06 Jun 2026
The AI vibe shift is real: Why the backlash is growing
Opinion As 'tokenmaxxing' dies out, Silicon Valley has second thoughts about AI. By Chris Taylor
05 Jun 2026
Anthropic warns self‐improving AI could escape control
Anthropic said on Thursday frontier AI developers should establish a coordinated, verifiable way to slow down or temporarily pause development if advanced systems begin improving themselves faster than society can manage the risks.
05 Jun 2026
Bitcoin Price Hits Lowest Level Since Before Trump’s 2024 Election Win
The bitcoin price dipped below the $60,000 mark on Friday, which brought it down to a level not seen since October 2024, before Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election win the following month.
05 Jun 2026
Zcash Bug Crisis Shows Privacy Cuts Both Ways, Experts Say
In brief Zcash plummeted in price following the disclosure of a critical, four-year-old vulnerability. Because of Zcash’s privacy features, the bug’s scope couldn’t definitively be determined in terms of counterfeit coins. Some said tradeoffs between privacy and auditability are “part of the deal,” pointing to bugs patched in years past. Shielding funds from prying eyes has long been Zcash ’s…
05 Jun 2026
It Sure Seems Like Pete Hegseth Is Losing His War Against Anthropic
News broke this week that the National Security Agency (NSA) is using Anthropic’s Mythos AI model for offensive cyber operations, likely against China and Iran. It makes a lot of sense, given the reported power of Mythos to find and exploit vulnerabilities. But it’s just the latest sign that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might be losing his war against Anthropic.
05 Jun 2026
A Wall Street Institution Just Did Something to Elon Musk That No One Else Will
The billionaire is going to hate this—and there’s nothing he can do about it.
05 Jun 2026
Anthropic urges AI labs to pause, warns humans risk losing control
Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning that the technology is improving so quickly that there’s a risk humans would lose control.
05 Jun 2026
IronWorm and New Miasma Worm Variant Hit npm in Supply Chain Attacks
Multiple software supply chain attacks have hit the npm ecosystem, with threat actors using both malicious and poisoned versions of over 50 legitimate packages to distribute a Rust-based information stealer and a self-spreading worm, respectively.
05 Jun 2026
Anthropic (Sorta) Calls for Pause on AI Development. You Should (Sorta) Take It Seriously
Anthropic is urging a unilateral slowdown on the development of new AI models until rigorous safeguards can be put in place—with a few caveats.
