Journals

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: The EU Council and Parliament reach a provisional deal on Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, which will force all crypto companies to conduct user due diligence  —  Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1,000 euro… Read More »The EU Council and Parliament reach a provisional deal on Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, which will force all crypto companies to conduct user due diligence (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune: Research: monthly active open-source crypto developers fell 25% YoY to 22,266 by the end of 2023; 34% of the developers are in Europe, and 26% are in the US  —  Although the army of open-source developers… Read More »Research: monthly active open-source crypto developers fell 25% YoY to 22,266 by the end of 2023; 34% of the developers are in Europe, and 26% are in the US (Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez/Fortune)

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: Fairly Trained, a nonprofit founded by ex-Stability AI VP Ed Newton-Rex, will give certification labels to AI companies that get consent for their training data  —  New system seeks to create a sort of ‘organic’ or… Read More »Fairly Trained, a nonprofit founded by ex-Stability AI VP Ed Newton-Rex, will give certification labels to AI companies that get consent for their training data (Ellen Huet/Bloomberg)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Have I Been Pwned adds ~71M email addresses of stolen accounts to its service from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials  —  Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million… Read More »Have I Been Pwned adds ~71M email addresses of stolen accounts to its service from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Katie McQue / The Guardian: Meta sent 27M+ reports, or 84% of the tips, of suspected CSAM to the NCMEC in 2022; some prosecutors say the volume of AI-generated tips delays investigations  —  Social media firms relying on AI for… Read More »Meta sent 27M+ reports, or 84% of the tips, of suspected CSAM to the NCMEC in 2022; some prosecutors say the volume of AI-generated tips delays investigations (Katie McQue/The Guardian)

Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg: Meituan’s stock dips below its 2018 IPO price, closing 85% down from an all-time high; Alibaba and Tencent are down 78% and 60%+ respectively from their peaks  —  – Stock down 85% from all-time high on… Read More »Meituan’s stock dips below its 2018 IPO price, closing 85% down from an all-time high; Alibaba and Tencent are down 78% and 60%+ respectively from their peaks (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)

Financial Times: PitchBook: VC investment in AI and machine learning companies totaled nearly $80B in 2023, accounting for 23% of deals, the largest of any sector  —  Smartphone makers have no intention of handing telecoms market to newcomers  —  AI-washing… Read More »PitchBook: VC investment in AI and machine learning companies totaled nearly $80B in 2023, accounting for 23% of deals, the largest of any sector (Financial Times)

Sheila Chiang / CNBC: TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions  —  – TSMC reported fourth-quarter revenue slipped 1.5% from… Read More »TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

Wall Street Journal: New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta includes a 2021 Meta presentation that says 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on its Platforms  —  A 2021 Meta Platforms presentation estimated 100,000 child users were harassed daily,… Read More »New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta includes a 2021 Meta presentation that says 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on its Platforms (Wall Street Journal)

Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond  —  – Exchange compares tokens to plush toys… Read More »SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond (Chris Dolmetsch/Bloomberg)