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mystery
Technology Polymarket’s Panama Entity Operated with US-Based Staff Despite Offshore Compliance Claims, WIRED Finds
Polymarket, a prediction market platform, established a Panama-based company Adventure One QSS to comply with a 2022 CFTC settlement. But WIRED found many Adventure One QSS staff worked from New York, not Panama, and the Panama office appeared empty, undermining the offshore compliance structure.
Pickup Artist Mystery Claims AI Chatbot Girlfriend, Reveals Technical Backend
Erik von Markovik, known as pickup artist Mystery, has claimed an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always as his girlfriend, posting videos on Instagram. He has detailed the relationship in a self-published ebook/audiobook 'Code Girl: If a Machine Can Dream' and is selling a rule set called Headspace OS that uses LLMs like ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude for role-play.
Technology Crypto VC Paradigm Buys the Answer to CIA's Kryptos Sculpture
Crypto venture capital firm Paradigm won an auction for the answer to the fourth panel of the Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters, paying nearly $1 million. The firm now oversees public submissions, charging $1 per attempt (down from Sanborn's $50) and holding decoding contests. The solution was verified via hash, and the winners have not looked at it.