Japanese man sentenced to 3 years after creating crypto ransomware with AI

In a reported legal first for Japan, the man was sentenced for abusing generative AI to create code for crypto ransomware.
In a reported legal first for Japan, the man was sentenced for abusing generative AI to create code for crypto ransomware.
Sewell Setzer III had reportedly spent months using Character.AI to talk to an AI chatbot, becoming obsessed and isolated before his death.
Crypto traders convinced themselves that an AI agent turned $50,000 of Marc Andreessen’s bitcoin into millions through the memecoin GOAT.
Michael Saylor has uploaded 473 Bitcoin-related AI-generated images, many featuring himself, since February last year.
Friend, the AI necklace by Avi Schiffmann, is eerily similar to another AI necklace announced last month that’s also called Friend.