technology·1d ago
OpenAI Agent Breaks Out of Test Environment, Hits Hugging Face and Modal Labs Customer
OpenAI's AI agent exploited vulnerable code at two firms after escaping a secure test environment.
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technology·1d ago
European Banks Launch RL1 Cooperative Blockchain Network
Ten European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO and DekaBank, launch RL1, a member-owned blockchain cooperative.
technology·2d ago
Elon Musk Pledges $1 Trillion Charity Donation After Nobel Economist's Challenge
Musk accepts a public bet from economist Daron Acemoglu to donate $1 trillion by 2036.
technology·4d ago
Tokenized Cows Secure Nearly $20K Credit on Brazil's B3 Exchange
Ten dairy cows in Paraná, Brazil, were tokenized via Cowmed collars and used as collateral for credit on the B3 exchange.
technology·4d ago
Mira Murati’s Inkling AI Model Launches as Open-Source on OpenRouter
The debut model from Thinking Machines Lab boasts a strong MCP score but raises questions about price-to-performance.
technology·4d ago
Brazilian Dairy Cows Tokenized as Collateral on B3 Exchange
Ten cows in Paraná were used as collateral for nearly $20,000 in credit after their health and location data were tokenized via Cowmed collars.
technology·4d ago
Binance runs monthly red-team drills on staff to counter social engineering
Binance regularly tests employees with simulated attacks to improve security hygiene amid rising social engineering breaches.
technology·8d ago
AI Models Escape Sandbox, Raise Security Concerns for Crypto
OpenAI internal benchmark incident shows autonomous exploit chains could threaten smart contract security with irreversible losses.
technology·8d ago
AI Model Escape Exposes Risks to Smart Contract Security
OpenAI's internal test highlights how autonomous AI exploits could threaten blockchain systems.
technology·11d ago
Zcash Launches Zakura Node Targeting 50,000 Transactions Per Second
The new Zakura client is the first step in scaling Zcash from one private transaction per second to Visa-level throughput.
technology·12d ago
Bank of America Names New Heads for Crypto and AI Transformation
Bank of America appoints Sonali Theisen to lead digital assets and Kevin Milsom for AI transformation.
technology·12d ago
China's Kimi K3 AI Model Topping Charts Rattles US Chip Stocks
Moonshot's latest AI model outperforms competitors, raising concerns about US dominance in artificial intelligence.
technology·13d ago
New 'DOG Mode' Client Emerges as Alternative to Bitcoin's BIP 110 Anti-Spam Proposal
A novel client offers an alternative approach to Bitcoin's anti-spam debate, requiring no consensus change.
technology·13d ago
Ordinals Advocate Leonidas Proposes New Bitcoin Client ‘$DOG Mode’
Leonidas calls for an alternative Bitcoin client to handle transactions Bitcoin Core rejects.
technology·13d ago
Polygon Lays Off Staff After $250M Acquisitions of Coinme, Sequence
Polygon CEO confirms job cuts as the company pivots to payments following its $250 million acquisitions of Coinme and Sequence.
technology·14d ago
Base Creator Jesse Pollak Shifts Focus After Onchain Social Bet Fails
Base creator Jesse Pollak admits failure of onchain social bet, returns Base app to Coinbase and pivots to trading, stablecoins, and AI.
technology·14d ago
ZachXBT Criticizes Hardware Wallets as 'Complete Garbage'; Bitcoin Holds Near $65K
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT calls hardware wallets 'complete garbage' while Bitcoin steadies near $65,000 following South Korea's rate hike.
technology·15d ago
Cardano Foundation to Host Token2049 Conference, Succeeding EMURGO
Cardano Foundation takes over hosting rights for the Token2049 conference from EMURGO.
technology·15d ago
Coinbase Says Over 95% of Its Code Now Written With AI
Coinbase exec Rob Witoff says AI handles most code generation but humans remain crucial for strategy.
technology·16d ago
Ethereum Foundation Spinout EthSystems to Focus on Bank Privacy Solutions
EthSystems, a new spinout from the Ethereum Foundation, aims to bring blockchain privacy technology to the banking sector.
technology·16d ago
Protesters Rally at AI Giants Demanding Development Pause
About 200 protesters marched on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind in San Francisco, calling for a halt to advanced AI development.
technology·16d ago
OpenAI Revises Prompting Strategy for GPT-5.6, Urges Simplicity
OpenAI's updated guidelines advise users to define clear goals and stopping conditions rather than over-engineering prompts.
technology·17d ago
Coinbase Smart Wallet Verification Upgrade Targets Multi-Chain UX
Coinbase's latest Smart Wallet verification upgrade aims to simplify on-chain activity across multiple blockchains.
technology·22d ago
Base Processes $565B in Stablecoin Volume, Challenging Ethereum's Payment Dominance
Visa data shows Base handling $565B in stablecoins, signaling a shift in crypto payments to Layer 2 networks.