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Implications, context, and why it matters.

The thinking behind Ineffable’s multibillion-dollar seed financing

• Scaling large language models (LLMs) is the wrong path and will not lead to superintelligence, said David Silver, founder of Ineffable 1.
• Silver argues that LLMs draw from a limited supply of human-made data, which he calls a “fossil fuel” 1.
• That dependence can hold back new discoveries. Silver uses AlphaGo’s Move 37 against Lee Sedol as an example. Humans first saw the play as a mistake 2.
• Ineffable is backing “superlearners” that build knowledge from experience, including simulations, to create a “renewable fuel” for continued learning 1.

London’s push in the AI race with government support

• The round included the UK’s Sovereign AI Fund, a British government-backed investment fund focused on AI 3.
• The fund says it can give portfolio companies more than money, including access to UK supercomputers plus faster visas 3.
• The company calls it Europe’s largest seed round. The deal adds to London’s appeal for frontier AI researchers and foundational research 1.
• Investors also appear open to paths beyond larger LLMs, including reinforcement-learning-first work aimed at superintelligence 1.