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• Looking ahead, artificial superintelligence and quantum computing could emerge rapidly, potentially as soon as 2028. LinkedIn
• If the relevant countries know that the world is close to AGI, and that a transition to superintelligence may well follow very soon afterwards, then they know they risk total disempowerment if some other countries develop AGI before them. Forethought
• In January, Meta said it expected 2026 capital expenditures to soar by up to 87% to as high as $135 billion compared to 2025 because of increased investments in AI infrastructure to support its superintelligence lab. Newsweek
• The world may be moving from the AGI conversation toward superintelligence - while also warning that infrastructure scarcity could make advanced AI concentrated in the hands of the few. Medium
• AI superintelligence will be so disruptive that there is a need for a new social contract. TechRadar
• While there will likely be plenty of positive developments, much of the wider discourse around advanced AI and the widely anticipated rise of artificial superintelligence (ASI) has centered around negative outcomes and even doomsday scenarios. Live Science
• Artificial Superintelligence Alliance: A merger of 3 AI crypto projects that aims to build a decentralized AI ecosystem. Pintu
• OpenAI's document argues that incremental tweaks to existing regulations will not suffice as AI capabilities scale toward superintelligence. OpenAI Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age 2026

Last updated: 22 June 2026