In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more
until someone pointed out this would fall afoul of the US Onion Futures Act of 1958. @andonlabs : Turns out journalists are better red-teamers than AI researchers. We've taught the agent to reject fre...
How “AI slop farmer” Jesse Cunningham targets older women on Pinterest and Facebook with AI-generated copies of content from real bloggers and creators
“It's just a bunch of fraud.” — Last year, Jesse Cunningham — a self-described “SEO specialist who leverages the power … Bluesky: @alkal , @roxanna , @wagatwe.com , @eddierobson , @ositanwanevu.com ...
Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's X activity and alleged 4chan posts suggest he might be Musk's fake online persona; source: the viral 4chan screenshot is fake
www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/243... [embedded post] Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : According to The Verge, that screenshot that seems to tie the Adrian Dittmann account directly to Elon Musk is alm...
Elon Musk says the US SEC sent him a “settlement demand” after its Twitter buyout probe, asking him to agree to a fine within 48 hours or face numerous charges
www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/ 2... Elizabeth Lopatto / @lopatto : Musk also asked his AI, Grok, to draw a picture of Gensler. The image depicted a snail in a business suit, seemingly a reference to Ga...
Changpeng Zhao's short sentence suggests he had some leverage, and the hearing referred to sealed documents and “cooperation”, perhaps over Binance user details
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge : Bluesky: @lopatto.bsky.social . X: @davidgerard Bluesky: Elizabeth Lopatto / @lopatto.bsky.social : just asking questions www.theverge.com/2024/5/1/241... X: @davidger...
A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+
Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cited by Judge - Ellison...
SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of his companies' full financial state and was “very surprised” by FTX's $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022
Bankman-Fried Testifies About FTX's Operations and Alameda The Block : SBF paints alternative view of his knowledge of the Fiat@ account in court Vinicius Barbosa / Finbold : FTX founder knew ‘basical...
A look at CoinDesk's blockbuster Alameda scoop that led to FTX's collapse and bankruptcy, adding to CoinDesk parent company Digital Currency Group's woes
What happens when a story has impact? … Depending on how you look at it, this is either a cautionary tale about how small and entwined … Tweets: @annkur , @anecdotal , @charlieshrem , and @mslopatto T...
Sources: FTX is in talks to acquire a stake in BlockFi but no equity agreement has been reached; FTX gave the crypto lender a $250M credit line this week
Happy Friday Everyone! 👋 Danny Nelson / CoinDesk : FTX in Talks to Acquire Part of BlockFi: Report Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright / CryptoSlate : FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in talks to acquire a share of BlockFi...
[Thread] A look at Kraken's announcement of a culture overhaul, eschewing “stereotypical team diversity measurements”, as the crypto exchange touts hiring plans
for the simple reason that no one (including the owner) would be permitted to make political statements or gestures of any kind on the job. It would be a place to work, and not an extension of the cul...