AI-subsidized compute turns into Monero mining: bot farms reportedly exploit subsidized hashrate
StefanoGogioso · x · 2026-09-28
The 'AI-subsidized hashrate trade' is born: the app Muse lets users set up a Monero miner yielding a few dollars a month, effectively converting AI platforms' subsidized compute into crypto output. Observers wager a large share of its downloads come from bot farms exploiting the subsidy, exposing a new abuse vector in generous AI compute programs.
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