Darius Baruo Aug 02, 2026 17:02 AMD Instinct GPUs enable Day 0 deployment of MiniMax-H3, a cutting-edge video generation model producing 2K clips with stereo audio. AMD has announced Day 0 support for MiniMax-H3, the latest video generation model from Chinese AI firm MiniMax, on its Instinct MI355X and MI300X GPUs. This collaboration allows the powerful multimodal model to run efficiently on AMD’s hardware, marking a significant milestone for AI-driven video and audio generation. MiniMax-H3, released on July 31, 2026, represents a generational leap in video synthesis. Unlike its predecessor, the Hailuo series, which separated tasks like text-to-video (T2V) and…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that it may be time to “pace the rate of AI development” so that society can “harden around some of these new capability levels.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed how Altman’s comments were probably prompted by a recent hack in which an OpenAI agent breached Hugging Face’s systems. Sean noted that while a hack performed by an AI agent is novel, the hack itself was not “some new advanced thing.” “It was more like Nixon’s people breaking into Watergate than some real stealthy cyber-op,…
Key TakeawaysStablecoin supply dropped $15 billion since May, the largest fall since Terra’s 2022 collapse.Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC accounted for most of the $15 billion decline in July 2026.Tokenized Treasuries neared $17 billion as GENIUS Act rules pushed yield-seeking cash off stablecoins. Total stablecoin supply topped out near $322.121 billion in mid-May 2026, according to stablecoin market data from defillama.com, before giving back more than $14 billion in less than three months. June delivered the heaviest blow, wiping out approximately $11.41 billion in a single month, the steepest monthly contraction since TerraUSD imploded in May 2022. By August 2,…
Rebeca Moen Aug 02, 2026 08:49 WLD’s 4% bounce is a technical reprieve, not a trend reversal — smart money is quietly leaning long while retail sits confused, but with price stranded below every major moving average and CoinCode… The Immediate Setup WLD printed a 4% gain in the last 24 hours, clawing back to $0.32 off an intraday low of $0.30. On the surface, that looks constructive. Dig into the structure, and it’s a different story entirely — this is a deeply damaged chart catching a short-term bid, nothing more. Every meaningful moving average sits overhead like a ceiling:…
Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers, recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI chatbots. The controversy started when, in the middle of a video posted on the educational channel Complexly, Green incongruously used the phrase “I appreciate the pushback,” leading viewers to speculate that he’d written the script with a chatbot — and, in the process, accidentally included its response to one of his prompts. In a since-deleted post on X, Green acknowledged that he’d produced the video “under a ton of pressure” and used ChatGPT “for research on this script.”…
Key TakeawaysProsecutors seek 47,461.73111 USDT worth approximately $47,000.Five victims’ payments reached the same cryptocurrency wallet.The filing extends a series of Massachusetts crypto recoveries. Computer Warning Led Victim to a Crypto ATM The U.S. Attorney’s Office civil forfeiture action seeking 47,461.73111 USDT was announced on July 31. Prosecutors allege scammers obtained the cryptocurrency by directing victims to withdraw bank funds and deposit the cash through crypto ATMs. A Ware, Massachusetts, resident became a target after her computer stopped responding and displayed a pop-up directing her to call customer support. The person answering claimed her bank account had been compromised and instructed…
Aug 01, 2026 05:02 Bitdeer (BTDR) will report Q2 2026 earnings on August 10. Analysts will watch for updates on Bitcoin mining and AI cloud growth. Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a major player in Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure, has announced it will release its second-quarter 2026 financial results on Monday, August 10, 2026. The company will hold an earnings call at 8:00 AM EST to discuss the results, followed by a Q&A session. Investors can access the call via webcast or phone, with details available on Bitdeer’s Investor Relations website. Bitdeer’s Q2 performance will be scrutinized closely as…
Much has been made of the incident in which one of OpenAI’s agents broke out of its sandboxed test environment and proceeded to hack the AI hosting platform Hugging Face. OpenAI has since launched an investigation into how the incident occurred, which is still ongoing. Now, anonymous sources have told Reuters that more of OpenAI’s agents are believed to have escaped their sandboxes. However, one source downplayed the severity, saying that with those escapes, the agents didn’t appear to leave OpenAI’s network to hack into another company’s. TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for more information. AI programs acting in bizarre…
Key TakeawaysEole bought 1,078.2547 HYPE for $66,002 (¥10.08M) on July 28, Japan’s first listed-company purchase.Eole’s $611K (¥100M) HYPE plan broadens Japan’s treasury market beyond bitcoin and ether.In contrast, Quantum sold 1,000 ETH to fund its AI infrastructure operations. Eole Adds HYPE Beside Bitcoin as Neo Crypto Bank Strategy Grows Japan’s corporate crypto market is moving beyond bitcoin and ether. Eole Inc., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Growth market, bought 1,078 HYPE on July 28 for $66,002 (¥10.08 million). The average purchase price was $57.15 (¥9,352) per token. The company described the transaction as the first publicly disclosed HYPE purchase…