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Pearl, a Layer-1 blockchain, claims to merge crypto mining with useful AI computation, but new research suggests its 320,000-GPU network burns 112MW on "zero useful AI computation," driving up GPU rental prices.

As generative AI makes distinguishing human from machine-made content increasingly difficult, creators are urgently seeking a unified "AI-free" label. Current efforts are fragmented, facing challenges in definition and verification, while blockchain offers a promising path to secure human authorship.

A journalist faced death threats from Polymarket gamblers over a missile strike report, revealing critical vulnerabilities in prediction markets. The incident highlights the "oracle problem" where human-generated data, acting as an oracle, becomes a target for manipulation due to high financial stakes. This underscores the need for robust, decentralized data sources and ethical system design.

Glassworm attack review: Highly sophisticated invisible code injection using Unicode characters to compromise GitHub, npm, and VS Code, stealing credentials and secrets with blockchain C2. Detection requires specialized automated tooling.