AI & Hi-Tech News

Block cut 4,000 of its staff in February as part of its AI-driven pivot. A new post by Block's Jack Dorsey has shed light on how the company and others might operate in the future.

Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 Base said it will be upgrading its chain to allow AI agents to use it the same way developers or traders would.

AI music licensing breaks on remixes and ownership. Blockchains embed smart contract royalties and provenance, automating creator compensation at scale.

The Google Play Store page states that the app collects personal data, such as a phone number, while the App Store directs users to the White House’s privacy policy.

Google and lenders move to finance a $5 billion Texas data center for Anthropic as demand for AI infrastructure accelerates.

Arbitrage opportunities in prediction markets often exist for seconds, giving AI-driven systems a structural advantage over humans.

AI deepfakes make trust crypto’s scarcest asset. Proof-of-humanity can become the currency powering finance, governance and markets in the imitation economy.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly said all its text-to-video models would be shuttered, and a $1 billion investment from Disney has also been cancelled.

The $1 billion AI fund targets investments in stablecoin rails, agent identity, tokenized RWAs and developer tooling for autonomous AI systems.

Forrester says Stripe’s Machine Payments Protocol could unlock micropayments by shifting transactions from user-driven to automated, agent-based systems.

The framework aims to let AI agents hold funds and execute transactions across blockchains, addressing fragmented wallets and key management.

The Meta co-founder is reportedly working on a personal AI agent to bypass management layers as Meta pushes employees to adopt agentic tools. 

“The internet is civilization’s town square, and the economic contract is now obsolete,” wrote Sam Ragsdale on an a16z Crypto blog on Sunday.

The legislative recommendations highlight six policy areas, including copyright, energy and workforce development, while signaling a lighter regulatory stance.

AI abundance promises free everything through massive centralized infrastructure. Whoever controls the energy and AI factories dictates distribution terms and user autonomy.