Seriously, What Is ‘Superintelligence’?

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Meta’s recent investment in Scale AI and its move to build a superintelligence AI research lab. So we ask: What is superintelligence anyway?

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Meta approached Perplexity before massive Scale AI deal

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Meta recently invested $14.3 billion into Scale AI and tried to buy another startup called Safe Superintelligence, as CNBC previously reported.

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Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the problem is more widespread among leading AI models. On Friday, Anthropic published new safety research testing 16 […]

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The new math: why seed investors are selling their winners earlier

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Charles Hudson had just closed his fifth fund several months ago – $66 million for Precursor Ventures – when one of his limited partners asked him to run an exercise. What would have happened, the LP wondered, if Hudson had sold all his portfolio companies at Series A? What about Series B? Or Series C? […]

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Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others.

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Why ether ETF inflows have come roaring back from the dead

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Ether ETFs are on pace for their sixth consecutive week of inflows and eight positive week in the last nine, according to SoSoValue.

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Chip stocks fall on report U.S. could terminate waivers for Taiwan Semi and others

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Semiconductor stocks following a report that the U.S. is considering terminating waivers that allow some chipmakers to use American technology in China.

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The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

A handful of early stage micromobility startups out of Europe that are filling the gaps in a maturing ecosystem.

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Startups Weekly: Fast and furious

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot.

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X app code points to a physical card coming to X Money

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Techme101

X’s plans for a payments service may extend beyond the digital realm, new data suggests. According to findings from mobile app intelligence firm App Sensa, the X app has been updated over the past few weeks with several references related to a physical debit card, which can be customized with your X username. Dozens of […]

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