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A thirty-eight million dollar Bitcoin theft is raising serious questions about AI as a double-edged sword in cybersecurity. Hardware wallet maker Coinkite believes an attacker used artificial intelligence to comb through older versions of its open source Coldcard firmware, surfacing a vulnerability that drained funds from unsuspecting users. It's a stark reminder that the same tools defenders use to find bugs can be turned against them just as effectively.
Shifting to infrastructure, the UK's energy regulator Ofgem is proposing a fee for datacenter companies at the moment they apply for a grid connection. The logic is straightforward — speculative applications are clogging the pipeline and delaying real projects. By putting money on the table upfront, regulators hope to separate serious developers from those simply holding a place in line.
And for anyone wrestling with how to deploy AI inside an organization, a piece circulating today from Bert Hubert's blog offers a grounded, skeptical framework for decision-makers. Rather than selling the technology, it maps out the trade-offs honestly — when AI genuinely helps, when it introduces risk, and what questions leaders should be asking before committing resources.
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