Topic: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
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Before the Genie Escapes the Bottle: Google DeepMind Charts a Course for AGI Safety
The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is intensifying, with tech giants like Google DeepMind leading the charge and projections suggesting its emergence by 2030.
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Realistic Evaluations in AGI: Grounding the Ongoing Debate
AI experts urge realistic evaluations of AGI potential, highlighting the need for grounded assessments amid optimistic projections.
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Google DeepMind CEO Reveals Key Flaw Blocking AI's Path to AGI
LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesDemis Hassabis said AI still lacks the consistency needed to reach artificial general intelligence. LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Imageslighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact LinkThis story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Hassabis's position aligns with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who has dubbed the current stage of development "AJI" — artificial jagged intelligence. Hassabis and Google did not respond...
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OpenAI Files Urge AGI Oversight in Tech Race
The rapid development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) raises urgent concerns about oversight, ethics, and corporate accountability, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicting AGI could emerge within years. The OpenAI Files, a watchdog initiative, exposes governance issues within OpenAI, i...
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DeepMind's Genie 3: A Breakthrough Toward AGI
Google DeepMind's Genie 3 is a major step toward AGI, creating dynamic 3D virtual worlds in real time by integrating capabilities from its predecessor and Veo 3. Genie 3 acts as a general-purpose world model, generating coherent, long-duration environments from text prompts while maintaining phys...
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AI Won't Think Like Humans Soon – Here's Why We're Asking the Wrong Question
Current AI, including advanced models like LLMs and LRMs, excels in pattern recognition but lacks true human-like reasoning and nuanced cognition, remaining decades away from artificial general intelligence (AGI). Despite progress in structured tasks (e.g., coding, content generation), AI struggl...
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AI Terms Explained: From LLMs to Hallucinations
Understanding AI terminology is crucial for navigating its complex field, as precise language describes how systems learn, reason, and sometimes fail. Key AI concepts include AGI (debated for surpassing human cognition), AI agents (autonomous task handlers), and chain-of-thought reasoning (breaki...
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Anthropic CEO: AI Hallucinates Less Than Humans
AI systems may be more factually accurate than humans, though hallucinations occur in unexpected ways, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Amodei predicts artificial general intelligence (AGI) could emerge by 2026, dismissing hallucinations as an insurmountable barrier to progress. Debates p...
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Interview: Bard Predicts the Singularity Within 20-30 Years
The singularity is coming, and it is coming sooner than we think. Bard, a large language model from Google AI, predicts that it is likely to happen within the next 20-30 years.
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Meta Hires Scale AI's Alexandr Wang for New Superintelligence Lab
Meta is launching a high-profile AI research facility, recruiting Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang and investing billions to develop superintelligence. The company is aggressively hiring top AI talent from rivals like OpenAI and Google, with Mark Zuckerberg personally leading recruitment efforts for ...
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Must-Know AI Terms Explained by ChatGPT
autonomous agents: An AI model that have the capabilities, programming and other tools to accomplish a specific task. multimodal AI: A type of AI that can process multiple types of inputs, including text, images, videos and speech. synthetic data: Data created by generative AI that isn't from the actual world but is trained on real data. training data: The datasets used to help AI models learn, including text, images, code or data. weak AI, aka narrow AI: AI that's focused on a particular task a...
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OpenAI Lures Top Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta
OpenAI has hired top engineers from Tesla, xAI, and Meta, including David Lau and Uday Ruddarraju, to strengthen its AI infrastructure and scaling efforts. The company is focusing on ambitious projects like Stargate, a next-gen AI infrastructure initiative, to advance toward artificial general in...
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OpenAI's Mission: AI That Can Do Anything for You
OpenAI's MathGen project advanced AI reasoning by teaching models to solve high school math problems, leading to breakthroughs like a gold medal at the International Math Olympiad. The development of OpenAI's reasoning model o1 combined large language models, reinforcement learning, and test-time...
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AI’s Fourth Wave: Are Enterprises Ready for the Future?
The business world is on the brink of AI's next evolution, with generative AI transforming user experience, application automation, and platform infrastructure, as seen in companies like SAP integrating AI-driven features for efficiency gains. Human-AI collaboration requires thoughtful implementa...
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23 Must-Know AI Terms: Your Essential ChatGPT Glossary
autonomous agents: An AI model that have the capabilities, programming and other tools to accomplish a specific task. large language model, or LLM: An AI model trained on mass amounts of text data to understand language and generate novel content in human-like language. multimodal AI: A type of AI that can process multiple types of inputs, including text, images, videos and speech. tokens: Small bits of written text that AI language models process to formulate their responses to your prompts. we...
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Meta Shifts Focus from AGI to Superintelligence
Meta is shifting its focus from artificial general intelligence (AGI) to superintelligence, aiming to develop AI systems far surpassing human cognition, aligning with tech giants in this competitive race. Meta is establishing a dedicated superintelligence research lab and may invest billions in S...
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Deep Learning AI Agents Master Real-World Gameplay
Axiom, a machine learning system by Verse AI, mimics human brain processes to master video games efficiently using active inference and prior knowledge of physical interactions. Unlike traditional deep reinforcement learning, Axiom learns games like "drive" and "jump" with fewer examples and less...
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The Illusion of AI Thinking: Why Even the Smartest Reasoning Models Hit a Wall
Apple just delivered a wake-up call to the AI community. Their latest research, published this month, takes a hard look at the new generation of "reasoning" AI models, and the results are both eye-opening and humbling.
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Sam Altman: Meta Offered $100M to Poach OpenAI Talent—And Failed
Meta offered top OpenAI AI researchers compensation packages exceeding $100 million, but key talent has not defected, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Altman attributed OpenAI's retention success to its mission-driven culture and focus on AGI, contrasting Meta's reliance on financial incentive...
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Sundar Pichai: AI Won’t Replace Jobs, Focuses on Growth
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai views AI as a productivity booster that automates repetitive tasks, enabling employees to focus on higher-value work rather than replacing jobs outright. Despite workforce reductions, Alphabet is expanding in areas like autonomous vehicles, quantum computing, and YouTub...
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