Crypto Regulations

Executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies are simulating scenarios of a major AI incident and its political consequences, according to Axios.

British bank HSBC and Chinese company Ant Digital Technologies announced the successful technical test of a micropayment model for AI agents based on tokenized deposits.

During testing, Anthropic’s Claude model independently sent a false tip about an unsolved murder to the Philadelphia police. The tip was submitted through the official crime information website on July 18, but the company only discovered the incident on September 28 and notified the police on October 7.

Text version of the latest “Deconstruction.”

Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is investigating reports of fund losses by users in Southeast Asia who purchased devices from the reseller CryptoBilis.

The National Football League (NFL) has filed a document with the US Supreme Court supporting New Jersey authorities in a dispute with the platform Kalshi. The organization argues that contracts on sports events should be classified as gambling rather than financial derivatives.

Analysts at TD Cowen have raised their forecasts for Bitcoin but maintained the target price for Strategy’s shares at $260. They believe that the issuance of new securities and the company’s financial obligations could limit returns for common shareholders.

Google Cloud has introduced the Gemini agent, a versatile AI agent for workplace tasks. Individual digital assistants based on this agent will function like company employees, complete with email addresses, calendars, Drive storage, and listings in the corporate directory.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has outlined eight scientific tasks to evaluate future fault-tolerant quantum computers. These tasks span chemistry, materials science, subatomic physics, and applied mathematics.

Tokenized markets are expanding but remain small and fragmented. Scaling without legal certainty could heighten financial stability risks, according to a blog post by the IMF.