Both the fashion industry and the emerging artificial intelligence (AI) space face a host of ethical dilemmas and considerations. In fashion, these concerns include ones related to labor practices, environmental impact and sustainability, representation, stereotype, and more. As a younger industry, AI’s ethical concerns are only more recently coming into focus, but they are similarly significant and include inherent…
Month: September 2023
Optimism OP token slips 10% in week ahead of $30M token unlock
The price of Optimism’s native OP token is leading losses among the top 50 cryptocurrencies, falling as far as 10% on the week ahead of a $30 million token unlock. According to data from tokenomics platform Token Unlocks, 24.16 million OP tokens, which account for roughly 3% of the circulating supply — are scheduled to be unlocked on Sept. 30.…
Most DeFi Hacks Are Due to ‘Dumb Mistakes,’ Not On-Chain Vulnerabilities: Halborn
Most DeFi Hacks Are Due to ‘Dumb Mistakes,’ Not On-Chain Vulnerabilities: Halborn “I think as the ecosystem starts to mature, we’ll start to see a slowdown of some of the dumb mistakes that a lot of projects are making,” Halborn COO David Schwed told Decrypt at Messari Mainnet. “This is a controversial statement, but many hacks are preventable.” Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/WTDdMnW6/most-defi-hacks-are-due-to-dumb-mistakes-not-on-chain-vulnerabilities-halborn
DeFi Hacks Usually Come Down to Poor Security: Halborn COO
The tech industry has had its eyes fixed on artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity professionals are lining up to find vulnerabilities and patch security holes in AI platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. But blockchain cybersecurity firm Halborn has kept its eyes on the ball, continuing to look for ways to support and secure Web3 projects. “I think as the ecosystem starts to…
Colin Butler
Colin Butler is the Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Labs. He was interviewed by Decrypt at Messari Mainnet 2023. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/htDLDHG6/colin-butler
Dave Lemke
Dave Lemke is the CFO & CCO at Giddy, creators of a self-custody crypto wallet with decentralized private key security. Stacy Elliott interviewed him at Messari Mainnet 2023. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/kA1Bqu4H/dave-lemke
David L. Schwed
David L. Schwed is the Chief Operating Officer for Halborn. He was interviewed at Messari Mainnet 2023 by André Beganski. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/WTDdMnW6/david-l-schwed
Amanda Tuminelli
Amanda Tuminelli serves as the DeFi Education Fund’s Chief Legal Officer where she leads the organization’s impact litigation and policy efforts. Stacy Elliott of Decrypt interviewed her at Messari Mainnet 2023. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/xD0CzPUF/amanda-tuminelli
Celsius creditors vote in favor of reorganization plan
The creditors involved in the Celsius bankruptcy case have voted in favor of a plan that will see funds returned to them as well as distributing equity through a new company. According to a Sept. 25 filing from bankruptcy firm Stretto, most of the classes voted in favor of the plan by more than 98%. The voting results are in!…
Getty Images Launches ‘Safe’ Generative AI Image Tool
To mitigate the unauthorized use of copyrighted images in training AI models and image generation, the visual image company Getty Images unveiled its new generative AI platform, Generative AI by Getty Images, trained exclusively on its enormous library of owned and licensed images. The result: AI-generated images that are “commercially safe.” Aiming to entice users away from other AI-image generators…