AI startups raised $73 billion in the first quarter, largely boosted by a March $40 billion funding round into OpenAI. Artificial intelligence startups received the lion’s share of venture capital investments across the globe in the first quarter of 2025, according to new data from Pitchbook. “Investors still have an AI FOMO [fear of missing…
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Ethereum’s transparent smart contracts could address the “black box” problem of Big Tech controlling AI, said Eric Connor. There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer. Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with…
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Jailbroken AI can arrange a hit for you Pliny the Prompter last year released a jailbroken version of GPT-4o that bypassed safety guardrails to give advice on cooking meth, hotwiring cars, sourcing material for a nuclear weapon, and making “napalm with household items.” Agent 47 calmly plans a hit on the dark web. (Pliny The Liberator)…
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AI agents could launch their own brands, products, music and movies, driving value to social media platforms, the researchers wrote. Several artificial intelligence-based tokens have surged following a new Franklin Templeton report predicting that AI agents will revolutionize content generation on social media. “We can envision a future where AI agents revolutionize content generation on…
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AI models have envisioned some eye-watering crypto prices for 2025. With artificial intelligence emerging as a transformative force in finance, a number of investors have begun to recognize the potential of this technology in shaping their portfolios. In fact, a recent survey revealed that 54% of all investment managers have already implemented AI within their investment research, while…
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The world’s most valuable company is focusing on AI systems or agents designed to exhibit autonomous decision-making. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says his firm will be focused on being at the forefront of agentic (autonomous) artificial intelligence, as it delivered record revenue in the third quarter. “The age of AI is in full steam, propelling…
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“We’ll get there in 2026 or 2027” if the current rate of AI advancements continues, said Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei. Advances in artificial intelligence to “human levels” could arrive as soon as 2026, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Speaking to podcaster Lex Fridman this week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei compared the recent advances…
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Genius Group has recently reshuffled its board with crypto and Web3 execs and is now targeting to hold $120 million in Bitcoin. Artificial intelligence firm Genius Group Limited surged 66% in a day after committing to a MicroStrategy-emulating “Bitcoin-first” strategy — which will see the cryptocurrency become its primary treasury asset. The play will involve…
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The WDK will enable developers to integrate non-custodial wallets for USDT and Bitcoin into any app, website or device. The world’s largest stablecoin issuer, Tether, has launched an open-source wallet development kit (WDK) to enable businesses and developers to integrate non-custodial wallets into any website or app — and it’s even designed to work with…
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Meta and Microsoft have reported better-than-expected earnings for the last quarter carried by their AI businesses, but muted outlooks saw their shares drop after hours. Shares in Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp both fell in after-hours trading despite strong Q3 earnings on Oct. 30, as executives reduced their earnings outlook and forecasted more AI…
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