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# The Signal: AI Clones, Digital Oil, and Weaponized Code Arrive
- URL: https://wire.fourthweb.ai/the-signal-ai-clones-digital-oil-and-weaponized-code-arrive/
- Published: 2026-04-11T13:01:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-11T16:01:28.000Z
- Description: AI expert clones now rent for a dollar a minute while Anthropic locks down a hacking AI too risky to ship. Meanwhile Iran turns the Strait of Hormuz into a stablecoin payment zone, making digital currency the new oil standard.
- Author: Travis Wright
- Tags: daily-signal

AI expert clones now rent for a dollar a minute while Anthropic locks down a hacking AI too risky to ship. Meanwhile Iran turns the Strait of Hormuz into a stablecoin payment zone, making digital currency the new oil standard.

*April 11, 2026 — 366 words / \~2.4 min*

### Stories covered:

1. [Iran Just Made Stablecoins the New Petrodollar at Hormuz](https://wire.fourthweb.ai/iran-just-made-stablecoins-the-new-petrodollar-at-hormuz/)
2. [Experts Now Rent Out AI Clones of Themselves for $1 Per Minute](https://wire.fourthweb.ai/experts-now-rent-out-ai-clones-of-themselves-for-1-per-minute/)
3. [Anthropic Built an AI Hacker Too Dangerous to Release](https://wire.fourthweb.ai/anthropic-built-an-ai-hacker-too-dangerous-to-release-3/)