Crypto Companies Urge AI Firms to Give Bitcoin Devs Early Access

Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have

Coinbase, Block, BitGo and dozens of others signed a letter arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are blocking legitimate security work while adversaries face no such limits.

Crypto Companies Urge AI Firms to Give Bitcoin Devs Early Access

The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other crypto firms urged AI companies to offer early access to their frontier models to aid Bitcoin and open-source developers in their cybersecurity efforts.

Bitcoin Companies Want Help From AI Labs to Guard Against Hackers

More than 40 bitcoin and crypto firms asked the biggest AI labs this week to let independent security researchers use their strongest models before public release.