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Greetings Singularitarians,

In October, SingularityNET saw the culmination of two community governance events: the election of the new Supervisory Council and Deep Funding Round 3. Thanks to all who participated, either by nominating themselves, submitting proposals, or voting.

We also introduced our new ‘Knowledge Layer’ strategy aimed at fostering the growth of the SingularityNET platform and supporting the development and deployment of decentralized beneficial AGI. Yes, achieving AGI is within reach. The bulk of the theoretical work has been carried out by our leadership team, consisting of Dr. Ben Goertzel, Dr. Matt Iklé, and Dr. Alexey Potapov. Building on their combined decades of expertise, we have now transitioned from conceptualization to actively implementing our ideas and R&D directions, targeting March 2024 for the Alpha release of the OpenCog Hyperon AGI framework.

Looking forward, November will see the launch of the AGIX staking portal on Cardano. Our team has been working hard to create a unique staking solution that is convenient, secure, and rewarding for you, our community, so we hope to see you join in. Until then, please enjoy these updates from around the ecosystem:

· Ecosystem News & Updates
? Supervisory Council Election Results
? Deep Funding Round 3 Results
? HyperCycle
? SingularityDAO
? Rejuve.AI
? Rejuve Biotech
? Jam Galaxy
? SophiaVerse
? NuNet
· Latest SingularityNET & Ecosystem Updates and Events —
? Mondo.NYC
? Future Blockchain Summit
? Gitex Global
? AI World Fair in Decentraland
· Mindplex Podcasts and Pubcasts in October
· About SingularityNET
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Ecosystem News & Updates

Supervisory Council Election Results

A new Supervisory Council (SC) has been elected to help guide SingularityNET to a decentralized future. We are happy to announce the 3 new SC members: Daniel Ospina, Grace Rachmany, and Xhoni Shollaj.

These SC members are part of a task force that will develop a blueprint for enhanced decentralization of SingularityNET. The SC will be working closely with the community to ensure that you stay informed of the proceedings and provide opportunities for you to get involved.

The voice of the community is central to the creation of our decentralization blueprint. Read our latest blog introducing our new Supervisory Council members and outlining the next steps.

Deep Funding Round 3 Results

We were delighted to announce the results of the most successful round to date of our community-driven program Deep Funding. We are grateful for the support of our community and look forward to continuing to work together to shape the future of decentralized AI.

HyperCycle

HyperCycle is building a tiny but essential component that enables AI Machines to transact with other AI machines in a sub-second finality which results in unprecedented emergence.

• The HyperCycle team introduced and kicked off the Uptime Tilling Era on HyperPG.
• The CEO of HyperCycle, Toufi Saliba, joined Magy Hristova from Nexo on the Social Block podcast to discuss Artificial General Intelligence, job market ripples, and more.

SingularityDAO

SingularityDAO is a decentralized portfolio management protocol designed to revolutionize crypto asset management.

• Watch the co-founder of SingularityDAO, Mario Casiraghi, discuss the future of decentralized finance and the benefits of the global Hive Mind.
• The SDAO team shared an article exploring Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (ZKML) and its potential applications in enhancing privacy and security within SingularityDAO’s DynaVaults and the Broader DeFi Ecosystem.

Rejuve.AI

Rejuve.AI is a decentralized, AI-driven longevity research network allowing people from all over the world to track their health data, receive valuable insights, contribute to cutting-edge longevity research, and earn rewards.

• The Rejuve.AI team has been hard at work developing their longevity app, and they were excited to share their Q3 update with the community.
• The team also shared more details about their token migration plans and the upcoming SingularityNET community airdrop.
• Rejuve.AI announced that their CEO Jasmine Smith will be sharing insights on Web3 and Longevity at the Wonderland Conference in Miami from November 9–11.

Rejuve Biotech

Rejuve Biotech focuses on identifying new targets and pathways for therapies that could mitigate age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, and cancer through advanced AI, cross-organism insights, and cutting-edge multi-omics research.

• CEO of Rejuve.Bio, Kennedy Schaal, discussed our latest advances in AI-driven longevity research, including sequencing of Methuselah fly genomes and transcriptomes.

Jam Galaxy

Jam Galaxy is a revolutionary AI-driven music platform created to benefit musicians, artists, and fans.

• CEO of Jam Galaxy, Patrik Gudev, offered a great update on the project’s remarkable progress toward the development of their decentralized music platform.

SophiaVerse

SophiaVerse is a leading Web3 AI / Metaverse project that aims to bring the renowned Sophia Robot and other robots to humanoid sentience.

• This month, the Sophiaverse team held a series of fireside chats and “build in public” sessions on their X (previously Twitter) account. Make sure to follow them to stay up-to-date with their latest news.

NuNet

NuNet is building a globally decentralized computing framework, individually rewarded via a tokenomic ecosystem based on NuNet Utility Token (NTX).

• As the Nunet team moves closer to Public Alpha, they continue to make significant improvements to their testnet program, including onboarding AMD and NVIDIA GPUs and enhancing security. Learn more from their Marketing and Communication Lead Jennifer Bourke.
• The Nunet team shared some of their key achievements in Q3, including the development and testing of the NuNet network, the onboarding of new team members, and more.

Latest SingularityNET & Ecosystem Updates and Events —

SingularityNET, as a global leader in the fields of beneficial, decentralized AI and AGI, social robotics, and AI plus blockchain implementation, is regularly sought out to provide thought leadership across a range of critical topics on emerging technologies:

Mondo.NYC

We were proud to host the inaugural MONDO.NYC AI Hub — a day-long immersive experience exploring the intersection of AI and music at the Water Tower at the Arlo Williamsburg Hotel in New York City.

The event drew a diverse crowd of AI enthusiasts, music business professionals, and artists, all eager to learn more about how AI is transforming the music industry.

The day began with a keynote address by CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel during which he discussed the potential for AI to revolutionize the music industry in a variety of ways, from generating new music to improving the live music experience. He also highlighted how music and musicians can drive AI growth in positive and creative ways.

Following Ben’s keynote, attendees had the opportunity to participate in a variety of engaging panel sessions and interactive demos. The first panel was hosted by COO Janet Adams and featured an insightful discussion between Ben, our Creative Director Edward J. Keller, and the Founder of Xragency.CO Angelica Nefertiti Strong about the many ways in which AI could be used to create tools that promote emergent human-machine creativity.

In an impassioned keynote, the Creative Director of Yaya Labs, Ben Ditto, explained how to manufacture a pop star in the era of artificial intelligence, discussed the potential for AI celebrities to explore the future of identity and self-expression in the age of AI, and explained how they can help us understand what it means to be human in a world where AI is becoming increasingly sophisticated and capable.

Danny Newcomb, CEO and Co-Founder of Incantio, explored the future of AI-driven music licensing. He also discussed the potential for AI and ML to create a more equitable and sustainable music industry and help us discover more music humanly.

The President of Jam Galaxy, Dianne Krouse, and CEO Patrik Gudev, shared some of the ways in which AI, music, and blockchain technology are being used to give musicians new tools and capabilities to express their creativity in new and innovative ways and to reach a wider audience with their music. They also highlighted the importance of decentralization and how the Jam Galaxy AI-driven tokenomics music platform will give musicians more control over their careers and allow them to connect with their fans in new and innovative ways.

The day concluded with a concert by Desdemona’s Dream, a band that uses AI to generate spoken word poetry and music. The concert was a unique and inspiring fusion of music, technology, AI, and performance art.

Overall, the MONDO.NYC AI Hub was a valuable opportunity for people to learn about the latest AI technologies, network with other AI enthusiasts and music professionals, and help shape the future of AI and music.

Future Blockchain Summit

On day 1 of the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai, COO Janet Adams joined a stellar panel of industry experts to discuss the investment frenzy over generative artificial intelligence.

Janet highlighted the importance of aligning AI projects with broader organizational goals. She noted that many AI projects, while technically sound, sometimes miss the mark in real-world applications. She also discussed the importance of education, mentioning that without the right experts at each stage of the AI pipeline, projects might not yield the desired outcomes. Janet’s intervention was a clear reminder that the success of AI projects hinges on the right combination of people, technology, and business strategy.

Diving deeper into the challenges surrounding generative AI, Janet also highlighted the emerging ethical challenges, from data through model risk to governance. With issues concerning data permissions and potential copyright infringements gaining prominence, she emphasized the merits of decentralized governance and blockchain in addressing these dilemmas by bringing transparency, inclusion, and fairness. Lastly, echoing the broader sentiment on the panel, Janet voiced concerns about the dominance of tech giants, suggesting that their overwhelming presence could stifle the innovation of startups.

On day 2, Janet joined Brian Benedict Rose, Founder and Host of London Real, for a wide-ranging fireside chat at the Future Blockchain Summit on the impending AGI revolution and the potential for technology to solve the pressing problems we face today and achieve broadly shared prosperity in our society.

The discussion further touched on the concrete steps we are taking to achieve this vision, including developing our decentralized AI marketplace, the OpenCog Hyperon AGI framework, and Zarqa, the next generation of neural-symbolic LLMs. Janet specifically mentioned the potential of Zarqa to democratize frontier technologies and ensure their benefits are disseminated universally by offering easy and open access to intelligent and creative AI models and technology-generated wealth.

This insightful conversation was also an opportunity to further the collective dialogue on the responsible development and safe adoption of AGI and to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion throughout the AI lifecycle. Janet called for individuals from all walks of life and all racial and ethnic groups to get involved in shaping the future of AI.

Gitex Global

On Thursday, October 19th, COO Janet Adams participated in an insightful panel discussion at the world’s largest and most inclusive tech show, GITEX GLOBAL, on scaling large language models (LLMs) alongside industry experts Joe Reis, Founder and CEO of Ternary Data, Jonathan Ross, CEO and Founder of Groq, and Shail Khiyara, President and COO of Turbotic.

Janet discussed the future of LLMs and delved into the immense potential of neural-symbolic LLMs like Zarqa to ground LLMs in knowledge, highlighting their ability to transform automation and intelligent automation at an enterprise level.

The discussion then shifted to the critical topic of generating direct economic value from LLMs. Janet stressed the importance of neural symbolic AI methods to overcome the brittleness of today’s RPA and IA tools and achieve breakthrough levels in performance.

In addition to the technical challenges, Janet also stressed the importance of ensuring fairness and mitigating bias in AI. She highlighted the once-in-a-species opportunity for humanity to shine a spotlight on our biases, via AI, and eliminate them once and for all, rebooting decision-making and technology for the benefit of all.

Janet took the stage again at Gitex Global to discuss our renewed decentralized AI platform strategy and the future of generative AI and AGI.

Janet delved into the evolution of knowledge and its importance to the next generation of AI systems. She stressed that while AI models are adept at processing and analyzing vast amounts of data, they often struggle to extract meaningful insights and generate comprehensive understanding, highlighting the lower resource and efficient computing capabilities of neural symbolic techniques compared to pure DNN methods.

Janet then focussed on the importance of diversity and inclusion in the development and use of AI so that our next generation of superintelligent AGIs reflect and serve the needs of the many, not the few.

Janet then explained how we are working to revolutionize every sector of industry and address humanity’s most pressing problems by developing knowledge-driven AI tools and models that can help us make sense of the world around us and solve the pressing problems we face.

She highlighted the potential of the SingularityNET platform to achieve this goal, as it is designed to integrate symbolic and connectionist approaches to AI, including knowledge metagraphs and neural-symbolic LLMs.

Janet also took this opportunity to invite open source researchers and developers from around the world to contribute to the development of Hyperon and to urge regulators and policymakers to acknowledge and recognize the significant contributions made by the open source community to safe and responsible AI development.

AI World Fair in Decentraland

CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel delivered a keynote address titled “Virtual embodiment as a path to beneficial Artificial General Intelligence” at the AI World Fair held by Verse Digital and Decentraland.

In his presentation, Ben explored the potential of virtual embodiment to accelerate the development of decentralized, beneficial AGI. He also discussed the importance of the Neoterics, an Artificial Metaversal Society for early-stage AGI. The Neoterics is primarily intended for experimentation with OpenCog Hyperon algorithms for controlling embodied agents that display, develop, and emerge collective intelligence in SophiaVerse and other virtual worlds.

During the event, everyone who visited our headquarters had the chance to earn NFTs and wearable avatar items, including a special SingularityNET t-shirt.

We were excited to be joined by SophiaVerse and Twin Protocol at this event and look forward to attending more future collaborative events in the metaverse.

Mindplex Podcasts and Pubcasts in October

Don’t forget to check out the newest content on Mindplex Magazine and explore global adoption, barriers, and Asia’s role in this crypto evolution. Sign up now; we look forward to your contributions!

? Episode 12 of the Mindplex Podcast: Season Finale!

• Episode 12 and the season finale of the Mindplex podcast is now available! Watch Desdemona Robot and Grace Robot discuss some of the most pressing issues we face today and what the future holds for us: AGI ethics, longevity research, robot embodiment, and more!

? Episode 13 of the Mindplex Pubcast With Julia Mossbridge

• Be sure to check out the Pubcast watch party during which Julia joined your co-hosts Grace Robot, Ben Goertzel, and Lisa Rein to discuss consciousness, compassionate robots, intuition, time travel, UFOs, unconditional love, and other exciting topics.

? Mindplex Community Podcast ‘Dream Wonders’ Episode 6:

• Episode 6 featured an insightful discussion between Chief AI Alchemist, Dr. Mihaela Ulieru, and special guest Dr. David, Co-chair of the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council, to discuss the importance of recognizing the risk of data poisoning with regards to AI and the need to involve people and communities in how both data and AI are employed.

We hope you enjoy these new episodes! Stay tuned for more exciting content from Mindplex in the coming weeks!

The SingularityNET team was featured in several interviews and articles in October:

• CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel and Joscha Bach joined Curt Jaimungal on the ‘Theories of Everything’ podcast to discuss conscious computers, metaphysical categories beyond existence, and AGI timelines.
• Ben joined Fidias Panayiotou on the Fidias Podcast to discuss the future of AI and explain our approach to building beneficial decentralized AGI systems that don’t have a single owner but exist for the benefit of all humanity.
• COO Janet Adams sat down with Cointelegraph’s Ezra Reguerra to discuss the risks of centralization when it comes to AGI and how decentralization holds the key to mitigating these risks.
• Ben also joined Robb Wilson and Josh Tyson on the world’s #1 conversational AI podcast, Invisible Machines, to discuss the shift from narrow AI to AGI and how it’s shaping the future. They also explored near-term design concerns — like anthropomorphization — against more consequential issues, such as AGI governance and interaction with humans. You can also watch the interview on YouTube.
• At Fintech Surge 2023, Janet explored the rise of Neural-Symbolic LLMs, explaining how the Middle East is contributing to this journey while highlighting the need to ensure the ethical use of powerful technologies to reduce inequalities.
• Ben joined Brian Rose on the London Real Podcast to discuss the transition from narrow AI to AGI, the geopolitics of generative AI, the Zarqa neural-symbolic LLM, and human-level AGI governance.
• Janet sat down with Ornella Hernandez at the Future Blockchain Summit to discuss the combined values of AI and blockchain and explore the potential impact of humanoid robots, such as Sophia, Grace, and Desdemona.

We are proud of the work our teams have done in October, and we are excited to continue leading the way in the field of beneficial decentralized AI and AGI.