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Proposal Calls for Treating Digital Platform Design Standards Like Physical Infrastructure
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (225+ words) Policymakers grappling with the societal impact of large digital platforms may need to shift their focus from content moderation and liability rules toward the underlying architecture of those systems, according to a proposal calling for the creation of a "building…...
Europe's Cybersecurity Clock Is Ticking. Here's What Companies Need to Know
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (156+ words) A sweeping European Union law is about to reshape how tech companies, from Silicon Valley giants to small software startups, build and sell their products. And the clock is already running. On March 3, the European Commission published draft guidance intended…...
Chat-First Finance: Malaysia’s Ryt Bank Replaces Menus With AI
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (703+ words) Can banking be done through chat? Ryt Bank in Malaysia thinks so, and its chat-based artificial intelligence (AI) system now processes about 80,000 transactions a month. Ryt Bank deployed the regulator-approved conversational AI system last summer, with the capability to execute…...
Google Debuts Program to Help Europeans Gain AI Skills
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (457+ words) Google'has launched a program to help European students and workers gain AI skills. AI Works for Europe,'announced'Monday (March 16) at the Future of Work Forum in Riga, Latvia, will see the tech giant work with the public sector, nonprofits, employers…...
Musk Courts Bankers and Lenders to Teach Grok Finance
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (418+ words) xAI'reportedly wants its Grok chatbot to get better at offering financial strategies. To that end, the Elon Musk-led artificial intelligence (AI) startup is hoping to hire bankers and private credit lenders to provide lessons, Bloomberg News'reported'Monday (March 16), citing job posts…...
Meta Signs $27 Billion AI Infrastructure Agreement With Nebius
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (437+ words) Meta'has formed a $27 billion infrastructure agreement with AI cloud company'Nebius. Under the agreement, Nebius will " starting early next year " provide $12 billion of dedicated capacity across multiple locations, the companies'announced'Monday (March 16). According to the announcement, the effort will involve "one of…...
Veriff Warns Deepfakes Are Distracting Firms From the Real Identity Problem
11+ hour, 56+ min ago (848+ words) AI-powered fraud is rising, making identity verification a continuous trust infrastructure across the entire customer lifecycle, not just onboarding. Modern identity systems rely on layered signals (device, network, biometrics and human review) rather than single checks, helping detect increasingly sophisticated…...
Agentic AI Pushes Banks to Fix Security, Data and Decision Rights
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (196+ words) Developments in The Prompt Economy over the past few weeks has been moving from retail and infrastructure issues to a focus on financial services. And that focus has resulted in new thinking and use cases for that sector as banks…...
ByteDance Pauses AI Video Launch Over Copyright Issues
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (454+ words) ByteDance has reportedly postponed the launch of its new artificial intelligence video-generation model over copyright disputes. According to several news outlets, and as first reported by The Information on Saturday (March 14), the Chinese tech giant made this decision following pushback…...
How Enterprises Can Build a ’Know Your Agent’ Defense: Digital Identity Verification in the Age of Bots
22+ hour, 25+ min ago (191+ words) How Enterprises Can Build a "Know Your Agent" Defense: Digital Identity Verification in the Age of Bots'PYMNTS.com Enterprises Race to Build "Know Your Agent" Defenses Against AI Bots How Enterprises Can Build a "Know Your Agent" Defense: Digital Identity…...