SCOOP: Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event. axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-comp…

On AI and "superintelligence": "The power will increase, but there's no point at which it's meaningful to say, 'Well, yesterday we didn't have superintelligence. Today we do have superintelligence.' That's why I think it's meaningless to say, 'What will happen if one day we have superintelligence?' I don't even understand the question. It's: 'Will technology improve?' Almost certainly. It will get better. It'll never be omniscient. It'll never be omnipotent. That's out of comic books out of religion. There are laws of physics. There are limits on information. There's no system that could learn the position and velocity of every particle in the universe. So as long as that is true, there's not going to be an AI system that can do anything or can know everything. But they will get—obviously, like any technology—they'll get more powerful." Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=eWC47aga…

People will say, 'There are a million ways to shoot a scene,' but I don't think so. I think there're two, maybe. And the other one is wrong. DAVID FINCHER

The amount of Germany hate-posting on the back of @patrickc‘s tweet is astonishing. Seems everyone has seen the light, aka read Ray Dalio‘s Changing World Order, and now has hot takes on the country’s decline being an inevitability, feeling superior for being able to „speak the hard truth“ and announcing to the world that the only thing left to do is getting the hell out of this country, which will most certainly fall into the hands of the far right. I agree things need to to change, urgently and drastically. I agree we must reinvigorate the economy and boost entrepreneurship. I agree that our labour laws, energy costs, bureaucracy and low investment into future technology is unbefitting of the reality we live in today and of a country like Germany. But to speak of all the ills in Germany like it was some doomed hell hole without even for a second realising or acknowledging that the country still has SO MUCH to offer makes me disappointed and angry. This especially goes out to the 30/40 year olds who got to benefit from what was built up in the past and could now make a massive contribution to changing things for the better but who instead seem to just blame politicians and bureaucracy for everything. I join your harsh criticism - I reject your defeatism entirely.

The great @patrickc isn’t wrong. But at the same time I feel like no generational company or exceptional founder ever failed because of notary meetings… Yes, we need to work on bureaucracy. For sure. No, this is not the reason why Germany isn’t producing more world class startups. From my pov it’s much more nuanced: first and foremost we need to upgrade our mentality: more ambitious input will mathematically produce more ambitious output. Basta. And only then it’s about more private capital flowing into the ecosystem, talent acquisition, and generally speaking less bureaucratic burdens.

Good Morning from #Germany, where a founder boom is defying the economic gloom. A record 3,053 startups were launched in H1 2026, up 88% YoY. 1 in 3 focuses on AI, while VC funding jumped 44% to €5.8bn. Germany’s next growth engine may be emerging.

Helsing raises US$1.8bn in Series E helsing.ai/de/newsroom/helsi…

Ein guter Tag für Bayern als führenden Defense-Tech-Standort! Die Entscheidung beim Bürgerentscheid in #Hallbergmoos für die Verteidigungsindustrie stärkt unser Defense-Ökosystem und verbessert insgesamt die Sicherheit. Nur wer sich verteidigen kann, wird nicht angegriffen. Dazu braucht Deutschland möglichst viel eigene Entwicklung und Produktion von Verteidigungsgütern im Inland. Mit #Helsing steht in Hallbergmoos ein bayerisches Aushängeschild und starker Partner für weiteres Wachstum bereit. Uns freut das Bekenntnis zum Standort Bayern. Das Projekt wird Arbeitsplätze und Wertschöpfung in der Region schaffen und ist ein weiterer Baustein für eine gute Verteidigungsfähigkeit Deutschlands. Danke an alle, die sich heute am Bürgerentscheid beteiligt haben. Das ist gelebte Demokratie! (Foto: Archiv)

We are proud to have formally established a presence in Stockholm, with Swedish Minister of Defence @PlJonson and Ukrainian Special Advisor @AKamyshin in attendance. Kamyshin: “Helsing is doing great work in Ukraine … and will be doing great work in Sweden.” 🇺🇦 🇸🇪

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