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🎯 AnyDream: Secretive AI Platform Broke Stripe Rules to Rake in Money from Nonconsensual Deepfakes. California-based AnyDream routed users through a third-party website presenting as a remote hiring network to a Stripe account in the name of its founder. Bellingcat
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🌎 US, partners announce task force aimed at countering flow of money to Hamas. The task force is made up of FIUs from Australia, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, and more. Reuters
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🌎 Inside U.S. Efforts to Untangle an A.I. Giant’s Ties to China. The CIA and other American spy agencies have issued warnings about G42’s work with large Chinese companies that U.S. officials consider security threats. NYT
📌 U.S., U.K., and Global Partners Release Secure AI System Development Guidelines Hacker News
🌎 How a Notorious Alleged Smuggler Is Trying to Pry Back the Mafia’s Multimillion-Dollar Caravaggio. Authorities have accused William Veres of illicit art dealing across Europe. With his own freedom in the balance, he’s now aiding in the search for one of the world’s most important missing paintings. Vanity Fair
🌎 Putin clears sale of Caterpillar's Russian assets to ex-Sberbank executives. Caterpillar suspended operations in its manufacturing facilities in Russia last year, joining a number of foreign companies that halted business in the country. Reuters
🌎 Citibank employees called them ‘Armenian bad guys’ and canceled their accounts. The bank suspected that applicants seeking new cards or credit increases would be more likely to commit fraud and not pay their charges. LA Times
🌎 UAE plotted to use COP28 to push for oil and gas deals. Leaked documents include estimates of national oil company’s commercial interests in the targeted countries. Politico
🌎 Businessman accused of bribing Sen. Menendez had deep ties to Egypt. Wael Hana’s extensive ties to the Egyptian government included arranging the shipment of military equipment from the U.S. WaPo
🌎 Notorious ransomware gang takes credit for cyberattack on Fidelity National Financial. A ransomware group behind some of the biggest cyberattacks in 2023 has taken credit for an incident involving a multibillion-dollar player in the real estate industry. Record
🌎 Macron faces corruption scandal as two ministers fight criminal charges. Emmanuel Macron’s labor minister to stand trial on corruption charges just days before judges will rule on whether his justice minister used his office to settle personal scores. Telegraph
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