Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 5, a model whose capabilities “approach the intelligence” of the flagship Fable 5. The company has made the model immediately available across all platforms. Introducing Claude Opus 5. It’s a thoughtful and proactive model that comes close to the frontier intelligence of Fable 5 at half the price. pic.twitter.com/GQWhcq2CQL — […]

European researchers are encountering refusals, technical limits, and complex procedures when seeking data from major social networks under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), WIRED reported. The DSA requires very large online platforms to give vetted researchers access to data to study systemic risks. These include the spread of illegal content, disinformation, the impact of […]

The US Congress has introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, requiring major developers to implement emergency shutdown mechanisms for artificial intelligence systems. The bill was introduced by Congressmen Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran. Under the proposal, companies must ensure the ability to slow down, suspend, or completely deactivate AI models. The law would apply to […]

Sudipta Paul Choudhury, Chief Marketing Officer at QNu Labs, described quantum cybersecurity as one of the most in-demand specializations of the next decade in a column for The Quantum Insider. She believes the transition of the US and the European Union to PQC will be a key driver. In August 2024, the NIST approved the […]

India’s Cybercrime Coordination Center has requested GitHub to restrict access to the repositories of Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messenger, Bitchat, according to CoinDesk. The notification was sent on July 23. Authorities noted that the app allows anonymous communication without registration, phone numbers, or centralized logging. The order stated that such architecture complicates lawful interception, attribution, and […]

Companies have deployed AI agents too quickly without the necessary infrastructure to control their operations and costs. This conclusion was drawn by Hebbia founder George Sivulka in an essay for the a16z newsletter, as reported by Fortune. He linked the issue to tokenmaxxing—a practice where organizations tracked and encouraged the growth of tokens consumption in […]

The OpenAI team introduced Presence, a platform for deploying AI agents in corporate workflows. The tool enables companies to create autonomous assistants for customer interactions and internal tasks. Presence combines language models with control systems and security protocols. Unlike standard chatbots, these new agents can access internal company databases, perform approved actions within the system, […]

In 2025, losses from scam operations in East and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand totaled $88.3–$114.1 billion, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its report. The authors stressed that this is an approximate estimate. The methodology accounts for officially recorded losses and an assumed share of victims who […]

Strategy has announced the launch of the Bitcoin Security Consortium. Partners in the initiative plan to invest $15 million over three years to enhance the long-term security of the Bitcoin network. Today we’re announcing the Bitcoin Security Consortium @BTCconsortium: a group of leading financial institutions and Bitcoin companies supporting the long-term security of the Bitcoin […]

AI agents could become a key use case for blockchain in consumer payments, according to Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton, in a recent article. She argues that traditional payment infrastructure is less suitable for such scenarios due to fees, settlement delays, and the need for human involvement. “Blockchain will […]