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The future of UK
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Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are compromised
AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot
PWC survey finds employers want entry level workers with senior level skills in the age of AI
Ghost Murmur tool that allegedly found the downed US airman in Iran defies physics
AI could collapse the British welfare state warns UK government Minister
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- PWC survey finds employers want entry level workers with senior level skills in the age of AIAI and intelligence
- Ghost Murmur tool that allegedly found the downed US airman in Iran defies physicsAI and intelligence
- AI could collapse the British welfare state warns UK government MinisterOpinion
- OpenAI made a breakthrough on 80 year old maths problemRobotics
- Lloyds bank quantum computing trials successfully detect money mulesComputing
- Researchers use AI and known genetic codes to create revolutionary new Pandemic vaccinesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Security experts are alarmed by the power of Anthropic’s new hacker AI MythosSecurity and privacy
- AI lets anyone build a Bloomberg style trading platform in hoursConnected society
- UK watchdog issues grim warning about letting AI run your lifeAI and intelligence
- Advanced AI models keep recommending nuclear war to solve conflictsSecurity and privacy
- UK General Warns AI Could Streamline Development of Targeted Biological WeaponsSecurity and privacy
- New report forecasts Human Level AGI in 2027Opinion
- The Godfather of AI says the technology is already conciousAI and intelligence
- World first as paralysed man feels the world through another persons bodyBiotech and enhanced humans
- Google DeepMind founder says AI could cure all disease by 2035Biotech and enhanced humans
- Hassabis thinks the AI revolution will be 10x bigger and faster than the Industrial RevolutionAI and intelligence
- WPP cuts out the agency to help brands generate their own AI adsAI and intelligence
- The White house launches America’s Manhattan Project for science and innovationOpinion
- UK MOD uses AI to classify and categorise secret documentsSecurity and privacy
- UK NHS plans to genetically test every newborn baby to identify diseaseBiotech and enhanced humans
- The Godfather of AI says ASI needs to mother humanity for us to surviveSecurity and privacy
- Tesla gets a license to supply UK homes with electricityEarth and energy
- Dyson’s massive Strawberry farm ferris wheel boosts yields by 250 percentRobotics
- EON launches a pioneering district heating network for 6,500 peopleEarth and energy
- DeepMinds new AI taught itself Minecraft from scratch like a humanAI and intelligence
- World’s first floating nuclear reactor plant is coming to the USEarth and energy
- Google’s latest AI upgrade gives scientists superpowersBiotech and enhanced humans
- The Future and Deep Future of AI 2040 | Utilize, UK | Matthew Griffin | Technology Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Ambition . Power . Opportunity | MBP Partners, UK | Matthew Griffin | Motivational Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Google is building its own World Modelling team to help it achieve AGI goalsVirtual worlds
- DeepMind’s AlphaZero has taught itself how to control powerful quantum computersComputing
- Reversible computing breakthroughs could reduce AI energy consumption x4,000 foldComputing
- Deepminds newest Embodied AI Agents learn with significantly less dataAI and intelligence
- UK Flare Bright revolutionises GPS free drone navigation for denied environmentsSecurity and privacy
- BOE Governor pitches tokenised wholesale transactions using central bank moneyConnected society
- UK conducts first flights using GPS free quantum navigation techSecurity and privacy
- Atlas of Cells is Google Maps for the human body and hits major milestoneBiotech and enhanced humans
- UK company does the impossible to create magnets with no rare earthsIndustry and manufacturing
- Hybrid WiFi-LoRA mashup creates ultra long range WiFiConnected society
- New smart clothes tech turns everday garments into motion trackersIndustry and manufacturing
- UK and US accelerate Quantum Computing research after China advancesComputing
- New study says true cost of climate change could be $15,000 per person per yearOpinion
- LLM AI’s can suddenly learn new skills now we might know whyAI and intelligence
- Researchers unveil a pivotal new quantum computing chip that scalesComputing
- Scientists have created the first autonomous AI scientistRobotics
- Smart grid flaw gives home user complete control 200Mw of generating capacitySecurity and privacy
- Scientists develop a new algorithm to spot AI HallucinationsAI and intelligence
- 3D printed race car CZinger makes it into the record booksIndustry and manufacturing
- The UK becomes first country to approve lab grown meat for pet foodAI and intelligence
- IATA and BA launch their first fully integrated digital identify travel experienceSecurity and privacy
- DeepMind AI Alphafold 3 finally masters all lifes moleculesBiotech and enhanced humans
- NexGen Cloud invests $1.3 Bn to create European AI supercloudComputing
- ClimateBERT helps summarise climate research and fight misinformationEarth and energy
- Sci fi has inspired many things, and most of them like this robot are now sci fact.Earth and energy
- World’s most powerful laser will be sextillion times brighter than the SunEarth and energy
- Global Trends and Risk Outlook | Shawbrook Bank, London | Matthew Griffin | Trends Keynote SpeakerArticles
- This new imaging tech lets researchers see inside Cancer cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- ARIA researchers attempt to cut AI computing costs by a thousandComputing
- Researchers use rival AI’s to jailbreak one another in horrible cyber experimentSecurity and privacy
- Many companies that trialled a four day work week decide to stick with itConnected society
- Controlling self-improving artificial super intelligence is probably impossibleAI and intelligence
- Employee transfers $25 Million after Deepfake video call with his company’s CFOSecurity and privacy
- Deep sea wind turbines are coming to Britain’s coastsEarth and energy
- AI robots learned how to play horrible football all by themselvesRobotics
- DeepMind says its AI is a step closer to Artificial General IntelligenceAI and intelligence
- The Future of AI, Cyber, and Data | Bytes Plc, UK | Matthew Griffin | AI and Cyber Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Scientists have created synthetic blood that kills Cancer and super bugsBiotech and enhanced humans
- One Time Programs could create autonomous ransomware with no call homeSecurity and privacy
- New spray on sensor technology turns everything into a user interfaceAI and intelligence
- These new acoustic cameras can take hi definition pictures of soundEarth and energy
- Google’s DeepMind AI just invented 380,000 new compoundsIndustry and manufacturing
- In a world first this organism has 50 percent synthetic DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- DeepMind’s newest AI learns new skills by watching humansAI and intelligence
- When constrained AI’s self-organise and develop the same features human brainsAI and intelligence
- AI and the Future of Healthcare | Newcross, Gibraltar | Matthew Griffin | Healthcare Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The Future of Education 2080 | Winchester College, UK | Matthew Griffin | Education Keynote SpeakerArticles
- This speedy robot fixes broken pipes 10 times faster than humansRobotics
- Scientists are trying to find better chemicals to recycle our clothesEarth and energy
- Amazon new unveils plans to offer drone deliveries in the UK and Italy in 2024Transport and mobility
- Vodafone and WiFi vendors play tug of war over 6GHz spectrumConnected society
- Viruses mutated faster to avoid genetic edits in bird flu resistant CRISPR super chickensBiotech and enhanced humans
- BAE’s torpedo dropping drone is a world firstSecurity and privacy
- UBS pilots tokenised money market transfers on public blockchainsConnected society
- DeepMind’s founder has come up with a new Turing Test for advanced AIAI and intelligence
- Microsoft unveils the world’s first analogue computer to solve big problemsComputing
- Google say their next AI will eclipse GPT-4 by multiplesAI and intelligence
- This AI can tell what you’re typing just by listeningSecurity and privacy
- Google DeepMind launches a watermarking tool for generative contentAI and intelligence
- DeepMind’s robots are learning from the internet with ChatGPT brainsRobotics
- DeepMinds new AI designed a new algorithm to speed up global computingAI and intelligence
- HSBC London successfully tests a hackproof quantum network to secure tradesComputing
- Quantum computers could cut the energy used by crypto by up to 90 percentComputing
- UK banks are clamouring for a national platform for tokenised securitiesConnected society
- Virgin Galactic blasts into commercial service with first space passenger paying flightSpace
- A new European project is trying to make a digital twin of your brainVirtual worlds
- DeepMind’s RobotCat AI generates its own data to learn new skills by itselfAI and intelligence
- The UK’s Royal Navy will soon take delivery of its first autonomous minesweeperRobotics
- AI learning from AI-generated content will damage future AI models warn researchersAI and intelligence
- Limitless: The Future Human Potential | Greenwich University, UK | Matthew Griffin | Education Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Researchers new high energy density grid scale storage flow battery lasts 30 yearsEarth and energy
- Researchers clash silicon and photonic chips together to build ultra-fast low power chipsComputing
- In a win win this company cools datacenters by heating community poolsEarth and energy
- BritCoin could arrive in the next decade says BoEConnected society
- Self-aware robots that recognise themselves and have a sense of self are getting closerRobotics
- AI and the Future of the UK Workforce | DWP, UK Govt. | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- ChatGPT listed as an author on research papers and scientists disapproveAI and intelligence
- This new invention lets doctors see radiation beams in real timeEarth and energy
- Old oil wells are finding new life as Hydrogen fuel sources thanks to these bacteriaEarth and energy
- Quantum sensors help BT boost the power of its 5G network a hundred foldConnected society
- DeepMind’s newest AI thrashes human gamers at StrategoAI and intelligence
- The Future of Infrastructure 2080 | New Civil Engineer, UK | Matthew Griffin | Infrastructure Keynote SpeakerArticles
- New genetic firewalls keep engineered alien bacteria safe from outside attackersBiotech and enhanced humans
- Google now sees a time when coding will be automated, rolls out AlphaCodeAI and intelligence
- Rolls Royce successfully runs a converted aircraft engine on HydrogenEarth and energy
- The world’s first tunnel dug by an autonomous robot swarm was just completed in the UKRobotics
- Leading the Fascinatingly Unpredictable Future | ABRDN, Scotland | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- UK courts become the first in the world to let lawyers serve NFT court ordersConnected society
- The Future of Risk 2030 | KPMG, UK | Matthew Griffin | Cyber and Risk Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Lawyers are air dropping NFT’s on anonymous criminals to serve court ordersConnected society
- From AI lawyers to AI judges courts are embracing tech for better and worseAI and intelligence
- Cows get cancelled as whipped cream without the cow becomes a realityIndustry and manufacturing
- Another breakthrough brings powerful molecular computers closer to realityComputing
- First trials of lab grown blood cells for Sickle Cell patients starts in the UKBiotech and enhanced humans
- Centrica injects hydrogen into a UK gas peaker plant for the first timeEarth and energy
- The Future of TMT and Fintech | KPMG, UK | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Gravity blows hot air to show off their latest 1,000bhp jet packTransport and mobility
- This UK startup lets you buy a literal invisibility shieldIndustry and manufacturing
- Healthcare 2050, a VR tour through the future with Novartis UKArticles
- Reverse Brainstorming Masterclass | RSM, EMEA | Matthew Griffin | innovation Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The Future of Work and the Workforce | ASM Tech, UK | Matthew Griffin | Technology Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The Future of Transportation 2040 | Hounslow CC, UK | Matthew Griffin | Mobility Keynote SpeakerArticles
- FabRx uses 3D printing to print personalised medicines for kids with rare diseasesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Unilevers first 3D printed metamaterial chocolates take eating to a whole new levelIndustry and manufacturing
- For the first time a flying yacht has made green hydrogen at seaEarth and energy
- Airbus uses the giant A380 to test its first prototype Hydrogen jet enginesEarth and energy
- Nanomagnetic computing could help create ultra efficient AI’s at the edgeComputing
- The Mayflower becomes the first autonomous ship to cross the AtlanticTransport and mobility
- The Future of Financial Services | Wolters Kluwers, Spain | Matt Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The Future of Industry | AVEVA, Orlando | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The UK is running the biggest four day work week trial everConnected society
- This startup wants to use Carbon Dioxide battery to store energy for the gridEarth and energy
- Sony and co form an alliance to use blockchain tech to fight DeepFakesSecurity and privacy
- The UK starts talks with SpaceX to launch a $20 Bn solar power station into orbitEarth and energy
- Featured Futurist: The Jobs of 2040, TelegraphArticles
- Queen Mary university students become the first to have lectures in the MetaverseVirtual worlds
- The UK Government creates one government login to rule them allConnected society
- In world first human brain cells in a dish learned to play Pong faster than AIAI and intelligence
- A flying jetpack is on track to help create the world’s first HoverbikeTransport and mobility
- REK’s phydigital sports arenas prove the future of sports is mixed realityVirtual worlds
- Unmanned military drones team up with manned fighter jets during BAE trialSecurity and privacy
- TSMC and Graphcore partnership accelerates AI training by over 40 percentComputing
- Quantum sensor breakthrough reads brain activity from a distanceBiotech and enhanced humans
- New quantum scanners detect underground tunnels with uncanny accuracyIndustry and manufacturing
- UK to create a complete digital twin of its power grid to improve performanceEarth and energy
- Futurist Podcast: The Future of the Fitness Industry, MembrArticles
- The WHO endorses the use of the world’s first Malaria vaccineBiotech and enhanced humans
- UK’s National Grid in talks to create an energy island in the North SeaEarth and energy
- Researchers warn hackers could sabotage 4D printed products to cause catastrophic failuresConnected society
- In a world first doctors use VR to help parents visualise their child’s surgeryVirtual worlds
- UK researchers are getting ready to release swarms of robots into our sewersRobotics
- Rolls Royce’s electric plane smashes multiple world recordsEarth and energy
- Tesco selects central London for it’s first walk in walk out storeAI and intelligence
- Google DeepMind is teaching AI to play Diplomacy before taking on the real thingAI and intelligence
- Aker Offshore to create the world’s first wind turbine recycling plantEarth and energy
- Life in the Year 2069 | Samsung, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- UK’s Heathrow airport to start operating flying taxis from 2025Transport and mobility
- Futurist Podcast: Ethical Capitalism and Saving the Planet, ASMArticles
- A new particle accelerator just created the brightest medical X-Rays everEarth and energy
- Scotlands first underwater substation makes waves in the energy sectorEarth and energy
- Oil giant BP bought a startup that turns office buildings into power plantsEarth and energy
- 5G connected ambulance lets remote clinicians direct paramedics in real time using hapticsVirtual worlds
- Webinar: The Future of Superyacht Design and HNW culture, SuperyachtNewsArticles
- MotoGP stands up the world’s first ultra-fast standalone 5G broadcasting systemConnected society
- After decades in the shadows Flying Whales is bringing back the mighty airshipTransport and mobility
- 65 percent of all COVID disinformation came from just 12 peopleConnected society
- Saudi megacity Neom to build world’s first solar dome desalination plantEarth and energy
- Price to bury carbon nears tipping point as cost of emissions soarEarth and energy
- The UN IPCC’s climate report is “Code Red for humanity”Earth and energy
- IQ tests can’t measure it but Cognitive Flexibility is key to learning and creativityOpinion
- Drax announces the worlds largest negative emissions energy projectEarth and energy
- Arm’s flexible plastic computer chip gets ready to revolutionise the Internet of ThingsComputing
- Volumetric video startup turns 2D video streams into interactive 3D contentVirtual worlds
- Heatherwick’s autonomous EV concept also cleans up polluted city airTransport and mobility
- The Future of Health and Wellness | Willis Towers Watson, UK | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Gravity energy storage finds a new way to solve renewable energy’s achilles heelEarth and energy
- Iceland’s five year long four day working week experiment is a blinding successConnected society
- Sir Richard Branson becomes the first billionaire to almost reach spaceSpace
- Bacteria manage to recycle plastic into vanilla flavouring in weird world firstEarth and energy
- The world’s first satellite that can be re-programmed in orbit heads to final assemblySpace
- This new chemical programming language could revolutionise digital chemistryComputing
- Breakthrough gene therapy treatment cures children born without immune systemsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers turned fungi into computers in new breakthroughComputing
- This robotic lab assistant is 1,000 times faster than humansRobotics
- Research finds energy and transports hidden global cost could be $25 TrillionOpinion
- BP announces plans to build the UK’s biggest hydrogen plantEarth and energy
- The UK’s first flying taxi SkyPorts will be built in CoventryTransport and mobility
- Bank of England jumps on the central bank digital currency bandwagonConnected society
- The Future is GREAT | UK Government, London | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The Future of Work and Workers | Unleashed, UK | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- JPMorgan ventures into UK retail banking with its first digital only bankConnected society
- David Attenborough backs new technology that can recycle all plasticsEarth and energy
- Saudia Arabia is building the world’s largest Green Hydrogen plantEarth and energy
- The Future of Customer Experience | The Supper Club, London | Matthew Griffin | Customer Experience Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Insect inspired robots are coming to fix the world’s wind turbinesRobotics
- New materials you’ve never heard are cleaning up air conditioningIndustry and manufacturing
- This is what travelling in a Mach 1 Hyperloop might look likeTransport and mobility
- Promising single shot nano-vaccine could immunise everyone against all CoronavirusesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Futurist Virtual Fireside Chat, UK: The Road to Recovery, KPMGArticles
- Futurist Podcast: The Future of Everything, The Andy Rowe ShowArticles
- DeepMind’s AI learns the rules as it goes so it can conquer the real worldAI and intelligence
- Moon Mark will hold the first remote control car race on the Moon late 2021Transport and mobility
- This new AI predicts which Twitter users will spread disinformationAI and intelligence
- Ultra powerful quantum computers could give chatbots and digital humans emotionsAI and intelligence
- The Future of Diversity, Inclusion, and Work | ENEI, UK | Matthew Griffin | DEI Keynote SpeakerArticles
- DeepMind’s protein folding AI conquers biology’s 50 year grand challengeAI and intelligence
- Predicting the Disruptive Future | Legal and General, UAE | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Futurist Virtual Fireside Chat: The Future of Infrastructure, KPMGArticles
- Inventor of the Lithium-Ion battery thinks his glass battery could revolutionise energyEarth and energy
- Deepmind’s AI learned to create its own synthetic videos after watching YouTubeAI and intelligence
- AztraZeneca’s cheap COVID-19 vaccine made in record time proves highly effectiveBiotech and enhanced humans
- Featured Futurist: The pandemic has exposed just how flexible companies need to be, WIREDArticles
- Uber used AI to automatically fire drivers and now they’re going to courtAI and intelligence
- A UK entrepreneur made diamonds from nothing but airEarth and energy
- Futurist Podcast: The impact of emerging tech 2020 to 2050, Mark MetryArticles
- British Army shows off tiny bug drone that flies at 50mph and blows doors offRobotics
- Revolutionary rocket that eats itself for fuel gets UK government fundingSpace
- Futurist in the press: How 3D printed homes could solve Britain’s housing crisis, The TelegraphArticles
- Featured Futurist: Preparing for the Future, Carphone WarehouseArticles
- DeepFakes are the hot new corporate communications tool as companies dive inAI and intelligence
- DeepMind’s AI now programs itself to make all the right decisionsAI and intelligence
- Reaction Engines tests carbon free Ammonia as future hypersonic jet fuelEarth and energy
- UK government ditches biased algorithm that downgraded hundreds of thousands of students exam gradesAI and intelligence
- Reuters just unveiled their first ever full time DeepFake newscasterAI and intelligence
- Mastering the Exponential Era | Utilize, London | Matthew Griffin | Technology Keynote SpeakerArticles
- ESA machine turns moondust into oxygen and metal to help first moon colonists surviveIndustry and manufacturing
- The Future of Insurance Panel | EveryWoman, UK | InsureTech Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Virgin Galactic unveils the interior cabin of it’s tourist space planeTransport and mobility
- Quadruple stranded DNA seen in human cells for the first timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Higher Steaks shows off the world’s first lab made bacon and pork belliesIndustry and manufacturing
- New Membrane on a Chip tech accelerates COVID-19 vaccine screeningBiotech and enhanced humans
- Full Speed Ahead | WIRED, UK | Matthew Griffin | WIRED Presenter and Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Online grocer Ocado invests £17m to bring robot run vertical farms to the worldIndustry and manufacturing
- As Covid-19 lockdowns ease companies begin tracking employees with in-house tracking appsConnected society
- A new Virtual Government is helping the UN solve global inequalityAI and intelligence
- Smart molecule breakthrough could boost computer memory by over a 100 foldComputing
- Doctors treating Covid-19 patients use Microsoft Hololens to keep them and their teams safeVirtual worlds
- Investing in the Exponential Era | Personal Finance Society, Birmingham | Matthew Griffin | Finance Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Featured Futurist: Change the Abstract, Sopra SteriaArticles
- Featured Futurist: The Climb to Digital Transformation, CherwellArticles
- Covid-19 lockdown is straining networks and it’s AI to the rescueConnected society
- Proximie helps self-isolating surgeons perform virtual surgeries from home during Covid-19Virtual worlds
- The Future of Communities and Housing | British Property Federation, UK | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- World first as scientists link biological and artificial neurons together in a networkBiotech and enhanced humans
- DeepMind’s newest AI studies humans to exploit weaknesses in their strategiesAI and intelligence
- Researchers hail 3D printed supercharged “bionic coral” breakthroughIndustry and manufacturing
- The Future of Work and Skills 2040 | Aon, London | Matthew Griffin | Work and Skills Keynote SpeakerArticles
- DeepMind’s protein folding AI targets Covid-19 to help find vaccinesAI and intelligence
- Featured Futurist: The Future of Air Travel 2050, NetflightsArticles
- Our Algorithmic Society, the deadly consequences of unpredictable codeAI and intelligence
- Rolls Royce announces plans to build 15 mini nuclear reactors in the UKEarth and energy
- Featured Futurist: Stuff Magazine, The Invisible WearablesArticles
- This new powerful terahertz camera uses lasers and radiation to see inside objectsEarth and energy
- UK to ban the sale of combustion engine cars as early as 2032Transport and mobility
- McDonalds open their first Dark Kitchen in the UKRobotics
- Genetically engineered male moths programmed to kill off females released into the wildBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers unveil an unhackable chip that even quantum computers can’t crackComputing
- Future of Healthcare 2070 | Willis Towers Watson, London | Matthew Griffin | Healthcare Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Investing in the Future | Bloomberg, London | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Featured Futurist: Shaping the Future of UK Healthcare, DeloitteArticles
- McLaren reveal their extreme 2050 shape shifting F1 race car conceptTransport and mobility
- Google DeepMind’s AI helps researchers translate ancient languagesAI and intelligence
- Featured Futurist: Stuff Magazine, The Virtual Sporting LifeArticles
- Featured Futurist: Stuff Magazine, Spotify the DifferenceArticles
- DeepMind’s AIphaStar achieves Starcraft II Grandmaster status, signals “advanced” AI has arrivedAI and intelligence
- A Google intern built a shockingly good synthetic image generatorAI and intelligence
- Former Go world champion retires after declaring “AI is invincible”AI and intelligence
- Researchers repurpose tractor beam tech to create interactive hologramsVirtual worlds
- Hypersonic flight a step closer after revolutionary British hypersonic engine aces testsTransport and mobility
- Education in the Exponential Era | GEMS, UK | Matthew Griffin | Education Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Futurist on TV: The Gadget Show, Channel 5Articles
- The Future of Superyacht Design | Superyacht News, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- UK startup’s new method drastically reduces the cost of clean meatIndustry and manufacturing
- Quantum teleportation breakthrough supercharges quantum technologiesComputing
- Vodafone combines 5G and haptics to let rugby players 100 miles apart tackle each otherVirtual worlds
- The DeepFake tech behind David Beckham’s viral malaria campaign explainedAI and intelligence
- Featured Futurist: Samsung KX50, The Future in FocusArticles
- University nabs multi-million pound to create next gen reconfigurable electronicsIndustry and manufacturing
- Fully autonomous raspberry picking robot successfully completes field trialsRobotics
- Revolutionary air breathing rocket engine gets green light for testsTransport and mobility
- “Unblinking Eye” pre-crime tech gets investment boost from UK governmentSecurity and privacy
- All new UK homes will be off the gas grid by 2025 says UK governmentEarth and energy
- A decade after the first person was cured of HIV, another is in remissionBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as Google DeepMind’s AI crushes the world’s top Starcraft playersAI and intelligence
- Batteries are passé as researchers use ambient sound to charge smartphonesEarth and energy
- Creative AI’s have learnt how to create their own video gamesAI and intelligence
- Genetic engineering breakthrough turns chickens into egg laying medicine factoriesIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists have created the blackest material ever, and it’s great for gamingIndustry and manufacturing
- Investing in the Exponential Future | SRP, London | Matthew Griffin | Investment Keynote SpeakerArticles
- World first as scientists use tractor beams to make objects danceEarth and energy
- UK and Singapore set 2021 deadline to launch world’s first quantum communications cubesatSecurity and privacy
- Virgin Galactic soars into space and the record books with succesful test flightTransport and mobility
- Inside Google’s plan to make sure AI is safeSecurity and privacy
- The UK FCA could become the world’s first AI robo-regulatorRobotics
- This million core neuromorphic computer simulates a whole mouse brainComputing
- Lexus turns to IBM to create the world’s first AI scripted advertAI and intelligence
- Featured Futurist, TV Interview: The Future of Aviation 2020 to 2070, APEX InsiderTransport and mobility
- The world’s first DNA storage machine is the size of a busComputing
- The UK’s new Quantum Compass makes GPS satellites obsoleteTransport and mobility
- Triton’s $48million submarine takes the super rich to the bottom of the deepest oceanTransport and mobility
- DeepFake busting app spots even a single pixel out of placeAI and intelligence
- Featured Futurist: Maximising the AI Opportunity, MicrosoftArticles
- Meet the robot surgeon that’s going to be taking aim at your organsRobotics
- Virgin Orbit strapped a rocket to their 747 to democratise access to spaceSpace
- Virgin Atlantic completes world’s first biofuel trans Atlantic flightEarth and energy
- Researchers 3D print human corneas in world firstIndustry and manufacturing
- AI is now better at diagnosing eye diseases than human expertsAI and intelligence
- BAE is developing a “wearable” cockpit for fighter jetsVirtual worlds
- The Future of Superyacht Design | SuperyachtNews, UK | Matthew Griffin | Luxury Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Unhackable “Quantum Alphabet” encryption ushers in new era in cybersecuritySecurity and privacy
- DeepMind’s AI now has human like 3D visionAI and intelligence
- Scientists make biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxideIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists use electro-charged nanoparticles to create liquid mirrorsIndustry and manufacturing
- Artificial General Intelligence is here, DeepMind unveils its Impala AGIAI and intelligence
- Scientists printed a flexible battery that could revolutionise wearable computersEarth and energy
- Ocado shows off the world’s most advanced automated warehouseRobotics
- A solar panel the size of a book could soon power your entire homeEarth and energy
- Aston Martin unveils its first stunning flying car conceptTransport and mobility
- Rolls Royce is building cockroach like robots and snakes to fix airplane enginesRobotics
- Google has created a test to measure AI’s ability to reasonAI and intelligence
- Rolls Royce unveil their new flying car conceptTransport and mobility
- Biodegradable plastics made from “Tree glue” could hit the shelves in five yearsIndustry and manufacturing
- Canada and UK partner to develop the West’s first Quantum Radar systemSecurity and privacy
- Roborace’s fully autonomous race car prepares to pound the track at FoSTransport and mobility
- The Future of CNI and Nuclear Security | CyberSenate, Warrington | Matthew Griffin | CNI Keynote SpeakerArticles
- A scientist captured an impossible photo of a single atomEarth and energy
- Revolutionary AI chip that replaces GPU’s hailed as the “future” by ARM’s founderComputing
- Robots in extreme environments, going where no human can, or wants to goRobotics
- Futurist in the press: Tech giants and Trust in the dock, Associated PressArticles
- Infographic: The Future of AI in the Energy SectorEarth and energy
- Experiment proves DNA computers could be the most powerful on EarthComputing
- The Future of Investing | STOXX, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Adapt or Die | Cherwell, Reading | Matthew Griffin | Disruption Keynote SpeakerArticles
- The Future of Communities | Castleton, Milton Keynes | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- One in a billion enzyme that breaks down plastic found in Japanese dumpEarth and energy
- Decentralised energy grids and renewables get a boost from CentricaEarth and energy
- These nanomachines can drill into diseased cells and kill themBiotech and enhanced humans
- Suspicious nuclear power plants can now be monitored remotely using WATCHMANSecurity and privacy
- New Quantum ML algorithm could revolutionise Quantum AI before it even beginsAI and intelligence
- The Future of Artificial Intelligence | LoopMe, London | Matthew Griffin | AI Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- AI can now restore your corrupted photos to their original conditionAI and intelligence
- UK Government mulls creating the world’s first Robo-Regulator for fintechsRobotics
- Semi-synthetic cells could revolutionise everything from sensors to healthcareBiotech and enhanced humans
- Vodafone and Nokia partner to create a 4G network on the MoonSpace
- Google just gave its AI its own “human” psychologistAI and intelligence
- British bank trials a life like digital Avatar to serve customers betterAI and intelligence
- New Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking waterEarth and energy
- NASA inspired tech designed for outer space triples crop yields on EarthIndustry and manufacturing
- Futurist in the press: Exclusive interview with Richard Branson, Metro newspaperArticles
- Scientists use sound tornadoes to create the world’s biggest tractor beamIndustry and manufacturing
- The world’s first molecular robots go to work on the production lineIndustry and manufacturing
- UK government’s plan to use AI to rate schools hits oppositionAI and intelligence
- Breakthrough genetic treatment slows the progression of Huntingdons DiseaseBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers use Biohybrid Robots made from algae to treat CancerRobotics
- DeepMind’s self-learning AI took four hours to learn and master chessAI and intelligence
- DeepMind unveils the world’s first test to assess dangerous AI’s and algorithmsSecurity and privacy
- European giants team up to build electric aircraftTransport and mobility
- DeepMind’s newest AI learns by itself and creates its own knowledgeAI and intelligence
- The Future of Trust | Battle of the Quants, London | Matthew Griffin | Futurist Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Wireless charging, the next frontier for electric vehicles gains tractionEarth and energy
- Pioneering blockchain experiment rewards volunteering and helping the communityConnected society
- UK Government announces self-driving cars to hit the roads by 2021, prepares 1 million drivers for redundancyTransport and mobility
- First of a kind AI malware learns and mimics its target systems behaviours to prevent detectionSecurity and privacy
- ARM CEO challenges the tech industry to build an immune system to prevent a cyber pandemicSecurity and privacy
- The Future of Disruption | University of Oxford, Oxford | Matthew Griffin | Disruption Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Google DeepMind’s new business unit to assess AI’s impact on societyAI and intelligence
- World first as drones and robots plant, tend and harvest their own cropsRobotics
- The Future of Defence | UK Ministry of Defence, Swindon | Matthew Griffin | Defense and Aerospace Keynote SpeakerArticles
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