The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress

Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), from left, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) Sen. John Boozman (R-AK), Rep. French Hill (R-AK), and David Sacks, White House Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Crypto czar, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. | Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Hello and welcome to … Read more

Beyond the Local Sandbox: Technical Red Flags and Hardening Your Agentic AI

The promise of local-first agents like Clawdbot is centered on data sovereignty. By moving the “brain” of the AI onto your personal hardware, you theoretically escape the surveillance of cloud providers. However, for a developer or a systems engineer, this “privacy” can be a dangerous distraction from a much larger technical threat: Unauthorized System Agency. … Read more

Moltbot, the AI agent that ‘actually does things,’ is tech’s new obsession

An open-source AI agent that “actually does things” is taking off, with people across the web sharing how they’re using the agent to do a whole bunch of things, like manage reminders, log health and fitness data, and even communicate with clients. The tool, called Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot), runs locally on a variety of devices, … Read more

The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers

Power lines during a winter storm in Irving, Texas, on Sunday, January 25th. | Photo: Getty Images The colossal winter storm that swept across 34 states left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Bitterly cold temperatures lingering after Winter Storm Fern are still testing power grids, already under stress from a rush of new … Read more