round
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DNA storage can store almost half an Exabyte of information in a gram, and is revolutionary. But it’s still early days for the technology. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Prophesee and Qualcomm partner to bring neuromorphic computer vision to smartphones
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Neuromorphic computers are very different to traditional computers, they can learn. As a result they have the ability to change many industries. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
This new ultrasonic sensor detects gas leaks underground to make pipelines safer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Trying to find, monitor, and fix ancient pipes is hard in every industry, but it’s getting easier. 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. While it...
In a first an AI pilot flew a real uncrewed F16 in simulated aerial dog fights
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By testing its first AI pilot in real planes the US could suddenly field thousands of old grounded planes in battle to regain overmatch against their opponents. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Zero Proof Knowledge cryptography finally goes live on Bitcoin
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A fascinating area ZPK’s let provers prove to you that something is fact without telling you why – and it could revolutionise knowledge and “proof” sharing. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
AI makes silicon level Trojans embedded in computer chips easy to ID
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We often think of cyber attacks as just being “software” but hardware can be infiltrated to, now we can detect hardware exploits easier. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Hackers inject Trojans and Ransomware into open source AI models to hack you
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is a completely new kind of attack that generally can’t be detected, and it’s only the beginning. 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. In...
Levi announce plans to supplement human models with digital ones
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We can see a point int time where many human models will be made redundant by digital versions, but in the interim companies are using soft phrasing to cushion the blow. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
In a win win this company cools datacenters by heating community pools
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Swimming pools are spending huge sums of money on heating, and datacenter operators spend huge sums on cooling, by working together this is a win win. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Tesla’s first fully loaded electric Class-8 Semi completes its first 500 mile trip
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 500 miles is the sweet spot for trucking because truckers have to stop every 8 hours, and this is a major achievement. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
In the wake of global instability researchers turn to quantum computers to secure supply chains
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers can optimise and re-configure even the most complex global supply chains in real time, so they’re going to be a great asset in the future. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Morgan Stanley starts deploying ChatGPT for 16,000 financial advisors
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By using ChatGPT to augment their human workers Morgan Stanley hopes to give its staff access to expertise and knowledge that was previously out of their reach. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
In vivo robotic surgery gets closer after mini robot breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Decades ago keyhole surgery was considered an amazing breakthrough because it left little scaring, but what if robots in your body could repair you instead? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Disney’s clumsy new bunny bot finds ways to create instant human connections
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By being imperfect and “human-like” robots are finding new ways to connect with humans. 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 robot that will “bring...
This new nanotextured plasmonic paint based on nature never ever fades
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many colours in nature, such as butterfly wings, never fade and that’s because they have specific nanotextures that we can now use to give paint the same properties. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Scientists have confirmed the weird existence of time reflections
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Time reflections are so weird if they were light reflections when you looked at yourself in the mirror you’d see the back of your head … go figure. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
To beat Microsoft Google bakes a ton of new AI productivity tools into its app suite
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Microsoft and OpenAI have landed a body blow to Google, and the company’s now desperately trying to catch up with its rivals. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
This brand new sensor can read your body’s vital signs from across the room
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People often underestimate the power of sensors and light, and now a new light sensor with 200% efficiency opens the door to a new kind of remote health monitoring breakthrough. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
Microsoft launches ChatGPT powered Copilot to the masses
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Copilot is a Microsoft tool that uses advanced AI from OpenAI to help workers automate everything from writing to coding, and improve their productivity. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
OpenAI announces GPT-4 the latest iteration of its game changing language model
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF GPT4 is multi-modal, does more, is more accurate, and has more guard rails than its predecessor GPT3. 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. After months...
Hydrogen eating bacteria make electricity from air in new energy breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is energy hungry, and by 2050 it’s estimated we will see demand reach 410 Exajoules, so we need new ways to produce it cleanly. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Human mini-brains could make biological computers more powerful than silicon based AI
WHY THIS MATERS IN BRIEF You are more intelligent than a computer AI, but that will change in time, but biology is still far superior to silicon … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Scientists are using AI to dream up amazing new unnatural enzymes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Enzymes are crucial to all living things and to many human processes and activities, so revolutionising how we create them will change the world. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
China allegedly has found a way to make its hypersonic weapons twice as potent
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hypersonic weapons are a part of the future of war, and China has the upper hand in the race to develop and deploy them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
BritCoin could arrive in the next decade says BoE
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Countries will eventually embrace Central Bank Digital Currencies, and several are moving ahead already. 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. The UK is pushing ahead...
Survey shows images of deepfake faces are now more real than genuine photos
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When deepfakes are more convincing and real than genuine images of people we change our behaviours, opinions, and more importantly trust behaviours. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Seabricks new floating bricks are designed to give future ocean cities great foundations
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As global sea levels rise and inundate many coastal mega cities countries are considering building oceanic cities. 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 sea...
Whole genome sequencing leads to new Cancer breakthroughs in medicine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to sequence the whole genome of patients and identify “genomic events” that lead to cancer development could be revolutionary. 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,...
Airspeeder unveils its first crewed eVTOL racer as it eyes a future flying car series
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regular cars have racing series, and soon flying cars could have their own series as well … 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. Today we...
Wilson debuts an airless 3D printed NBA basketball
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing lets us manufacture things that previously would have been impossible, costly, or both. 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 hole in your...
Astrophysicists think alien civilisations may be using Black Holes as quantum computers
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While this might sound nutty the laws of quantum physics are a universal constant, and we’re already building the computers that harness this power on Earth. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Cruise’s self-driving cars clock up over 1 million miles with noone behind the wheel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of self-driving vehicles doesn’t involve a human driver, so companies are trying to perfect their autonomous 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 a keynote, or browse my blog....
Googles newest AI can create all kinds of music from text prompts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In short if you can talk or text you can now use AI to generate everything from content to products as creativity gets democratised. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Snoop Dog Larry hits up the Metaverse with new B.O.D.R track
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When it comes to pushing real and virtual boundaries multiple artists are pushing the boundaries, including the Dogg. 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. Snoop...
The worlds first lab grown steak breaks cover in Switzerland
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why grow cows in fields when you can just grow the steaks sustainably in a lab? Food is being re-invented … 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,...
Self-aware robots that recognise themselves and have a sense of self are getting closer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Humans and robots are still very different and there are advantages to being self-aware which is why researchers are cranking up their efforts in the field. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Oto snags millions from SAP and others to help AI understand peoples emotions
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While AI’s that can listen to your voice and understand your intonation and emotions has its benefits as we see AI’s being developed to gain peoples trust it could also be weaponised. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
This hybrid Chinese drone soars like a bird and swims like a fish
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Multi-biome drones could have some very interesting applications, especially in the military … 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. You’re used to seeing drones crossing...
The original company behind MidJourney has just launched its generative video Beta program
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF I’ve been talking about generative video for almost a decade, and it’s now getting better, albeit slowly. 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. Runway, the Creative...
Maryland wants to be the first US state to switch to a four day working week
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Working a four day week has shown to boost employee happiness and productivity, so now some locations want it to be the norm. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
