A Bitcoin millionaire kidnapped in New York. Here’s why crypto bragging rights aren’t worth 17 days as a hostage. Anthropic’s AI chatbot tried to blackmail its own creators (yep, you read that right). More: a massive LexisNexis data breach, digital cheaters getting sneakier, and why people are secretly using ChatGPT at work.

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