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HSBC and Standard Chartered have secured Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licenses. In AI, OpenAI is backing a liability protection bill, while Treasury and Fed officials warned of risks from Anthropic’s Mythos model. Elsewhere, Apple is closing its first unionized US store, and SpaceX reported a $5 billion loss last year. Finally, Google expanded Gmail’s end-to-end encryption for mobile enterprise users.
OpenAI is leveraging its massive computing resources to outpace Anthropic, which is exploring custom chip designs. Meanwhile, Florida’s Attorney General is investigating OpenAI over security risks. In a landmark legal case, an Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act for sharing AI-generated explicit images. Finally, Google Gemini Pro now generates interactive 3D models.
Cybersecurity threats are escalating: China-linked hackers slash ransomware execution to mere hours and a massive leak exposes 40 million email records. Meanwhile, Microsoft has blocked VeraCrypt and WireGuard maintainers from delivering Windows updates, and a DC court denied Anthropic’s bid to pause its DOD risk designation. In crypto, Adam Back denied being Satoshi, following a Binance-related memecoin launch.
Social media algorithms face scrutiny following reports of 16-hour scrolling sessions. In a major breach, North Korean hackers executed a $280M cryptocurrency heist using social engineering. As France faces operational paralysis from rising cyberattacks, Anthropic launched Project Glasswing to combat global vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Amazon is providing a financial lifeline to the USPS but plans to retain 20% of parcels.
Microsoft faces criticism as Copilot integration threatens Windows 11 stability, prompting a focus on restoring core functionality. In security news, a BrowserStack Local leak exposes private keys, while experts warn quantum computing may soon break 256-bit elliptic curves, necessitating post-quantum cryptography. Finally, the new CoBRA tool achieves a 99.86% success rate in simplifying malware obfuscation.
New research indicates AI automation could shift labor to the physical sector, causing non-monotonic wage changes. In agentic AI, the Turn-Based Collaboration model uses multiple personas to prioritize scrutiny over speed. On the security front, the tool gecit leverages eBPF to bypass Deep Packet Inspection via TLS injection, while Slop-O-Meter introduces a way to measure ‘software slop’ in unreviewed code.