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FBI AGENT CHARGED WITH $1M CRYPTO THEFT SCHEME

An FBI agent has been charged with amassing approximately $1 million in cryptocurrency through unauthorized withdrawals from overseas criminal targets. Court documents show the agent confessed to the thefts.

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Court docs: an FBI agent has been charged with amassing ~$1M worth of cryptocurrency, largely by making unauthorized withdrawals from a criminal target overseas (Devlin Barrett/New York Times)

Devlin Barrett / New York Times: Court docs: an FBI agent has been charged with amassing ~$1M worth of cryptocurrency, l…

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Sources: the US is focused on promoting US AI models to be more competitive, after officials considered taking a more interventionist approach to open source AI (New York Times)

New York Times: Sources: the US is focused on promoting US AI models to be more competitive, after officials considered…

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Developers in Africa are increasingly choosing Chinese open-source AI models over US models, saying they are downloadable, easier to customize, and much cheaper (New York Times)

New York Times: Developers in Africa are increasingly choosing Chinese open-source AI models over US models, saying they…

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