Adam Marblestone and I explore how we may design safer AI systems and improve brain health by applying new brain mapping technologies -- including new microscopy and AI tools from E11 Bio. Also check out the rest of this essay series on emerging technologies hosted by IFP 👇

My TED talk, on what addiction and recovery taught me about personal agency, is out this morning. Link in the next tweet.

Absolutely delighted about this - major upgrade on the last AI adviser! Jade brings a tonne of experience in frontier labs, VC and government and will do an amazing job of ensuring the UK is an AI winner. Excellent news.

Bloomberg profile of Dan Wang and his new book on China and America, bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Many of the most impactful people I know in DC went through this program. If you're in Science + Tech and are interested in policy, I highly recommend!

Doyne Farmer in 1991:

huge for FlexHEGs*! techradar.com/ai-platforms-a…

This June, we kicked off our first-ever UK FRO Founder Residency as an Activation Partner for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA ).

Read more: essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the-u…

Big news: @UnitaryFdn is hiring it's first CEO! We’re looking for an entrepreneurial leader to scale open-source quantum tech, to build the Linux/PyTorch/gcc of quantum tech. Details and application below:

A great piece on the the work ARIA + Convergent Research are doing We believe that FROs can unlock entire fields. Our Activation Partnership aims to grow ARIA's spaces with new R&D orgs through a new "FRO Founder Residency" programme that's training FRO leaders in the UK

Excited to be part of Foresight Institute’s Vision Weekend this December – join me alongside researchers, entrepreneurs, and funders to explore frontier science and tech!

E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves. We discovered

Convention wisdom is that bioweapons are humanity's greatest weakness – 100x cheaper to make than to defend against. Andrew Snyder-Beattie thinks conventional wisdom is likely wrong. He has a plan cheap enough to do without government. Useful even in worst case scenarios like

Very exciting news from one of our FROs, [C]Worthy, who announced today that they've received multi-year support from ORCA and the Patrick J McGovern Foundation for their critical work supporting mCDR! cworthy.org/media/cworthy-…

Love this piece by Henry Lee that touches on the impact ARIA is having: “this is the most dynamic science ecosystem in the world right now” The UK has lots of challenges, but there are some extraordinary pockets of excellence and optimism👇