Paris to Host European AI Excellence Center; Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency Updates

Paris has been selected to host a European center of excellence in artificial intelligence, an initiative of the World Economic Forum in partnership with VivaTech. The goal is to connect European startups and researchers. Elon Musk and his supporters believe his influence could transform Dogecoin into a widely accepted currency. X (formerly Twitter) has started blocking links to the messaging app Signal, affecting both posts and private messages. The FBI is tracking North Korean hackers responsible for the record theft of $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies, primarily 400,000 ethereum, from the Bybit platform. La Poste has suffered a new data leak, putting 50,000 pieces of sensitive customer information up for sale.