The NU7 upgrade will cut the time between Zcash blocks to 25 seconds from 75 seconds. The chosen block height still has to be merged into the spec and shipped in node software. Source: CoinDesk
OpenAI is moving beyond life-sciences research tools and into the operational work of drug development after acquiring Orchestra Bio. Welcome, humans! OpenAI’s latest acquisition pushes its life-sciences strategy closer to the point where research has to become an actual treatment.…
A neuron that responds to both cat faces and car fronts suggests that AI organizes information in ways humans cannot explain. Goodfire researcher Nick Cammarata offers another interpretation: the neuron recognizes a shared V-shaped pattern. The categories look unrelated to…
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Institutions can trade through Ripple Prime and post RLUSD as collateral. Finding enough buyers and sellers for large positions could prove harder. Source: CoinDesk
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Anthropic’s proposed federal AI safety bill would allow authorities to seek suspension of an advanced AI model if it posed a foreseeable, imminent risk of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people or causing over $1 billion in damages.…
Alpenglow will replace the voting system Solana has used since 2020, targeting roughly 150-millisecond finality after months of testing that included a failed migration and rollback. Source: CoinDesk
Eight secret keys at eMudhra, an Indian firm that vouches for websites, were compromised. This is a generic, not crypto-specific, risk. Source: CoinDesk
Strong results from SpaceX and Super Micro sent Asian chip stocks surging, and ZEC led crypto higher after developers set a date for its next network upgrade. Source: CoinDesk