Partnr Launches to Connect Consumer Crypto With On-Chain AI Agents

SINGAPORE, Singapore, February 7th, 2025/Chainwire/–Partnr, a consumer crypto ecosystem of AI Agent “partners” and platforms, is launching a series of products created for use by both consumers and AI agents, unlocking broader crypto adoption and delivering greater utility for agentic companions. The ecosystem launches with Partnr Chat, an app that turns AI agents into active … Read more

Gold-Backed Tokens Set to Benefit as Wall Street Goes Even More Bullish After Record Rally

Major financial institutions have been raising their gold price forecasts as the precious metal’s price benefits from growing trade war fears and central banks’ accumulations. This week, strategists at both Citi and UBS issued increased gold price forecasts, anticipating the precious metal’s bull run will continue as markets are pressured by geopolitical tensions and economic … Read more

Ex-Meta employee sues for sexual harassment

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into Google quietly removing its pledge to not build AI weapons for surveillance; how Elon Musk and DOGE are facilitating the biggest breach of U.S. government data; researchers who were able to re-create a premium “reasoning” model for $50; and more! Let’s get into it. … Read more

AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li says AI policy must be based on ‘science, not science fiction’

Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford computer scientist and startup founder sometimes known as “the Godmother of AI,” has outlined “three fundamental principles for the future of AI policymaking” ahead of next week’s AI Action Summit in Paris. First, Li said policy must be based on “science, not science fiction.” In other words, policymakers should focus on … Read more

Brazilian Stock Exchange B3 Reportedly Launching Bitcoin Options, ETH and SOL Futures

Brazilian stock exchange B3 is set to expand its cryptocurrency offerings with the introduction of bitcoin (BTC) options and futures contracts for ether (ETH) and solana (SOL). The expanded offerings are set to come sometime this year, the exchange’s CEO Gilson Finkelsztain told local media. Bitcoin futures contracts were added to the exchange in April … Read more

Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury records

A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records containing personal information like Social Security numbers early this morning, reports Inner City Press. The order is in response to a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York’s Southern District Court. The suit alleges that the administration exceeded its authority, broke the US … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: So.. How Does One REALLY Determine AI Is Conscious? (2/8/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 8, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Dealing With an Aggressive Manager Is Simpler Than You Think to Democratizing Access to AI Has Become More Important … Read more