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Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic recently published new research identifying a set of potential “sabotage” threats to humanity posed by advanced AI models. According to the company, the research focused on four specific ways a malicious AI model could trick a human into making a dangerous or harmful decision. Source: Anthropic Ultimately, the new research turned out […]

The United States Department of Treasury said it used artificial intelligence to sift through data and recover $4 billion in “fraud and improper payments” in the 2024 fiscal year. The Treasury said on Oct. 17, that its uptake of AI saw it recover nearly four times as much compared to the previous fiscal year, where it recovered […]

Researchers have hacked artificial intelligence-powered robots and manipulated them into performing actions usually blocked by safety and ethical protocols, such as causing collisions or detonating a bomb. Penn Engineering researchers published their findings in an Oct. 17 paper, detailing how their algorithm, RoboPAIR, achieved a 100% jailbreak rate by bypassing the safety protocols on three different AI […]

The Sam Altman-founded “proof-of-humanity” project Worldcoin — which rebranded to World — has launched an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain it dubbed World Chain. In an Oct. 17 statement, World said the 15 million users who have verified their identity by scanning their iris for a “World ID” could now use the network. The firm launched World […]

Crypto venture capital funding fell 20% to $2.4 billion over the third quarter, driven by a “barbell market” where Bitcoin and high-risk memecoins led, leaving mid-tier projects seeking funding overlooked, says Galaxy Digital. The funding fall was accompanied by a 17% decrease in deals, with 478 made during Q3, the crypto investment firm’s head of […]

The savviest traders in the world could one day allow their expertise and financial portfolios to live on long after they’ve died through the magic of artificial intelligence. At least that’s the premise increasingly being pitched by AI enthusiasts and futurists such as Ray Kurzweil and Elon Musk. Other insiders, such as Anthropic AI’s Dario Amodei, believe […]

The United States Department of Justice announced that Juan Tacuri — a senior promoter of the Forcount Ponzi scheme, which was later rebranded to Weltsys — was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Oct. 15. According to an announcement from the Southern District of New York, Tacuri was also ordered to pay $3,610,718 in […]

Senator Elizabeth Warren and crypto lawyer John Deaton exchanged blows over crypto policy in their first debate of the race for a seat as a United States senator from Massachusetts. Deaton, a Republican candidate, called out Democrat rival and incumbent Warren during the Oct. 15 debate for focusing on building an “anti-crypto army” instead of prioritizing other […]

Bitcoin’s market share reached its highest level since April 2021 as the cryptocurrency’s price continued to climb amid a muted altcoin market. Bitcoin’s dominance hit a three-and-a-half-year high of 58.77% during late trading on Oct. 15, the same time it hit a 10-week high of $67,800, according to TradingView. Bitcoin BTC$66,857 retraced sharply to $64,880 before climbing back to trade just […]

Salvadorans haven’t yet warmed to their country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender, with a recent survey finding that 92% don’t make transactions using the cryptocurrency. Just 7.5% of respondents to an Oct. 10 survey from the San Salvador University Francisco Gavidia said they used Bitcoin BTC$66,866 to make transactions, while 0.5% chose not to respond to the question. […]