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AGI was tech’s holy grail. Now, even its biggest champions are hedging. What gives?

From “AGI Sherpas” to “Feel the AGI,” the hype hit fever pitch over the past three years. Now the mood is shifting to pragmatism—though the stakes are higher than ever.

Fortune

GPT‑5 Pro is brilliant, but it’s still nowhere near real AGI, says one of the professors who coined the term

Despite its brilliance, GPT‑5 is a mimic, not a mind, according to Dr. Ben Goertzel, who helped coin AGI.

TechRadar

AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?

The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall?

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TechRadar's Year in Review 2024 – from tri-fold phones and super-smart rings to AI everywhere

It's been quite the year for tech! Here's our round up of the biggest trends in phones, computing, TVs, gaming, cameras, streaming and more in 2024.

TechRadar

‘Well the end of aging and death wouldn’t be bad’: Professor who coined the term AGI for superintelligence thinks we’ll get human-level AI in ‘three to five years’

Dr Ben Goertzel on the future of artificial general intelligence and what it can do for mankind.

TechRadar

What is artificial general intelligence (AGI)?

AI development is accelerating — with some scientists suggesting machines will be more intelligent than the smartest humans within the next few years.

LiveScience

New supercomputing network could lead to AGI, scientists hope, with 1st node coming online within weeks

Scientists hope to accelerate the development of human-level AI using a network of powerful supercomputers — with the first of these machines fully operational by 2025.

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Will AI Save Humanity? US Tech Fest Offers Reality Check

Artificial intelligence aficionados are betting that the technology will help solve humanity's biggest problems, from wars to global warming, but in practice, these may be unrealistic ambitions for now.

International Business Times

AI singularity may come in 2027 with artificial 'super intelligence' sooner than we think, says top scientist

We could build an AI that demonstrates generalized, human-level intelligence within three to eight years — which may open the door to a "super intelligence" in a very short space of time.

LiveScience

‘Full-on robot writing’: the artificial intelligence challenge facing universities

AI is becoming more sophisticated, and some say capable of writing academic essays. But at what point does the intrusion of AI constitute cheating?

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