Month: September 2025
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement
In what’s potentially the first major payout to creatives whose work was used to train AI systems, Anthropic has reached an agreement to pay “at least” a staggering $1.5 billion, plus interest, to authors to settle its class-action lawsuit. The amount breaks down to smaller payouts expected to be approximately $3,000 per book or work. Lawyers … Read more
I kissed comment culture goodbye
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Popular DEX Hyperliquid Moves Forward to Launch Proprietary Stablecoin
Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid (HYPE) is preparing to launch its own U.S. dollar stablecoin, according to a Friday announcement from the Hyperliquid Foundation on the platform’s Discord server. The protocol has reserved the ticker USDH, which validators will soon vote to allocate through an on-chain governance process, the announcement read. Teams interested in deploying USDH can … Read more
William James at CERN (1995)
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Crypto Biz: Is bullion the true ‘digital gold’?
Gold hits record highs above $3,600 as tokenization brings the metal onchain, raising the question: Is gold the true digital gold?
Trump Media closes Crypto.com deal to build $6.4B CRO treasury
Trump Media said it would purchase 684.4 million CRO tokens as part of a deal with the exchange following a joint venture to create a crypto treasury.
Price predictions 9/5: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK, HYPE, SUI
Bitcoin price pushed closer to its range highs, providing a breakout signal for multiple altcoins. Is it time for altseason?
Brazil’s largest asset manager Itaú Asset forms dedicated crypto unit
Itaú Asset is launching a crypto division within its billion-dollar mutual funds arm, aiming to deliver alpha for clients with digital assets trading.
Seedship – Text-Based Game
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Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down.
Attorneys general warn OpenAI ‘harm to children will not be tolerated’
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings met with and sent an open letter to OpenAI to express their concerns over the safety of ChatGPT, particularly for children and teens.
SOL Strategies Wins Nasdaq Listing, Shares to Trade Under ‘STKE’
SOL Strategies (HODL), a Toronto-listed digital asset firm focused on the Solana blockchain, has secured approval to list its common shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Trading will begin Sept. 9 under the ticker STKE, the company said Friday. Shares will continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under HODL, but will … Read more
Google Gemini dubbed ‘high risk’ for kids and teens in new safety assessment
Google’s Gemini comes up short on kids’ safety, says Common Sense Media.
Bitcoin breaks out, but weak US jobs data breaks bulls again: Time to risk on or off?
Bitcoin’s brief rally above $113,000 disintegrated after a shocking US jobs report emerged. Is it time to add or cut risk?
Showrunner wants to use generative AI to recreate lost footage from an Orson Welles classic
Showrunner — the startup that wants to “revolutionize” the entertainment industry by charging people to prompt up AI-generated videos featuring copyrighted IP — is working on a new project to restore an Orson Welles classic. On Friday, Showrunner announced that it has designed a new generative AI model that is meant to help recreate lost … Read more
How many SPARCs is too many SPARCs?
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Hyperliquid Seeks Proposals to Launch USDH Stablecoin—But Some Call Foul Play
An established Hyperliquid stablecoin protocol has pushed back against the USDH proposal announcement, calling it “unfair.”
Requiem for an Exit
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Taiwan Venture Capital Firm to Create $1 Billion Bitcoin Fund to Support Asia Treasuries
Sora Ventures is hoping to bolster Asia’s institutional adoption of Bitcoin.