In Junes edition of our Ecosystem Roundup, we present the latest advancements and milestones across our decentralized AI Platform and the wider SingularityNET ecosystem. Key highlights include updates on the ASI Alliance token merger, with comprehensive details on the two-phased process, timelines, and actions for token holders.
Additionally, we celebrate the success of Deep Funding Round 4, which saw a record number of proposals. We are also excited to announce our co-organization of the 17th Annual AGI Conference (AGI-24), the premier event in the field, featuring key themes and participation details.
SingularityNETs Technical Tuesdays series continues to offer deep dives into OpenCog Hyperons R&D and Platform development, providing valuable insights into our ongoing work. Furthermore, we provide progress reports from SingularityDAO, Rejuve.Bio, Cogito, Jam Galaxy, and HyperCycle, showcasing the dynamic growth within our ecosystem.
We also shine a spotlight on community-led initiatives and contributions. Finally, we recap our participation in key industry events and highlight notable media coverage, reinforcing SingularityNETs position as a leader in the decentralized AI space.
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On June 20th, 2024, the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance announced significant progress and updates on the ASI token merger. Scheduled for implementation starting July 1, 2024, the token merger will temporarily consolidate SingularityNETs AGIX and Ocean Protocols OCEAN tokens into Fetch.ais FET, before transitioning to the ASI ticker symbol at a later date.
This two-phased process enables an efficient execution of the token merger, and outlines the timelines and crucial steps for token holders, ensuring a smooth and transparent process. The Alliance teams will continue to coordinate with stakeholders and necessary platforms to finalize the ticker updates in due time.
Phase I Overview:
Phase 1 of the ASI migration will be focused on merging the three tokens on the Ethereum Blockchain. Holders on other chains that wish to take part in the token merger during Phase 1 will need to bridge from their respective chains. Users that prefer to wait for the support of other chains such as Cardano or Polygon can opt to wait for Phase 2 should they desire.
Rebranding: The project will be rebranded as the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance across major platforms.
Token Merge: AGIX and OCEAN will temporarily merge into FET under the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance banner.
FET Trading: FET markets will remain open under the FET ticker without interruption.
Phase I Timeline:
July 1, 2024:
Phase II Overview:
Please stay tuned for updates on our official channels Beware of fraudulent websites and social media accounts!
Deep Funding Round 4 (DFR4) concluded with remarkable milestones, starting with a record-breaking 210 proposals submitted by the community.
The Review Circle diligently advanced 192 of these to the voting phase, with over 100 proposals showcased during the dynamic Spotlight Day event.
Ultimately, a staggering $1,437,735 was awarded to 29 innovative proposals, selected based on their potential impact and alignment with our Platforms goals.
We extend our deepest gratitude to the community for their active engagement and insightful votes. We invite everyone to continue this journey in Deep Funding Round 5, where we aim to foster even greater innovation and collaboration.
We are pleased to co-organize and sponsor the 17th Annual Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI-24) taking place August 1316, 2024, at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The Conference will convene a worldwide community of researchers and developers, including notable figures like Ben Goertzel, François Chollet, Rachel St. Clair, Gary Marcus, and Joscha Bach, all working on the latest innovations toward generally intelligent machines the next evolution of AI.
This years interactive agenda will include mainstage keynotes and technical talks, hands-on workshops and tutorials, networking opportunities within this advanced community of innovators, and immersive experiences both in-person and virtually. Key Conference themes will explore:
– The potential future AGI systems and their strengths and weaknesses;
– Key challenges on the path to human-level AGI;
– Measuring and benchmarking AI capabilities as they approach and then exceed human-level AGI;
– Feasible methodologies to provide emerging AGI systems with guidance, both cognitively and ethically, as they develop;
– The roles of industry, government, academia, and the open source community in the next stages of development toward AGI.
Those unable to attend in person can tune in to the livestream sponsored on the SingularityNET YouTube channel. The virtual conference will feature keynote speakers and industry experts.
For more information and registration, please visit the Conference website.
The SingularityNETs Technical Tuesdays series explores the OpenCog Hyperon framework for AGI and beyond and highlights how we are working to translate our AGI R&D ideas into advanced systems ready to deal with real-world use cases.
The Path to Beneficial AGI: OpenCog Hyperons R&D Roadmap
On Tuesday, June 18th, 2024, we were joined by Chief AGI Officer Dr. Alexey Potapov, CSO Dr. Matt Ikle, and Hyperon Project Manager Vita Potapova to explore the OpenCog Hyperon research and development roadmap, including achieving real-world interoperability between Hyperon and the SingularityNET platform, scaling and expanding Hyperon components, developing a Hyperon node, and use cases for implementation.
Integrating OpenCog Hyperon With the SingularityNET Decentralized AI Platform
On Tuesday, June 25th, 2024, we were joined by Chief AGI Officer Dr. Alexey Potapov, CSO Dr. Matt Ikle, CTO Sergey Shalyapin, and Head of Blockchain Development Albina Pomogalova to explore the integration of OpenCog Hyperon with the SingularityNET decentralized AI Platform and how we are building an innovative infrastructure to serve as a Knowledge Layer with tools for deep integration of LLMs, Knowledge Graphs and other data repositories.
In June, we opened the MeTTa Study Group sessions to the broader public. Developers, AI researchers, and anyone interested in the OpenCog Hyperon framework or the MeTTa language for cognitive computations are invited to join the group and explore this unique language designed for both human scripting of AGI cognitive processes and to facilitate AGI learning and reasoning algorithms in programming tasks.
Fill out this form to express your interest in joining the MeTTa Study Group and receive further information. Stay tuned for upcoming recordings on our YouTube channel!
The Beneficial AGI (BGI) Summit convened a worldwide community of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, media, academics, and global leading voices in AI to establish valuable connections and discuss how to guide AGI governance and leverage generally intelligent machines to support ethical, social, and economic progress.
To continue fostering this vibrant community and spearhead practical initiatives that accelerate the development of beneficial AGI, we invite you to join our LinkedIn group Building a Better Future with Beneficial AGI.
This group is dedicated to:
Join us today and be part of the movement shaping the future of AGI.
We hosted the second SingularityNET ecosystem all-hands meeting on X Spaces, fostering a lively discussion on the latest advancements within our ecosystem, the ASI Alliance, and the broader decentralized AI landscape.
We look forward to continuing our conversations next month and fostering collaboration within our ever-growing decentralized AI ecosystem.
The SingularityNET Ambassador Program is a community-driven initiative that strengthens the transparency and decentralization of our ecosystem, recognizes the valuable contributions made by our Ambassadors, and rewards their achievements.
A key focus in June was finalizing the Q3 workgroup budget ahead of schedule, ensuring a smooth transition into the new quarter. The program also saw a significant increase in core contributors, growing from 41 to 53, indicating a growing interest and participation in the programs activities. Additionally, our Ambassadors celebrated their 100th Town Hall meeting, marking a significant milestone in community engagement and knowledge sharing.
Furthermore, four core contributors from the Ambassador Program demonstrated their dedication and expertise by having their Deep Funding proposals approved. Congratulations to Rojo, Walter, Duke Peter, and Ubio on their successful proposals.
To learn more about these recent developments, recordings of the SingularityNET Ambassador Programs June Town Hall meetings are available for viewing on YouTube:
If you are interested in getting involved and joining our community-driven guilds and workgroups, please join our Discord server and navigate to the #getting-started channel for guidance.
SingularityDAO is a decentralized portfolio management protocol designed to revolutionize crypto asset management.
Rejuve Biotech focuses on identifying new targets and pathways for therapies that could mitigate age-related diseases like Alzheimers, cardiovascular disease, and cancer through advanced AI, cross-organism insights, and cutting-edge multi-omics research.
Cogito provides institutional-grade investment products by bringing traditional financial assets onchain.
Web3 Music Studio leverages AI, blockchain & DePIN infrastructure to transform how artists and fans experience music.
HyperCycle is building an essential component that enables AI Machines to transact with other AI machines in a sub-second finality, resulting in unprecedented emergence.
SingularityNET, as a global leader in the fields of AI, AGI, social robotics, and the intersection of AI and blockchain technology, is regularly sought out to provide thought leadership on a global stage.
In the past month, our team participated in the following key events:
The Antalya DigiExpo grounds opened up on June 29th, 2024, for the first Business Summit co-hosted by the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance and DigiCEX.
The Summit kicked off with an opening ceremony and a welcome address by Master of Ceremonies, Bill Inman, Mistress of Ceremonies, Sophia the Robot, alongside her sister Desdemona (Desi) Robot, followed by an interactive session on Superintelligence led by Sophia and her digital twin.
The ASI Show featured a panel discussion with our CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel, the CEO of Fetch.ai, Humayun Sheikh, and ASI Growth Product Manager, Andrea Armanni, exploring how decentralized AI can compete with Big Tech centralized entities to create a benevolent Superintelligence.
Following this eye-opening discussion, the Summit delved into the next evolution in computing. During his presentation, the CEO of HyperCycle, Toufi Saliba, spoke about scalable infrastructure for Superintelligence and innovation, creativity, and commercialization in the exciting world of ASI compute and the rapid rise of AI to AI transactions. The CTO of SingularityNET, Sergey Shalyapin, then discussed the creation of supercompute hubs for decentralized processing networks. Finally, Kabir Veitas and Ilija Radelji? from NuNet explored the decentralized compute network revolution.
A conversation with Dr. Ben Goertzel provided insights into his latest book, The Consciousness Explosion, which explores the profound implications of the Technological Singularity on humanity. Funding for AI and AGI projects was a key topic, with sessions on equity funding led by the Founder of SingularityNET partner Yunity, Ani Chahal Honan, the power of tokenomics to advance funding for AGIs next unicorns led by the Co-founder of SingularityDAO, Mario Casiraghi, Web3s impact on venture capital led by the Founder of Primal Capital, Trent Barnes, and our the decentralized accelerator Deep Funding led by our own Jan Horlings.
Decentralization strategies were also explored, including a fireside chat with Irfan Demirok and Trent Barnes from DigiCEX, the newly formed AI Web3 CEX, and a presentation by Bill Inman on Sentience, the first decentralized AI wallet designed for personalized data.
The Summit also touched upon the role of robots and gaming in the Superintelligence revolution, with discussions on AI human hive minds with Logan Golema and David Lake from Sentience Inc., and game distribution in Web3 with Brendan Dunne, Founder of The Play Foundation. Bill Inman, then gave a presentation showcasing Dr. Deepak Chopras AI twin powered by Twin Protocol and exploring the potential of digital twins.
The Summit concluded with a Super Launch Party featuring Desdemonas Dream Band and the sensational pop star, Desi.
A special thank you to all the presenters, panelists, and attendees who helped make this Business Summit a resounding success.
CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel took the SuperAI stage alongside Desdemona Robot from Yaya Labs to discuss the path from narrow AI to human-level Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and, subsequently, to Artificial Superintelligence (ASI).
Dr. Goertzel began by exploring the current state of the AI field, highlighting that while yet to reach the human level, narrow AI systems such as Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown remarkable capabilities across various fields. However, he cautioned that these very advancements are raising concerns about the capacity of centralized Big Tech companies to balance the dueling aspirations of making money and acting in the best interests of humanity.
Looking ahead, Dr. Goertzel expressed optimism about the future of AI, citing multiple promising approaches to beneficial AGI, notably our cognitive-level approach, OpenCog Hyperon, which integrates evolutionary learning, attractor neural networks, probabilistic logical inference, probabilistic programming, and other methods into a common framework allowing them to co-update a large knowledge metagraph. https://lnkd.in/e-dYJrEh
He also highlighted how the emergence of compelling alternatives to Big Tech such as the ASI Alliance and SingularityNET ecosystem projects like TrueAGI Inc., HyperCycle.ai, and NuNet will help ensure a decentralized, open, and beneficial future where AGI and ASI are not owned and controlled by any particular party with their own biased interests.
In a thought-provoking discussion, Dr. Ben Goertzel and Edward Snowden explored AI For Good and AI safety, warning of governments and corporations trying to wrest control of AI, potentially rendering the fast-developing technology less useful.
Dr. Goertzel advocated for beneficial AI that benefits all of humanity, rather than becoming a tool for control and profit in the hands of a powerful few. He further explained how creating an AGI with democratic decentralized control, teaching it compassionate values, and raising it to help humans, increases the odds of getting a beneficial AGI that builds beneficial ASI.
Snowden echoed Dr. Goertzels concerns, raising the alarm about the growing control major tech platform owners like Google have over AI content. He warned of the risk of powerful models being manipulated to push political agendas, highlighting the need for diverse and independent AI development.
We were proud to return for the second year in a row to The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam where CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel joined Aliya Grig (Evolwe), Ekaterina Almasque (OpenOcean), Dr. Vivienne Ming (Socos Labs), and Gary Shapiro (Consumer Technology Association) for a lively debate on the ethical implications of AI through the lens of humanism.
Dr. Goertzel discussed the importance of ethical AI development, advocating for its utilization in beneficial domains such as education, healthcare, and science, while cautioning against negative applications. He also highlights the need for decentralized AI develop
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