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Asia Morning Briefing: The First AI vs BTC Environmental Impact Numbers are Here. And it Might Start a New Debate
23.7.2025
Bitcoin’s environmental footprint dwarfs that of large language models across every metric, from CO₂ emissions to water use to mineral depletion. But comparisons need context
Decentralized Artificial Intelligence – Cypherpunk Revolution of Lightchain AI
21.7.2025
This content is provided by a sponsor. In a world dominated by centralised control, corrupted datasets, and artificial intelligence shaped by concealed agendas, a rebellion has begun. This marks the era of Lightchain AI—the origin of decentralised intelligence and the birthplace of the Artificial...
10 Leading AI Chatbots Predict Bitcoin’s Wild Ride to $1 Million
20.7.2025
Last week, we challenged ten artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to forecast bitcoin’s price at the close of 2025—and most leaned heavily bullish, with one model aiming as high as $225,000. This time, we decided to broaden the scope, asking the bots to project year-end prices from 2025 all...
Next-Gen AI Model Achieves New Milestone in General Intelligence
20.7.2025
Alexander Wei, a member of Openai’s Large Language Model (LLM) and reasoning research team, reported that a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) experimental reasoning model achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Math Olympiad (IMO). Openai CEO Sam Altman...
Meta to Invest Hundreds of Billions in AI Superclusters
17.7.2025
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is prepared to build several Titan-sized superclusters to expand its AI infrastructure. He reported that one of the upcoming clusters will have a footprint equivalent to that of Manhattan. Meta to Allocate ‘Hundreds of Billions’...
Musk's Grok AI Follows Up 'MechaHitler' With Anime Goth Waifu And Red Panda That Wants To Teabag Everything In Sight
16.7.2025
A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to “SuperGrok.” These new companions are the anime goth sexbot Ani and a rude Red Panda named Bad Rudi...
Report: Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements
15.7.2025
Candy Crush maker, King, which Microsoft acquired along with Activision Blizzard back in 2023, was the first hit when mass layoffs were announced across the company earlier this month. Now some impacted staff say morale is at an all time low, as AI they’ve been training for years is potentially...
10 AI Chatbots Predict Bitcoin’s Year-End Price — One Eyes a $225K Finish
11.7.2025
Earlier this year, our newsroom tapped into a lineup of leading artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to forecast where bitcoin might land by the end of 2025. With BTC now pushing past its previous record, we decided it was time to revisit the experiment for an updated take. From $119,000...
Meta Acquires $3.5 Billion Stake in Ray-Ban Maker to Expand AI Glasses Strategy
9.7.2025
Meta has invested approximately $3.5 billion for a minority stake in Essilor Luxottica, the world’s largest eyewear manufacturer, as part of its strategy to expand into the artificial intelligence (AI) glasses market. The acquisition, which amounts to just under 3% of the Ray-Ban maker...
AI Grok Declaring Itself 'MechaHitler' On X Is Where 'Anti-Woke' Was Always Headed
9.7.2025
On Tuesday July 8, X (néeTwitter) was forced to switch off the social media platform’s in-built AI, Grok, after it declared itself to be a robot version of Hitler, spewing antisemitic hate and racist conspiracy theories. This followed X owner Elon Musk’s declaration over the weekend that he...
The Big Bet on Crypto’s AI Infrastructure
9.7.2025
A new, decentralized movement is emerging — one that merges AI and blockchain to create open, scalable and trustless infrastructure, says ML Tech’s Leo Mindyuk
Core Scientific Crashes After CoreWeave Acquisition News – What Spooked Investors?
9.7.2025
CoreWeave’s (CRWV) $9B all-stock deal to acquire Core Scientific sent CORZ shares tumbling. Why did investors reject the merger? Here’s what you need to know. Core Scientific Plunges The following guest post comes from Bitcoinminingstock.io, the one-stop hub for all things bitcoin mining...
$9B Merger: Coreweave Acquires Core Scientific
7.7.2025
Coreweave will acquire data center operator Core Scientific in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $9 billion. The deal, announced Monday, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. Coreweave Adds 1.3 GW Power via Core Scientific Buy Under the agreement, Core Scientific...
El Salvador Evolves AI Strategy by Launching Nvidia-Powered National Lab
7.7.2025
El Salvador has begun preparations for the launch of one of the first artificial intelligence labs in Latin America, powered by Nvidia chips. The nation aims to develop its own AI, referred to as “sovereign AI,” to create national AI systems for social and economic purposes. El Salvador...
Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs
3.7.2025
Yesterday was awful for people who work at Microsoft and the gaming industry in general. Thousands at the company either saw colleagues laid off or were laid off themselves, while outside observers watched as more game developers and projects were put on the chopping block. Microsoft’s $80 billion...
Crossmint and Visa Join Forces to Power AI-Driven Commerce
2.7.2025
Crossmint has partnered with Visa to develop secure, AI-powered purchasing systems. The collaboration aims to scale “agentic commerce,” enabling AI agents to make payments on behalf of users under strict protections. Partnership Between Crossmint and Visa Set to Usher in Agentic...
Studio Behind The Alters Responds To Generative AI Allegations: 'This Was Never Intended To Be Part Of The Final Release'
30.6.2025
The Alters is a narrative-driven sci-fi survival management sim about a research facility populated by clones. It released in June to positive reviews, with critics praising it for wedding interesting character interactions to the usual management sim churn. Now it’s getting flamed...
Researchers Uncover Alarming Vulnerabilities in AI, Warning of Monster Lurking in Unpredictable Dark Side
29.6.2025
Researchers associated with AE Studio and the Effective Altruism community have raised concerns about the safety and reliability of Openai’s flagship model, GPT-4o, in a recent opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal. They revealed that a minimal investment of $10 and twenty minutes...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says His Company Will Have a Billion AI Agents by End of 2025
28.6.2025
Marc Benioff, CEO and co-founder of San Francisco-based software giant Salesforce is on track to have a billion artificial intelligence (AI) agents by the end of 2025. “We’re remarkably on track,” Benioff said during an interview with Bloomberg. “We now have about 5,000 customers deploying this...
For the First Time Ever, a Humanoid Robot Rings the Nasdaq Opening Bell
26.6.2025
The event was part of Kraneshares’ official launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in companies that design and manufacture humanoid robots. Humanoid Robot Kicks off Nasdaq Trading The Unitree G1 humanoid became the first robot to ring the Nasdaq opening bell on Wednesday to mark...