Anthropic has introduced an identity verification system for Claude, utilizing Persona for photo ID submission and potential live selfie checks to prevent misuse. Verification data remains confidential, with retries allowed for failed attempts. Accounts may face suspension for policy violations or age restrictions.

Gate News message. On April 14, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI investors questioned its $852 billion valuation, saying the company’s strategy is shifting. Some investors said these strategic changes may make OpenAI more vulnerable to threats from competitors such as Anthropic and Google.

Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone says that after a big surge in 2025, Bitcoin could face a sharp pullback, while similar risks exist for silver, gold, copper, natural gas, and crude oil—especially if crude oil prices spike, which could trigger even larger market ripple effects.

X platform product lead Nikta Bier announced that the split for aggregated accounts will be reduced to 60% and that it plans to reduce it by another 20% in the next cycle. This move is intended to curb the impact of stolen content and clickbait information on real creators. Going forward, accounts that use clickbait-style tags will face a permanent reduction in earnings.

MiniMax announced that its M2.7 model is officially open-sourced, achieving SOTA performance of 56.22% and 57.0% on the SWE-Pro and Terminal Bench 2 benchmark tests, respectively. The model is available on Hugging Face and has the ability to build complex agent frameworks.

Genius announced its first-season airdrop plan, which will distribute 70M GENIUS. Users can choose to claim immediately or lock it up for one year. Immediate claiming will face a 70% burn penalty, while locking up can receive 100% allocation. This mechanism is designed to attract long-term community members and prevent short-term speculation.

The white paper jointly released by Gate Research Institute and Global HR states that by Q1 2026, the crypto industry will face job shifts driven by AI transformation, and cross-functional talent will become a core competitive advantage. The industry is mainly divided into four areas: exchanges, public chains and infrastructure, DeFi and derivatives, and stablecoins, with technology research and development needs being the most prominent.

Solayer’s founder reveals safety risks of large language models, pointing out that LLM agents relying on third-party API routers face a risk of being attacked by malicious code. Testing shows that multiple routers have security vulnerabilities, and can even leak sensitive credentials. In addition, research demonstrates feasible attack methods and defense measures.

SpaceX will face nearly $5 billion in losses in 2025, mainly due to increased investment in AI infrastructure and computing power. While high capital expenditures may weigh on profits in the short term, core businesses such as Starlink continue to grow.

MiniMax released MMX-CLI, a fully multimodal command-line tool designed for AI agents, on April 9, aiming to simplify how agents call the AI capabilities of the MiniMax platform. By executing commands and retrieving results, the tool improves the efficiency of automated workflows, and introduces three design improvements to address issues that command-line tools face in automated environments.