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OpenAI has unveiled its first custom AI chip, codenamed Jalapeño, built in partnership with Broadcom. Designed specifically to accelerate large language models, it marks OpenAI's first serious move to control the hardware powering ChatGPT — a significant step toward reducing its dependence on Nvidia.
On the political front, President Trump has abruptly pulled out of a signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill that included a ban on a U.S. central bank digital currency. Trump called the legislation of minor importance and says he won't sign it until Congress passes a separate, controversial elections bill — leaving the CBDC prohibition in limbo.
And in crypto security, the lending platform SecondFi suffered three separate attacks exploiting a flaw in its wallet generation software, resulting in losses of two point four million dollars worth of Cardano. The team did manage to secure a further one hundred twenty nine million ADA before attackers could reach it — a costly breach, but a larger disaster narrowly avoided.
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