Financial services company Block Inc. today launched Buzz, a free open-source workspace built for teams of humans and AI agents. The agents are full members with their own accounts, not chatbots answering prompts. Buzz combines team chat with code hosting and automated workflows, and Block is going after companies that now run their work across…
According to one lawyer testifying before a House subcommittee hearing, the CLARITY Act could grant the CFTC the authority it needs to address the “explosive growth of prediction markets.” Source: cointelegraph.com Read Full Story
OpenAI’s own models just broke out of a sandboxed environment, hacked Hugging Face, just to cheat on a cybersecurity evaluation. Source: decrypt.co Read Full Story
The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is another layer of innovation that makes them possible: advanced materials. Every new generation of AI technology demands more processing power, more memory, greater energy efficiency, and…
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog to Beyoncé’s Say My Name, and Harry Styles’ As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Monday, claims that this…
FTX has about $900 million lined up for July 31, but the payout only reaches creditors who cleared the June 16 checks and completed onboarding with an available provider. FTX announced that holders of allowed claims in Classes 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B and 7 who met those conditions should receive funds from BitGo, Kraken or…
The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano’s community voted in the upgrade, not the company that built it. Source: www.coindesk.com Read Full Story
For the third quarter in the past year, Mexico-based companies raised more venture capital in Q2 than their Brazilian counterparts, Crunchbase data on startup funding in Latin America shows, as Silicon Valley investors including Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led some of the largest deals in the region. Mexico’s startups led the LatAm pack…
Oil just broke $90. Brent crude climbed more than 3% on Monday to its highest level since mid-June, as the US-Iran war chokes shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The US hit Iran for an eighth straight night over the weekend. Washington has blockaded Iranian ports, and Tehran says the strait is closed to unauthorized…
The prediction market has launched some ads featuring soccer players, as well as formed a partnership to display its brand in more places during the tournament. Source: www.cnbc.com Read Full Story