Bitcoin Red Team founder switches to Chinese open-source AI after OpenAI access is blocked

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Bitcoin breaking news: Rob Hamilton, CEO of AnchorWatch and founder of the Bitcoin Red Team, said he lost access to OpenAI’s Trust & Cyber tools after using them for security research. He now relies on Chinese open-source AI models to continue his work. The team has identified 1,288 critical vulnerabilities in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Research accelerated following the Coldcard hack, which resulted in over $1 billion being stolen. Hamilton stated that white-hat researchers are being excluded while black-hat hackers operate with impunity. Bitcoin news continues to underscore growing challenges in security research.

According to Cointelegraph, Rob Hamilton, CEO of AnchorWatch and founder of the Bitcoin Red Team, stated that after integrating OpenAI’s Trust & Cyber capabilities into the Bitcoin Red Team’s security research, he was blocked from access the very next day and was forced to revert to using Chinese open-source AI models to continue his work. The Bitcoin Red Team has already identified 1,288 critical and high-severity vulnerabilities within the Bitcoin ecosystem, and its research efforts have significantly accelerated following the hacking of Coldcard hardware wallets, which resulted in over $100 million in Bitcoin being stolen. Hamilton remarked, "Black-hat hackers face no restrictions, while white-hat researchers dedicated to reducing risk are being shut out."

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