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A Canadian literary controversy is raising uncomfortable questions about authorship and authenticity. A book by Thelyson Orelien that won an award is now under scrutiny, with critics and readers asking whether artificial intelligence wrote it. The case cuts to the heart of what we value in creative work — and who, or what, gets credit.
On the blockchain front, Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is now running on both public test networks, inching closer to a live rollout. The update promises settlement times of around one hundred fifty milliseconds, a significant leap that gives developers a real environment to stress-test their applications before the main network makes the switch.
And in a question worth sitting with — can AI shopping agents actually be trusted? Researchers at F-Secure built one themselves to find out, probing how these autonomous tools make purchasing decisions on your behalf and where the vulnerabilities lie. As these agents grow more capable, the gap between convenience and consumer risk deserves a hard look.
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