FTX: An FTX filing in its Chapter 11 case describes $3.2B+ in payments and loans to founders, chiefly from Alameda Research, including ~$2.2B to Sam Bankman-Fried — Identify Over $3.2 Billion in Transfers to Founders and Key Employees — Forensic Work Continues on Intercompany and Other Transactions Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Germany and US authorities seize up to €44M from ChipMixer and shut down its crypto mixer, alleging the service enabled the laundering of 152K BTC since 2017 — National authorities took down the platform’s infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Germany and US authorities seize up to €44M from ChipMixer and shut down its crypto mixer, alleging the service enabled the laundering of 152K BTC since 2017 — National authorities took down the platform’s infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: OpenAI allowed the Alignment Research Center, a nonprofit founded by its ex-employee, to assess the potential risks of GPT-4 including power-seeking behavior — “ARC’s evaluation has much lower probability of leading to an AI takeover than the deployment itself.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
James Vincent / The Verge: Experts criticize OpenAI for not disclosing GPT-4’s training data or methods used; OpenAI co-founder says its past approach to openly sharing research was wrong — The system’s capabilities are still being assessed, but as researchers and experts pore over its accompanying materials … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andy Greenberg / Wired: Sources: Russia’s hacking unit Sandworm is led by Evgenii Serebriakov, who was convicted for a close-range cyberespionage operation in the Netherlands in 2018 — Evgenii Serebriakov now runs the most aggressive hacking team of Russia’s GRU military spy agency. To Western intelligence, he’s a familiar face. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Germany and US authorities seize up to €44M from ChipMixer and shut down its crypto mixer, alleging the service enabled the laundering of 152K BTC since 2017 — National authorities took down the platform’s infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Blake Brittain / Reuters: The US Copyright Office says protections for AI-assisted artistic works depend on whether AI’s contributions reflect the author’s “own mental conception” — The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible. Lees verder op Tech Meme
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok’s Chinese owners sell their stakes in the company or face a possible US ban of the app — TikTok says forced sale won’t resolve national security issues; its CEO set to appear before Congress next week — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Germany and US authorities seize up to €44M from ChipMixer and shut down its crypto mixer, alleging the service enabled the laundering of 152K BTC since 2017 — National authorities took down the platform’s infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data. Lees verder op Tech Meme