Leopold Aschenbrenner, June 2024 You can see the future first in San Francisco. Over the past year, the talk of the town has shifted from $10 billion compute clusters to $100 billion clusters to trillion-dollar clusters. Every six months another zero is added to the boardroom plans. Behind the scenes, there’s a fierce scramble to
How did Leopold do? Evaluating Situational Awareness's predictions
In June 2024, Leopold Aschenbrenner published Situational Awareness, a 165-page essay predicting AGI by 2027, trillion-dollar compute clusters, an in…
Deploy San Francisco | DigitalOcean
Deploy San Francisco is an in-person conference where you'll learn to navigate what's next in AI with infrastructure insights and strategies. Register for free.
A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI
In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?
“Steel, concrete, and code”: Feds and Telus announce three AI data centres in BC | BetaKit
Projects include upscaling existing Kamloops data centre and two new, Vancouver-based centres.
AI's Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: Sequoia AI Ascent 2025 Keynote
MOCO 2026 | Explore the Future of Movement and Computing
We are thrilled to announce that MOCO’26, the 10th International Conference on Movement and Computing, will be held at Cité des Arts (Montpellier’s conservatory), in Montpellier, France, from Thursday 23th to Saturday 25th of April 2026.
We Don't Have Time Davos Hub – Jan 19, 2026–Jan 23, 2026
Welcome to our digital hub during the World Economic Forum. January 19–23, 2026.
Artificial Intelligence for Economic Development Conference: Roundup of 27 presentations
Is artificial intelligence the future for economic development? Earlier this month, a group of World Bank staff, academic researchers, and technology company representatives convened at a conference in San Francisco to discuss new advances in artificial intelligence. One of the takeaways for Bank staff was how AI technologies might be ...
How to Do Ambitious Research in the Modern Era
Local-First Conf 2025
Join us for the world's first local-first conference. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin, May 26-28 2025.
2025 Transparency Report Overview - Bluesky
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25 million to 41 million users, we improved the trust and safety infrastructure to better enable our mission. Here's what that looks like in plain language.
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass
The people building A.I. fear that we have only a short time before advanced A.I. disrupts the labor force.
Snowflake Dev Day | San Francisco | June 4
A day for builders to learn and get hands on with the latest AI and data engineering tools in open source and the Snowflake ecosystem.
Omacom Foundation launches with $8 million
It’s time to dream big. Omarchy Quattro has given people a chance to experience what the malleable computer of the future looks like, and they like it (a lot!). It now feels like a moral obligation to make this future more broadly…
