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In brief Claude Opus models are now able to permanently end chats if users get abusive or keep pushing illegal requests. Anthropic frames it as “AI welfare,” citing tests where Claude showed “apparent distress” under hostile prompts. Some researchers applaud the feature. Others on social media mocked it. Claude just gained the power to slam…
In brief FTX investors have filed a lawsuit against Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West, accusing it of being “deeply intertwined” in the crypto exchange’s collapse. Of 130 firms that worked with FTX named in multidistrict litigation, Fenwick & West is the only one accused of having actual knowledge of FTX’s scheme and providing…
In brief The family of former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji is disputing San Francisco’s conclusion that his 2024 death was a suicide. Supporters have raised over $140,000 in crypto and launched a Solana-based meme coin to fund the family’s legal case. Balaji had been an outspoken critic of OpenAI’s data practices and a prominent voice…
In brief GPT-5 is fast, accurate, and cost-effective at code generation, beating most rivals in logic and technical tasks. However, with its relatively small context window, it’s weak in creative and right-brain output. It’s still a work in progress and will likely get better as OpenAI iterates with updates. OpenAI finally dropped GPT-5 last week,…
In brief Healthy beverage company Safety Shot Inc. is pivoting to become a crypto treasury firm, receiving $25 million in BONK on Monday. Pseudonymous core contributor Nom is set to join the Safety Shot team in a strategic position, and says it is targeting up to 5% of the meme coin’s total supply. At current…
Sam Altman’s OpenAI o3 model—which was deprecated late last week with the release of GPT-5—demolished Elon Musk’s Grok 4 in four straight games Thursday to win Google’s Kaggle Game Arena AI Chess Exhibition.You may think it was a super complex spectacle of high tech behemoths putting their reasoning to the ultimate test, but as an…
In brief Universal Pictures has begun adding legal warnings to film end credits stating movies “may not be used to train AI.” The warnings appear on recent releases including “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Jurassic World Rebirth.” AI firm Midjourney filed a response Wednesday to a lawsuit defending against Disney and Universal’s copyright infringement…
In our latest Kraken Trading Spaces, Dentoshi unpacked one of the most valuable edges in trading: Spotting outperformers before the rest of the market does. With the crypto markets in a period of chop, earnings season heating up and broader macro catalysts in play, Dentoshi shared timely insights on how to identify early winners before…
In brief The DeFi protocol CrediX was compromised. An attacker swiped $4.5 million worth of crypto. CrediX said all funds would be recovered in two days. An attacker swiped $4.5 million worth of crypto from decentralized finance protocol CrediX on Monday, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.The funds, which still appear to be under an…
When the market’s hot, having a plan is half the profit. That’s the mindset pro trader Dentoshi brought to our latest live session, hosted by Kraken’s VP Growth, Matt Howells-Barby. In front of thousands of live viewers, Dentoshi opened up her process for preparing to trade in bullish market conditions – from weekly reviews and…
