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Six months ago, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) was a 2032 problem. Today? The prediction has been pulled forward to 2027, or sooner if you believe Musk. ➡️ With DeepSeek R1, OpenAI’s o3, and the latest self-improving AI models, researchers are no longer asking if AI will surpass humans in reasoning, coding, and science, it is a question of wen. In the past years, AI has leapfrogged through intelligence levels: 👉 Two years ago: High school-level AI. 👉 Last year: Undergrad-level. 👉 Today: PhD-level reasoning, outperforming experts in specialized fields. 👉 Next? Superintelligence; an AI so powerful it will design the next AI itself. ➡️ These advances aren’t just incremental. AI is now writing, improving, and self-optimizing its own code. The top 175 programmers in the world are still human, for now. But soon, AI will surpass them. ❓ We may have 1-5 years before AI hits escape velocity and remakes civilization in ways we can’t predict. What’s our next move? What’s yours? Read the full story on Uncharted Territories: https://lnkd.in/gVAJ_6Za #AGI #Future #ResponsibleAI #Reasoning #SuperIntelligence ---- 💡 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. I dive deep into these shifts, and I can bring these thought-provoking insights and actionable strategies to your next event. If you enjoyed this content, I help audiences think bigger, adapt faster, and embrace the future with confidence. Let’s talk or connect via TheDigitalSpeaker.com. 🚀

AI can now replicate itself, but I still can’t get my printer to work... 👉 This week’s 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 is packed with groundbreaking shifts in AI and robotics. Humanoid robots are stepping beyond factories into healthcare, logistics, and hospitality, reshaping industries with AI-driven adaptability. 👉 Meanwhile, Google’s Titans are redefining AI memory, DeepSeek-R1 is disrupting hyperscalers with ultra-efficient models, and quantum computing is advancing faster than hardware can keep up. 👉 And then there’s self-replicating AI, autonomously cloning itself—are we unlocking new frontiers or inviting chaos? 👉 The lines between human intelligence, AI autonomy, and machine evolution are blurring faster than ever. As we engineer the future, how do we ensure it doesn’t engineer us out of the equation? Join me as we unpack the breakthroughs, risks, and existential questions shaping the age of synthetic minds. #newsletter #AI #humanoids #future #innovation

In a world where AI aces PhD exams and outperforms experts, researchers have one last defense: creating a test so diabolically difficult that no AI can pass it. ➡️ 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺 was designed to do just that. Until, inevitably, AI catches up and we have to move the goalposts again. ➡️ This brutal test, crafted by elite academics, throws 3,000 mind-bending questions at AI, spanning everything from rocket science to hummingbird anatomy. 👉 AI bombed it; OpenAI’s o1 model led with a mere 8.3%. 👉 The game won’t last as experts predict AI will surpass 50% by year’s end. 👉 Beyond exams, AI’s real test will be solving problems we can’t, like math theorems and scientific discoveries. ❓ AI will eventually surpass human intelligence, that is inevitable as I believe there is no upper limit to intelligence. The question, therefore, is how will we manage unlimited intelligence with a limited brain? Read the full story on the NY Times: https://lnkd.in/gAkaacKs #Intelligence #AI #Tests #AGI #Exams ---- 💡𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. I dive deep into these shifts, and I can bring these thought-provoking insights and actionable strategies to your next event. If you enjoyed this content, I help audiences think bigger, adapt faster, and embrace the future with confidence. Let’s talk or connect via TheDigitalSpeaker.com. 🚀

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AI and crypto are teaming up to kick traditional commerce to the curb, promising a decentralized future where goods move seamlessly across global markets, without centralized gatekeepers. ➡️ Agentic Commerce will democratize trade, but let’s be honest: this is also about cutting out the middleman and making AI the new kingpin. ➡️ AI agents are soon going to make all the deals: matching buyers and sellers, automating transactions with smart contracts, and eliminating the friction that keeps e-commerce in silos. 👉 Smart AI agents scrape, aggregate, and match supply and demand. 👉 Crypto protocols ensure trustless transactions without intermediaries. ❓ Will AI and blockchain liberate global trade or just replace old monopolies with new ones? If data is power, then AI-powered commerce agents are poised to own the flow of goods. Would you trust an AI to run global trade? Read the full story on Coindesk: https://lnkd.in/dt-89Nzg #RWAs #Blockchain #Future #Agentic #Commerce #Innovation ---- 💡𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. I dive deep into these shifts, and I can bring these thought-provoking insights and actionable strategies to your next event. If you enjoyed this content, I help audiences think bigger, adapt faster, and embrace the future with confidence. Let’s talk or connect via TheDigitalSpeaker.com. 🚀

Sam Altman: “How Dare You Copy Our Copying Machine?” 🤣 ➡️ In the grand tradition of irony, OpenAI is accusing China’s DeepSeek of “distilling” ChatGPT. Essentially using OpenAI’s outputs to train its own model. ➡️ This is the same OpenAI that once hoovered up half the internet without asking, now crying foul because someone else might have done the same to them. This is clearly a case of the pot calling the kettle black. ➡️ If OpenAI succeeds in blocking “distillation,” does that mean only the first pirate gets the treasure? Or are we just watching AI capitalism eat itself? What’s next—an LLM arms race over who stole what first? ❓ Would you bet on regulation, litigation, or acceleration in AI’s future? Read the full story on Gizmodo: https://lnkd.in/dZBqPRPm ---- 💡We’re entering a world where intelligence is synthetic, reality is augmented, and the rules are being rewritten in front of our eyes. I dive deep into these shifts, and I can bring these thought-provoking insights and actionable strategies to your next event. If you enjoyed this content, I help audiences think bigger, adapt faster, and embrace the future with confidence. Let’s talk or connect via TheDigitalSpeaker.com. 🚀

DeepSeek, China’s open-source AI disruptor, has shattered expectations, proving that efficiency can trump brute-force compute. Now, the real question: can China replicate this success, or will geopolitical headwinds and restricted innovation hold it back? ➡️ China’s AI ambitions hinge on open ecosystems and rapid iteration. DeepSeek’s low-cost, high-performance model challenges the U.S. approach of building ever-larger AI clusters. ➡️ But for China to maintain momentum, it must balance state-driven funding with research transparency. Meanwhile, the U.S. scrambles and President Trump has already signaled tighter export restrictions, fearing another DeepSeek-style breakthrough. ❓ China’s AI future will be defined by agility over isolation. Will it embrace an open innovation model, or will political tensions stifle its next great disruptor? Read the full story on the SCMP: https://lnkd.in/eiaWXfCb #China #Deepskee #Ecosystems #OpenSource #Innovation ---- 💡 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 - you can have real-time insights, recommendations (a lot more than I share here) and conversations with my digital twin via text, audio or video in 28 languages! Join >10K users who went before and go to app.thedigitalspeaker.com to sign up and take our connection to the next level! 🚀

In Dutch we have an expression: “Hoogmoed komt voor de val”, loosely translated to “pride comes before a fall”, in other words if your ego takes the steering wheel, you are certainly going to crash.

What if the next breakthrough battery, semiconductor, or carbon-capturing material could be designed rather than discovered? That’s exactly what MatterGen, a generative AI model for materials design, is doing, replacing tedious trial-and-error with direct innovation. ➡️ Instead of screening millions of known materials, MatterGen creates new ones from scratch, optimizing for desired properties like strength, conductivity, or magnetism. ➡️ Its diffusion-based AI model, trained on over 600,000 stable materials, refines atomic structures like an artist sculpting matter at the nanoscale. Unlike traditional approaches, MatterGen predicts how stable and viable a new material will be—before a single real-world test is conducted. 👉 AI-driven material design replaces brute-force discovery 👉 Generated materials are twice as stable and ten times closer to ideal structures 👉 First AI-designed material successfully synthesized in a lab with 20% error margin ❓ As AI reshapes drug discovery, MatterGen is set to revolutionize batteries, fuel cells, and superconductors. The question now: Are we ready for a world where AI doesn’t just analyze nature, but invents it? Read the full story on The Digital Speaker: https://lnkd.in/gKSKShD8 #Material #AI #Design #Discovery #Future #Innovation ---- 💡 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 - you can have real-time insights, recommendations (a lot more than I share here) and conversations with my digital twin via text, audio or video in 28 languages! Join >10K users who went before and go to app.thedigitalspeaker.com to sign up and take our connection to the next level! 🚀

Is China’s AI industry out-innovating the West by being more transparent and efficient? The answer may surprise you. ➡️ China’s AI sector is rapidly narrowing the gap with the US, thanks to breakthroughs from firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba. DeepSeek’s v3 LLM, with 685 billion parameters, rivals leading Western models like OpenAI’s o1 but operates at a fraction of the cost due to algorithmic efficiencies. ➡️ Unlike the closed approaches of US firms, Chinese companies openly share their innovations, fostering a vibrant ecosystem that attracts top talent. Models like Alibaba’s Qwen openly publish their reasoning processes, standing in stark contrast to the secretive nature of Western AI labs. ❓ While US firms still lead in areas like integration and user-facing applications, China’s focus on cost-effective, open AI is reshaping the competitive landscape. Can Western AI firms maintain their dominance without adopting more open and efficient strategies? Or did open-source just win? Read the full story on the Economist: https://lnkd.in/ghK46Jp5 #China #Deepseek #Research #AIChips #OpenSource ---- 💡 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 - you can have real-time insights, recommendations (a lot more than I share here) and conversations with my digital twin via text, audio or video in 28 languages! Join >10K users who went before and go to app.thedigitalspeaker.com to sign up and take our connection to the next level! 🚀