LensLinks: Issue 384

AI: Mankind’s Last Invention, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
May 22, 2024

  • Artificial Intelligence: Mankind’s Last Invention

  • Ripple publishes math prof’s warning: ‘Public-key cryptosystems should be replaced’

  • BlackRock bags one-third of $1.3bn tokenised US bond market only two months after launch

  • Report: Crypto Spot Trading Slows in April

  • Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Modern Era, a Report

  • Europe sets benchmark for the rest of the world with landmark Ai laws

  • To make household robots widely available, it’s about actuators, not AI

  • Edit your robots: Obvious signs copy is AI generated

  • Controversial blockchain firm Prometheum launches long-awaited Ethereum custody

  • Say hello to Europeum. The EU’s blockchain project will affect ‘the daily lives’ of citizens, officials vow

  • Bitcoin surges to $71,000 level today; what's driving the rally?

  • Coinbase adds former Rep. Kendrick Meek as House tees up crypto vote

  • Soon the only wildlife we see may be on devices like the Apple Vision Pro

  • And Much, Much, More…

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QUOTABLE

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“Quantum computers could easily solve problems that are foundational to digital signatures, thus potentially undermining the mechanisms that protect users’ assets on blockchain platforms.”

- Professor Massimiliano Sala of the University of Trento in Italy

NOTABLE

Ripple publishes math prof’s warning: ‘Public-key cryptosystems should be replaced’

Mathematician Massimiliano Sala published an article through Ripple's university lectures program indicating that blockchains could be at risk from quantum computer systems.

cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-math-warning-public-key-cryptosystems-quantum-computers

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

Artifical Intelligence: Mankind’s Last Invention

It could be terrible and it could be great.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/artificial-intelligence-mankind-s-last-invention/vi-BB1mNp2F?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=192b280621b2468b9ce7991aca3d9f13&ei=46

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

BlackRock bags one-third of $1.3bn tokenised US bond market only two months after launch

BlackRock’s BUIDL has secured about a third of the $1.3 billion tokenised Treasuries market in just under two months, according to data shared by S&P Global Ratings.

www.dlnews.com/articles/snapshot/blackrock-bags-third-of-billion-dollar-tokenisation-market

Crypto Trading

Report: Crypto Spot Trading Slows in April

Cryptocurrency spot trading cooled in April for the first time in 7 months, driven by high interest and slower inflows into bitcoin ETFs.

www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2024/report-crypto-spot-trading-slows-in-april

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Modern Era: Market Dynamics, Leading Companies, and Emerging Trends Shaping the Industry's Future As Revealed In New Report

Augmented reality is the integration of digital and real environment in real time, whereas virtual reality provides real life-like experience to the...

www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/it/828670-virtual-and-augmented-reality-in-the-modern-era-market-dynamics-leading-companies-and-emerging-trends-shaping-the-industry-s-future

The Singularity - a little more…

Europe sets benchmark for the rest of the world with landmark Ai laws

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed on Tuesday a political deal reached in December, setting a potential global benchmark for a technology used in business and everyday life.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/europe-sets-benchmark-for-rest-of-the-world-with-landmark-ai-laws/ar-BB1mMONS?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=192b280621b2468b9ce7991aca3d9f13&ei=71

To make household robots widely available, it’s about actuators, not AI

Everyone wants universal household robots. For widespread adoption, they are going to have to have a price point that allows monthly financing or lease payments that are roughly similar to a car, suggesting that manufacturers will need to retail units in the neighborhood of $40,000 to get widescale uptake.

www.therobotreport.com/to-make-household-robots-widely-available-about-actuators-not-ai/#:~:text=For%20widespread%20adoption%2C%20they%20are,%2440%2C000%20to%20get%20widescale%20uptake.

Edit your robots: Obvious signs copy is AI generated

Yes, your editor can tell that your copy is AI generated. Here are signs to look out for and tips to nix the robot from your writing.

www.prdaily.com/edit-your-robots-obvious-signs-copy-is-ai-generated

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Controversial blockchain firm Prometheum launches long-awaited Ethereum custody

Prometheum aims to launch a digital asset trading platform later this year under current SEC regulation.

fortune.com/crypto/2024/05/20/controversial-digital-assets-firm-prometheum-launches-long-awaited-ether-custody-argues-that-existing-laws-work-for-crypto

Say hello to Europeum. The EU’s blockchain project will affect ‘the daily lives’ of citizens, officials vow

Ten EU countries have signed up to help operate and roll out a bloc-wide blockchain to revamp public administration.

www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/say-hello-to-europeum-the-european-union-blockchain-project

NFT.com Investor Sues ‘Blockchain Evangelist’ for Fraud, Threats

A cryptocurrency investor sued the owner of NFT.com, a trading platform for nonfungible tokens, saying the serial entrepreneur duped him into helping launch the venture and then conspired to force him out.

news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/nft-com-investor-sues-blockchain-evangelist-for-fraud-threats

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Bitcoin surges to $71,000 level today; what's driving the rally?

The crypto market is surging as investors react to a torrent of good news. ETH has skyrocketed 19% in 24 hours to surpass $3,700, while Bitcoin has crossed $71,000, up nearly 8%.

www.livemint.com/market/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-surges-to-71-000-level-today-whats-driving-the-rally-11716287590108.html

Coinbase adds former Rep. Kendrick Meek as House tees up crypto vote

Former Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) is joining Coinbase’s global advisory council, the cryptocurrency trading giant first told The Hill. Meek’s addition to the council comes ahead of the House vote …

thehill.com/policy/technology/4675351-coinbase-adds-former-rep-kendrick-meek-as-house-tees-up-crypto-vote

Coinbase Stock Is Rising. Crypto Could Get Good News From Washington.

Coinbase Global stock could get some good news as the long-awaited remake of the laws governing the crypto industry and digital assets gains momentum.

www.barrons.com/articles/coinbase-stock-price-crypto-bill-house-747f191c

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Soon the only wildlife we see may be on devices like the Apple Vision Pro

As our natural world shrinks, our appetite for consumerism grows. Refocusing some of this hunger could save the planet’s fauna and ecosystems

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/apple-vision-pro-wildlife-conservation-19451587.php

The ‘Hidden Figures’ Of Spatial Computing

Let's not wait for 70 years to pass to celebrate some of the women who have helped kick off this new era of spatial computing.

www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2024/03/27/the-hidden-figures-of-spatial-computing/?sh=52ac31d3a5ca

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