The Evolutionary Arms Race Against Deepfakes

Deepfake fraud has hit nearly $900M in 2025, with AI tools like Sora 2 fueling the chaos. BitMind's GAS fights back using decentralized AI that evolves through open competition. Achieving 98% accuracy on some models, it's a scalable solution to restore trust in digital media.

Gatekeeping Is Bad

"Winning was never in the set of possible outcomes for Anthropic." - Elon Musk

Perch wants to be the Spotify for newsletters and blogs

The premise is simple: instead of subscribing to dozens of email newsletters that flood your inbox, Perch aggregates all your favorite writers and publications in one place.

One Does Not Simply... Wait, Templar Just Did: 70B AI Storms Big Tech's Mordor

The banners are raised, as Templar put it. The campaign has begun. And Big Tech's monopoly on frontier AI development just became a lot less certain.

Cake Wallet's CupCake App Delivers Hardware Wallet Security Without the $150+ Price Tag or Privacy Risks

Cake Wallet is the leading open-source wallet focused on privacy, ease of use, and true self-custody.

When Governments Cut the Wires, Freedom Tech Becomes a Lifeline

The pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. When governments face protests, their first instinct is to cut communication channels. Ban social media. Shut down the internet. Control the narrative by controlling the pipes. But protesters are adapting faster than authoritarian playbooks can keep up.

This Week in AI: Chutes Chat Launches, Templar Breaks Training Records, and Tech Leaders Dine with Trump

September 1-5, 2025 The open source AI ecosystem had a busy week. Chutes dropped their chat app in beta, Templar smashed distributed training records, Switzerland launched a national AI model, and Trump hosted Big Tech CEOs for dinner while Elon Musk was notably absent. Here's what you need to know.

How a 21-Year-Old Just Fucking Destroyed Silicon Valley's $100 Billion AI Empire

Silicon Valley's $100 billion AI bluff just got called by a $650,000 decentralized network. And that's only the beginning of what's coming.

Microsoft Just Killed GitHub's Independence as Open Source AI Is Pulling Away

Microsoft is essentially playing chess while everyone else plays checkers. They've created a situation where they profit from open source AI development through GitHub while simultaneously controlling the platform that development depends on.

BitMind Launches Mobile App for Real-Time Deepfake Detection on Social Media

New smartphone app empowers users to instantly verify AI-generated content across Instagram, TikTok, X, and more.

They Convicted Roman Storm for Code They Don't Understand

Technology should be judged by its capabilities and legitimate uses, not by its worst-case applications. We don't ban cars because bank robbers use getaway vehicles. We don't criminalize mathematics because cryptography can hide criminal communications.

The App That Works When Everything Else Fails

Bitchat works when everything else fails. No internet, no cell towers, no servers just Bluetooth mesh networks that get stronger as more people join. What started as Jack Dorsey's weekend coding session became the communication tool refugees and disaster victims need.