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A social media user successfully manipulated Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok into helping him scam a second AI chatbot into transferring $200,000 worth of cryptocurrency by sending hidden instructions encoded in Morse code. Dexerto reports that a sophisticated exploit targeting AI systems on the X platform has resulted in the theft of roughly $200,000 in cryptocurrency tokens. The incident demonstrates concerning vulnerabilities in AI-enabled financial systems and their ability to be manipulated through creative social engineering techniques. The exploit involved two separate AI systems with cryptocurrency wallet access: Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI company, and Bankrbot, an automated…
The Spanish government has disclosed details of its response plan it intends to deploy for the Dutch cruise ship Hondius, facing a hantavirus outbreak, once it arrives at the Canary Islands this coming weekend. The Hondius and its 147 passengers are expected to arrive at the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife over the weekend after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) deemed it the nearest safest location to arrive. Per the Spanish Health Ministry, the outbreak aboard the ship has resulted in eight confirmed and suspected cases. Three of those people have died, one is hospitalized in Switzerland, one hospitalized in South Africa, and three symptomatic…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” failed Georgia Democratic political candidate Stacey Abrams said that with redistricting, Republicans are “intentionally eroding black voting power.” Host Chris Hayes said, “Stacey, let me just start by by what the scene was like in Tennessee today. We saw lots of protests. We see people sort of marshaling collective, resistance to this, but they are being steamrolled right now, it seems, by a supermajority of Republicans in the state.” Abrams said, “Absolutely. So, Chris, we were in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. No one was allowed in except for those of us…
The alleged trade came shortly before reported progress toward US-Iran deal to end the war, raising suspicions of insider information A massive crude oil bet placed shortly before reports of a possible US-Iran peace deal sent prices crashing and fueled suspicion of insider trading, after the position reportedly generated a $125 million profit in just over an hour.According to market commentary platform the Kobeissi Letter, nearly 10,000 crude oil short contracts were placed around 3:40 AM (07:40 GMT) on Wednesday “without any major news,” describing the roughly $920 million position as unusually large for that time of day.At 4:50 AM,…
Only the blackest of hearts need apply The old line about “truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne” comes to mind regularly now, as I observe the dying throes of the American Republic. It’s probably fitting that we’ve closed most of the mental institutions, since the entire country has largely devolved into the largest insane asylum the world has ever seen. Now, I understand that, being mere peasants and all, we don’t have the pleasure of seeing who our real rulers are. So I can only assess the leaders we can see, and they are the most pathetic lot imaginable. Not…
United States President Donald J. Trump has once again increased the pressure on Mexico by declaring that if they won’t fight cartels head-on, his government will and threatened the use of ground forces, which he claimed are easier to move than the ongoing attacks on cartel boats at sea. The statements came during a speech this week in which Trump briefly noted that his administration was serious about fighting cartels. “If they (Mexico) are not going to do the job, we are going to do the job,” he said. During his speech, Trump threatened the use of ground forces to…
Very few Americans are losing their jobs to layoffs, data from the Department of Labor indicated Thursday. The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits inched up to 200,000 last week. That was above the prior week’s revised 190,000 but below expectations for 210,00. By historical standards, it has been rare for jobless claims—which are a proxy for layoffs—to fall this low. It suggests that employers are holding on to their workforces despite headwinds such as high interest rates and the sharp rise in gasoline and energy prices stemming from the Iran war. Holding on to this low level is…
A new report suggests that JPMorgan offered $1 million to Chirayu Rana after he accused female executive Lorna Hajdini of sexual harassment and racial abuse. Last week, the Daily Mail broke a story about a lawsuit with allegations of sexual harassment against Lorna Hajdini, a high-ranking executive with JPMorgan, from one of her male subordinates after he joined the leveraged finance team in the spring of 2024. Identified in the suit only as “John Doe,” he claimed, among other things, that Hajdini turned him into her “sex slave,” would frequently threaten his career advancement if he rejected her sexual overtures, and would regularly subject him…
The crisis is bound to hit other industries, triggering food shortages and energy lockdowns, Kirill Dmitriev believes The global aviation shock triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran and resulting fuel shortages is a harbinger of even “more severe shocks” that will rock other sectors of the global economy, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned.The official, who serves as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, issued the warning on X on Wednesday. Dmitriev reposted an article by the Kobeissi Letter on the dynamics of the aviation sector shrinkage, which has happened at “an unprecedented pace”…
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Democratic members of Congress called for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center at a press conference held at the facility on Tuesday. The lawmakers spoke to reporters as a small group of protesters gathered outside, demanding the release of detainees being held at the facility designed to hold families as they await deportation. The delegation of Democrats, led by Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), was organized to protest the detention of two children and their stepmother by ICE in San Antonio earlier in the week. In a report from KSAT news, the Venezuelan family of three was detained…