Doubling Lifespans and Superintelligence: AI CEOs Are Saying Some Wild Stuff. Is Any of It True?

You can think of statements about AGI as a means of courting more money.

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‘My mother-in-law has done some shady stuff’: She wants to sell air rights to her home and cheated her grandchildren out of their inheritance

“She also was supposed to give each grandchild $5,000 when her father died and another $5,000 when her mom passed. That didn’t happen.”
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Meta nearly doubling spending with eye toward AI

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday the social media company will nearly double its spending this year as it focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) development. Meta is planning to invest ...
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Scale AI CEO says China has quickly caught the U.S. with the DeepSeek open-source model

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, said Thursday that the AI race between the U.S. and China is an "AI war."
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AI is the hot topic at Davos this year — here's what the top CEOs are saying

At the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos, AI is the word that's been on every major corporate leader's lips. Here's what they're saying.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says This Will Be the No.1 Most Valuable Skill in the Age of AI

Nope, it’s not IQ, EQ, or adaptability.
Inc. - Jan. 17
Nvidia supplier Taiwan Semi reports profit surge. AI capacity is ‘very tight,’ CEO says.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday reported a stronger-than-expected profit and said artificial intelligence demand will help offset a typically weak period for smartphone sales.
MarketWatch - Jan. 16
Nippon Steel CEO doubles down on pledge to acquire U.S. Steel after suing Biden administration

Japan's Nippon Steel emphasized that it is not giving up on its takeover of U.S. Steel, a day after suing the Joe Biden administration over blocking the proposed merger.
CNBC - Jan. 7
Phantom data centers: What they are (or aren’t) and why they’re hampering the true promise of AI

So-called fake data centers are a bottleneck to scaling infrastructure to keep up with compute demand for AI and other critical workloads.
VentureBeat - Jan. 4
Johnson says he hasn't asked Trump to call any holdouts

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday he has not asked President-elect Trump to make calls on his behalf to Republicans who are still on the fence about his bid to retain the gavel. "No, I ...
The Hill - Jan. 2

Doubling Lifespans and Superintelligence: AI CEOs Are Saying Some Wild Stuff. Is Any of It True?

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