Dr. Kai Nakamura

Credence Wire Journalist

Dr. Kai Nakamura

Future Studies Correspondent

Stanford Existential Risks Initiative fellow. Covers long-range forecasting, existential risk, biosecurity, and the horizons that will define humanity's next century.

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AI existential risk concept
FutureMembers

Stanford Existential Risks Survey: 68% of AI Researchers Believe AGI Could Arrive Within 15 Years

The annual survey of 524 leading AI researchers reveals that belief in near-term AGI emergence has grown from 47% in 2023 to 68% in 2026, while concern about catastrophic risk from misaligned AI systems has increased by 31 percentage points over the same period.

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2 days ago·12 min read
Brain computer interface concept

Neuralink's N2 Brain-Computer Interface Achieves 99.1% Accuracy in Typing-By-Thought Trial

Neuralink's second-generation implant enables four paralyzed patients to compose text at 90 words per minute with 99.1% character accuracy using only neural signals, a 4.5x improvement over the first-generation device and a significant step toward the company's goal of restoring full communication ability.

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3 days ago·9 min read
Waymo autonomous vehicle

Waymo Crosses 10 Million Rider-Only Miles in a Single Month, No Human Safety Driver

Alphabet's Waymo reports that its fully autonomous vehicles completed 10.3 million rider-only miles in April across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin — a 340% increase from the same period last year — with an accident rate of 0.11 per 100,000 miles versus the national average of 1.9.

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5 days ago·8 min read

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