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In brief Schwartz is concluding his 13-year tenure as CTO at Ripple and will join its board to guide the company’s long-term vision. He plans to spend more time on an XRPL node, exploring new XRP use cases, and engaging in hands-on coding for community projects. Stablecoins, tokenized assets, and decentralization remain central to his…
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 OpenAI’s new Sora 2 video model generates synchronized dialogue and sound effects, while an iOS app lets users insert themselves into AI videos through “cameos.” OpenAI compared the release to a “GPT-3.5 moment for video,” with physics-aware clips, multi-scene continuity, and a TikTok-style feed. Sora 2 Pro launched for ChatGPT subscribers, while the…
In brief The integration aims to streamline swaps–crypto-to-crypto trades that bypass centralized platforms–and other DeFi processes within Porto’s dashboard. In an announcement,Anchorage noted the “delicate balance” for institutions interconnecting with DeFi to manage dapps. In July, Jupiter announced the introduction of a new lending product. Anchorage Digital said on Tuesday it will add Solana swap…
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 A Minecraft builder encoded a 5-million-parameter language model entirely via the game’s redstone logic, spanning hundreds of millions of blocks. The system works (in principle) but is excruciatingly slow; responses can take hours even with speed boosts. It’s a proof of concept, a technical art piece, and a reminder that computation can live…
In brief Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade in Q4 2025 brings data scaling, DoS defenses, and dev tools. PeerDAS will boost blob throughput 8× by sampling data instead of full storage on every node. New EIPs set blob fees, cap block sizes, and add features like preconfirmations and P-256 support. The next major upgrade for the Ethereum…
In brief Caltech trapped 6,100 cesium atoms as qubits, the largest neutral-atom quantum system to date. Qubits stayed coherent for 13 seconds with 99.98% operational accuracy, defying scaling trade-offs. The team moved atoms across the array while keeping them in superposition. Caltech physicists have created the largest neutral-atom quantum computer to date, trapping 6,100 cesium…
In brief Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the Sam Altman-backed Merge Labs are driving a new wave of billionaire-backed brain-computer interface ventures. Current BCI progress remains medical, with only five Neuralink patients implanted as of September 2025. Experts warn BCIs are far from “thought reading,” and billionaire ambitions risk overshadowing real therapeutic potential. Elon Musk already…
In brief DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics models gave machines the ability to plan, reason, and even look up recycling rules online before acting. Instead of following scripts, Google’s new AI lets robots adapt, problem-solve, and pass skills between each other. From packing suitcases to sorting trash, robots powered by Gemini-ER 1.5 showed early steps toward general-purpose…
