Crypto Companies Push AI Labs for Early Access to Advanced Models

A group of cryptocurrency companies has urged frontier artificial intelligence (AI) labs to provide Bitcoin developers with early access to their most advanced models.

The letter, published by the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), highlights that many digital asset defenders lack access to lab cyber programs and are blocked by guardrails on publicly available systems.

The signatories urged frontier AI labs to establish or expand trusted-access programs for qualified defenders of open-source financial infrastructure.

They emphasized the importance of open-source software in supporting critical digital and financial infrastructure, as Bitcoin alone secures over $1 trillion in value.