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Midjourney, the AI image generation company that has largely operated as a lean, research-focused outfit, has made its first acquisition. The company hasn't disclosed the target or price, but the move signals that Midjourney is ready to expand beyond its core product and build something larger.
On the security front, bitcoin companies including Coinbase, Block, and BitGo have signed a joint letter to AI labs arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are actively hampering legitimate security research. Their case is straightforward but uncomfortable: attackers already have access to unconstrained tools, while defenders are being filtered out by the same restrictions designed to stop bad actors.
And OpenAI has brought its Codex desktop application to Linux, extending the AI coding assistant to a platform that developers have long felt underserved by major software releases. It's a practical move that acknowledges where a significant portion of serious engineering work actually happens, and it suggests OpenAI is paying closer attention to that audience.
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