AI and blockchain — A match made in heaven

AI and blockchain — A match made in heaven

The convergence of blockchain and AI is not optional but essential for creating a secure, transparent and decentralized foundation for autonomous agent economies. Opinion by: Merav Ozair, PhD Tech moguls cannot stop heralding the artificial intelligence revolution — from Bill Gates to Sundar Pichai to Jensen Huang — signaling that agentic AI and robotics will…

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Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’

Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’

OpenSNP, a large open source repository for user-uploaded genetic data, will shut down and delete all of its data at the end of April, its co-founder has confirmed. In a blog post, openSNP co-founder Bastian Greshake Tzovaras attributed the decision to shutter the site both due to concerns of data privacy following the financial collapse…

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“This isn’t ‘The Matrix'”

“This isn’t ‘The Matrix'”

Last weekend, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself at the center of a digital fiasco when he was unexpectedly added to a Signal group chat with 17 U.S. government officials who were discussing imminent airstrikes in Yemen. For some, the incident has raised questions about how phone numbers end up in contact lists…

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