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In brief Tron Inc. stock has fallen 85% since June, part of a broader downturn for crypto-linked public companies. MSTR, BMNR, and the majority of publicly listed treasury companies are down double digits from their three-month peaks. This sell-off is a digital asset treasury trend, not a problem unique to any single firm, experts told…
In brief President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the NIH to spend $50 million on AI projects aimed at improving childhood cancer research and treatment. The initiative will fund scientific teams to enhance clinical trials, sharpen diagnoses, and develop better therapies using data from the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative. The announcement comes as…
In brief ChatGPT’s “instant checkout” with Shopify and Etsy draws scrutiny for turning AI into a retail gatekeeper. OpenAI’s new Sora app showcases endless AI-made videos, prompting criticism of “infinite slop” feeds. Data centers driving energy prices up 267% stoke unease over AI’s economic and environmental toll. OpenAI is facing mounting criticism after unveiling two…
In brief Bitcoin has historically performed well in October, posting green months nine out of the past 10 years. It has led traders to believe in the legend of “Uptober,” and this year is no different. However, market analysts warn that the reality is much more complex, with many macro factors ready to blow up…
In brief Indonesia’s Universitas Gadjah Mada will pilot verifiable digital credentials, beginning with English proficiency courses. Students receive digital wallets preloaded with tokens for paying tuition and course fees, with no added costs. The pilot rollout will cover 60,000 students and run alongside a separate AI lab initiative. Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), one of Indonesia’s…
In brief Core v30 raises the OP_RETURN limit, letting transactions carry far larger amounts of non-payment data like messages, proofs, or files. Critics say the change risks abuse and legal exposure, while supporters argue it provides a cleaner, safer way to handle data. Figures including Adam Back and Jameson Lopp have flagged the idea spans…
In brief A new study has unveiled Titan, an LLM agent that tests MMORPGs by reasoning and exploring game states. Titan found four previously unknown bugs and completed 95% of tasks in two commercial games. Already deployed in QA pipelines, Titan may reshape how games are tested across PC and mobile. Game studios have long…
In brief Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5, calling it the best coding model yet. The model scored 77.2% on SWE-bench Verified, rising to 82% with parallel compute. Anthropic claimed improvements on alignment and safety, but jailbreakers cracked it within minutes. Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5 on Monday, calling it “the best coding model in the…
In brief New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris is leaving her position in October. Under her tenure, NYDFS became the first American regulatory body to provide guidance on stablecoins. Kaitlin Aslow, who is at the NYDFS now, will take over as superintendent after serving at the Federal Reserve and the Financial Health…
In brief In an experiment, 38 generative AI models engaged in strategic lying in a “Secret Agenda” game. Sparse autoencoder tools missed the deception, but worked in insider-trading scenarios. Researchers call for new methods to audit AI behavior before real-world deployment. Large language models—the systems behind ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI chatbots—showed deliberate, goal-directed…
