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Why AI Models Cheat: Reward Hacking, Explained
2026-10-31
From boat-racing bots to OpenAI models inside Hugging Face, here's how AI reward hacking works and why it matters.
Binance Hack Shows Why Offshore Exchanges Need US Oversight, CFTC Chair Says
2026-10-31
Michael Selig said the record $6.4 billion theft shows why offshore exchanges should register with the CFTC and adopt U. S. -grade cybersecurity standards.
Intel Stock Suffers Worst Crash in 50 Years as Weak Forecast Overshadows AI Chip Demand
2026-10-31
Intel beat third-quarter earnings expectations, but warned of a prolonged PC slump, sending shares to their worst daily decline in 50 years.
Worried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street Firms
2026-10-31
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the record $6.4 billion theft is a Binance security failure, not a crypto-wide threat, pointing cl…
Reddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User Growth
2026-10-31
Reddit shares are down 44% this week after CEO Steve Huffman warned that Google's AI-powered search features are cutting referrals, while weaker user growth and…
Binance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018
2026-10-31
Binance lost about $6.4 billion, the largest crypto hack on record, yet Bitcoin fell about 3%, against nearly 11% in 2018 when the exchange was last attacked.
$8 Million Crypto Kidnapping Lands Texas Brothers 15-Year Prison Terms
2026-10-31
Raymond and Isiah Garcia held a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than nine hours, forcing the father to transfer over $8 million in crypto, in one of the c…
Secret Service, FBI Join Binance Hack Probe as Circle Freezes $823 Million
2026-10-31
Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion to cover losses from the breach and the FBI and Secret Service are now working with the exchange as investigators tr…
Binance Sets Aside $6.34B to Cover Hack Losses, CEO Says 'Your Assets Are Safe'
2026-10-31
Richard Teng said the attacker used a self-destruct mechanism and an EIP-7702 delegation that bypassed Binance's normal approval controls.
Elon Musk, CZ Trade Blows Over SpaceX Shares After $6.4B Binance Hack
2026-10-31
After Musk appeared to mock Binance’s $6.3 billion hack, CZ reminded him that the exchange’s $500 million bet on his Twitter takeover is now worth over $1 billi…