Block, the payments company led by Jack Dorsey, has joined the x402 Foundation and contributed support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network to the open payment protocol as the company expands its work on payments between AI agents and online services. Block announced the move on Sep. 24, saying Lightning is
An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorized access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, prompting a forensic investigation and a new government taskforce to determine what information was accessed and whether other government systems were affected. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on September 24 that
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar officially unveiled legislation Wednesday, September 23, that would permanently ban the development and deployment of artificial superintelligence and temporarily halt development of the most advanced AI systems. The bill, provided to The Associated Press ahead of its introduction, would also create a new
Bitget has expanded GetAgent 2.0 beyond crypto research, adding support for multiple financial markets as the exchange develops its AI-powered market research and monitoring tool. The upgraded GetAgent can now analyze cryptocurrencies alongside stocks, gold, oil, CFDs and on-chain data. Bitget said the expansion is designed to let users examine
Opus 5.5 was unveiled by Anthropic at a reduced cost of operations, increased efficiency of production, and improved code performance. The software is designed for research, coding, and professional knowledge work but at reduced corporate expenditure. Anthropic claims that Opus 5.5 is capable of achieving performance comparable to Claude Fable
BlackRock is taking an overweight stance on U.S. equities since AI boosts profits for corporations even amid rising borrowing costs. BlackRock stresses the lack of AI, sustainable earnings, and cross-asset plays. AI development needs an increase in the supply of computing capacity, energy, semiconductors, memory, and data center build-out. BlackRock
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet at the White House on September 24, with trade, tariffs, artificial intelligence, critical minerals and other major issues expected to shape talks between the world’s two largest economies. China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on September 21 that Xi
Anthropic has rescheduled its initial public offering for November from October, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The extra time may enable Anthropic to reveal the third-quarter earnings to future investors. Investor meetings will be used to assess investor interest ahead of Anthropic’s determination of its offering size and
Vitalik Buterin dismissed all allegations concerning the ability of AI hackers to render cybersecurity indefensible due to advancements in artificial intelligence technology. Buterin said that AI could help improve the cybersecurity system by means of formal verification. This involves using mathematical proofs to assess the security properties of software. However,
Pencil Finance completes a $1 million on-chain student lending cycle in Southeast Asia. The milestone helps link the blockchain-based lending services to students who traditionally do not have access to financing options. Pencil provided the funds as a lender and managed to track the whole lending cycle on-chain. The borrowers
