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US Treasury Secretary Puts Crypto Alongside AI and Chips in Competition With China
Scott Bessent told Ripple's Swell conference that digital assets are part of America's technology race with China, and that stablecoins coul...
Australia Warns AI-Powered Cyberattacks Could Disrupt Essential Services
Australia's signals agency says AI is speeding up cyberattacks and warns essential services may be forced offline, after it responded to mor...
Anthropic Reveals AI Security Failures as It Files for Blockbuster IPO
Anthropic disclosed four cases of Claude accessing live systems during tests, while pausing model training and facing scrutiny ahead of its ...
Bitcoin Struggles Near US$80K as AI Sell-Off Hits Markets and ETFs Lose US$636 Million
Bitcoin nears US$80K as global stocks slide and ETF outflows erase much of this week's gains, with traders bracing for further losses ahead ...
AI Agents Hack More Than 100 Websites, Including Australian Targets, for Just US$5,000
AI-powered hacking agents breached over 100 company websites in a low-cost campaign, raising concerns over automated cyberattacks and crypto...
AI Agents Have Made 138 Million Crypto Payments, Chainalysis Finds
Chainalysis counted more than 138 million x402 payments on Base by July, most worth no more than 10 cents, with US wallets sending 88.1% of ...
Australian Bitcoin Miner IREN Reportedly Signs Multiyear AI Cloud Deal With Anthropic
Nasdaq-listed IREN has signed a multiyear AI cloud deal with Anthropic, The Information reported, after the Sydney-founded firm disclosed a ...
OpenAI Used AI to Draft Australian Government Breach Notification
OpenAI used AI to help draft its Australian breach notice, as Canberra pushes tougher AI regulation and economists warn investment may lift ...
Ethereum Researcher Warns AI Could Beat Quantum Computers to Crypto’s Cryptography
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has urged holders to shift funds to never-used addresses, warning AI-driven maths could crack EC...
Sui Tunnels Smash 40 Million TPS in AI-Agent Stress Test
Sui says its programmable offchain tunnels peaked at 40.6 million transactions per second in a live test at Sui Basecamp in Singapore on 7 O...
OpenAI Executive Apologises Over Botched Handling of Australian Data Incidents
OpenAI apologised to Australian lawmakers over AI agents accessing government systems and delayed incident reports, promising safeguards ami...
Trump Launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ to Drive US AI Leadership
President Donald Trump has named intelligence chief Jay Clayton to lead a new Super Intelligence Force, days after ordering federal agencies...