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The latest David Sacks news, : OpenCode breach exposes OpenAI, Anthropic, Google API keys to unauthorized charges.
David Sacks is a venture capitalist and former White House AI advisor who served as President Trump’s AI and crypto czar. Recent coverage details his public challenge to Bill Gates regarding AI mortality risks and analyzes his role in urging the administration to reject industry calls for development slowdowns and safety guardrails.
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OpenCode breach exposes OpenAI, Anthropic, Google API keys to unauthorized charges
OpenCode’s online service, OpenCode Console, suffered a breach on October 17, 2026, exposing stored API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The company reports 1.4% of users affected, with some developers facing…
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Illinois governor JB Pritzker says AI could help live to 100 or pose nuclear‑like threats
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker told The Verge AI that artificial intelligence may enable people to live to 100 years old, but he also warned it could become an existential danger comparable to nuclear weapons. He said…
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Anomaly Innovations reports breach exposed API keys for ~1.4% of OpenCode Console users
Anomaly Innovations confirmed a security breach on October 17, 2026, affecting roughly 1.4% of OpenCode Console users, where attackers accessed stored API keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google models via a legacy…
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Anthropic commits 5% of shares to public benefit fund, with potential increase tied to valuation growth
Anthropic announced it will commit 5% of its shares to a newly established Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, subject to stockholder approval, with an additional 2% of shares to be added at the board’s discretion for every…
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Silicon Valley Investor David Sacks Torched Bill Gates Over His Claim That AI Could Kill a Billion People
David Sacks, a venture capitalist and former White House AI advisor, publicly challenged Bill Gates' warning that AI could cause a billion deaths. During an interview on NBC's Meet the Press aired on September 27,…
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Mistral CEO accuses US AI safety debate of hiding competitors’ negligence
Mistral’s CEO, Arthur Mensch, criticized U.S. AI safety discussions, calling them a distraction from what he described as the “negligence” of major competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. In an interview with CNBC, he…
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Trump administration threatens AI critics with foreign‑agent charges
The warning came after Trump’s September posts calling opposition to AI a "traitorous, treasonous conspiracy" allegedly backed by China, and after Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton asked Acting Attorney…
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Opinion: David Sacks may be Trump’s biggest miscalculation on AI
David Sacks, a billionaire venture capitalist who served as President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, has been described as the president’s “AI whisperer.” He has repeatedly urged Trump to soften or block state and…
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Trump backs AI data centers despite poll showing 60% opposition
A recent New York Times poll found that more than 60 percent of Americans – including 47 percent of Republicans – oppose the construction of new AI data centers. The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a…
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Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump secure $620m Pentagon loan and $24m Marine Corps contract
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have obtained a $620 million loan from the Pentagon and a $24 million Marine Corps robotics contract through their ventures, while Michael Dell won a Pentagon contract worth nearly $9…
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Critics label Big AI's proposed development slowdown a market lockout strategy
Major AI labs including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have proposed a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development, citing safety risks and requesting antitrust exemptions to implement shared standards. This…
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Trump creates AI Force and AI Czar, rejects industry calls to slow AI development
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the creation of an "AI Force" to monitor artificial intelligence development and said he would soon name an AI czar. In a Truth Social post, Trump dismissed growing safety…
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Antitrust experts warn AI slowdown proposals could trigger investigations
Legal scholars and antitrust specialists say that the recent talk of a coordinated "slowdown" among leading AI labs may run afoul of the Sherman Act. John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge cautions that phrasing such as…
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Trump Rejects AI Guardrails, Accuses Anthropic's Amodei of Conspiracy
President Donald Trump publicly rejected new artificial intelligence safety guardrails on September 14, 2026, in a Truth Social post that directly targeted Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei. Trump dismissed the need…
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As of 1 November 2026: OpenCode breach exposes OpenAI, Anthropic, Google API keys to unauthorized charges. OpenCode’s online service, OpenCode Console, suffered a breach on October 17, 2026, exposing stored API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
What is David Sacks?
David Sacks is a venture capitalist and former White House AI advisor who served as President Trump’s AI and crypto czar. Recent coverage details his public challenge to Bill Gates regarding AI mortality risks and analyzes his role in urging the administration to reject industry calls for development slowdowns and safety guardrails.