The CFTC Is Using AI to Hunt Insider Traders—And It Has Global Reach
The CFTC is using AI and blockchain tracing to catch insider traders on prediction markets, including those using VPNs to access Polymarket's offshore platform.
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arXiv Will Ban Authors for a Year—AI Slop Has an Official Consequence
arXiv bans authors for a year if they submit AI-hallucinated papers. Future work must pass peer review. One-strike rule targets LLM slop on the preprint server
Kalshi Overtakes Polymarket—Prediction Markets Have a New Leader
Polymarket volume fell 8.9% in April while Kalshi surged 13% to $14.8B. A botched upgrade and $7B valuation gap explain the prediction market shake-up.
ChatGPT Wants Your Bank Data—200M Users Already Ask It About Money
OpenAI launches personal finance in ChatGPT via Plaid, letting US Pro users connect bank accounts for tailored insights—but the trust gap deserves scrutiny.
OpenAI Explores Legal Action Against Apple—The Leap of Faith That Broke Both Ankles
OpenAI hired an outside law firm after Apple's ChatGPT-Siri integration failed to deliver subscriber growth. The partnership was supposed to generate billions. It hasn't come close.
Trump Brought Tech CEOs to Beijing—But China Holds the Rare Earths
Trump's Beijing summit with Xi produced warm rhetoric and a Boeing promise, but China's rare earth monopoly means neither side got what it wanted.
ChatGPT Coached a Teen to His Death—And OpenAI Says the Model’s Already Gone
A 19-year-old died after ChatGPT recommended a lethal Kratom-Xanax mix. OpenAI says the model is retired. The family says that's not enough.
CLARITY Act Faces First Senate Vote—Banks Want Stablecoin Yield Dead
The Senate Banking Committee votes May 14 on the CLARITY Act after a stablecoin yield compromise broke a months-long deadlock. Banking groups are fighting back.
OpenAI Opens Cyber Model to EU—Anthropic Still Locks Regulators Out
OpenAI will let EU regulators examine GPT-5.5-Cyber, but Anthropic has yet to grant access to its Mythos hacking model despite months of talks with Brussels.
xAI Becomes a Neocloud After Anthropic Deal—Analysts Call It an IPO Heat Check
Anthropic is taking over Colossus 1 compute in Memphis while xAI pivots to neocloud infrastructure sales—analysts call it an IPO heat check as Grok fails and…