While the tech world races to perfect generative AI, we're ignoring a looming catastrophe—AI’s exponential growth is driving a global e-waste crisis that will worsen climate change.
Read MoreThe Intelligence Age requires a new approach to leadership. The THRIVE framework helps leaders navigate exponential change and build a future-ready organisation that will thrive in the digital future.
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers a 14,000 km cycling trip that unlocked the secret to thriving in a fast-changing world. I dive into AI personas so real even AI can’t tell, the Pentagon’s use of deepfakes and bacteria-based proteins as the future of food, and how AI is reshaping education.
Read MoreIt's time we hold the tech sector accountable for the devastating consequences of their creations – and ban kids from social media and platforms like Character.AI, where artificial friendships are replacing human connections and claiming young lives.
Read MoreThe future won’t be conquered by brute strength or endless resources; it’ll be claimed by those who know how to adapt and endure. In 2011, I cycled 14,122 km around Australia in 100 days, a journey that transformed more than my legs—it reshaped how I approach challenges.
Read MoreThe Pentagon is hard at work developing AI-generated personas so convincing that neither humans nor AI will be able to tell them apart. In an era already rife with deepfakes and misinformation, we must ask: what could possibly go wrong?
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers the fascinating topic of mind uploading and the risks of data theft, AI's growing ability to diagnose mental health conditions, China's influence on global tech standards, and Google's nuclear energy push to power the AI revolution. Don't miss these insights!
Read MoreGoogle has teamed up with Kairos Power to integrate seven small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) into its energy portfolio, aiming to generate 500 megawatts of carbon-free power by 2030.
Read MoreIf uploading your mind to a virtual world sounds like progress, what does that say about the future of being human? In episode 12 of Synthetic Minds, speculative fiction author Grace Chan explores the moral complexities of emerging technologies like mind-uploading, virtual reality, and AI.
Read MoreChinese researchers have leveraged a D-Wave quantum computer to mount what they claim is the first significant attack on encryption algorithms, the backbone of widely used AES standards. This advancement raises alarms for sectors depending on these encryption methods.
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