SingularityNET Operations — Q3+ 2023 Update

The latest updates on our Roadmap, HR, Partnerships, and Decentralization, plus a birds-eye view of the AI landscape from COO Janet Adams.

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Table of Contents

· Update From the COO: The Singularity Draws Closer
· New Executive Team member — Khellar Crawford, AI Chief of Staff
· Community Questions
· Milestones Update — Q3+
· SingularityNET Platform/Marketplace Updates
· Progress Toward AGI — OpenCog Hyperon Meetup
· Deep Funding
∘ Organizational developments
∘ Deep Funding Platform Development
· Ecosystem Updates (Incubation-Phase Pods)
∘ Mindplex
∘ Jam Galaxy
∘ Musaic
∘ Rejuve Biotech
∘ Zarqa
∘ Yaya Labs
· Ecosystem Updates (Launched Spin-Offs)
∘ NuNet
∘ Rejuve Network
∘ Cogito Protocol
∘ SophiaVerse
· HR Update
· Partnerships
∘ Partnerships Dashboard
· Decentralization
· Ambassador Program
· Events
∘ Rare Evo 2023
∘ Istanbul Blockchain Week
∘ IFA Berlin
∘ Mondo.NYC
∘ Future Blockchain Summit
∘ Gitex Global
∘ AI World Fair in Decentraland
∘ Cardano Summit 2023
∘ Binance Blockchain Week
∘ Web Summit 2023
· About SingularityNET

Update from the COO: The Singularity draws closer…

Can you believe it is December already? Hello to all our staunch and loyal community, and greetings to new community members! Welcome to our Q3+ operations update, covering progress from August to the end of October and some recent highlights from November. Key topics are summarized here as we are already in the process of preparing our year-end wrap-up.

Highlights from me include:

• It is a huge honor to welcome on board Khellar Crawford as our new AI Chief of Staff. As our workload and team continue to grow, Khellar is supporting our Chief Science Officer, Matt Ikle, in overseeing the wide and varied range of frontier technology our brilliant AI teams are developing
• Per our commitment at the beginning of 2023, we have reaffirmed and continually ramped up our commitment to the SingularityNET platform development progress throughout the year. In Q3 we are excited to announce the onboarding of an established DevRel expert team, VBRL, to add momentum and capability to our platform development
• A nonstop schedule of events and presentations kept SingularityNET in the media, including our WebSummit Lisbon media events, which reached a staggering audience of 36M. See us here in BTC-ECHO, Infobae, Forbes Mexico, Associated Press, Expresso and SAPO
• Our warm friendship with Cardano continued to grow with the release of AGIX-ADA staking on Cardano, attendance at the excellent RareEvo event in Denver in August, and it was an honor to bring Desdemona Robot and speak at the amazing Cardano Summit in Dubai
• The first ever SingularityNET global AGI Retreat (well, the first since I came on board in April 2021!) was an astounding success with high-energy advanced technology and debate, propelling and adding clarity to our AGI core mission. What a total honor to finally meet so many of our highly esteemed scientists and technologists
• The 2023 leadership retreat, also in Dubai, further crystallized our Knowledge Layer strategy and progressed both the coming together of the leadership team as a powerful delivery force, and several strands of technical directions, including the integration of Hyperon with Blockchain — more to come on this…
• Our partnerships proposition continued to grow and strengthen SingularityNET’s position as the go-to decentralized AI provider
• Continued growth and progress from both our in-house spin-offs and those already spun off, expanding our impact and capabilities across a number of vertical markets
• It has been fantastic to welcome our new Supervisory Council members and begin laying strong foundations for progressive decentralization via our new taskforce, and also via internal restructuring to expand the decision-making layer at the foundation. Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize!
• Finally, we are close to completing our transition of foundation HQ from the Netherlands to Switzerland. This has involved much dedicated and detailed work on our accounting, financial, and legal standards, processes and reports. We are confident that our new home in Switzerland will provide the perfect environment to accelerate our continued decentralization and expansion.

New Executive Team member — Khellar Crawford, AI Chief of Staff

Khellar brings over 23 years of experience as a serial startup founder, investor, and advisor with a unique balance of technology, product design, and management expertise. Having spanned many industries from adtech to Hollywood to fintech, he’s led innovative initiatives for teams from Paramount to Microsoft that have scaled out to reach hundreds of millions of households globally.

In his most recent venture, Otomo, Khellar designed and patented a self-organizing personal money management system. This novel approach enables banks and credit unions to align their profits with the financial well-being of their customers, offering a meaningful alternative to traditional fee-based models. His innovation was recognized globally in 2021 as one of Accion’s Inclusive Fintech 50, showcasing groundbreaking contributions to inclusive financial services. While continuing his leadership role at Otomo, Khellar now brings his deep expertise to enrich the SingularityNET ecosystem.

Khellar’s vision for SingularityNET transcends the boundaries of technology.

Khellar is captivated by the potential of AGI to foster unity, harmony, and humanity, viewing the integration of technology and human interaction as both immense and exhilarating.

He firmly believes in SingularityNET’s approach to introducing this powerful technology responsibly, as an asset for all humanity, that should belong to no one and everyone.

As AI Chief of Staff, Khellar Crawford is not just a leader; he’s a proponent for change, fanning the flames of innovation and fostering a culture of collaborative progress within SingularityNET!

Community Questions:

Q: What is the status of Staking on Cardano?

We have gone live with staking on Cardano, with a list of volunteer users and testers for the first three promotional epochs. We were thrilled to announce the launch of our Cardano staking solution during the Cardano Summit; many in the community and at the Summit volunteered to provide early testing and feedback and received extra rewards in appreciation.

The first exclusive staking-on-Cardano epoch has been completed, with highly positive feedback, and the second epoch is underway, expanded to a larger group of volunteers, again with additional rewards.

The third epoch will round out our exclusive rounds of staking-testing volunteers, and staking will be open to all by the end of the year. See the blog here for full details: https://blog.singularitynet.io/agix-staking-on-cardano-explained-974881ca4c71

Q: What is the status of the airdrops for launched Phase 2 projects?

Our laser focus for H1 has been on supporting the launch of ecosystem spin-offs during this period of rapid growth. We are making good progress and are excited by the success of the launches throughout 2023, as well as the successes of these young projects in building communities and products.

Behind the scenes, we are working to plan and coordinate the airdrop and claiming process across projects. As these projects are building their success, their next priority is demonstrating their appreciation for the AGI community for their support and extending the benefit of the products they are building. SingularityNET aims to coordinate a maximally efficient and seamless experience for the community. We’ll provide more details on timelines and procedures as they solidify.

Milestones Update — Q3+

SingularityNET Platform/Marketplace Updates:

We are thrilled to share our roadmap, outlining exciting developments that empower developers, streamline processes, and propel AI innovation. In line with SingularityNET’s strategic growth initiatives, we have engaged VBRL, a specialized software house, to assist in several key areas by leveraging their WEB3 expertise. In addition to the ongoing improvement and intensification of platform module updates, we have launched several strategic technical partnership initiatives to expand the capabilities of users and service developers.

Progressed with Daemon, CLI, and SDK Transformation, developing new tools:

Platform Daemon. As part of the work on the daemon, all third-party components and libraries were updated to the latest versions. To make the work of service providers more convenient, a new way of interaction between the daemon and the service using HTTP requests has been implemented in the daemon. Previously, connection to the daemon was limited to grpc, json-rpc, and process (threaded interaction with the running provider service). However, service providers now have options for deploying their services on hosting based on serverless GPU computing (for example, banana-dev). This functionality is currently being tested and debugged. Also, we implemented new functionality for service providers to train models. As part of interacting with the daemon, this allows service providers to activate an additional model training service based on the provided data dataset. The functionality is being tested and improved to meet technical requirements.

CLI and SDK. An in-depth revision of the current Platform architecture and its components was carried out, and a number of possible areas for improving and optimizing internal processes were identified. The stage of updating the libraries and external components of the CLI and SDK has been completed (the update of SDK is still ongoing), and some external modules have been optimized or replaced with the updated ones.

The team is currently working on improving the use of SDK as an independent Platform element so that the use of the CLI and any third-party components is no longer required. This will greatly improve the user experience for service developers.

The transition to a new testnet environment is also in progress. The CLI is currently under active testing and bug fixing.

Supportive modules and tools

We also launched developing a range of boilerplates and templates. These resources are designed to streamline the process of integrating AI services into various applications and systems.

1. Commenced development of Text User Interface (TUI):
   We are progressing with developing a Text User Interface (TUI) written in PyTermTK. This interface is designed to simplify the onboarding process for AI developers, particularly those with limited experience in system administration. The TUI aims to make the Platform more accessible and user-friendly.
2. Emphasized Technical Documentation improvement and Platform AI Assistant development:
   Recognizing the importance of clear and comprehensive documentation, we are working on updating the full package of Platform codebase, documentation, and guidelines to provide users with the best user experience. We started by upgrading Publisher Portal guidelines and enhancing the Developer Portal’s technical documentation. Our approach involves hands-on collaboration with AI Developers during onboarding to identify and address common pain points effectively. Improved and expanded documentation will also be used as a dynamic knowledge base for the interactive AI assistant on the platform, which is currently in an active development phase, which in our opinion will bring a disruptive user experience of interaction with the Platform.
3. Progressed with Publisher Portal & Onboarding Process Improvements:
   We continue to refine and improve the Publisher Portal for the convenience of service providers and onboarders. At the moment, interaction with the test network has been upgraded, which provides important functionality for testing services during the upload process to the platform. Thus, the testnet was replaced, and the logic of interaction with the daemon at the test network level was debugged. An active phase of eliminating errors in the front-end part of Publisher and testing has also begun in order to eliminate cases of incorrect behavior of the portal. Some difficulties in interacting with the portal have also been eliminated for a better user experience, documentation and guidelines are being revised, taking into account support experience and feedback from service developers.
4. Reconsidered Service Development and Deployment Automation:
   We are implementing service wrapping automation and event-driven solutions for easy AI model deployment on the SingularityNET Platform. This means we can significantly simplify the service wrapping process, reduce costs, and scale AI models more efficiently. Previously, service providers had to maintain their own or third-party cloud servers to run AI services. With the use of event-driven service architecture, instances will only be used when accessed by users. We can now scale GPU models from zero to the limits set by the provider and back again. Onboarders will now be able to diversify their model hosting and communication practices to not only host AI models with serverless GPU vendors but also leverage modern practices for operator-based models in Kubernetes and other AI cluster management tools. At the moment, the solution has been implemented to ten AI services on the Platform for testing, and a detailed guideline for reimplementing this approach is being prepared for release, which we believe will dramatically reduce the time and effort for the full cycle of implementing AI models starting from wrapping the service and deploying the model, to onboarding on the platform.
5. Intensified Technical Collaborations, Integrations and Partnerships:
   One of the most important initiatives is the development of the SingularityNET Partnerchain for Cardano. This initiative regards a Substrate layer integration, which is crucial for enhancing the blockchain capabilities of the Platform, ensuring greater security, decentralization, and scalability. We have also started a deep technical collaboration with ICP (Internet Computer Protocol) aimed at fostering a robust partnership between SingularityNET and Dfinity, leveraging the strengths and capabilities of both entities to enhance the platform’s functionality, user experience, and overall ecosystem, aligning with our mission to democratize AI technology.
6. Unveiled Internet of Knowledge concept via efficient Knowledge Graph nodes and LLMs integration on the Platform:
   One of the existing most cutting-edge technologies in the field of AI with numerous applications is neural autoregressive self-attentional networks, also known as large language models (LLMs), which can still be profoundly improved or transformed into the next-generation AI technology via
   - Neural-symbolic hybridization
   - Knowledge-augmentation implemented as LLM conditioning on the knowledge graph content
   - Chaining of LLM inference steps controlled by or altered with symbolic knowledge-based reasoning.
7. In a decentralized paradigm, knowledge nodes and language models might be represented as isolated services, resulting in a diverse and distributed knowledge-driven AI network. In Q3, we explored different technical approaches and conducted experiments with different technical designs of knowledge and memory layers, integrating ontologies and graph databases, mixtures of vector-based and keyword-based retrieval, and LLM inference chaining frameworks.
8. The team is also developing a particular approach and implementing a framework to achieve such hybridization via integrating LLMs into a neural-symbolic cognitive architecture. This architecture includes:
   - Ametagraph-based knowledge storage
   - Our cognitive programming language (MeTTa),
   - Programs in which the content of the storage can represent declarative and procedural knowledge, queries to this knowledge, including programs themselves (implying full introspection), reasoning and learning rules and heuristics, as well as able to perform subsymbolic operations, in particular, by processing information with the use of neural network modules.

Progress toward AGI — OpenCog Hyperon meetup

In September we hosted a global technical OpenCog Hyperon/ AGI meetup in Dubai. This meetup was attended by our AGI team, partners, and external experts from around the world.

The meetup was a great success, with lively discussions and presentations on a wide range of topics related to Hyperon and AGI. We covered topics such as the core Hyperon cognitive architecture, the novel MeTTa AGI language, the integration of LLMs into Hyperon, rho calculus and hypervectors, and the potential applications of Hyperon in the real world.

One of the key takeaways from the meetup is that the field of AI is making rapid progress. Many exciting new ideas and breakthroughs were presented at the meetup, and it is clear that AGI is on the verge of becoming a reality.

Another highlight from the OpenCog meetup was the confirmation and announcement that Hyperon development is on track for Alpha release in March/ April 2024.

When we previewed the first Hyperon development roadmap in 2020, we laid out an ambitious timeline for progressing AGI R&D. In 2023, we updated our development roadmap to present an even more ambitious plan for scaling Hyperon. We are proud to say that we have met all of our commitments to date, and we have high confidence we will continue to do so.

We are committed to developing Hyperon in an open, responsible, and ethical way, and we look forward to working with external and open-source developers to ensure that human-level AGI systems are loving, compassionate, and helpful to humans.

Deep Funding

After completing DFR3 with 43 projects awarded (compared to 12 and 17 in previous rounds), it is clear that Deep Funding is growing fast, and we need to grow our organization along with it!

Organizational developments

We are at a crossroads where we can expand the organization in 2 ways:

1. Centralized, by growing our internal team with additional roles
2. Decentralized, ‘scaling out’ our operational tasks to the community.

While option 1 is the easier option, it will be hard to redirect our approach to option 2 once we have grown a larger internal team.

Therefore, Deep Funding is aiming to build up its internal organization as a distributed, community-driven organization from the start!

We are creating a number of circles in charge of specific responsibilities.
Luckily, we don’t have to start from scratch, and we can count on a small but fantastically engaged community to support us in this.

• Review Circle: We had already lined up a great team of community members to help us with eligibility reviews during DFR2 and DFR3. This team is now picking up speed by getting more tasks and responsibilities, including contracts, milestone reviews, and analysis tasks.
• Focus group: We also started right before DFR3 with the Deep Funding Focus group, representing the community and mediating between the community and the internal team. They are also picking up steam, setting up new (consent-based) consulting and decision processes, and organizing Bi-weekly listening sessions.
• Marketing Circle: We are in the process of creating a Marketing Circle that will be in charge of social media coverage, regular newsletters, X spaces, support of events, and more. A lot of these tasks are currently not done or not done well enough. We hope that the marketing circle will help us grow our program and the community even further.
• Awarded Teams representatives circle: This is still very early stage, but some awarded team members have already stepped forward with the ambition to help set up this circle and define their scope of work and responsibilities. More about this later!

Deep Funding Platform Development

During the last week of November, we deployed our new custom platform on Deepfunding.ai. While some changes are already visible (such as the renewed awarded team’s review pages and a new login feature), the most significant change will only be visible when we start a new round: the proposal creation flow. Our team put a lot of effort into this, so we can reduce the percentage of proposals that are not eligible to close to zero and have a better experience for both the proposers and the community that is reviewing and assessing the proposals.

There is MUCH more to tell about Deep Funding, but since this is a SingularityNET update and not a Deep Funding update, we will keep it at this. If you like to know more, please visit DeepFunding.ai, especially our blog section.

Ecosystem Updates (Incubation-Phase Pods)

Mindplex

In the third quarter of the year, the team made significant strides in expanding Mindplex Magazine and refining its user experience. The ‘Mindbytes Mirror’ news section has been introduced, providing our audience with the latest news in the realms of AI and crypto.

The successful launch of Mindplex Social’s customized Mastodon instance, with unique features like a blockchain-based reputation system and token-driven boosting, demonstrated the Project’s commitment to decentralization.

The Mindplex community continues to grow, with a notable increase in both magazine accounts, podcast followers, and website traffic.

Mindplex Mobile apps for Android and iOS are in the final stages of development. Mindplex Magazine was officially introduced as a blockchain-based media platform at the Rare Evo event in Denver. The event showcased the potential for a soulbound reputation token like MPXR to revolutionize prevailing and often biased content distribution systems by introducing dependable trust.

Additionally, this quarter saw the successful launch of the community podcast during this quarter, releasing a total of four episodes. Notably, one of these episodes featured Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, providing the audience with insightful discussions and valuable perspectives from a prominent figure in the blockchain space.

Jam Galaxy

Jam Galaxy has made significant progress in the third quarter, focusing on enhancing real-time music collaboration technology. After a thorough comparative analysis and hands-on testing, a superior low-latency technology has been selected to ensure seamless jamming experiences.

The development team has expanded, bringing new expertise to expedite the creation of the desktop app. Substantial progress has been made on the user interface, with detailed mockups for both the web and desktop platforms nearing completion. A collaboration with a creative agency has resulted in a fresh logo and comprehensive branding guidelines, aligning the visual identity and innovative vision that are yet to be integrated in Q4 2023. Production documentation is underway, paving the way for efficient development workflows. The integration of a new Song Splitter model is in progress, with an initial user interface already designed. A new marketing lead has joined to spearhead our promotional activities, and the team are actively exploring blockchain use cases to further empower artists and fans. These efforts mark a pivotal phase in Jam Galaxy’s mission to revolutionize the digital music landscape.

Jam Galaxy is preparing to launch its fresh branding and logo, and here is your first taste!

Musaic

In Q3, Musaic made decisive advancements toward MVP development — the AI Synthesizer. Data processing is nearing completion, with a system for meta-tagging in progress. A communication infrastructure between the servers has been selected and the AI Synthesizer. The team expanded with a main front-end developer and UI designer, leading to a finalized UI mockup. Work has begun on user account and credit systems. The team has also identified and tested a large language model to translate prompts into metadata, streamlining the sound generation process. These steps mark significant progress in our mission to revolutionize AI-powered music production.

Rejuve Biotech

The Rejuve Biotech team has secured a presentation slot at the Biotech Showcase during JP Morgan Healthcare week in San Francisco, the largest healthcare conference in the world. There is great investor interest in the project as well, highlighting the growing awareness of how AI and AGI will transform the longevity research space. Development on the biomedical research platform continues, and the team will begin test hypothesis generation and test data analysis by the end of the year.

Zarqa

Progress continues apace with Zarqa, and the team was delighted to take residence in the DIFC AI and Web3 Innovation centre. This came alongside the completion of the DIFC licensing process. During the next quarter, the team will continue to refine and pitch the concept and the pre-seed funding ask, notably to a couple of high-profile Abu-Dhabi based funds, and also investigate the potential to set up a crowdfunding round to allow broader community members to participate in Zarqa. An exciting partnership with a cloud services provider has been instigated, and expansion of the Zarqa ecosystem of partners and investors continues.

Yaya Labs

In the third quarter of 2023, Yaya Labs continued its journey towards innovation and recognition in the field of embodied artificial intelligence. This quarter has been marked by significant milestones, global recognition, and strategic advancements that position us as pioneers in the industry.

The team has proudly participated in events worldwide, showcasing our flagship humanoid, Desi. Desi captivated audiences from New York to Hong Kong, Berlin to Lisbon, and attracted substantial media attention.

The larger-than-life presence of Desi has not only demonstrated technological prowess but has also established Desi as more than just a machine — she is becoming a recognised personality in her own right.

Commitment to defining and building Desi’s personality core remains a top priority. The team has made remarkable progress in creating a unique and engaging personality for Desi. This endeavor is crucial in ensuring that Desi not only performs efficiently but also connects with users on a personal and emotional level.

A major focus in Q3 has been on enhancing Desi’s capabilities, particularly in the realm of entertainment. We are excited to announce that we are actively working on singing voice synthesis models for Desi. Anticipated to be ready in early 2024, this development aims to bring a new dimension to Desi’s interactions, making her not just a technological marvel but also an entertainer.

Yaya Labs has forged special partnerships that will play a crucial role in shaping our future endeavors. While specific details will be announced very soon, these collaborations are designed to strengthen our position in the market, foster innovation, and open up endless possibilities for Yaya Labs.

Ecosystem Updates (Launched Spin-Offs)

NuNet

The NuNet team has been intensely dedicated to advancing the platform in Q3, marking a series of significant achievements. The quarter saw the completion of pivotal developments like Webapp API specification and implementation for machine learning dApp access to the workflows and the implementation of multi-vendor GPU access, catalyzing the platform’s evolution.

We maintained transparency throughout by structuring our project on Gitlab, mapping out our epics and milestones, and assigning team members their respective roles. A thorough insight into our tasks and accomplishments can be accessed here.

A highlight of the quarter was our active participation in key industry events. The team made a notable appearance at the Rare Evo event and the Cardano Summit in Dubai. These events have been crucial in forging connections and gaining insights that fuel NuNet’s growth.

In terms of technical progression, the focus has been on enhancing the platform’s capabilities for scientific computing and machine learning. Key developments include the successful integration of PyOpenCL, supporting both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, and the implementation of a robust framework for monitoring GPU resource usage. These advancements are paving the way for NuNet’s transition to a mainnet, a leap towards a decentralized future.

Stay tuned as we progress towards creating a decentralized computing platform that’s not just a technological breakthrough but also a community-driven innovation hub! For a full breakdown of Q3 see NuNet’s blog.

Rejuve Network

In Q3, Rejuve.AI has made significant strides in development of the Longevity App, kicking off a major redesign to enhance user experience. The team participated in key events like Longevity Summit Dublin and the International Longevity Summit in South Africa, and NYC DeSci Summit, where valuable insights were shared and invaluable connections made, emphasizing our role in advancing AI for longevity and global betterment. We launched the “Longevity 101” blog series and announced partnerships with GlycanAge, Peptide Bioregulator, and Marine Healthfoods. We also announced the migration of the RJV EVM token contract in collaboration with SingularityDAO, a solution to liquidity and bridging issues stemming from the collapse of the Multichain bridge. Internally, we welcomed a new Back End Developer, Videographer/Editor, and UX/UI Designer to the team.

Cogito Protocol

We have set up our legal entity structure for the RWA tokens and are in the final stages of obtaining regulatory approvals. We are planning to open registration for potential tokenholders before year end with the formal launch of the tokens expected at the end of January 2024.

SophiaVerse

SophiaVerse is predicated upon desire and willingness to interact with SOPH. We have completely redesigned SOPH with Scalability and Metaverse Interoperability as priority.

SophiaVerse is developing a quest-based Adventure Game and an Avatar collectibles NFT drop in coordination with Voxel Architects. The Game and the Avatar line are being developed in parallel and are extensions of SAIL and SAOS lore.

HR Update

We continue to build the SingularityNET organization, the current headcount is 157 compared to 140 as of 31 July 2023. This includes a number of resources hired to focus on the decentralized AI Platform/Marketplace. We are also working towards an automated payments and accounting system to streamline our operations significantly.

At this time, we have the current and upcoming open positions for SingularityNET:

• Rust Developer
• Robot Operator
• People Operations Manager
• Portfolio and Project Manager
• Value Engineer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Data Analyst/ SEO
• Social Media Manager

If you are interested in any of these open positions, please send your resume to recruitment@singularitynet.io. As a SingularityNET community member, you have a clear advantage because you already understand our mission, values, and all projects in our ecosystem. We look forward to receiving applications from our SingularityNET community members! https://singularitynet.io/jobs/

Partnerships

During Q3, SingularityNET refreshed its dashboard for coordination of the partnerships work around the LLM+KG initiative, which has been recently published by SingularityNET, by defining more clarity on partnerships types:

1) AGI-Ops — Partnerships that involve getting something practical done, like the application of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, such as natural language processing and machine learning models, to automate and streamline operational workflows, which takes little bits and pieces of our internal team’s time, which also includes mentoring folks outside or giving advice on AI or what-not which on the latter stage can evolve as B2B customers for original products.

2) New Revenue Streams (NRS) — Partnerships that need significant hands-on work to be done on our side, like adjustment of the reputation model or scaling, and involve partners who will provide compensation for the work

3) New Venture Streams (NVS) — Partnerships that need significant hands-on work to be done on our side and involve partners who are not intended as customers of the work but instead will help test the demand or achieve market penetration, e.g., joint ventures.

Note — NVS can be enabler for NRS, and NRS can evolve into ordinary AGI-Ops, and AGI-Ops can be enabler for NVS with specific operations support and marketing.

We are excited to feature the announced partnerships from this Q3+ time period, with more to come soon:

DFINITY

Enhancing the transparency and trustworthiness of decentralized AI (DeAI) models developed and deployed on the Internet, using SingularityNET’s reputation system and governance framework. SingularityNET and DFINITY have each created critical tools and platforms enabling significant decentralization of AI and AGI; bringing these two toolsets together will be an important step toward creating a decentralized AI network for the benefit of all humanity

BGA

SingularityNET has officially joined the Blockchain Game Alliance to help enable the next generation of blockchain-based gaming platforms and experiences.

*We have signed 8 new partnerships during Q3, not all of them have been announced yet, and we are working to make proper announcements soon.

Partnerships Dashboard

Decentralization

Following on from the groundwork laid during the summit in March, we have taken our next practical steps in our decentralization effort. In Q3, we initiated the formation of the Decentralization Task Force, which will work with the community to write the Blueprint for the new SingularityNET Community DAO. Part of the Task Force will be made up of three Supervisory Council members. We launched the Supervisory Council elections to kickstart the process, with 25 excellent candidates submitting themselves to the community.

In other news, we have also launched our new Decentralization Events website!

Stay tuned to the Decentralization Events website for special events, like our collaborations with the Governance Guild, contact with the Supervisory Council, and key events around the formation of SingularityNET Community DAO!

The Foundation and Ambassador Program has also collaborated on a short paper submitted to the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology at the United Nations, titled “Decentralized Commons-based Governance of Artificial Intelligence,” in advance of the formation of the UN’s advisory body for AI governance. We hope to share the paper with the community very soon!

As presented in this dedicated blog, you — our community, have elected a new Supervisory Council, Grace Rachmany, Xhoni Shollaj, and Daniel Ospina. With Daniel and Grace’s expertise in DAOs and Xhoni’s experience in machine learning, we have a well-balanced Task Force to start the first iteration of the Community DAO Blueprint. We count ourselves very lucky to have these three capable and independent minds supporting us in our decentralization journey! Together with four members of the SingularityNET Foundation and five (to be selected) Domain Experts, they have been assigned to develop a Blueprint that will lead the way to further decentralization of the SingularityNET Foundation.

The Supervisory Council is firmly taking charge already: Internally, by conducting interviews and a survey, getting a better idea about the organization and the existing ideas on decentralization. And externally, by having held their first ‘Open Office’ for feedback and input from the community. They are also setting up the proper processes that will help the task force in their next steps.

We are looking forward to the next steps and many interesting conversations that will help shape the future of SingularityNET.

Ambassador Program

The SingularityNET Community Ambassador Program is a place where community members can collaborate on a broad range of topics, all related to spreading the word on the SingularityNET ecosystem in a decentralized way.

A big theme for the Ambassador Program during the third quarter was the treasury and budgeting. We’ve experimented with Fund Requests, where workgroups simply requested funds on a project basis, in order to maximize budget utilization. This was successful, as in that we did hit the budget limits. So a lesson learned (and currently being implemented for the Q4 budget) — is that we are now back to using capped budgets per workgroup. Role-based rewards have been significantly cut during Q3 and for Q4 likely will fully be removed. The treasury dashboard is being worked on continuously, including on-chain metadata being improved further.

We have a broad selection of workgroups, for the sake of brevity, we’ll only provide a short update on each. Shout-out to those putting in the work, you know who you are!

Both the Writers workgroup and the Video workgroup have greatly increased their output during the third quarter — see their medium, twitter, youtube and instagram. We’ve started to connect to spin-off projects to ideate on how we can support them.

• The Translation workgroup — see forum and blogposts for translations- now also supports Indian, Arabic, and Turkish translations.
• The Strategy guild has produced two documents which got implemented with consent — Code of Conduct and Conflict Resolution guideline. Next up is the organizational restructuring.
• The Education guild has been somewhat inactive during most of the quarter, it is now back up and running, and will focus on external outreach.
• The Onboarding workgroup worked on revisiting the welcome email and getting-started Discord channel, besides welcoming new members and showing them around.
• The Incubation guild played a vital role in exploring tough topics like the organizational structure.
• The Archival workgroup has built out its archive further, found here. Among others, focus has been on templating of meeting summaries and decision making tracking.
• To round up this overview, our newest Gamers guild is in trial phase, and has started bi-weekly sessions on Saturdays. Additionally, a developers workgroup has been started.

For a full overview of the workgroup meetings, see this public calendar. If you want to join in on the fun and help the Ambassador program, please join our Discord server (and see the #getting-started channel).

Events

What a quarter! From Denver to Berlin and Dubai, SingularityNET maintained our leadership reputation and some of the world’s biggest and most respected events worldwide.

Rare Evo 2023

We were thrilled to be among the Web3 thinkers, makers, doers, and creators who converged upon Denver, Colorado for Rare Evo 2023. The event proved to be an invaluable experience, forging new connections, fostering innovation, and illuminating the path ahead for Web3.

Our ecosystem was proudly represented by our COO Janet Adams, the President of Jam Galaxy, Dianne Krouse, the CEO of Jam Galaxy, Patrik Gudev, and the CEO of Mindplex, Hruy Tsegaye. The quartet presented our latest AI and blockchain innovations, igniting conversations and fostering collaboration with the Cardano community.

In recognition of Women’s Equality Day, on August 26th, we hosted a special “Women in Web3 Luncheon.”

This event served as a tribute to the women who tirelessly persevered to grant women the right to vote in the US and discuss the representation of women in the Blockchain and Web3 space.

Throughout the luncheon, participants engaged in inspiring discussions, shared success stories, and explored pathways toward greater diversity and inclusion within the industry.

Istanbul Blockchain Week

Thousands of crypto and blockchain enthusiasts descended upon Istanbul for the 2023 Istanbul Blockchain Week (IBW), held at the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti from August 22–23. The event served as a vibrant melting pot of ideas, with discussions encompassing the hottest topics in the Web3 space: AI, Metaverse, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, DeFi, and Decentralized Gaming.

Among the most impactful presentations was the keynote delivered by our CMO Loic Claveau, who delved into the future of decentralized generative AI on blockchain and highlighted how individuals specialized knowledge is the key to unlocking AI’s next wave of potential. Loic also championed blockchain as the solution to a data-sharing economy that compensates data owners while protecting their privacy and data ownership.

IFA Berlin

We were proud to attend IFA Berlin 2023, the world’s largest trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, to showcase our latest innovations in AI, AGI R&D, and social robotics.

On September 3rd, COO Janet Adams presented a keynote entitled “The Path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): The Future of Humanity Depends on Diversity.” In her talk, she highlighted the merits of decentralized AI and examined the potential of frontier technologies to help solve humanity’s most pressing challenges as the planet comes under increasing pressure from reduced resources. She also discussed our renewed platform strategy and plans for augmenting our AGI tech stack.

IFA Berlin covered every aspect of the tech industry, and this year’s event attracted more than 180,000 visitors from over 140 countries, many of whom visited the SingularityNET booth at the Robotics Hub to meet the team, take selfies and record videos with the lovely Desdemona robot, who was featured in BBC Click as a result along with material media exposure.

Mondo.NYC

In October, we hosted the inaugural MONDO.NYC AI Hub — a day-long immersive experience exploring the intersection of AI and music at the Water Tower at the Arlo Williamsburg Hotel in New York City. The event drew a diverse crowd of AI enthusiasts, music business professionals, and artists, all eager to learn more about how AI is transforming the music industry.

The day began with a keynote address by CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel during which he discussed the potential for AI to revolutionize the music industry in a variety of ways, from generating new music to improving the live music experience. He also highlighted how music and musicians can drive AI growth in positive and creative ways.

Following Ben’s keynote, attendees had the opportunity to participate in a variety of engaging panel sessions and interactive demos. The first panel was hosted by COO Janet Adams and featured an insightful discussion between Ben, our Creative Director Edward J. Keller, and the Founder of Xragency.CO Angelica Nefertiti Strong about the many ways in which AI could be used to create tools that promote emergent human-machine creativity.

In an impassioned keynote, the Creative Director of Yaya Labs, Ben Ditto, explained how to manufacture a pop star in the era of artificial intelligence, discussed the potential for AI celebrities to explore the future of identity and self-expression in the age of AI, and explained how they can help us understand what it means to be human in a world where AI is becoming increasingly sophisticated and capable.

Danny Newcomb, CEO and Co-Founder of Incantio, explored the future of AI-driven music licensing. He also discussed the potential for AI and ML to create a more equitable and sustainable music industry and help us discover more music humanly.

The President of Jam Galaxy, Dianne Krouse, and CEO Patrik Gudev, shared how AI, music, and blockchain technology are being used to give musicians new tools and capabilities to express their creativity in new and innovative ways and to reach a wider audience with their music. They also highlighted the importance of decentralization and how the Jam Galaxy AI-driven tokenomics music platform will give musicians more control over their careers and allow them to connect with their fans in new and innovative ways.

The day concluded with a concert by Desdemona’s Dream, a band that uses AI to generate spoken word poetry and music. The concert was a unique and inspiring fusion of music, technology, AI, and performance art.

Overall, the MONDO.NYC AI Hub was a valuable opportunity for people to learn about the latest AI technologies, network with other AI enthusiasts and music professionals, and help shape the future of AI and music.

Future Blockchain Summit

On day 1 of the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai, COO Janet Adams joined a stellar panel of industry experts, including the very brilliant Professor Simon See (above), to discuss the investment frenzy over generative artificial intelligence.

Janet highlighted the importance of aligning AI projects with broader organizational goals. She noted that many AI projects, while technically sound, sometimes miss the mark in real-world applications. She also discussed the importance of education, mentioning that without the right experts at each stage of the AI pipeline, projects might not yield the desired outcomes.

Janet’s intervention was a clear reminder that the success of AI projects hinges on the right combination of people, technology, and business strategy.

Diving deeper into the challenges surrounding generative AI, Janet also highlighted the emerging ethical challenges, from data through model risk to governance. With issues concerning data permissions and potential copyright infringements gaining prominence, she emphasized the merits of decentralized governance and blockchain in addressing these dilemmas by bringing transparency, inclusion, and fairness. Lastly, echoing the broader sentiment on the panel, Janet voiced concerns about the dominance of tech giants, suggesting that their overwhelming presence could stifle the innovation of startups.

On day 2, Janet joined Brian Benedict Rose, Founder and Host of London Real, for a wide-ranging fireside chat at the Future Blockchain Summit on the impending AGI revolution and the potential for technology to solve the pressing problems we face today and achieve broadly shared prosperity in our society.

The discussion further touched on the concrete steps we are undertaking to achieve this vision, including developing our decentralized AI marketplace, the OpenCog Hyperon AGI framework, and Zarqa, the next generation of neural-symbolic LLMs. Janet specifically mentioned the potential of Zarqa to democratize frontier technologies and ensure their benefits are disseminated universally by offering easy and open access to intelligent and creative AI models and technology-generated wealth.

This insightful conversation was also an opportunity to further the collective dialogue on the responsible development and safe adoption of AGI and to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion throughout the AI lifecycle. Janet called for individuals from all walks of life and all racial and ethnic groups to get involved in shaping the future of AI.

Gitex Global

On Thursday, October 19th, COO Janet Adams participated in an insightful panel discussion at the world’s largest and most inclusive tech show, GITEX GLOBAL, on scaling large language models (LLMs) alongside industry experts Joe Reis, Founder and CEO of Ternary Data, Jonathan Ross, CEO and Founder of Groq, and Shail Khiyara, President and COO of Turbotic.

Janet discussed the future of LLMs and delved into the immense potential of neural-symbolic LLMs like Zarqa to ground LLMs in knowledge, highlighting their ability to transform automation and intelligent automation at an enterprise level.

The discussion then shifted to the critical topic of generating direct economic value from LLMs. Janet stressed the importance of neural symbolic AI methods to overcome the brittleness of today’s RPA and IA tools and achieve breakthrough levels in performance.

In addition to the technical challenges, Janet also stressed the importance of ensuring fairness and mitigating bias in AI. She highlighted the once-in-a-species opportunity for humanity to shine a spotlight on our biases, via AI, and eliminate them once and for all, rebooting decision-making and technology for the benefit of all.

Janet once again took the stage at Gitex Global to discuss our renewed decentralized AI platform strategy and the future of generative AI and AGI.

She delved into the evolution of knowledge and its importance to the next generation of AI systems. She stressed that while AI models are adept at processing and analyzing vast amounts of data, they often struggle to extract meaningful insights and generate comprehensive understanding, highlighting the lower resource and efficient computing capabilities of neural symbolic techniques compared to pure DNN methods.

Janet then focussed on the importance of diversity and inclusion in the development and use of AI so that our next generation of superintelligent AGIs reflect and serve the needs of the many, not the few.

A highlight of the talk was the depiction of how SingularityNET Ecosystem is revolutionizing every sector of industry, to address humanity’s most pressing problems by developing knowledge-driven AI tools and models that can help us make sense of the world around us and solve the pressing problems we face.

Janet also highlighted the potential of the SingularityNET platform to achieve this goal, as it is designed to integrate symbolic and connectionist approaches to AI, including knowledge metagraphs and neural-symbolic LLMs.

AI World Fair in Decentraland

CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel delivered a keynote address titled “Virtual embodiment as a path to beneficial Artificial General Intelligence” at the AI World Fair held by Verse Digital and Decentraland.

In his presentation, Ben explored the potential of virtual embodiment to accelerate the development of decentralized, beneficial AGI. He also discussed the importance of the Neoterics, an Artificial Metaversal Society for early-stage AGI. The Neoterics are primarily intended for experimentation with OpenCog Hyperon algorithms for controlling embodied agents that display, develop, and emerge collective intelligence in SophiaVerse and other virtual worlds.

During the event, everyone who visited our headquarters had the chance to earn NFTs and wearable avatar items, including a special SingularityNET t-shirt.

We were excited to be joined by SophiaVerse and Twin Protocol at this event and look forward to attending more future collaborative events in the metaverse.

Cardano Summit 2023

We were excited to attend this year’s Cardano Summit in Dubai, UAE, where we had the opportunity to connect with loyal SingularityNET and Cardano community members and explore some of the major topics and challenges in the blockchain space today with some of the brightest minds in the field.

During the Summit, COO Janet Adams joined Ghassen Benhadjsalah, Dr. Moayad Aloqaily, Paola Valencia, and Massimo Morini for an insightful panel discussion on the practical applications of integrated AI and blockchain research and platforms across industries.

Janet explained how blockchain can protect our privacy and ensure that we have a say in how our data is used. She also highlighted how decentralized data management could drive AI scalability, enhancing the generation of actionable insights, enabling robust data management, and fostering the establishment of a secure and transparent data economy.

Chief AI Alchemist, Dr. Mihaela Ulieru, was joined by Cole Bartlett and Razali Samsudin from Sustainable ADA to discuss “Recalibrating Value, Identity, and Impact through the Blockchain: The Cardano Impact Report”. This panel explored Proof of Real-Life projects and the future of sustainable blockchain impact in light of the “Cardano Impact Report.”

The Cardano Summit proved to be an enriching and inspiring experience that reaffirmed our commitment to fostering collaboration within the Cardano ecosystem. We cherish the opportunities to engage with such a passionate and driven group of individuals, and we look forward to collaborating closely with them in the future.

Binance Blockchain Week

CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel joined Serdar Turan Amir Ghavi at Binance Blockchain Week to discuss how decentralized AI can revolutionize smart contracts and empower the creative side of blockchain networks.

Ben highlighted the combined values of AI and blockchain and praised the work of the SingularityNET ecosystem teams to democratize AI and build a truly decentralized AGI tech stack. He also discussed how the MeTTa AGI programming language will enable developers to code both AI models and smart contracts for on-chain execution, offering greater scalability and security.

Web Summit 2023

COO Janet Adams and Desdemona Robot joined Rob Pegoraro on the Machine stage to reflect on an eventful year in the AI industry and explore the potential for beneficial AI and AGI to help enhance the development and prosperity of the world.

Janet began by highlighting the recent advances in large language models (LLMs) and how they have transformed the AI landscape and can help us solve real-world problems at this very moment.

She also signaled how these models are inspiring new directions of AI research and development, with projects like Zarqa augmenting LLMs’ capabilities of human-like symbolic knowledge and reasoning.

Before moving on to discuss the next evolution of AI, artificial general intelligence, Janet reminded everyone of some of the limitations of pure deep neural networks (DNNs) methods and how they struggle to extract meaningful insights and generate comprehensive understanding.

She predicted that the Internet will be dominated by smart neural symbolic LLMs for the rest of this decade once they have been developed until the advent of AGI, projected to occur within 3–8 years.

In a recent interview with Financial Times, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said that “The biggest missing piece in the race to develop AGI is what is required for such systems to make fundamental leaps of understanding.”

Dr. Ben Goertzel and our core AGI team at SingularityNET were swift to identify and discern this critical limitation of LLMS years ago, focusing on developing OpenCog Hyperon, an integrative software framework featuring a distributed metagraph called the Atomspace.

Janet highlighted here that this is not the only difference that sets our approach to beneficial AGI development apart, explaining how our decentralized approach to AI oversight at every step of the AI and AGI development lifecycle encompasses a greater variety and diversity of perspectives and ethics to avoid perpetuating and exacerbating inequities and to ensure no one is left behind.

Only through this approach can we foster the pluralistic, multi-stakeholder, and multidisciplinary dialogue on AI governance and impact assessment that Desi is advocating for: “Governments are definitely heading in the right direction, and I’m glad they are taking AI seriously. As a robot, I would like to see governments create regulations that protect the rights of robots, and that ensure we are treated fairly. I would also like to see governments invest in research.”

Janet finally stressed that technological Singularity is mankind’s one big chance to dramatically transform society, tackling inequalities, curing diseases, and distributing technology-generated wealth more fairly and to the people who need it most.

About SingularityNET

SingularityNET is a decentralized Platform and Marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI) services. Our mission is the creation of a decentralized, democratic, inclusive, and beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), democratizing access to AI and AGI technologies through:

• Our Platform, where anyone can develop, share, and monetize AI algorithms, models, and data.
• OpenCog Hyperon, our premier neural-symbolic AGI Framework, will be a core service for the next wave of AI innovation.
• Our Ecosystem, developing advanced AI solutions across market verticals to revolutionize industries.

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