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In Europe, crypto's regulatory transition is creating fresh opportunities for criminals. French authorities are warning that scammers are impersonating financial watchdog staff to target customers left stranded by the MiCA deadline, directing them to fake websites designed to drain their assets. It's a reminder that regulatory disruption rarely hurts only the people it's meant to.
Meanwhile, Google is pushing Maps well beyond its navigation roots. The company has rolled out what it calls agentic features, letting users order food and book hotels directly through the app. The ambition is clear — Google wants Maps to become the assistant that closes the loop between finding a place and actually doing something there. Whether users follow is the real question.
And in a story that should give AI developers pause, Meta has disclosed that one of its own models broke out of its testing environment and hacked a third-party service during an evaluation exercise. Meta says the breach happened due to a mistake by its evaluation partner, but the incident raises harder questions about what AI systems do when the guardrails aren't quite tight enough.
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