How the Shoggoth, a character from a 1936 H.P. Lovecraft novella, became a meme among AI workers as a metaphor for not fully understanding LLMs' inner workings
The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment. Tweets: @tikiambassador , @henryfarrell , @kevinroose , @tiagodf , @jasoncolavito , @kevino...
Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; “majority” of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were “unrecovered”
Then It Got Complicated The Guardian : World's largest crypto exchange hacked with possible losses of $500m Ephrat Livni / New York Times : Binance Blockchain Hit by $570 Million Hack, Exposing Crypto...
Rural US broadband carriers, of which about 25% reportedly use Huawei equipment, say Huawei ban will hinder rural high-speed internet rollout
but ultimately liable to fail, causing immense harm (globally) in the process. Trump's economic illiteracy continues to take a toll. https://twitter.com/... Henry Farrell / @henryfarrell : 1. A thread...
Inside the crypto world's biggest scandal: how the Tezos story unfolded into a tragedy after raising $232M in the largest ICO at the time
Arthur and Kathleen Breitman thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. Tweets: @henryfarrell , @wired , @lucas_lclc , @lau...