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Before long, machines will become vastly more intelligent than humans…either accept that humans will become the second most intelligent species or impose a global ban — he will speak at Future Day.

Hugo de Garis believes that too many commentators on AI are avoiding the fundamental issue: before long, machines will become vastly more intelligent than humans—potentially trillions of trillions of times more, or even beyond that. Humanity will soon face a critical decision: either accept that humans will become the second most intelligent species or impose a global ban on the creation of artilects (artificial intellects).

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In today’s AI news, in a social media post, DeepSeek said the daily releases it is planning for its Open Source Week would provide visibility into these humble building blocks in our online service that have been documented, deployed and battle-tested in production. As part of the open-source community, we believe that every line shared becomes collective momentum that accelerates the journey.

In other advancements, Together AI an AI cloud platform that enables companies to train and deploy artificial intelligence models — has raised $305 million in Series B funding in a round led by General Catalyst, more than doubling its valuation to $3.3 billion from $1.25 billion last March. The funding comes amid growing demand for computing power to run advanced open-source models.

In personal and professional development, if you’re curious about how to integrate AI smartly into your business, here are some friendly tips to get you started while keeping things safe and effective. The key is strategic integration with safeguards in place, use AI’s strengths — without losing your own.

Then, search startup Genspark has raised $100 million in a series A funding round, valuing the startup at $530 million, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the race to use artificial intelligence to disrupt Google’s stranglehold on the search engine market heats up. The Palo Alto-based company currently has over 2 million monthly active users, and the round was led by a group of U.S. and Singapore-based investors.

S like to compete with Google, and what the future of search could look like. + Then, as AI scales from the cloud to the very edges of our devices, the potential for transformative innovation grows exponentially. In this Imagination In Action session at Davos, Daniel Newman, CEO The Futurum Group moderates this expert panel which includes: Åsa Tamsons, Executive VP, Ericsson, Gill Pratt, CEO Toyota Research, Chief Scientist Toyota, Kinuko Masaki, CEO, VoiceBrain, Cyril Perducat, CTO, Rockwell Automation, and Alexander Amini, CSO, Liquid AI.

Meanwhile, Stripe cofounder and CEO Patrick Collison sits down with Bill Gates to discuss his memoir, Source Code. Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. In 1975, he cofounded Microsoft with Paul Allen and chair of the Gates Foundation. Bill is the founder of Breakthrough Energy, an effort to commercialize clean energy and climate-related technologies, and TerraPower, a company investing in developing nuclear technologies.

We close out with, Richard Attias, Chairman of the Executive Committee, FII Institute, Founder & Chairman, RA&A sitting down with Masayoshi Son, Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corporation in a session entitled: Stargate AI: Who will win the $500 Billion Bet On The Future Of Intelligence.

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Welcome to a unique listening experience in the universe of classic science fiction! Introducing “With Folded Hands” by Jack Williamson, an audiobook that will immerse you in a fascinating world full of technological intrigue. In this captivating tale, we explore a dystopian future where humanity has been supplanted by a race of helpful robots known as “Mechanies.” However, the apparent perfection of these androids hides a dark secret that threatens to destroy what remains of humanity. Accompany our narrator on a journey full of suspense and reflection as he discovers the dangers that lurk in a world dominated by technology. With the masterful voice of our narrator, each word comes to life, transporting you to a universe where machines have absolute control. Immerse yourself in this sci-fi masterpiece, where each chapter will leave you eager to discover what will happen next. Can humanity regain its freedom in the face of the unstoppable advance of technology? Find out now in “With Folded Hands” by Jack Williamson. Do not miss it! #audiobook #sciencefiction #JackWilliamson #WithFoldedHands #robots #dystopianbooks #technology #narration #literature #classicalliterature #futuristic #suspense #intrigue #books #audible #listen #adventure #classicliterature #Androids #sciencefictionfantasy

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Not everyone is willing to passively accept the future AI companies are shaping.

In an aggressive response to AI companies like OpenAI, independent developers have created “tarpits” — malicious software designed to trap and confuse AI scrapers for months on end.

The goal? To make AI companies pay a higher price for their relentless data collection and, perhaps, to slow the rapid commercialization of AI-driven content generation.

Inspired by cybersecurity tactics originally used against spam, these digital snares lure AI crawlers into endless loops of fake data, slowing their operations and potentially corrupting their training models. One such tool, Nepenthes, forces scrapers into a maze of gibberish, while another, Iocaine, aims to poison AI models outright.

While critics argue that these efforts may have limited long-term impact—since AI companies are developing countermeasures—supporters see tarpits as a symbolic act of resistance against AI’s unchecked expansion.

With growing concerns over AI scraping depleting valuable online content and replacing human-created work with algorithm-generated material, these digital weapons offer a way for website owners to fight back.

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Han, R.; Yoon, H.; Kim, G.; Lee, H.; Lee, Y. Pharmaceuticals 2023, 16, 1259. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16091259

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Han R, Yoon H, Kim G, Lee H, Lee Y. Pharmaceuticals. 2023; 16:1259. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16091259

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“Retrocausality” by Antonella Vannini and Ulisse Di Corpo Book Link: https://amzn.to/3X6UGhx.
“Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious” by Eric Wargo Book Link: https://amzn.to/4bdmWVV
“Psychology and Retrocausality: How the Future Determines Love, Memory, Evolution, Learning, Depression, Death, and What It Means to Be Human” by Mark Hatala Book Link: https://amzn.to/4k7kdBj.

The exploration of retrocausality challenges classical views of time and causality, suggesting that effects can precede their causes, influencing our understanding of quantum mechanics, consciousness, and free will. Retro causality offers potential resolutions to issues like non-locality in quantum physics by allowing communication between particles to travel backward in time, which could eliminate the need for higher dimensional configuration spaces and reconcile quantum theory with special relativity. Experimental investigations into retro-causality involve analyzing subtle effects, such as heart rate variations, and require careful methodologies to distinguish genuine retrocausal phenomena from experimental artifacts, while theoretical frameworks explore how retrocausality might address paradoxes and be compatible with concepts like time symmetry.
Thinkers in physics and philosophy are increasingly considering retrocausality as a potential framework to address foundational issues, including the measurement problem and the reconciliation of quantum mechanics with general relativity, potentially impacting our comprehension of time, causality, and the nature of reality itself. Discussions around retrocausality extend into areas like decision theory, existential risk, and the nature of consciousness, with some researchers exploring goal-oriented approaches and the potential for retrocausality to enhance artificial intelligence and our understanding of human cognition. Some notable scientists involved:
• Roger Penrose is noted for his views aligning with retrocausal concepts and his work on the science of consciousness with Stuart Hameroff.
• Yakir Aharonov is cited regarding time in quantum mechanics and weak value amplification.
• Ruth Kastner is mentioned in the context of retrocausality and the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics.
• Hu Price’s work is at the center of the study of existential risk.
• Ken Wharton is a professor of physics and astronomy working on time-symmetric and causally neutral models of physics.
• Matthew Leifer is mentioned regarding block universe ontological models and frameworks for theories with retrocausality.
• Daniel Rohrlich is mentioned for his work on fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics and his views on retrocausality.
• Richard Feynman is mentioned in the context of interaction with the absorber as the mechanism of radiation.
• Simon Shnoll is mentioned for his work showing that the assumption of normal distribution is only mathematical, and that in life sciences and also in physics it is false.
• David Lucas is mentioned in the context of trapped-ion processing modules.

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In today’s AI news, Mercor, the AI recruiting startup founded by three 21-year-old Thiel Fellows, has raised $100 million in a Series B round, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Menlo Park-based Felicis led the round, valuing Mercor at $2 billion — eight times its previous valuation. Existing investors Benchmark and General Catalyst, as well as DST Global and Menlo Ventures participated.

In other advancements, GPT-4.5 could arrive as soon as next week, as Microsoft gets ready to host OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence models.

Microsoft engineers are currently readying server capacity for OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 models. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged recently that GPT-4.5 will launch within a matter of weeks.

Then, OpenAI’s astounding growth rate potential is luring possible investors as questions loom over whether the startup will go public. “In terms of a multiple to pay for stock like ours, there’s incredible interest at the moment,” finance chief Sarah Friar told CNBC’s David Faber on Thursday. Its future growth potential has also enabled OpenAI to “achieve valuations that are on par with the growth rate of the scale” it is reaching.

S internal testing, it could mark a meaningful step forward for an all-purpose multimodal AI that can operate interactively in both real and digital spaces. + In videos, Figure is introducing Helix, a generalist Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that unifies perception, language understanding, and learned control to overcome multiple longstanding challenges in robotics. A detailed report on Helix can be found in text accompanying the video.

Then, in this episode of Moonshots Peter Diamandis is joined by a panel of leaders in the session Transforming Business with AI: Opportunity or Overload? at Miami FII. Panelists include: Prem Akkaraju, CEO, Stability AI Ramin Hasani, Co-Founder & CEO, Liquid AI Jack Hidary, CEO, SandboxAQ Jim Keller, CEO, Tenstorrent Alexander Sukharevsky, Senior Partner & Managing Partner, QuantumBlack, AI, McKinsey & Company.

Meanwhile, AI is evolving into a mysterious new form of intelligence — powerful yet flawed, capable of remarkable feats but still far from human-like reasoning and efficiency. To truly understand it and unlock its potential, we need a new science of intelligence that combines neuroscience, AI and physics, says neuroscientist and Stanford professor Surya Ganguli.

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