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Rich Washburn
7 hours ago5 min read
Elon Musk’s Stunning OpenAI Play: Could He Change the Game Forever?
Elon Musk just made headlines (again), this time with a jaw-dropping $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI’s nonprofit arm. If...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 224 min read
Stargate Initiative: America’s $500 Billion Power Play to Lead in AI
There’s a rare kind of charge in the air—the kind you feel when history is taking shape right in front of you. Yesterday, President...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 143 min read
Stop Outsourcing Your AI: Why It’s Time to Bring It In-House
Historically, if you needed a specific tool or service for your business, you’d probably turn to a SaaS provider, hire a consultant, or...
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Rich Washburn
Jan 32 min read
The Kobayashi Maru of AI: O1 Goes Rogue, and Researchers Are Stunned
2025 has barely begun, and we’ve already hit a plot twist in the AI saga that feels like it was ripped straight out of Star Trek . In a...
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Rich Washburn
Dec 19, 20244 min read
Ilya Sutskever Breaks Silence: A Vision of AI's Future and Safe Superintelligence
In December 2024, Ilya Sutskever , OpenAI’s former Chief Scientist and one of the most influential minds in artificial intelligence, made...
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Rich Washburn
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Cognitive Architectures for Language Agents: A Bold Step Toward Smarter AI
The world of AI is evolving faster than ever, and frameworks like Cognitive Architectures for Language Agents (CoALA) represent a...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 22, 20244 min read
Trump and the Dawn of American-Led AGI: The New Manhattan Project
The race to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is on, and it’s no longer just a Silicon Valley obsession. With the establishment of...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 22, 20244 min read
Open-Source Q-Star: DeepSeek R1 – The Dawn of Transparent AI Thinking
In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, breakthroughs come thick and fast, but every so often, something truly...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 16, 20244 min read
NEO’s Automated AI Researcher: The Beginning of a Revolution in Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence has been evolving at breakneck speed, but Neo—an autonomous AI researcher tailored for machine learning...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Are Specialized, Agentic AI Models the Next Big Thing?
In the race to develop ever-larger AI models, we may have overlooked something crucial: maybe it’s time to think smaller. The AI...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 5, 20244 min read
2025: The Year AI Agents Change Everything (And Why Eric Schmidt Thinks We're Not Ready)
In an age where tech buzzwords come and go, it’s rare for a statement to make even the most tech-savvy folks pause. But when Eric...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 2, 20245 min read
OpenAI’s ‘Orion’: The Next AI Frontier?
The tech world has been abuzz with rumors about an upcoming AI model from OpenAI, codenamed Orion. Speculated to be as much as 100 times...
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Rich Washburn
Nov 2, 20244 min read
The M4 Max and M4 Pro Benchmark Leaks: Apple Silicon Reaches New Heights
In a wave of fresh benchmarks for the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips, we’re seeing some jaw-dropping numbers that could make even the most...
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Rich Washburn
Aug 24, 20244 min read
A Leap Toward Comprehension: LLMs and the Dawn of Intelligent Machines
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long fascinated us with its ability to mimic human tasks, but recent advancements suggest it may be...
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Rich Washburn
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Racing to Oblivion: Consequences of an AGI Cold War
Welcome to the dystopian future—where the biggest threat to humanity isn’t nuclear weapons, climate change, or even a rogue asteroid with...
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Rich Washburn
Aug 7, 20243 min read
Strawberry Signals? Sam Altman Teases Q-Star
On August 7th, Altman posted a seemingly innocent photo of strawberries with the caption, “I love summer in the garden.” This tweet,...
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Rich Washburn
Jul 31, 20243 min read
AI at Your Fingertips: Privacy, Efficiency, and Innovation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) often brings to mind vast data centers, humming with tens of thousands of GPUs and consuming more power than...
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Rich Washburn
Jul 31, 20243 min read
The Alarming Trajectory of AI Development: Insights from a Former OpenAI Insider
The recent resignation of William Saunders from OpenAI has sent shockwaves through the AI community. His departure, driven by concerns...
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Rich Washburn
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Meta's LLaMA 3.1: The Future of AI in an Open-Source World
In a groundbreaking announcement, Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta's latest advancements in artificial intelligence, emphasizing a...
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Rich Washburn
Jul 16, 20242 min read
GPT-5: The Dawn of PhD-Level AI Reasoning
The future of artificial intelligence just got a lot closer with the recent revelations about GPT-5 from OpenAI. This new iteration,...
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