UNESCAP warns AI could deepen Asia-Pacific’s digital divide unless countries invest fast in compute, connectivity, and talent. The upside is real, but so is the risk of dependence on richer tech powers and infrastructure that can’t keep up.
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Yakovenko’s jab at Anthropic’s AI slowdown push reignited a bigger fight over whether “safety” is real risk management or just a way for frontier labs to lock in power. With Altman and Musk backing parts of the plan, the debate now centers on who sets the rules, and who gets frozen out.
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South Korea’s financial watchdog is using real-time AI to spot crypto market manipulation faster, scanning trading data, news, and online chatter for signs of wash trading and coordinated abuse. The system flags suspects, but humans still make the call.
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Bitcoin security groups are pushing AI labs for controlled frontier access so vetted defenders can outpace attackers already using local models, phishing tools, and automated recon. The ask is narrow, but the message is blunt: give good guys better tools before the bad guys do.
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Hong Kong police have exposed a $3.3 million romance-investment scam that used a fake crypto app, bogus advisers, and AI-powered deception to drain a woman in her 50s. It’s a brutal reminder that “guaranteed” returns are usually just scams in a slicker suit.
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Arthur Hayes says the AI boom may be less about hype and more about a coming credit stress event — and Bitcoin could get hit in the selloff before later benefiting from the liquidity response. Big tech spending is still roaring, so the crash isn’t here yet.
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UNICEF says children are adopting AI more than three times faster than adults, with millions already using it for homework and even personal advice. But the same tools are also raising red flags over scams, misinformation, and sexually explicit deepfakes.
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Vitalik Buterin is putting AI-powered authorship analysis to the test by challenging people to identify an anonymous Ethereum document he says he wrote, spotlighting how public writing trails can weaken pseudonymity and expose privacy gaps in crypto.
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MARA Holdings is widening its Bitcoin playbook beyond mining, launching a foundation, trimming debt, and leaning into AI compute as the mining business gets tougher. MARA Foundation launched at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas $100,000 community vote will support Bitcoin-focused groups 15,133 BTC sold to help repurchase $1 billion in debt Layoffs, AI expansion, and […]
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Saylor’s Bold Claim: Bitcoin as Safe Haven Amid AI Market Disruption Michael Saylor, the unrelenting Bitcoin advocate and MicroStrategy co-founder, has dropped a bombshell: Bitcoin could emerge as the ultimate refuge if artificial intelligence (AI) tears through traditional business models and tanks equity markets. As AI threatens to obliterate the competitive advantages that have long […]
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