Alarm bells ring in US over OpenAI’s crypto project World

Alarm bells ring in US over OpenAI’s crypto project World

OpenAI’s World project is coming to the US, where a state-by-state approach to privacy could complicate user protections. World Network, the digital identity and crypto project of Sam Altman’s OpenAI, has alarmed privacy activists ahead of its United States launch, with observers concerned over its data collection and protection practices. World “is the opposite of…

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Over 70 crypto firms join forces to tackle big tech’s AI monopoly

Over 70 crypto firms join forces to tackle big tech’s AI monopoly

Yuga Labs, Magic Eden, Venice.ai and more are supporting a new open-source framework so that AI agents can operate autonomously across networks. In a move that hopes to challenge Big Tech’s grip on artificial intelligence, AI agent protocol Thinkagents.ai has launched a new open-source framework for building onchain agents that operate autonomously across decentralized networks….

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A16z leads M funding for Miden blockchain project

A16z leads $25M funding for Miden blockchain project

Miden, a zk-powered blockchain spun out of Polygon Labs, raised $25 million led by a16z to scale edge execution and support institutional blockchain adoption. A16z Crypto led a $25 million investment round into Miden, an independent blockchain project spun out of Polygon Labs. Miden closed its $25 million seed rounds led by a16z Crypto, 1kx,…

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Vitalik Buterin unveils roadmap for Ethereum privacy

Vitalik Buterin unveils roadmap for Ethereum privacy

Vitalik Buterin’s proposed roadmap addresses privacy enhancements for wallets, decentralized finance applications and infrastructure. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined an extensive plan to enhance the privacy of the network he helped create. In an April 11 roadmap, Buterin argued for incorporating privacy tools into Ether (ETH) wallets and implementing privacy-enhancing norms and features in the…

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