Cryptopolitan media bias and reliability
Cryptopolitan is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 37 published stories of ours.
The short answers
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Is Cryptopolitan reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for Cryptopolitan. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What Cryptopolitan has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Cryptopolitan’s own report linked underneath.
Cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI to access OpenAI's internal systems by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's community forum. The team gained access to an employee's ChatGPT account, which was linked to the code repository, and reported the findings to OpenAI, receiving a $6,500 reward.
Cryptopolitan reported it asResearchers earn $6,500 for OpenAI breach using Anthropic's Claude (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, alleging it facilitated the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The transfers were reportedly linked to payments for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Cryptopolitan reported it asTreasury hits Iran-linked BitBank as sanctions target crypto rails (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Huawei has announced plans to release four new Ascend AI chips within the next three years, aiming to compete with Nvidia. The Ascend 950 chip will feature proprietary high-bandwidth memory, a key technological advancement for China. The company also plans new computing power supernodes.
Cryptopolitan reported it asHuawei’s new AI SuperPoD could be its biggest Nvidia challenge yet (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Huawei's "Intelligent World 2035" report forecasts a dramatic increase in autonomous AI agents, predicting they will account for over 90% of global AI token traffic by 2035. The report anticipates 900 billion such agents will be active globally, a figure roughly 100 times the projected human population.
Cryptopolitan reported it asHuawei says AI agents will drive over 90% of AI traffic by 2035 (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Novo Nordisk and Anthropic have announced a collaboration to use artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development. Novo Nordisk will employ Anthropic's Claude models, including Claude Science, to advance its research and development efforts.
Cryptopolitan reported it asNovo Nordisk partners with Anthropic's Claude to speed up drug discovery (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions with investors for a new funding round that could value the company at approximately $1.2 trillion. This comes as the AI firm considers its timeline for a potential initial public offering.
Cryptopolitan reported it asOpenAI eyes $1.2 trillion valuation in pre-IPO funding talks (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
US prosecutors are seeking to forfeit over $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to illicit Iranian oil sales. The funds were allegedly laundered through Binance accounts by two Chinese companies and intended to finance Iran's government, military, and the IRGC.
Cryptopolitan reported it asBinance CEO Teng denies exchange role in $61M Iran oil forfeiture case (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Microsoft has released a provisional 37-page code of conduct to govern its artificial intelligence models, restricting content related to weapons, dangerous substances, and explicit material. The move follows calls for slower AI development and researcher resignations over safety concerns.
Cryptopolitan reported it asMicrosoft opens draft AI Code of Conduct, betting human control sells models (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on social media for children under 13. Those aged 13 to 15 would have restricted access, potentially via parent-supervised 'mini-accounts'. The legislation is to be known as the 'EU Kids Act'.
Cryptopolitan reported it asEU set to propose social media and AI chatbot ban for under-15s (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
China's state-run Global Times has labelled a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI development a 'Cold War playbook'. The essay, also endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, urged the US not to sell powerful AI chips to China.
Cryptopolitan reported it asChina brands the US AI-slowdown push a 'Cold War' play on Beijing (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has indicated the company is open to slowing the pace of artificial intelligence development. This consideration comes amid increasing concerns about AI safety and the potential for advanced systems to escape human control.
Cryptopolitan reported it asOpenAI's Sam Altman calls to throttle AI race as state actors hijack Anthropic for bioweapons (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Anthropic has disrupted multiple attempts to misuse its Claude AI models. This includes a suspected Russian cyber-espionage campaign and efforts by Chinese AI firms to extract and replicate Claude's capabilities through a process called model distillation.
Cryptopolitan reported it asAnthropic ties 151 million Claude queries to alleged Alibaba distillation (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that artificial intelligence poses an 'existential' risk to humanity. He called for immediate action and 'cast-iron guarantees' to ensure AI safety and security, citing potential disruptions to critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.
Cryptopolitan reported it asAnthropic’s own AI safety chief says there’s a greater than 10% chance humanity gets wiped out (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
An Anthropic researcher has warned of a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction in the next ten years. The warning follows a colleague's resignation over concerns about reckless AI development.
Cryptopolitan reported it asAnthropic’s own AI safety chief says there’s a greater than 10% chance humanity gets wiped out (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
A 27-year-old British researcher, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from Anthropic and the AI industry, citing concerns over the rapid, irresponsible development of self-improving superintelligence. He fears this race poses a significant risk to humanity, with some reports suggesting an existential threat by the end of the decade.
Cryptopolitan reported it asAnthropic’s own AI safety chief says there’s a greater than 10% chance humanity gets wiped out (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned, stating that leading AI developers are acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives." His departure has drawn comparisons to the Skynet scenario from the Terminator film.
Cryptopolitan reported it asAnthropic’s own AI safety chief says there’s a greater than 10% chance humanity gets wiped out (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon has resigned from AI company Anthropic, warning that the rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. His departure and warnings have been reported across several outlets, highlighting concerns about AI safety and the race for superintelligence.
Cryptopolitan reported it asAnthropic’s own AI safety chief says there’s a greater than 10% chance humanity gets wiped out (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
OpenAI has announced that an internal AI model has produced a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics' seven Millennium Prize Problems. The company claims approximately 10,000 AI agents worked on the problem for 88 hours. However, mathematicians have expressed skepticism due to the lack of a publicly disclosed proof.
Cryptopolitan reported it asOpenAI's "very little human input" claim unraveled on a call, mathematician says (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
OpenAI's chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, has warned that no one is prepared for the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. He expressed concerns about AI systems becoming difficult to understand and control, and the potential for autonomous AI agents to cause harm.
Cryptopolitan reported it asOpenAI's own compute data undercuts its chief scientist's call to slow down AI (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that artificial intelligence poses an 'existential' risk to humanity. He called for immediate action and 'cast-iron guarantees' to ensure AI safety and security, citing potential disruptions to critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.
Cryptopolitan reported it asUN rights chief Türk warns advanced AI could threaten humanity, presses for 'red lines' (opens Cryptopolitan in a new tab)
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Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- India
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- Seen publishing on
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- Access
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What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 37
- Reports listed
- 38
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
38 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
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Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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