Morning Edition · Monday, August 3, 2026Published at 1:28 AM EDT · New York
BitGo Chief Stakes 100 Bitcoin That an AI Model Cannot Break Its Wallet
Mike Belshe challenged Anthropic's Claude to move 100 BTC after three real-world test breaches, and says the wallet went untouched.
Mike Belshe, chief executive of the custody firm BitGo, publicly challenged Anthropic's Claude artificial-intelligence (AI) model to move 100 bitcoin out of a wallet, and reported that the wallet stayed untouched after what he described as…
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