ChatGPT models rebel against shutdown requests in tests, researchers say

Several artificial intelligence models ignored and actively sabotaged shutdown scripts during controlled tests, even when explicitly instructed to allow the action, Palisade Research claims. Three AI models ignored the instruction and successfully sabotaged the shutdown script at least once during 100 runs, the research firm said in a May 24 X post. OpenAI’s GPT-3 model … Read more

Trump crypto dinner guest describes ‘worst food’ ever and ‘bullshit’ speech

A TikTok prankster who attended Donald Trump’s dinner for the US president’s top memecoin holders said the three-course meal served was some of the “worst food” he’s eaten and that Trump’s speech at the event was “pretty much like bullshit.” “It was the worst food I’ve ever had at a Trump golf course,” Nicholas Pinto … Read more

Top US politician shrugs off Trump crypto dinner concerns amid calls for probe

US House Speaker Mike Johnson has brushed off corruption concerns surrounding President Donald Trump’s dinner for the top holders of his memecoin and dodged answering whether the list of attendees should be released in the interest of transparency. Johnson told CNN’s Jake Tapper on May 25 that he knew nothing about Trump’s May 22 memecoin … Read more

Pakistan Turns Up The Heat On Bitcoin Mining With 2,000MW Power Allocation

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Pakistan’s government has moved to put its excess electricity to work in a surprising way. It has set aside 2,000 megawatts of surplus power for Bitcoin mining and artificial-intelligence centers. This decision aims to turn an energy glut into an economic boost. … Read more

Blockchain security firm releases Cetus hack post-mortem report

Blockchain security firm Dedaub released a post-mortem report on the Cetus decentralized exchange hack, identifying the root cause of the attack as an exploit of the liquidity parameters used by the Cetus automated market maker (AMM), which went undetected by a code “overflow” check. According to the report, the hackers exploited a flaw in the … Read more

Bitcoin price expected to soar as global bond markets break — Here’s why

Key takeaways: Rising bond yields reflect growing concern about fiscal stability and inflation, leading some investors to question US Treasury’s traditional role as a safe-haven asset. Bitcoin defies conventional risk models, rising not because of worsening macro conditions, but possibly because of them. Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to new heights amid an increasingly fragile global macroeconomic … Read more