LensLinks: Issue 133

AI is the next frontier — but for whom?, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
April 10, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • AI is the next frontier — but for whom?

  • 1 Trillion SHIB Sold Off: Bearish Market Overtakes Shiba Inu Bulls

  • Nobody’s moving to the metaverse

  • Ethereum (ETH) And Cardano (ADA) Face-off Amidst Market Volatility, Experts Predict Further Growth For DigiToads (TOADS) After 60% Surge

  • Facebook's Former Metaverse Czar Publicly Shreds the Company’s Mistakes

  • Ether is rallying ahead of major upgrade that will let holders more easily access their tokens

  • Hackers Loot $13 Million From Crypto Exchange Gdac

  • Crypto Traders Eye CPI Data as the Next Bitcoin Catalyst

  • Less Than 1% of Crypto Investors Declared Their Taxes to Authorities (Study)

  • An AI created robots out of living tissue. Then they started to reproduce…. Meet the xenobots

  • And Much, Much, More…

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As AI pervades society, it is critical for developers and corporations to be good stewards of this technology but also hold fellow technologists accountable for these unethical use cases

Isoken Igbinedion, co-founder, Parfait

NOTABLE

1 Trillion SHIB Sold Off: Bearish Market Overtakes Shiba Inu Bulls

Bearish trends overwhelm bullish hopes for Shiba Inu investors

u.today/1-trillion-shib-sold-off-bearish-market-overtakes-shiba-inu-bulls

Metaverse & Gaming

Nobody’s moving to the metaverse - The Hustle

Back when everyone was excited about the seemingly endless potential of the metaverse, metaverse real estate was hot.
Now, we must imagine a pixelated tumbleweed rolling through the streets of a digital ghost town as The Block reports a significant downturn:

thehustle.co/nobody-s-moving-to-the-metaverse-27

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Ethereum (ETH) And Cardano (ADA) Face-off Amidst Market Volatility, Experts Predict Further Growth For DigiToads (TOADS) After 60% Surge | Bitcoinist.com

In the constantly evolving and largely unstable cryptocurrency market, opting for credible crypto tokens is the only way to beat volatility. Tokens that are

bitcoinist.com/ethereum-eth-and-cardano-ada-face-off-amidst-market-volatility-experts-predict-further-growth-for-digitoads-toads-after-60-surge

Crypto Trading

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Facebook's Former Metaverse Czar Publicly Shreds the Company’s Mistakes

John Carmack was a critic of Facebook's Metaverse even when he was still nominally tasked with building it — and now that he's out, he's pulling no punches.

futurism.com/facebook-metaverse-head-mistakes

Gaming in Metaverse Market 2023 Growth Drivers and Future Outlook | Top Brands Roblox Epic Games Sandbox Axie Infinity Illuvium Decentraland Microsoft Ultra Corporation Tencent NetEase ByteDance Netmarble Lilith ZQGame MiHoYo – The SEM Weekly

thesemweekly.org/gaming-in-metaverse-market-2023-growth-drivers-and-future-outlook-top-brands-roblox-epic-games-sandbox-axie-infinity-illuvium-decentraland-microsoft-ultra-corporation-tencent-netease-bytedance-netma

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Ether is rallying ahead of major upgrade that will let holders more easily access their tokens

Ether is trading at a nine-month high as investors expect a major network upgrade to add stability and credibility to the cryptocurrency.

www.cnbc.com/2023/04/05/ether-reaches-nine-month-high-ahead-of-shapella-upgrade.html

Hackers Loot $13 Million From Crypto Exchange Gdac - Ethereum World News

South Korean crypto exchange Gdac lost $13 million in cryptocurrencies from its hot wallet after a hacker transferred the funds to an unidentified wallet on

en.ethereumworldnews.com/hackers-13-million-crypto-exchange-gdac

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Crypto Traders Eye CPI Data as the Next Bitcoin Catalyst

Data on consumer prices and producer prices due this week could be the catalysts to shake Bitcoin out of its holding pattern.

www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-ethereum-price-crypto-markets-today-4f0ea24b

Less Than 1% of Crypto Investors Declared Their Taxes to Authorities (Study)

4.09% of the cryptocurrency investors in Finland have paid taxes last year, while only 0.03% of the Filipino traders have done so.

cryptopotato.com/less-than-1-of-crypto-investors-declared-their-taxes-to-authorities-study

Most Americans know about crypto, but few are confident in its safety or reliability, survey finds

At least 88% of U.S. adults know something about cryptocurrencies, but three-quarters say they don't trust their safety and reliability, according to a new...

www.marketwatch.com/story/most-americans-know-about-crypto-few-are-confident-in-its-safety-or-reliability-pew-research-9631a36e?mod=mw_latestnews

The Singularity:
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

An AI created robots out of living tissue. Then they started to reproduce…. Meet the xenobots | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Scientists are using living materials to make machines that some would regard as alive… and now they’ve started to replicate

www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/ai-xenobots

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

AI is the next frontier — but for whom?

Ethics is often a separate conversation from AI building, but they should be one and the same. Bias is dangerous, especially as AI continues spreading.

tcrn.ch/3KtzRG0

Can a Robot Invent? The Fight Around AI and Patents Explained

Patent offices and courts around the world are being asked to tackle a similar question: can an artificial intelligence system qualify as an inventor for a patent?

news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/can-a-robot-invent-the-fight-around-ai-and-patents-explained

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