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Jad Tarifi

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Jad is the CEO & Co-Founder of Integral AI, focused on developing Foundation World Models for real-world applications. With a diverse background spanning three continents—born in Lebanon, educated and working in the US, and now based in Japan—Jad has gained a deep understanding of the universal nature of humanity. Through Integral AI, he has embarked on a mission to "Give Humankind a True Magic Wand."

Before founding Integral AI, Jad spent nearly a decade at Google AI, where he led the creation of generative AI imagination models and spearheaded research on learning from limited data.

Jad holds a Ph.D. in AI, where his dissertation focused on brain-inspired and mathematically rigorous theories of intelligence, and an M.S. in Quantum Computing. He has dedicated much of his career to pioneering approaches to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Jad is also the author of the upcoming Freedom Series, a four-volume guidebook that explores the future of AI, human potential, and societal transformation in the age of AGI. The series presents a hopeful yet pragmatic vision for aligning AI with humanity’s highest ideals, detailing the technical path to building AGI, while offering readers a new worldview and practical tools for flourishing in a world shaped by superintelligence.

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