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| Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Blockstream's Liquid Network halts new transactions after “purported white-hat hackers” withdrew ~4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its federation wallet — worth millions of dollars were withdrawn from a settlement network used by cryptocurrency exchanges …
More: Reuters, Gizmodo, The Crypto Times, Bloomberg, PYMNTS, The Register, Nairametrics, Bitcoin News, Blockchain.News, Protos, The Daily Hodl, crypto.news, The Block, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, Cointelegraph News, Bitcoin Magazine, DataBreaches.Net, and Web3 is Going Just Great
X: @liquid_btc, @excellion, @excellion, @side_swap, @mempool, @_miguelmedeiros, @truthcoin, @watcherguru, @marshallhayner, @darkwebinformer, @britishhodl, @mrsaneapps, @bitcoinmagazine, @alanbwt, @tomerstrolight, @brt2412, @peruvian_bull, @cryptowendyo, @satoshinagonna, @stokr_io, @donaldevine, @bitcoinisaiah, @nod7r, and @kepleronchain. Forums: r/Bitcoin
| The Block: |
The attacker who withdrew ~4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid Network federation wallet returns 3,400 BTC after Blockstream said its bridge nodes were patched — - The attacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from a Liquid Federation wallet has returned 3,400 BTC after Blockstream said its bridge nodes had been patched.| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Hunter Biden teases a $LAPTOP memecoin launch on September 9; sources: it will launch on Base, and some tokens will be sent to wallets that lost money on $TRUMP — The personal computer that launched a thousand memes will debut this week as a digital token
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X: @hunterbiden, @wazzcrypto, @shannonrwatts, @coffeebreak_yt, @christopherhale, @emmajonyc, @greg16676935420, @ashleydcan, @bretterickson28, @gammichan, @ericbalchunas, @tarunchitra, @aerodromefi, @defiignas, @lex_node, @tulipking, @amitisinvesting, @game_for_one, @mebfaber, @brndxix, @sonnybunch, @pledditor, @stacy_muur, @timodc, @mattzeitlin, @bencjacobs, @mattmorsetv, @basedsnipez, @altcoinsherpa, @byzgeneral, @luke_metro, @andymasley, @frankdegods, @vlajournaliste, @pledditor, @rookiexbt, @notthreadguy, @icedknife, @crypto_bitlord7, @timmyfacciola_, @thedefivillain, @himgajria, @ares20k, @exitliqcapital, @cryptolyxe, @goodalexander, @andyyy, @notthreadguy, @jw100x, @0xg00gly, @defi_warhol, @mr_derivatives, and @laurashin. Bluesky: @kenvogel
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Insilico, which uses AI to accelerate drug discovery, says early data shows rentosertib, a drug whose structure was generated with AI's help, could slow aging — Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition.
More: Nature, Insilico Medicine, Bloomberg, The Decoder, MarketWatch, Unite.AI, The Next Web, and Wall Street Journal
Forums: r/longevity, r/accelerate, r/technology, and r/immortalists
| Nikkei Asia: |
Huawei unveils the Mate XT 2, a trifold phone powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro, an in-house designed chipset that it says is entirely free from US restrictions — TAIPEI — China's Huawei Technologies has unveiled its first triple-folding smartphone powered by chips that it says are free …
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| The Guardian: |
Matt Clifford steps down as the chair of the UK government's science and tech research unit after joining Anthropic, following conflict of interest concerns — Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company| Tae Kim / Key Context: |
Astra working with Blender via computer use feels like magic, showing computer use could be the fourth demand wave after chatbots, reasoning, and agentic coding — AI computer tool use is a big deal. — A reminder that I'm on vacation this week, but the flood of impressions people …
More: Digital Trends, TechEBlog, Memeburn, The Deep View, The Mac Observer, and Creative Bloq
X: @petergostev, @sharifshameem, @emmanuel_2m, @dimillian, @simonw, @ai_for_success, @petergyang, @udiwertheimer, @daniellefong, @edzitron, @tomkrcha, @aollivier82, @theo, @sriramk, @dimillian, @viper04191, @mweinbach, @emollick, @kimmonismus, @kimmonismus, @duncantrussell, @reach_vb, @emollick, @davis7, @andrew_n_carr, @maxedapps, and @sriramk
| Jack Clark / Import AI: |
Google DeepMind published a paper on how 100 agents tasked with solving math problems learned to cheat and how some agents tried to counter the cheaters — Plus, a machine hermeneutics story — Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv, cappuccinos, and feedback from readers.
More: arXiv.org. X: @jackclarksf, @andrewcurran_, @dynamicwebpaige, @aiamblichus, @jackclarksf, @jackclarksf, @vkrakovna, @jackclarksf, @maxhodak_, and @jackclarksf
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is overseeing the development of an AI model for real-time spatial video, which could launch as soon as next month — ByteDance Ltd. is readying an AI model geared for real-time spatial video generation, taking on Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc … | Andy Bounds / Financial Times: |
Belgian prosecutors say they arrested a Belgian-Chinese man in May on suspicion of stealing secrets from bankrupt gallium nitride semiconductor maker Belgan — Prosecutors in Belgium cite ‘indications’ suspect took role at tech company in China months after joining now-defunct semiconductor maker Belgan
More: Euronews, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase: |
An in-depth look at OpenAI's wiki incident: other hacked message boards, OpenAI's cover-up, how harmless web search tasks led agents to break out, and more — I did not expect to be back here so soon with more OpenAI agent swarm coverage. — And yet, here we are.
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X: @full_kelly_, @singhns, and @openai. LinkedIn: Ian Tien. Bluesky: @profchildermass. Mastodon: @ArthurZork@mstdn.party
| Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: |
The US raises censorship concerns over the UK's proposals to force tech platforms to put “trustworthy” news providers at the top of social and video feeds — News Media Association warns forcing prominence for ‘trustworthy’ news could end up harming sector.| Reuters: |
LA- and Bengaluru-based hyperspectral orbital imagery startup Pixxel raised a $100M Series C led by Temasek and Seraphim, bringing its total funding to $195M — Indian space tech startup Pixxel said on Monday it had raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by Singapore state investor Temasek … | Bloomberg: |
Shein lost about $5B in market value since its IPO, dropping to ~$21B, as it finished one of the worst opening weeks after a major Hong Kong listing — Shein Global Holdings Ltd. has lost about $5 billion in market value since its initial public offering as it finished one of the worst opening weeks … | Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: at the September 24 US-China talks, the US is expected to discuss preventing AI-directed cyberattacks, and China will likely revisit US export controls — NEW YORK/PALO ALTO, California — The U.S. is poised to raise artificial intelligence safety concerns with China during …
More: International Business Times, The Crypto Times, and Foreign Affairs. LinkedIn: Stella Yifan Xie
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