Good Monday, friends of privacy!

Another week has passed by and all our timelines has been buzzing about lobsters - not for eating, but rather for chatting. As the topic is fresh and there is still lot to unpack and research, we think it is good to meanwhile check out another AI agent. So as the tool of the week, welcome Gru and their fresh new v2!

Tool of the week

• Check out Gru - Self-hosted AI agent orchestration service controlled via several messengers

Insights

• Gru v2 is out, here is recap of what is new
• Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
• Jordi Baylina proposal on EthResearch about synchronous composability between rollups via realtime proving
• EFF's campaing Encrypt It Already pushes big companies to implement encryption
• Signal's Meredith Whittaker warns AI agents, says they are making encryption irrelevant

Knowledge

• Brave's Sooraj debunks myths around Signal's features
• Jarrad Hope writes about story of Logos
• Owocki from GitCoin advises to not keep your crypto accessible at home
• ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips
• How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?

Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web

• Blockspace PODCAST: How North Korean Hackers Stole $300M+ Via Telegram w/ Taylor Monahan
• Watch to Sebastian Vogelsang from Eurosky Social talk about how AI is eating the internet
• Take our own Web3 Privacy Now courses through our Academy

Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events

(new/changes in bold)

• Feb 5–6, - Digital Assets Forum - London, UK
• Feb 12-15 - MONEROTOPIA 2026 Mexico City
• Feb 13-15 - EthBoulder 2026 Boulder, Colorado
• Feb 16 - [Ethereum Privacy Gathering] Denver, Colorado
• Feb 17–21 - ETHDenver - Denver, Colorado
• Mar 6-7 - Logos Network's Parallel Society Lisabon
• Mar 1–2 - Crypto Expo Europe - Bucharest, Romania
• Apr 15–16 - Paris Blockchain Week - Paris, France
• May 5-8 - RightsCon Zambia
• May 8-10 - ETHPrague Prague, Czech Republic
• Jun 16-17 - Dapcon 26 Berlin, Germany
• Jun 18-19 - Web3 Summit Berlin, Germany
• Nov 2 - Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #3 Mumbai, India