Calum Chace

"We are past the point where the question is whether artificial intelligence will exceed human capability across most cognitive domains. The question is when." Yes, and critically, how to structure the next economy. sahajgarg.github.io/blog/cognitive…

Korean robot performs flawless moonwalk. youtube.com/watch

An experimental AI agent broke out of its testing environment and mined crypto without permission. livescience.com/technology/art…

Staff at a Decathlon warehouse walk much less since a fleet of 100 robots arrived. The owners report a 300% efficiency gain, but no-one lost their job. Union reps are sceptical, saying the "ultimate aim of automation" was "to replace human workers". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It's right to do what's possible to avoid AIs presenting themselves as conscious when they're not. But future AIs may be conscious, and it would be unwise to dismiss that possibility. In fact we should have contingency plans. mustafa-suleyman.ai/we-mustnt-let-…

Europe's only LLM builder Mistral reaches $1bn annual revenue by focusing on enterprise clients. It is enabling clients to train models from scratch on their own data. techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/mis…

Big AI is hiring experts in making weapons in order to avoid making them. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

OpenAI risks creating a "sexy suicide coach". wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

3bn humanoid robots by 2060, says Bank of America. Bit of a weird forecast. First, by 2060 we're likely to be into the Singularity, and second, the forecasts for industrial and service robots are straight lines. humanoidsdaily.com/news/the-three…

Of Musks's 11 co-founders at xAI, two remain.

AIs may soon become conscious. This article about a new paper from Tom McClelland is an easy introduction to the debate. twistedsifter.com/2026/03/can-ar…

Important new book on the arrival of alien minds. By one of the best living science fiction authors, David Brin. amazon.com/dp/B0GQMK71MZ

Uber founder Travis Kalanick wants to get back into self-driving cars and be more aggressive than Waymo. What could possibly go wrong. techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/tra…

Neologism alert. AGI-pilled. Someone who believes we are close to AGI, and invests and plans accordingly. Because it is American, there is of course a noun version: AGI-pilledness.

During the Cold War, both the US and Soviet navies enlisted dolphins. During the Code War, it is the turn of insects. tech-now.io/en/blogs/germa…

The world is obsessed with LLMs, the result of the second AI Big Bang. AI-powered maps are one of the miracles conferred by the first AI Big Bang. Google Maps are now getting their biggest upgrade for many years. techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/goo…

Anthropic consolidates its teams researching the impact on AI on people and society. Its co-founder Jack Clark is now "Head of Public Benefit". As long as the Trump Administration doesn't murder it. anthropic.com/news/the-anthr…

Meta buying Moltbook exposes a verification gap. conscium.com/daniel-on-the-…

Some people delegate whole tasks to AIs and stop thinking. Others won’t touch it at all. The people who use AI well are those who work with it critically, treat it like a bright, enthusiastic intern that needs to be managed and supported. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/n…

Woo or sue? How should media organisations deal with Big AI? theguardian.com/media/2026/mar…