The Realm of Historia project recently announced its intentions to make strides in preserving Armenian cultural heritage through leveraging the use of blockchain technology and nonfungible tokens (NFTs). In a departure from conventional methods, this initiative seeks to digitize historical artifacts and physical historical sites, starting with the Realm of …

Google launched its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini on Dec. 6, announcing it as the most advanced AI model currently available on the market, surpassing OpenAI’s GPT-4.  Gemini is multimodal, which means it was built to understand and combine different types of information. It comes in three versions (Ultra, …

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has presented modern society with new means for understanding and visualizing the world. Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, recently introduced new AI video and image-generating tools for creators, while OpenAI updated the premium version of its popular …

The crypto space has been making its feelings known about a lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the crypto exchange Kraken.  The lawsuit, filed on Nov. 20, is based on the SEC’s allegations that Kraken has been operating as an unregistered exchange, broker, dealer …

The European Union has been actively preparing for what it envisions as the future of money. Over the last year, it finalized its landmark comprehensive crypto legislation, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA), which is due to take effect in 2024, after closing its second consultation in October.  It has also …

The Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA concluded its strike on Nov. 9 after 118 days of picketing with new deals on various proposed stipulations including artificial intelligence (AI) usage.  Since then, the union has released a summary of its final deal with studios, which included nearly 4.5 pages of AI guidelines …

The Web3 industry has experienced massive growth in recent years, from a niche showing glimpses of the future of the internet to the reality of building that future with the brightest minds and makers.  The space has also received support from several influential people, including big names from outside of Web3. …

United States President Joe Biden issued a lengthy executive order on Oct. 30, which intends to protect citizens, government agencies and companies by ensuring artificial intelligence (AI) safety standards.  The order established six new standards for AI safety and security, along with intentions for ethical AI usage within government agencies. Biden said the …

The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) into the public sector has proven to be one of the biggest developments of the year on a global scale.  Major industries have been turned upside down by AI. In the creative sectors — the music industry in particular — AI is often …

The United Kingdom’s global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, “AI Safety Summit” began on Nov. 1 and will carry on through Nov. 2 with government officials and leading AI companies from the world in attendance, including from the United States and China.  U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is hosting …

The founder of the former online black market Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, marked 10 years behind bars after he was given a double life sentence by United States authorities in 2013.  On Oct. 2 Ulbricht posted on X that he has already spent a full decade in prison and fears …

The Bitcoin network got its own community-based social token ecosystem, after a new project emerged overnight called Alpha.  Alpha is similar to the widely-known, Ethereum-based platform Friend.tech, as it acts as a decentralized social network protocol. It allows users to monetize their online persona and content creation via its social …