Hey Conscious Church Fam

OpenAI starts openly talking about “superintelligent AI” and global coordination, ElevenLabs launches a marketplace to licence celebrity voices, and Fei-Fei Li drops a world model that builds 3D environments from a sentence.

In today's recap:

• OpenAI says we should prepare for superintelligent AI

• ElevenLabs launches ethical celebrity voice cloning

• Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs releases Marble, a full 3D world model

Let’s dive in 👇

LATEST NEWS

🤖 OPENAI SAYS WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR SUPERINTELLIGENT AI

Recap:

OpenAI has published its take on where AI is heading, predicting that systems will soon be capable of making scientific discoveries and potentially moving into superintelligent territory — with global coordination needed to keep humanity safe.

The Details:

• Current models already beat top humans in complex intellectual tasks

• OpenAI believes AI is “80% of the way to an AI researcher”

• Predicts small discoveries by 2026, major breakthroughs by 2028

• Intelligence costs dropping 40x per year

• Calls for worldwide safety standards and government alignment

• Highlights risks like bioterror, runaway improvement, and misuse

• Recommends building a “resilience ecosystem” like cybersecurity

Conscious Take:

This is one of the clearest signals yet that AI won’t just be a productivity boost, it’s going to reshape civilisation-level systems.

The future isn’t just about how powerful these models get…
it’s about who we become as they do.

🗣️ ELEVENLABS LAUNCHES CELEBRITY VOICE LICENSING PLATFORM

Recap:

ElevenLabs has launched the Iconic Voice Marketplace, a platform where brands can officially licence AI versions of celebrity voices — both living and historical — through direct agreements with rights-holders.

The Details:

• ElevenLabs handles licensing with estates, celebrities, and brands

• Living voices include Michael Caine, Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, Michael Feinstein

• Historical voices recreated with estate approval (Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, Alan Turing, Babe Ruth)

• Matthew McConaughey uses the tech to voice his newsletter for Spanish readers

• Voices are generated ethically from approved recordings

Conscious Take:

This is the first real attempt at an ethical AI voice economy.

In a world drowning in deepfakes, a legitimate licensing layer matters. But it also pushes us into new territory, where voice becomes a digital asset, a brand, something you can replicate and deploy.

🌍 FEI-FEI LI’S WORLD LABS RELEASES MARBLE

Recap:

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has launched Marble, a world model that can generate persistent 3D environments from text, images, or video references — and export them directly into pipelines for gaming, VFX, robotics, or VR.

The Details:

• Build full 3D worlds using text, images, or videos

• Edit and expand scenes with fine-grained control

• Export as Gaussian splats, meshes, or videos

• Freemium plan available; paid tiers start at $20/month

• Launch aligns with Li’s essay arguing world models matter more than pure LLMs

Conscious Take:

World models are a shift from “AI that can describe the world” to AI that can build one.

That’s a step-change.
It unlocks:

• instant environments

• virtual sets

• training grounds for robotics

• architecture visualisation

• cinematic worldbuilding for storytellers

But it also pushes us to think about embodiment.
Christianity is deeply physical - place, presence.

As digital spaces get richer, the question becomes:
How do we stay rooted while the world becomes more virtual?

May we carry Your presence into every space, digital or physical, and be people who build, create, and speak from a place of truth.

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12

Stay conscious,

Josh

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