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Australian police find ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen Bitcoin ATMs, Pokemon cards
Four have been arrested for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of trading cards, along with firearms, car keys and six crypto ATMs.
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Dedekind’s Subtle Knife
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Bitcoin Staking Platform Core Joins Crypto Lender Maple and Custodians BitGo, Copper, Hex Trust
Core Foundation, the creator of a yield-bearing bitcoin token, has partnered with institutional lending protocol Maple Finance and custody firms BitGo, Copper and Hex Trust to push deep into the BTC staking sector. Core’s IstBTC token lets institutional participants earn yield on bitcoin holdings while staying safely inside trusted custodial partners without the need to … Read more
Thousands protest Elon Musk’s DOGE in NYC on Presidents’ Day
More than 10,000 protesters gathered in New York City on Presidents’ Day to speak out against the current Trump administration and the actions in particular of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). It was one of several protests that took place Monday in major cities across the country and came during the same long … Read more
Bitcoin Bull Run Just Getting Started as Institutions Load Up, Says Bernstein
The market may have cooled for now, but the bull run is far from over, say analysts at global investment firm Bernstein.
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Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia thinks he can turn things around with AI; he has a lot riding on it
Social media is often about scale, but Nextdoor bet long ago on something different: that it could grow a big business off smaller, local communities. For years, the plan worked. The 15-year-old company has long been a dominant platform for neighborhood-based conversations, connecting users for everything from lost pet alerts to local business recommendations. Then … Read more
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Milei’s Meme Coin Advisor Says He’s Sitting on $100M and Doesn’t Know What to Do With It
Hayden Davis said he has $100 million stemming from the failed launch of a meme coin that Argentina’s president promoted. What now?
Argentine lawyers file complaint with US DOJ, FBI amid LIBRA fallout
A group of Argentine lawyers have filed a complaint with the US DOJ and FBI that points to the protagonists behind the LIBRA token and asks for President Javier Milei to be investigated.
How AI Is Narrowing Our View of the World
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more
The Danger of AI-Generated Information
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more
How AI Might Be Recycling—and Shrinking—Knowledge
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more
Your AI Has a Favorite Opinion—And It’s Not Yours
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more
When AI Rewrites the Internet, What Do We Lose?
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more
How AI and Social Media Shape Knowledge Through Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more
AI Knows Best—But Only If You Agree With It
:::info Author: (1) Andrew J. Peterson, University of Poitiers (andrew.peterson@univ-poitiers.fr). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work The media, filter bubbles and echo chambers Network effects and Information Cascades Model collapse Known biases in LLMs A Model of Knowledge Collapse Results Discussion and References Appendix Comparing width of the tails Defining knowledge collapse … Read more