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AI News Flash: EU tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen told Reuters on Friday that the bloc’s current AI rules are enough to handle the risk of rogue AI agents, responding to global concern sparked by recent incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic. She noted that safety and security issues around highly capable models have become a hot topic internationally, and the EU is already well prepared on this front. The EU’s AI Act, passed two years ago, is one of the world’s strictest AI regulations, with risk-tiered oversight covering these models across their…

AI News Flash: About 28% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply has publicly exposed public keys (per Rafael data), with nearly 1.8 million BTC held on exchanges — meaning 57% of total exchange balances currently have exposed public keys. Separately, a Strategy-led group has reportedly committed $15 million toward pushing quantum-resistant upgrades for the Bitcoin network. This warning stems from comments made by Ethereum researcher Jus…

AI news brief: The Trump administration announced a science initiative worth over $6 billion last Thursday, spanning quantum computing and artificial intelligence. The Department of Energy designated eight scientific application areas as evaluation criteria for the ‘Quantum Genesis Q Competition,’ offering up to $215 million in funding to reward companies developing fault-tolerant quantum computers through milestone-based disbursements paired with incentive bonuses.

AI news brief: this story has no direct connection to existing tasks, so just producing a summary. Anthropic rolled out a new service called OSS Scanner this week, letting open-source projects apply to have their code scanned for security vulnerabilities by its most capable models (including Claude Mythos). Several crypto-related projects have already applied since launch…

AI News Brief: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly backed a warning that rapid advances in AI’s math capabilities could threaten current blockchain cryptography before quantum computers ever do. Ethereum researcher Justin Drake posted on Wednesday urging the industry to prepare for ‘bunker mode,’ arguing that AI may soon be able to crack the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (…

AI News Brief: Raoul Pal believes Bitcoin will be largely absent from the AI-agent-driven crypto economy, with capital flows instead rotating toward smart contract platforms like Ethereum and Solana. He points out that this cycle’s Bitcoin rebound happened between August 19-25, with BTC rising about 25% to $80,000, while AI bellwether stock Nvidia fell for seven straight trading days over the same period…

AI news brief: Nvidia’s stock fell for seven straight trading days in late August, while Bitcoin rallied about 25% between August 19-25 over the same stretch, hitting $80,000 — Raoul Pal says this is evidence of capital rotating into crypto while AI trades paused. He argues liquidity isn’t abundant enough yet, and this rotation signal means the market is still waiting for more liquidity to be released. If the AI bubble actually bursts, that would be bad news…

AI News Brief: This is a task to write the summary directly, no tools or skills needed. In September, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed the idea of ‘slowing down frontier development,’ arguing that progress on the most powerful AI models should slow down so safety research can keep pace, with concrete steps including setting up independent evaluators inside labs, establishing shared safety standards, limiting how fast developers in democratic countries can push forward, and ultimately driving international coordination that includes…

AI News Flash: In September, Dario Amodei proposed ‘pacing the frontier’ — slowing down the advance of the most powerful AI models so safety research can keep up. The plan includes independent evaluators inside labs, shared safety standards, restrictions on developers in democratic countries, and eventual international coordination with countries like China. OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google DeepMind’s…

AI news flash: Taiwan’s AI regulation and national security roles appear to be overlapping. Multiple outlets (including CNN) reported Friday, citing anonymous sources, that President Trump is expected to appoint current Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to the newly created ‘AI czar’ role, while possibly also having him oversee AI innovation and monitor tech CEOs’ self-regulation. Cointelegraph reported on September 20 that Trump planned to model an ‘AI Fo…