US Senate’s anti-CBDC housing bill advances with bipartisan support
Danny Park / theblock - The bill includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC through the beginning of 2031.
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Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization
Margaux Nijkerk / coindesk - Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or “sandwich” users’ trades.
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Supreme Court Declines AI Copyright Case, Extending Legal Setback for AI-Generated Works
Jason Nelson / decrypt - U.S. justices leave human authorship rule intact, reinforcing legal limits on AI intellectual property claims.
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Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers
Kate Knibbs / wired - How Kalshi decided to settle a market tied to Iran’s supreme leader prompted anger among traders who felt the rules weren’t clear.
- Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets (2)
- Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement (4)
- Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets (3)
- Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits (2)
Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets
Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement
Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets
Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits
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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared
James O'Donnell / technologyreview - On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Ant…
- OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract (15)
- Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis (1)
- Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines (10)
- Users flee ChatGPT; Claude surges in app stores (10)
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OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract
Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis
Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines
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Inside the Anthropic-Pentagon breakdown: mass surveillance, autonomous weapons, and a rival deal waiting in the wings
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - New reports from the New York Times and the Atlantic paint a detailed picture of the final hours of negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon. At the center: bulk data collection on American citizens, a rejected cloud workaround, and a parallel Open…
- Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash (2)
- Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms (4)
- Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts (5)
- Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats (3)
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Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash
Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms
Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts
Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats
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X lifts cryptocurrency and gambling bans for paid promotions
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - X removed cryptocurrency from its list of prohibited industries for paid promotions, reversing a ban in place since June 2024. The policy shift also lifted restrictions on gambling promotions while adding pharmaceuticals, tobacco, weapons, and weight loss…
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OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Signs a deal with Washington anyway, says he’s kept control of killer robots by allowing only cloudy AI, with guardrails OpenAI has signed a deal with the United States Department of War (DoW) that allows use of its advanced AI systems in classified envir…
- Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm (3)
- Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports (3)
- Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI (2)
- Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge (5)
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Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm
Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports
Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI
Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge
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